#where was I going with this?

[patriamrealm]

You know what this has been taking over my thoughts for a while so might as well get it out. This is going to be long so buckle up if you want.

There's something I never see mentioned in fics or anywhere else and that's the fact that Stanford was homeless for 30 years. Sure he was traveling from dimension to dimension but from what I can tell Ford was doing basically the exact same thing that Stan had been doing homeless for 10 years if not worse.

He can rationalize it away as all done for the greater good but Ford was a wanted criminal in what seems like hundreds of entire dimensions and likely not allowed to return to many (if he even could) much like Stan was banned from multiple states.

He had a huge bounty on his head and had to be paranoid and careful and on the run constantly just like Stan had been when he owed people like say Rico money.

The biggest difference I can see is that Where Stan was trying to both survive but also make those millions so he'd be worth something to his family and maybe they'd take him back, Ford wasn't expecting to get out of this alive.

Sure he was working towards killing Bill with this singular focus but it seems like Ford was fully expecting to die in the process. Ford fancied himself the hero sure but he was fully prepared to not make it out of that alive.

I actually think that, that whole mindset started even before he fell through the portal. He'd been tormented by Bill physically and mentally for at minimum a month by this point if not longer so when he was desperate enough to reach out for help from Stan. If Stan had taken his journal and left like he wanted I don't think Ford was planning on living much longer. To him there was no way out and if for all his smarts he'd still fallen for Bill's tricks.

For as much as he tried to cover it up he was still terrified that Bill could get to and hurt Stan. He didn't think he was worth saving but the world and everyone/everything was. Unless someone else stepped in I fully believe that Ford would have done something drastic if Stan had taken the journal and left that would have ended in his own death but at least everyone would be safe from Bill. Had no one stepped in in any case.

And I think that carried over on the other side of the portal. His single goal was to kill Bill, and it very much seems like he was prepared and ready to die doing so. He was already doing something drastic.

All this to say I think among all the new quirks and changes that Stan sees, I think he'd see some habits and things he did while he was homeless in Ford. Given enough time while on the ship I think they'd bond more over those shared experiences, and spot those key differences as well.

I think these things could be taken advantage of a bit more.

[specs-does-stuff]

Shigaraki's backstory or something idk I haven't read the manga.

[epickiya722]

It's still something to me that Sukuna knew Yuji was his nephew for like a month and didn't tell Yuji that.

Why he didn't, I don't know. But I guess it's because he didn't care to, at the end of the day. There would have been no point to it.

Even still, Sukuna wanted to so badly break Yuji's spirit and he didn't figure that may have done it, revealing they're technically family? Because had Yuji known, I'm sure it would have upset him.

Then again, maybe Sukuna figured "the brat wouldn't believe me anyways". In 248, he mentions no matter what he did, Yuji isn't breaking.

A part of me also feels like Sukuna just didn't want to be reminded that he still had family. The more you don't think and mention something and ignore it, the more nonexistent it becomes.

Maybe he acted dismissive while revealing that information to Uraume, who was more surprised and curious, to kind of cut off that connection. Extinguish that feeling of what it's like to have family that could care for you.

He was there to witness how Yuji's relationship with Choso changed and maybe it reminded him of what could have been had he and his twin survived in the womb. (I still think Sukuna just had it out for Choso and maybe part of the reason could be because Choso was so devoted to be being a big brother while Sukuna didn't get to experience having a sibling.)

We see how he acts just from Yuji showing any bit of sympathy and pity for him.

Maybe he is disgusted by the idea of human connections and emotions genuinely. That his own "me, myself and I" mentality is so strong that he convinced himself that even having family is absurd to him? And what if a part of him, deep, deep down just feels he doesn't deserve that love?

I'm just rambling and pondering right now.

