#the ragged astronauts

[tomoleary]

Ian Miller “The Ragged Astronauts” paperback cover (1986) Source

[waywardwalkman03]

The amazing @duranfaerie tagged me to list ten songs I’ve been listening to! Thank you for thinking of me!

I totally meant to do this yesterday but was extremely busy (I was up for around 19 hours with a two hour nap thrown in). Anyways, here’s the list:

1. “Is There Something I Should Know?” - Duran Duran

2. “Save a Prayer” - Duran Duran

3. “(Reach Up For The) Sunrise” - Duran Duran

4. “What Happens Tomorrow” -Duran Duran

5. “Of Crime and Passion” - Duran Duran

6. “New Moon on Monday” - Duran Duran

7. “Mrs. Potato Head” - Melanie Martinez

8. “Pacify Her” - Melanie Martinez

9. “Born For This” - The Score

10. “The Promise” - Arcadia

I listen to a lot of albums as opposed to individual songs since I’m always driving places or listening to CDs, so I tried to pick the highlights/more often listened to songs.

Thank you so much for the tag!

Tagging anyone who wants to do this!

[nottheeconomy]

Cue the 30 year old washed up detective duo ready to turn against yet another old classmate for fridge money hahahahahhahahahha

AU idea below the read more!

Imagine if Shuichi gradually lost all contact with his old Hope’s Peak classmates after graduation except for Kaede (who had to settle for being a piano teacher after reality didn’t turn out as she hoped) so he hasn’t heard from the rest in a decade.

Shuichi, now 30 and down in the dumps as a failed detective, slaves away at his day job as a journalist for a gossip rag.

But one day as he nurses his sorrows, an old clown enters the scene, accuses an ex classmate of being a serial murderer and proposes that they track him down together all the while describing in depressing detail how everybody else in their old class never managed to fulfil their dreams

Would Shuichi take his words for the truth? Assume they’re all lies because he really doesn’t want to believe that everybody succumbed to booze and cigarettes to get by? Well, he can only find out if he reaches out to their old classmates himself to know for certain :) (Which may or may not be Ouma’s plan in the first place)

Ouma: You should’ve seen him Saihara chan! Drunk in broad day light and harassing little girls for money! How far has our resident astronaut fallen~

Shuichi: I see you never really changed at all have you Ouma kun? I suppose lying is a life-long habit for you.

Ouma: You say I’m lying? Prove it.

Shuichi: This is Kaito we’re talking about.

Ouma: But when’s the last time you’ve seen him? Accusing me of lying without evidence? No wonder you couldn’t make it as a detective!

Shuichi: …sigh.

[ape-apocalypse]

A new image from Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes is raising questions about Mae's origin. In the trailer, we saw a brief glimpse of Noa and Mae climbing up the side of a cliff. But this new image from actor Freya Allen's Instagram gives interesting details to the mysterious human Mae.

We can now see that she is wearing a full sleeved shirt, long pants, and even shoes. This detail might seem insignificant but given that the trailer showed us feral humans wearing rough rags, it's odd to see Mae wearing twenty-first century clothing that seems to be mostly intact.

Could this be proof that Mae, who actor Freya Allan even has difficulty describing her character due to a very important secret, is actually an astronaut lost in space and time? Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes made a point of showing a spaceship called Icarus taking off from Earth and later going missing. Could the newest film be setting up Mae as the next Taylor, an astronaut from the past who gets mixed up with feral humans and is left to the mercy of the new ape society?

I'd initially dismissed this theory as being too similar to the original films (and even to the Tim Burton POTA film) when director Wes Ball has said he has a new story to tell. But perhaps this familiar concept can still be implemented in a unique and interesting way.

[commbowman]

Partly based on both Alien and The Last of Us. Following a previous draft where everyone makes it to Jupiter, but their end goal is Europa, much like the Tsien. Instead of finding mostly harmless creatures from the depths, they instead find vicious parasites that feed off of other organisms. This won’t end well...

—

It had been decided, long before they reached their destination, that only two of the five astronauts would make the first landing on Europa. Whitehead and Poole, as a geophysicist and a biologist, respectively, were to take a pod to the surface of the icy moon and send observations to the others.

It had been going well. Frank had been ecstatic. But when something broke through the ice, a creature beyond imagination, he found he couldn’t leave fast enough.

“Something’s just broken through the ice!” He shouted.

