#theoretical question

[just-b-wilde]

I have a theoretical question...

Let’s say I’m asking for fanfiction purposes, okay? Nick survived. Things between him and June are definitely over. The story takes place after Gilead.

How do you think Nick would act if it were about Holly?

If he saw that June had “put her on the back burner” and her mother was the one taking care of her… And please, let’s set aside her reasons regarding Hannah for now.

[mildlykurious]

A poll below

So, here is my theoretical question: to you, which kind of hand-made present is more "valuable", the one made by a person who has little to no experience in a field or by a professional?

To elaborate, is a cake, baked by somebody who doesn't bake, more or less "valuable" than a cake made by a person who makes cakes for living? Like both cakes in the example are good. The first one is kinda rocky, but tasty and in fact, good. The second one is perfect.

And I know that a cake is a cake, but theoretically, which one makes more sense to be more "valuable"? Or are they truly of equal "value"? Do the love and effort of the first person overweigh the lack of skill? Does a high quality make up for cake-making being the second's person routine? Do you think the love put in is equal (on average)? What does "valuable" mean for you?

Or could you find a reason why one cake would be more "valuable" than the other?

Please reblog I want some sample size

Bear in mind, this question is purely philosophical and all art is "valuable"

[pickleinthedump460]

Guys theoretically what would you do if you just dropped a skateboard on your glasses theoretically and the nail theoretically got lost and you theoretically have already got your mom to fix them for you 4 times and she's theoretically out of nails and you theoretically don't wanna tell her cus she'll be theoretically angry?

[raviollies]

Been fiddling with my Rook design in my mind palace, as if the CC would let me do anything even remotely to this

[bleeding-seraphic]

Just out of curiosity, is your Michael talking about anything specific? I only recognised Godel's Theorem (I think) being mentioned but I'm really intrigued by what he's talking about + the equations 👀👀

Everyone say thank you Michael for the theoretical physics lessons

[universesrising]

the more i see these lore drops like “jay can produce a lightning bolt’s worth of power” and “cole could split a continent in half”, the more i’m convinced that lloyd really IS a nuclear power plant condensed into a human body

i am afraid of that particular lore reveal. how fast could this man obliterate the world

[notbecauseofvictories]

I'm cautiously gearing myself up for a conversation with bff where I tell her that we need to recalibrate our relationship, and....I genuinely don't think I've ever had a serious, emotional conversation with someone I care about before.

I've never been a Conversation Haver; I tend to take the approach that people can't significantly change without meaningful reason, and since I am not and never have been someone's Reason, I cannot prompt change. Therefore, my choices are (a) live with what is; or (b) end/limit the relationship.

But....this is my best friend in the world. I do love her. I just can't keep on as we've been going, where it's less a friendship and more ten minute intervals where I talk about my life, after which the focus switches. I once sat in a bar for two hours waiting for her; afterwards, she asked if I wanted to stay in her hotel room like I didn't have to get up in another 5 hours and drive to work. She texted me during my recent trips, and when I said I was traveling she asked no further questions. Said nothing unless it was about what she was reading, what she was doing. I'm not even sure she realized I was traveling at all, just unavailable to her.

I can give a high-level summary of her PhD thesis. I'm not confident she knows where I work.

Truthfully, part of this is that we simply have different social styles....but still. Coming back from my family trip, I said I was tired and trying to get work straightened out, she should go ahead and plan something for the holiday! I was free! Only for me to text a week later....and promptly have her join me, for my previously standalone plans. Oh, and she asked me to bring my camera, because she wants headshots for her new job.

I still love her very much, but if this is the kind of relationship we're going to have? I need less of it.

[gallusrostromegalus]

So could it be said that Seiretei is Yamamoto sneaking his unionizing underneath the nobles' noses, if I understand correctly what he pulled, by getting all the psychics signed up to have food and wages and some sort of job security?

That is *EXACTLY* what he's doing.

Well, its the extremely sexy and cunning plan his Wife Tsubaki came up with but fortunately for him she thinks it's equally hot shit when he's a huge fucking problem for the Bourgeoisie on her behalf.

After she leaves him, his plans aren't quite as... subtle, but the willingness to be a huge asshole for the benefit of future generations remains, and what he can't get my subtle manipulation or cunning tactics he's more than willing to achieve with strategic use of extreme violence.

His first few years trying to manage Zaraki are... Difficult. Yamamoto often muses on the old curse of teachers that one should suffer a student just like yourself, as he struggles with another catastrophic asshole who unfortunately has the physical chops and social skills to back his bullshit up. The Giant Bastard's monstrous Reiatsu is it's own problem but unfortunately Zaraki is also in possession of a startlingly cunning mind, a long memory and a fiendish sense of humor. Tsubaki's influence on the lad became clear in the first captain's meeting when Zaraki dog-walked him through naming specific statutes until he had to admit defeat and let him restock the 11th with every freak and monster in the Rukongai.