[doctorweebmd]

ok my OTHER reflection:

on the one hand its really frustrating to see the posts about docs and healthcare in general on here be so narrow-minded. bad experiences with certain providers have lead to a huge spread of misinformation and mistrust with the whole system. which can and HAS lead to people avoiding 'evil' doctors for perfectly treatable illnesses and dying from them (the vaccine bullshit, anyone?)

but on the other hand. it is TERRIFYING how some of these docs practice medicine. at times i think 'are you just burned out and don't give a shit or are you straight up just stupid?' and i work in critical care. where quite literally every case is life or death. even in the academic sector where there is supposedly a standard of excellence, some doctors i would not let touch my loved ones with a ten foot pole.

and that sucks. i know this is the no nuance piss on the poor webbed site but 'the medical system and people that work for it are fallible and aspects of it are morally questionable at best/unethical at worst' AND 'the field of medicine exists to help people first and foremost and mistrusting/avoiding it can be detrimental in the long run' can and DO co-exist

[rwby-encrusted-blog]

Nora: I bet Jaune Could take Ironwood in a fight.

Jaune: Nora no!

Winter: You must have a great deal of confidence in Mr. Arc. Why is it you believe that?

Jaune: We really don't need to do this!

Nora: Well, Fearless leader has a Shield, which means bullet will do pretty much nothing, He's spry enough to avoid most gunfire, and the General could easily run out of bullets before Jaune manages to close the distance entirely.

Winter: But as Jaune could be knocked back by the Gravity dust infused ones.

Nora: He Held a Charging Nuckelavee back! Gravity dust is nothing!

Jaune: Nora Stop!

Nora: And as for the Cannon, well, Jaune tanked a hit from Cordovin's Mech while amping my own aura so we could survive and still had some to spare, plus that thing takes a while to charge a single shot, giving Jaune ample time to get close and/or recover aura!

Winter: Hmm. Fair Points. What had you so hung up on this conversation, Mister Arc?

Jaune: ... Well ... Given my luck I'd figure that the general would've-

Ironwood: Huntsman Jaune Arc, report to the training field immediately. And Good Luck.

Jaune: ... Overheard.

Jaune: Nora?

Nora: *Smug* Yes?

Jaune: No Pancakes for a week.

Nora: NOOOOOO!

[railfangxy]

Land Sharks...Or Land Vessels

You've likely heard the T1's referred to as "Sharknoses" or more likely you've heard that name applied to a series of Baldwin Diesels.

The shape is very obviously inspired by that of the PRR's famous duplex, but the Sharknose wasn't actually a standard body in Baldwin's catalog until the RF-16 , or BF16 as the Pennsy called them

With the exception of the Centipedes, all the Baldwin Cabs on the PRR were Sharks. They had the only DR-4-4-1500's as Sharknoses, and the only such "DR-6" units as well. Class BF15's were basically identical to the later BF16's

And there were also the BF16z, depowered versions of the longer "DR-6" series, or BP20. Incidentally, this variant was mechanically exclusive to the PRR as well, using a pair of Straight-6 supercharged engines instead of Straight-8 naturally aspirated.

Contrary to popular belief, the styling applied to the Badlwin Sharknose diesels is not a product of Raymond Loewy. A seperate firm developed this design, clearly taking inspiration from the production T1's, which were modified to be easier to build.

As for the prototypes? Well there's a Sharknose that bears a resemblance, but the Graham Spirit of Motion line didn't really pick up the nickname at first. Plus there were other marks like Pontiacs and Lincolns which had a similar style

A tad fitting considering the T1's have most of their equipment under the "front hood" compared to most steam locomotives.

But the long angled prow, and the portholes, are more reminiscent of an ocean liner. Perhaps a dreadnought as a Wilkes-Barre newspaper described.

Now while there's a passing resemblance to the Baldwin Cabs, the styling cues of the prototype T1's can be traced more directly to another streamlined diesel. One which is even more of an ocean vessel on rails

The Fairbanks Morse Erie-Builts

The carbody design was from Loewy himself, with a similarly striking naval prow or "boat nose" compared to the swept back "shovelnose." Their prime movers are also naval in design, opposed-piston units that could output 2,000 horsepower individually, where nearly ever other -axle cab unit (including Baldwins Sharks) needed two prime movers. Not too dissimilar to how the T1's attain substantial horsepower with smaller fireboxes and boilers than their contemporaries.