There was a buzz on the other end of the line, the other three and Hal all clamouring for answers. What did it look like? What was it doing? Was he far enough away to observe it safely or should they prepare for his return?

As if in slow motion, Frank watched as the giant, tentacled, sharp-toothed monster bit into his coworker. Whitehead twitched and struggled, ragged breathing the only sound he could make.

Frank was close to the pod still, and had it open in record time. He looked back to see if Peter could be saved, and saw that the other had miraculously fought his way out of the killer’s grasp.

Whitehead stumbled to the pod as the creature disappeared beneath the freezing water again, and Frank rushed to help him aboard. He lifted off as fast as possible, simultaneously repressurizing the pod and guiding it back to the Discovery.

—

“I’m going to try to remove it.”

The whole crew was gathered round the table in the pod bay, where Frank had made a makeshift surgical suite.

What he had thought were teeth were actually some kind of toxic barb, and Whitehead had been covered in them. If it wasn’t the slow depressurization of his suit that killed him on the way back, it was whatever the mystery substance those monsters had injected him with.

There was also the issue of a leech-like creature, a living part of the bigger animal, stuck to the dead astronaut’s neck. Before they froze his body, they’d try to remove the little sucker and study it… and hopefully bring it back home if it survived long enough.

“One, two-!”

Frank pulled, gloved hands slick with something, and wrenched the leech from its host. There was a spurt of blood, and the thing wailed and flung itself around, trying desperately to hang on to something living.

“Get that thing away from me!” Jack yelped. He jumped back, accidentally shoving Victor closer. It swiped at him, unable to hang on but succeeding in drawing blood. It then turned back to gnawing on the big rubber gloves that surrounded it.

While Hal kept a constant feed of the ship stored in its expanding memory there were few times he was actually requested to archive footage. In this case he was asked to isolate the feed in the makeshift surgical suite and record. It would make writing the account easier and serve as an appropriate backup in case the specimen was lost.

Hal himself was morbidly optimistic about the creature, its slug like form fascinated him greatly. While the dead of the astronaut greatly upset him he thought better of it- it was not for nothing as his body had brought back a being of great study.

Dave did not share in the computers optimism. He stuck to the middle of the small group collected about the table with his arms crossed firmly across his chest. He did not like the idea of any of them being close to it. Of it being on the ship at all. While they had the means to contain it the prospect of unknown life was not as promising as he had thought it to be back on earth.

It happened fast. Blood. Hands and the gnashing of teeth.

“Shit!”

He gripped Jack by the back of his neck shoving him off to the side of the room, choking on his curses. He turns- Victors bleeding but the bite isn’t as notable as the hole bore into the neck of Whitehead.

“Kimball- your mess. You bandage. Measure first.”He shoved bandages and a camera into the man’s hands, ignoring how they trembled.

The creature thrashed against its rubber prison mindlessly. Unable to last without a host the leech shriveled within minutes of detachment, the exact timing of which recorded by Hal.

“Do you think you can get your information out of that thing?”

Prepared for the idea of alien life but not the hostility of it. There were no defenses and no reason to return to the icy moon. They’d have to be satisfied with what they had.

[guilhernunes]

Astronaut capybara

Prints https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/guilhernunes/astronaut-capybara/

[hourcat]

piarles + bow!! for me!! 🎀

It's never been weird between them, Pierre swears, not once: they've been friends since they were small, growing up together on the same street, playing in the same parks as they'd agreed to be paleontologists or astronauts or footballers, and it'd never mattered once to him that Charles was a girl in all that time--even when they'd gotten shipped off to different high schools across town, it hadn't changed their relationship.

But now...now, as Pierre stands out in front of Charles' house waiting with his shitty Honda parked out front, all but trembling in this oddly-tailored suit for prom, he thinks the line of weird may have finally been crossed after all these years.

It's finally been crossed because Charles in her dress looks beautiful--not covered in dirt or wearing ragged clothes she'd stolen from her older brother, or even in her usual baggy jeans look, but really elegant in a way that Pierre had never even imagined her in before; red fabric that has to be satin spilling down her legs, tapering off at her ankles, a bunched up flower nestled in the perfect center of her chest. Her hair is curled intentionally and not just from humidity--ringlets spilling over her shoulders, a stunning red bow peeking out from behind her head to tie some of it back, and oh.

