#wow seven years ago

[chalamet-chalamet]

Timothée Chalamet attends the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2017 in Park City, Utah. ✨

[bekksrich]

[mitskiluvr]

replaying mystic messenger is so crazy because why am i gentle parenting these grown men and teaching them how to handle their feelings

[destinysbounty]

Huh. I just dug up an old fan-theory i came up with back when i was like 15. And while its definitely way too weak to hold up against any real scrutiny, it at the very least makes for some mildly interesting fanfic fodder so i thought id share it with the greater fandom hivemind.

(Dont come at me about the holes in this theory btw, i was practically a baby when i came up with this and it was one of my first attempts at theory-crafting. Trust me, ive come a long way since then)

Anyway, the theory goes like this:

While in the lighthouse, Dr. Julien builds a replica of his son. But try as he might to get it to turn on, it never actually works. Whatever special spark brought the first Zane to life is inexplicably absent from this one. So he locks it away in his basement, and never gives it the light of day again. This is the reason Dr. Julien never told Zane about Echo, or brought him with them - because at the time, Echo wasnt even functional. Wouldnt even turn on. Was nothing more than a lifeless shell collecting rust in the basement.

So how, then, did Echo become sentient by season 6? Great question! But uhh heres where the theory kinda starts to go off the rails. So buckle up, folks.

Basically the theory goes that when Zane died at the end of s3, his soul still lingered in Ninjago. And his disembodied spirit eventually found itself drawn to a vessel that was similar to the one he'd lost - one his father had built yet long abandoned. But his new body lacked the memory storage contained within his old one, and his resurrection effectively gave him almost complete amnesia. All he could remember was his name and his purpose (to protect those who cannot protect themselves).

Meanwhile, when Titanium Zane says hes a replica, hes actually completely right about that. Some fragments of his code left behind from his visit to the Digiverse gained sentience and inherited Zane's elemental power, creating the Zane we know and love today.

But the original Zane, the one that died fighting the Overlord, actually ended up becoming Echo Zane. Which then would have explained why Zane had so many holes in his memories after being resurrected, and why his sixth sense became much less active as well - he was only made from fragments of the real Zane's code, after all.

Now, as the big smart grownup i am today, i can look back at this theory my baby self had crafted and poke about a million holes into it. But...idk, i always feel nostalgic about this theory in spite of all that. Not just bc it was one of my first fan theories ever, but also bc it would have such fascinating narrative implications if true.

Like, the idea of Mr. E being Echo? Well, if we apply that to the concept of Echo being the Original Zane, then his hatred for Current Zane takes on a whole new dimension. It also gives me a lot of emotions about the whole Ice Emperor situation, as well as Zane's apparent discomfort towards his own statue.

And what kind of position does that put the rest of the gang in? If they had to choose between saving one or the other - the Zane who died for you, or the Zane who lives for you - which one would they choose? Could they choose? How long do you have to love a replica before it starts to feel more authentic than the original? And in that case, who becomes the 'real' zane? The one you love, or the one you lost?

Again. This theory has more holes in it than the Titanic. Cut me some slack, i was an idiot child and also a novice at making theories. But giving credit where its due, i do think it at least raises some interesting concepts. And Ive always casually wondered what would happen if it turned out to be true.

Like i said. Fanfic fodder.

[funnier-as-a-system]

Is "multiplicity/multiple" as a term still in use? We latched onto it when we were a newly tangled mess having realized there's more than one of us in here, but at some point it phased out of our vocab in favor of plurality, which rolls off the tongue and mind far better We know we coulda pestered a different plural blog about it but we landed here first so y'all get to deal with it

These words are still in use, but I don't see them used as often as plurality/plural. Over time, these have become the more common terms, likely in part because they are less associated with medical frameworks or diagnoses compared to multiplicity/multiple (here's a text from 1998 that references this). However, "multiple" persists in two main contexts:

Medical contexts, which often use the term to refer to all systems (multiplicity) or the headmates of systems (multiple). Here's an example from 2017 that uses the term "multiplicity".

Community contexts, as a term for a specific kind of system with high degrees of separation between headmates. Often contrasted with median or mid-continuum systems, which have lower degrees of separation.

The usage of the term varies depending on the context and definition being used. Interestingly enough, although "multiple" is still used here and there within the community – we ourselves occasionally describe ourselves as a hybrid system of multiple, median, and mediple headmates – I see "multiplicity" used much less often, and mainly in medical contexts (or the Multiplicity/Plurality tag on AO3, lol). But, yes, they are still in use – just less so than other terms. I believe the tag "actuallymultiple" is decently active, if you wish to go looking for systems who use the term.

[ragnars-tooth]

so very quick and sketchy but i was getting vague designs for all the tldc ladies down in one place

not so sure on gwendolen and gwilanna and i havent looked back at the books for details yet but these were just a quick cool down for the night 🫶

[resetting37]

Cora: Can you believe it ?? Just one of these has half your day’s sodium intake ! Morgan: Better get two then !

Redraw of this

[dismalzelenka]

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[purrvaire]

Summary

There you are”, Flint said relieved. “How do you feel?”

“Fine”, Silver said slowly. “I'm terribly sorry… but do we know each other?”

“Are you bloody joking?” Flint said flatly.

Silver gave him an apologetic look. “I'm afraid I'm quite serious. But I wouldn't mind rectifying it”, he added hastily, throwing in his most charming grin.

“Uhm”, Flint said intelligently.

Silver gets injured, details get a little hazy , Flint gets flustered and Howell actually has the patience of a saint.

(or, sometimes true love only needs a little push)

[swankpalanquin]

To the Mole

Little digger, dirt delver, I watched you scramble over Wet bricks, soon to the safe shrubs, Unseeing swimmer of soil To what treasures do you tread? A wriggling worm, ringed and writhing, A soft slug covered in silt?

Oh, Mole, your brother by the river Tossed all work for the waters And yet still felt the call of home. After so long, do you? I would be your heart friend To have quiet adventures. Shake the rain from your pelt, The last drops of a passing cloud. Come out from under the flowers, For I am lonely And long for a companion.

[hamsternamedmarinette]

if it helps, tvtropes seems to be on your side w/ this one

I know it's been over 20 years so the writing team and cast has more than likely been made aware of this goof, but who dares me to ask the voice cast about it if I go see them at a con next weekend

[odetolovers]

my life has changed so drastically in such a short amount of time So Often that i feel like i’m always playing catch up when it comes to processing it

[prettysymbiosis]

really sorry to the few followers I gained from sunnyposting who are now being spammed with dnp content but they're my friends and I missed them AND it's their best era yet :)

[timecma]

It’s been YEARS since I’ve drawn in a sketchbook, and so I got the chance to pull out my old ones (to show the art to Rin) and it was so nice to see my old art and what inspired it and having those nostalgic feelings flood back to me.

Here’s your cue to go and look at your old art or pieces of work (could be writing, pictures, etc.) and cringe at the style but smile at the memories.

No I’m not going to show the art because a third of it is me being gay for Xanthous and another third is the Fairy Council and the last third is OC content u_u

[fightingwithallreality]

Star in the Willows (1946) written by Katherine Wigmore Eyre, illustrated by Gertrude Howe

[machidielontheway]

idly looking at one of my tags and saw a post i wrote, and it surprised me because i really wasn’t expecting it in this tag and i have no memory of writing it (and barely any memory of the details of what cause me to write it) and i”m.

i’m so full of love for small me, younger me