Unusually the Eries were conceived for dual-service, and the largest order to the PRR were freight units, class FF20. Several would be ungraded for passenger work, but I don't believe the PRR retired any FP20's.

[teehee-vibes]

Sometimes, I think I want Grizzly to put more gay men in Riptide.

Other times, I remember Dark Puckered Hole and reevaluate.

[dragon-subway]

so my present for christmas this year was a pc (my first one ever!!!!!), specifcally going half an half on the payments and its running super well, just has some bits like bluetooth n wifi that need to be handled externally (wifi works semi ok bc it has the driver but not the usb it needs to properly work) since its refurbished from a super old model (they stopped in either 2013 or 2017 i dont remember off the top of my head) BUT the main reason i got this was so i could do stuff like blender and drawing and animation on it with less worries about space and functionality (blender makes my laptop flicker after a while for example) so really really looking forward to starting on things

[deceitfulapple-eatingscoundrel]

You guys remember, “I have seen the acorn before the oak”, right? When Madoc came to visit Eva in the prologue of The Cruel Prince?

Apparently one method of tricking a changeling child into revealing their identity is to pretend to cook a meal for many people in an eggshell. The changeling, upon seeing this, will, in astonishment, say

Acorn before oak I knew,

An egg before a hen,

But I never heard of an eggshell brew

A dinner for harvest men.

or something along those lines, thus implicating him.

This is from a Celtic fairytale titled Brewery of Eggshells and is from Thomas Crofton Croker’s first volume of Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland which was published in 1825.

I think Holly Black might have seen this Facebook post because it has the EXACT same words in it and was posted in 2012. 6 years before the publication of The Cruel Prince.

Thoughts?

P.S. I don’t think anyone else has interpreted the quote in this way but @rhysiedarling has written a particularly interesting piece where she refers to it as an example of foreshadowing.

[lumiilys]

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[despair-tea]

no one else can have your same experience. your memories are only your own, after all.

sharing something means creating a new memory - you don't know what kind of memory that will be. after all, we can't just conveniently implant other people with our own experiences (yet. hush now, pervert girls).

so part of being friends is accepting that things will be different, but they were valuable because we had each other by our side. does that make sense? it can be so easy to forget after you grow up once.

[enniewritesathing]

🚨

so, after tomorrow there's two posts left of this segment and then the buffer runs out. I'm not sure how many scenes/segments that's gonna be but I may have to split it (I haven't started it yet lol). It may also be a while. Who knows. And honestly, given the length of it, there may be 1 post a day instead of every other day.

I know the story isn't everyone's cup. I've said that several times and it's pretty clear. (and also, it turns out that this story is v. personal and Ill maybe discuss that when its all said and done... it's nothing terrible!) and it's caused me to be kind of shy about talking/hyping it up. Feels like I'm just chucking this thing into the void with the countless tzrs (I know it doesn't help me in the slightest and its annoying, etc etc.)

Theres some heavy things in there!! But, y'know, this has to happen I think.

So let me thank anyone who's reading it, reblogged it or remotely interested in it. I'm positive yall got something to ask. Or even tell me what do *you* (🫵) think?

tl;Dr -- last part will be posted on the 6th and that'll be it (for now).

[bcdwclves]

One of the reasons why I wanna mod so bad in ffxiv is so I can give my Au Ra’s / WoL’s a xenomorph tail.

And muscles.

And a big, swangin’ cock.

[bizarrebazaar13]

what if your doppelgänger wasn’t evil it was just a person. what if your doppelgänger wasn’t trying to replace you it was just trying to learn to be a person and you were the best model it had. what if your doppelgänger looked at you with your eyes and said with your voice that it just wanted to be loved. what then.

[bixels]

As gen-AI becomes more normalized (Chappell Roan encouraging it, grifters on the rise, young artists using it), I wanna express how I will never turn to it because it fundamentally bores me to my core. There is no reason for me to want to use gen-AI because I will never want to give up my autonomy in creating art. I never want to become reliant on an inhuman object for expression, least of all if that object is created and controlled by tech companies. I draw not because I want a drawing but because I love the process of drawing. So even in a future where everyone’s accepted it, I’m never gonna sway on this.