"What are you looking at," she deadpans, but her mouth is curved up in that usual smirk she gives him, and Pierre realizes that her lipstick matches her dress; he clutches the corsage case tighter and shakes his head, trying to play it off, but it's no use--she's caught him red-handed as she starts making her way towards the car, and when her smirk stretches into a full-on grin, he knows he's doomed.

[eridanidreams]

Sunday Snippet...

...runs into the room, looking around frantically. "What do you mean I overslept?!!"

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from stars through my fingers like grains of sand

"So what's everyone else been up to?" Sam interjected, drawing everyone's attention away from Rook. She looked quietly relieved as the conversation shifted direction; Vlad leaned back in his chair, sipping his wine thoughtfully. Sam's question had been too perfectly timed to be accidental. So that is way wind blows, hmm?

There was no way empath was oblivious to the way Sam kept her in sight. And far from being weighed down by his regard, Rook seemed… uplifted. (Could be effect of her new gravitic power, but Vlad thought not. She’d been far too distressed after trying her paces with it.) No, this was all too human. And—he hid another smile behind his drink—the others at the table were catching the signal. No one got into Constellation if they couldn't see a candle in the dark, after all.

The various conversations started faltering as people started noticing… and thinking about the implications.

Cora stifled a little giggle; Vlad raised his eyebrow at her, and she indicated the rest of the table with a flick of her eyes before rolling them dramatically. Sam’s voice interjected, “Something funny, pumpkin?”

“Just Vlad making funny faces at me,” Cora not-quite-fibbed.

“Uh-huh,” Sam drawled. “That reminds me, you and I need to have a little palaver, Vlad. Real soon now.” Cora giggled again, and beside her, Rook ducked her head to hide a snicker. Vlad raised the other eyebrow at Cora, and she mimed using a digipick. Oh. Sam had lost ignorance's blessing on that, had he?

“Any time you want to trade the gabs, you know my berth,” Vlad replied amiably.

“I’m all done with dinner, Dad,” Cora said brightly, and Vlad had to admire the minnow’s timing. “May I be excused?”

“Go on, sweet pea,” Sam replied, in the tone of voice that said he knew she had him twisted around her finger, and he didn’t mind. “Enjoy yourself.”

“Thanks!’ She hopped up. “Can Cait come with me? There’s a book she promised to loan me, and I want to get it before she forgets.”

“If no one minds,” Caitlyn said quietly, laying her fork and knife down on her empty plate. “It’s been a long day, and I’m feeling a little ragged about the edges.” No one objected, and she rose gracefully.

“Dare I ask what you’re corrupting Cora’s young mind with this time?” Sam sounded amused and not at all worried, and Rook’s lips quirked in a smile.

“The Calculating Stars. It’s about a mathematician who becomes the first lady astronaut. Right up Cora’s alley, I think.”

“You,” he drawled, “are a terrible influence on my daughter.”

“But she’s a terrible influence that gives me books, Dad!” Cora grabbed Rook’s hand and half-led, half-dragged her toward the stairs. “Byeeeeee!”

Silence fell over the table; it was Sarah who finally broke it. “Sam, are you sure—”

“Cora stays with me, Sarah. Hasn’t changed. Won’t change. Drop it,” Sam said curtly.

“Not Cora,” Sarah said. ”Caitlyn. I’m not sure getting involved with her is a wise idea. Especially now, after…”

“After what?” Sam’s voice was deceptively calm. “After Barrett sent her here with an Artifact and no explanation? After Walter all but called her a gold-digger? After she stepped up to help us without complaint, again and again? You were the one told me to try her paces with the Artifact on Akila; well, I did, and by god she came through for us!”

“No one’s saying she didn’t,” Noel chimed in. “But Sam… that Temple changed her. We don’t know anything about the stability of the… the power… or what kind of long-term effects it could have on her. Physically or mentally. She seems all right for now, but who knows what the future might bring? Especially…” She looked at Vlad. “Especially if you find more Temples.”

“Love’s a powerful thing,” Barrett commented, almost idly. “Something like that could make the difference, one way or another. The problem is knowing which way it’s going to turn.” He held his hands up against Sam’s hot glare. “Easy there. I know it’s hard to believe, but I’m not your competition. My concern is how it’s going to impact the mission, and right now, that seems like a crapshoot.” Matteo looked like he was going to jump in, but Andreja shifted in her seat, and his sudden wince suggested that she’d brought a foot down on his.