...a week after The Calamity In Hiroshima though, Yamamoto realizes that A Giant Bastard is *exactly* what he needs.

It's midnight when he arrives at the 11th Division to 'have a little walk' with Zaraki.

It's 1:04 AM when he gets over to the 4th Division where the man actually is.

As the Giant Bastard is redressing (and Unohana is indicating via Very Pointed Eye Contact that there will be Consequences (TM) for this interruption) Yamamoto explains he needs Zaraki to come with him on a trip to "A Place several people who legally I do not know the names of- much less their professions! are gathering in secret. They have tremendous sway in the governing of Soul Society, and somehow they have gotten ahold of a Schematic for The Device. I think it only appropriate that they be reassured that the construction of such a device should not even be considered, as there is More Than Enough Destructive Power between the two of us, isn't there?"

Zaraki peered down at him with the one functioning eyeball (and the malfunctioning one too, if the prickling in Yamamoto's thumbs was anything to go by) for a minute and he worried he might have to try again with smaller words when Zaraki grinned in comprehension.

"I get it now!" He laughed, patting Yamamoto's shoulder and the old man sighed with relief.

"-Gotta say, it was kinda buggin' me, but now I see what Madame Tsubaki saw in ya!" he laughed, and Yamamoto realized several decades too late that Zaraki's former Employer and his own Ex-wife were one in the same.

"C'mon Grandpa, show me whose head needs knocking into the outer districts."

[peanutbutterandbananasandwichs]

Not Jensen like trying to psychoanalyse the poor girl who asked the question lmao x

[lizasweetling]

this is gonna be good

(also making a note that the town repairs are really going to be pricey... unnumbered streets and buildings and also the torchmen! very unfortunate)

[dellovestorant]

What. a. fucking. idiotic. question.

[ryan-sometimes]

As a lesbian what am I meant to do when a male friend asks me to link him up with a girl that I secretly want?

[simcardiac-arrested]

ur probably sick of seeing posts like these but i just want to sit here and muse about how, well, i enjoy tumblr #mytumblr not just because of all the obvious stuff like how it’s not run on an algorithm, and because it’s one of the only social media that i don’t have to jump through hoops to use and that isn’t phone-exclusive (for me)

but i think my favorite thing has to be the askblogs, and running one. which is weird, because if you asked me as little as 3 years ago what i loved most about tumblr, i’d probably say “uh, looking at owl house posts, i guess?”, it’s weird because i never actually planned to make one and created it on a whim based on a few random people’s tags, and even then it was made mostly as a joke. i just never thought about it before—i grew up with askblogs, an era of tumblr that was truly as magical as it was catastrophic (as all things that get vaguely popular), but i never thought about making one because: it’s a commitment, it seems like a lot, i’m inconsistent, how would i draw for it every single time, etc etc all that good stuff

but then i just made it. and fuck me is it the most fun thing ever. it doesn’t have to be consistent. it doesn’t have to be perfect, or polished, or anything really. it just has to be. to exist out there in the world and be open to messages. the most it has to be is loved by me and by u guys.

and that’s the thing! the best thing—i love involving u guys in my writing, pushing the characters in one direction and then the next, seeing where that takes us (because i don’t always know either, that’s what writing is all about babeyyy). i love that i don’t have to just post the most important plot beats one after the other and have the story be done there. i love that i get to weave the development through vaguely connected, sometimes relevant but sometimes completely random joke asks. that i don’t have to write a whole ass novel of build-up or draw everything as one long-running comic just to make my characters feel like they actually exist and react to the things around them, that they’re not just here to get from point a to b. and i love that you’re all part of it. the story seriously just wouldn’t be the way it is without all of you guys who are always so curious to ask something, or call a character out (depending on how much they need to be humbled COUGHHHHCOUGHHHHH)

so yeah, i’m just forever grateful for all of you and for the fact that tumblr allows things like these to happen. i have no idea what other site could possibly offer the same sort of experience, or anything similar, but i am just forever in love with the fact that it’s something you can do here. i wouldn’t trade it for anything. what a cool fucking thing to be able to do

[letmekeepyouentertained]

not a therian but like.. if I had the choice to be a dog I would be one. And I like being called one. And sometimes see myself as one. And would be fine suddenly waking up as one. And constantly refer to myself as one—

oh god am I in denial??

[hey-its-zezzy]

smoking is bad and anxiety attacks are bad, but having a cigarette when i'm almost considering doing something that'll land me on the news is a truly magical feeling that instantly brings back the little will i have left to live. so i guess two wrongs do make a right sometimes

[imaginedanvrs]

would I be cancelled if I wrote a fic about r being sent to gay conversation therapy and getting fucked by camp counselor!Wanda? 👀