“Noel and Barrett both have a point,” Sarah slid into the gap. “Right now, we’re jumping into the unknown even more than usual.”

“Hell, that’s just good old Coe tradition,” Sam growled. “Look. Cait doesn’t take this power lightly. Fact is, she didn’t want to come back to the Lodge after—I had a hell of a time just convincing her to come back to the ship. ‘Cause she didn’t want to put anyone in danger. And that ain’t changed. If it does, then I’ll worry. But until then…” His voice dropped, showing the steel under his usual easy-going nature. “Until then, we got something real, and no one’s going to stop us.”

Vlad shook his head, drawing everyone’s attention. “Something you want to add, Vlad?” asked Walter.

“You want my old ship-wise? Kryx’s bones, all this jawing and no one sees. Biggest smile fortune has and they caught it true, and you want them to throw it back?” He folded his arms pointedly. “He’s happy. She’s happy. Minnow’s happy. All else just noise in signal.”

“This just…” the anger had drained out of Sam’s voice, leaving only a plea. “This feels… right. Matteo, you want to talk about gifts from the heavens? Far as I’m concerned, she is one. The odds against finding something like this, of all the people, in all the planets…” His jaw tightened. “There is no way in hell I’m letting this go.”

[theguardianace]

STAR TRAVELER SET STAR TRAVELER SET. also im still thinking about the little prince so its going to have little prince vibes

ok so emu's like. if a fairy was an astronaut. she explores around the galaxy on her starship (literally) and tries to bring magic and smiles to everywhere she goes. It's a little lonely, just her, but it's so fun!! She gets to see all these lovely places, and make so many friends (even if she has to leave them soon enough), and there's so many smiles!

one day, her ship accidentally crashes on a small planet. it's too damaged to do repairs, so she has to ask the locals for help fixing it. she doesn't know how to do it herself. the locals, while kind, say that there's nobody that knows how to do that. at least, nobody that the likes of emu should ever interact with. eventually, one of the villagers caves and reveals that the alchemist could fix her ship- but be warned. he's dangerous, so she should steer clear.

emu, in all her naievity and hope, decides to seek him out anyways. when she knocks on his door, however, she's not greeted with the face of a monster, but a lonely boy. he reluctantly invites her in, hesitant to truly accept she's genuinely fine interacting with him.

long story short emu learns that the alchemist truly is just misunderstood. he loves creating things (he's even made little robot creatures with his magic that can dance and sing!) and dreaming big. the villiagers just don't understand the way he thinks, because sometimes he can get a bit carried away. (he's also autistic)

rui ends up fixing emu's ship for her. he even added some of the fun ideas emu had offhandedly dreamed about but never thought were possible- a flower garden on the deck, and a water spout in the crows nest that creates a rainbow, and all these lights that make her ship her very own star!

emu hops on her ship and waves the alchemist goodbye. she sees the way his smile hides his sorrow. he tries so hard to pretend he won't be lonely when she leaves. she knows exactly how he feels.

emu takes the alchemist's hand and drags him up onto her ship before he has the chance to process what's going on. he'd always told her that he wants to reach the stars one day. (that he's always wanted to have a freind one day.) if the alchemist can make her dreams come true, then why can't she make his?

btw they eventually meet dragon tsukasa and mermaid nene on different planets and force them into their little rag-tag troupe.

[silly-lil-bimbo]

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Also available as a print which are on sale as I’m posting this

[hetalia-angel]

Part two of the astronaut post!!!!!

I’m gonna apologize right now for this poorly written piece. It’s not really all that cohesive but give me a break the guy is dying. 😭😭😭 (Matthew may or may not have a lot of my foul interests in this story.)

5 Follower Special

Matthew had once read about a quote on how time moves the slowest when you’re dying. Where the last torturous moments are spent breathlessly gasping for the oxygen to flow back into your lungs. The steady ticks of the clock become ragged, getting slower and slower.

The ship rattled and shook as though an outraged god had taken it upon themselves to smite the ship as a warning before the worst was to come. Alfred fumbled with the controls of the ship desperately trying to bring back some semblance of security. Before the ship hit the ground with a loud thud knocking Matthew off his feet and throwing him back into a wall.

His vision blurred and contorted the air vanished from his lungs. Instinctually he held his arms above his head trying to open his lungs back up.

Matthew’s surroundings faded into the background of his mind and he was back in his childhood bedroom. Taking puff after puff of weed deep into his body. His arms raised steadily above his head to increase the airflow to his lungs. His face illuminated an eerie blue from the screen of his laptop. The searches for the unibomber, Junji Ito’s works, Dune, and “I have no mouth, and must scream'' would probably put him on some sort of government watch list for the mentally disturbed. “Dune” probably pushed him towards his career in aerospace but who can really know. Dead men can’t share their secrets. But it all seemed irrelevant to him at the time chasing the high of life and numbing of stimulants was the only thing of true importance and value.

The red, white, and blue American flag badge shone bright above him. The silhouette of Alfred’s panicked form melted all away. Leaving Matthew only with the ever twinkling stars…

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Who spilled these stars across the sky like sparkling dust like clouds of light?

They pour their milky shine into the deep black bowl above their heads

white

glittering

too many to

count.

[nevinslibrary]

Weird & Wonderful Wednesday

Fish, fox, human, rebels, even a madman. This book has a lot, and it’s all twisty and turney because it also has time travel, but, also different time lines (so, maybe some sideways travel too).

It’s narrated by a blue fox, and the three rebels are trying to destroy a Company that is most definitely not the good guy.

And, honestly, my brain is starting to hurt just writing this blurb. It’s much more of a read it and enjoy it sort of novel than a, talk about it quite a lot to other people novel. I think that the best way to read it is how I sometimes find myself watching a movie or reading a book. I just force myself to go with it. I’m so used to reading mysteries and thriller where there is a very very very explicit point, but, sometimes, you just have to go with the flow of the story. And, once I did that, the book was more enjoyable. I mean, part of the point of the narrative is that the world that we’re reading about doesn’t make sense, so, why would the narrative too. So, this recommendation may not be for everyone, but, I definitely enjoyed this book, and plan to read this others that are based in this same world.

You may like this book If you Liked: Anthropocene Rag by Alexander Irvine, Wool by Hugh Howey, or Immunity Index by Sue Burke

Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer

[ape-apocalypse]

Director Wes Ball seems to have laid to rest one of the growing theories surrounding the human companion of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Mae. After seeing her dressed in more sophisticated clothes than the rags other feral humans of her century wear, many fans began to wonder if Freya Allan's character was a time-traveling astronaut, following in the steps of Charlton Heston and Mark Wahlberg. However, in a recent interview, Wes Ball elaborated that space and astronauts have a different place in future sequels.

"This [fascination with space] is in the DNA of the movies. That's what we touch on, essentially. There's more to come. If we're lucky enough, there are more ideas to come in two and three. From the very beginning, space is obviously a huge component of this thing - but I am not saying there are time travelling astronauts in this movie. There's none of that, but it's an idea in the movie for sure."

This seems a pretty clear put down of the Mae as an astronaut theory. Wherever the mysterious human with strange clothing comes from, it does not appear to be from space.

Ball is clearly leaving the door open for those missing Icarus astronauts from Rise to an appearance. Personally, I would not be surprised if there was an after credits scene in Kingdom where Noa looks up to see a space shuttle shooting across the sky. Perhaps it is spied in the telescope that Mae and Noa look at in the trailers. I'm certainly glad that this new movie will be trying to go in a different direction than the original Planet of the Apes film, and am excited to see what makes Mae 'smarter than most' of her fellow feral humans.

[the-bio-ska]

Magic of the World Era Company cast

Name: Freddie Pancotta

Species: Human

DoB: October 28th, 19XX

Occupation: Explorer, Head of Magic of the World/Gnos & Rag, Yojimbo, Member of Red Room

Affiliations: Gnos & Rag/Magic of the World, Hermetic Brain Trust(formerly), Red Room

History: While a man of few words on his own past, he has made a name for himself in the present. Starting out as part of the Hermetic Brain Trust's, he eventually left the organization after an undisclosed incident led to him damaging his hands. While the details of which are kept sparse, but in the aftermath he founded the magical spelunking, excavation, repossession and under the table thieves

Through his time with the Hermetic Brain Trust, he achieved a type of immortality, drastically slowing down his aging and allowing him to regenerate from bodily damage. This immortality became a word of mouth detail around him, one of which brought him unwanted attention. Until a man by the name Nalaka Haos approached him to join the private club known as the Red Room, an elite social club made exclusively of immortals who share tips, stories, advice on how to survive and plan for goals of different stakes.

After he participated in the first Baal War, he changed the direction of his company after he achieved a total of 8 kills, including 2 thralls. He pivoted to a mercenary company, which made his profile bigger, but also made him far more despised and scrutinized due to the new direction of the company. From there he expanded his operation to now include specialist for hire, while keeping the previous department active, just less emphasized.

Powers and abilities: He has bio-organic hand enhancements that can emit tentacles and create a highly corrosive acid. If it is injected into someone's bloodstream, it will dissolve the target from the inside out.

His regenerative power allows him to recover from any bodily harm, allowing for both regenerating lost parts or reattaching detached parts.

One additional power is called Fight or Flight, a mental trigger goes off when he would be killed normally and the one who killed him is in proximity. This allows him to attack at full power and speed, running off explosive adrenaline. If the thing that killed him is too strong for him to attack, the adrenaline allows him to flee and escape the conflict.

Personality: Freddy is a very secretive person, choosing his words carefully. He is masterful manipulator, specifically with what information he has and will share. He is also very supportive of those who stay loyal to him, as his lovers Rhys and Vanille. However, if you turn on him, he will cut you out with no hesitation.

Lenox Korosu/Xiao

Species: Cambion(Balam lineage)

DoB: January 19th, 1991

Occupation: Gnos & Rag Training Instructor/Head of Security and Protection

Affiliation: Gnos & Rag/Magic of the World; Brittany DeBoin's private security team

History:The child of one of the astronaut of the Atlantis Satellite,

Once her father passed away, she was adopted by a Tengu family in the states after Lenox’s mom disregarded her to focus on her new company, but Lenox also believes that it is because her mom did not mutate while she was in orbit. Despite this weight, she is happy with her adoptive family, who are openly supportive of her. She works for the company in order to provide for her two siblings, after their mom and dad were killed in a Kelv Rion attack.

While waiting to interview for a security position, she stopped a failed assassination of Freddie and Rhys. She was hired on the spot before the interview. During her first five years, she met Brittany DeBoin, who would eventually marry her and become her wife.

Once she reaches her late 40's she stepped down from field duty and became the training instructor of Gnos & Rag's field team. The only time she would do any sort of field work is when she is assisting her wife.

Power's and abilities: As a kikolitan, she is resistant to magic attacks and curses. This has led her to become a potent magekiller. This also has the drawback of weakening helpful magic.

Due to her lineage as a cambion, she can have access to innate demonic powers. As a result of being a descendant of Balam, she can shift into a were-bear and normal bear form. She can utilize stone and wind magic, albeit muted due to being a kikolitan.

Personality: Lenox is a very loving and patient person when it comes to people she cares for. When it comes to Brittany, she is incredibly affectionate, though this comes with a lot of teasing. If you are a friend of hers, she will be extremely loyal.

Len is also extremely uptight, having very little tolerance for goofing off, especially if it involves her own's. She will take jokes personally and if her past, family situation and her species will make her either depressed or enraged. This depends on who says it.

Name: Jason Blumire

Species: Draykan- Feathered Serpent

DoB: August 24th 199X

Occupation: Spelunker, mercenary and ex-husband

Affiliation: Order of Mater Matua, Gnos and Rag/Magic of the World(Former), Blumire Labyrinths(former)

History: One of the founding members of Magic of the World, Jason was one of the five founders of the initial five members, including Rhys, Lenox, Amy and Lynn. His specialty is the trap disposal and the one who obtains the breakdowns of the building.

After the pivot to being a mercenary company, Jason became the head of the Spelunking division and was also the one who handle expanding the company to add new wings to the main building, due to his mom running an architecture company. This is how he met Amy, whom he would marry, have a child with and then divorce within the span of 10 years.

Power's and abilities: Jason has a high proficiency in electricity and wind magic, able to convert wind into electricity.

As a Blumire, any building planned by or built by Debrah Blumire prevents from being harmed inside the structures as part of his mom's deal with the gods.

Personality: Jason is an eccentric and odd personality. He will obsess over minute things and loves to talk about his collection of gaming magazines and knives. Despite this eccentricity, it belies a genius who is capable to think on the fly.

Post divorce, his eccentricities are enhanced, but now there is a twinge of sadness behind it. Those who know him long enough can tell it is not the same as it was previous.

[lonelysheepling]

Top 10 animated movies that I wasn’t sure were real or a fever dream I had when I was a kid

9 (2009)

A rag doll that awakens in a postapocalyptic future holds the key to humanity's salvation. ★Seeing this in the IMDB 3D movies category unlocked an ancient memory. I used to watch trailers obsessively as a kid with no intention of watching the movie, this trailer I remember vividly.

2. Astro Boy (2009)

When an android replica of a boy is rejected by his aggrieved creator, he goes off to find his own identity in an adventure that would make him the greatest hero of his time. ★I never watched the second half of this but the animation actually still looks pretty decent.

3. Monster House (2006)

Three teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster. ★This one gave me nightmares.

4. Mars Needs Moms (2011)

A young boy named Milo gains a deeper appreciation for his mom after Martians come to Earth to take her away. ★I formed a fucking conspiracy in my head about this one for years and honestly I still think it’s fucking bizarre.

5. Planet 51 (2009)

An alien civilization is invaded by Astronaut Chuck Baker, who believes that the planet was uninhabited. Wanted by the military, Baker must get back to his ship before it goes into orbit without him. ★This one had a few dick jokes in it that I very much picked up on at the time. The strongest embodiment of toilet humor.

6. Dragon Hunter (2008)

A fantastic tale telling the adventures of two dragon hunters! ★I went through IMDb’s list of 3D animated movies just to find this one. I thought I’d imagined this one for so long.

7. Arthur Christmas (2011)

Santa's clumsy son Arthur sets out on a mission with Grandsanta to give out a present they misplaced to a young girl in less than two hours. ★Compared to previous entries this one is pretty lukewarm.

8. Alpha and Omega (2010)

Two young wolves at opposite ends of their pack's social order are thrown together into a foreign land and need each other to return home, but love complicates everything. ★I remember disliking this as a kid and as an adult I stand by that.

9. The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

An unusually brave mouse helps to restore happiness to a forlorn kingdom after making friends with a gentleman rat. ★Only scene I remember is the mouse falling into the soup. No other memories besides the soup scene.

10. The Ant Bully (2006)

After Lucas Nickle floods an ant colony with his water gun, he's magically shrunken down to insect size and sentenced to hard labor in the ruins. ★Okay where the fuck where we finding these movies??

[topconfessions]

This might sound crazy and far fetched but am I the only one who has a slight fear that the whole top going to the moon mission thing might end up like the titan submarine thing that happened last week. Cuz if we’re gonna put it in simpler terms the moon mission is just a bunch of rich ppl, with zero astronomical qualifications who just want to go and see the freaking moon. It’s the same thing as the submarine but in different context. IDK maybe it’s just me overreacting 🤷🏻‍♀️

yes. that's exactly what it is. nobody is clowning top, the rich chinese billionaire or Elon from the space x project cause it has great brand reputation and it has an awe inspiring, positive sociological viewpoint. Just like for instance everyone would smile seeing a cute puppy but no one would reasonably smile seeing a snake or a skunk other than very rare, selective, niche personalities who may be into that.

I didnt say anything this entire time about how I truly felt cause I don't need to argue with followers, I do actually care about, possibly saying I'm ragging on top when in reality, like you, I want his dreams to be realized, but it's giving some type of hyperactive fixation than a solid grounded well explored interest. The difference is with a space trip, proper percautions and safety measures will be taken cause although it's not a direct NASA mission, there is no way in hell you can send people out of the earth without an organization and proper company clearance. The sub imploding was done unauthorized by any major safe and highly accredited organization like NASA etc, it was done on everyone's free spare time and randomly without proper protocols as well as training plus supposedly the adults minus the teen didnt listen to warnings about it not working. They did absolutely everything WRONG and I believe it was a legit sucidie mission, there isn't enough wealth to make people this obliviously fucking stupid to what they are humanly capable of and aren't. anyone who has stayed in highschool up to 10th grade should know this was impossible.

as for top and them, I do generally feel that unless it's a trained ceritfied professional astronaut, nobody should be going into space but it was already done with celebrities before william shatner went and came back okay. I will say If it is successful, we wont hear the end of it from top until many months after the rush of coming back to earth dies down. All we can do is hope. TOP got this chance cause he was friends with the right people nothing more or less.