#you know . unanswered questions .

[sciderman]

this isn't THRIVING... this is FALLING APART... with STYLE

[hollownest-whore]

If they made a bardoon plushie I would buy it

[souenkun]

Judging from these panels, would it mean that there's no other yorishima exorcist that's still alive (since natori said that the yorishima family "was once" a big name, past tense) in the canon timeline, and that the yorishima we know probably ended his family's exorcism business for good by retiring himself? If so, was the reason tied to the youkai living in his left arm, or is there another cause? And when exactly did he retire— was it before or during seiji and shuuichi's high school days, which was why his left arm appeared with the thick bandages when he gave them the loquats in the anime, but he still lived in the estate during that time, or was it after the two became legal adults, which lined up somewhat with him moving into his forest home, abandoning his family estate in favor of living in isolation?

And, speaking of retirement, I wonder if we'll ever know why midorikawa told us that the takis were "famous" (which presumedly meant they were strong enough to be well-known) as occult diviners, since tooru herself only ever mentioned what their previous family business entails, and never about their status in the exorcism community? We don't really need this extra bit if she wanted to further establish how tooru has an aptitude for spell-casting, either. Again, there's another "strong" family (whose members are still alive in canon) that went into retirement, but did the taki family lost their power because the ability to see (if they were needed for diviners) disappeared for at least the last three generations (if we assumed that tooru and isamu's parents couldn't see youkai too), or was it due to another reason? How close was shinichiro (tooru and isamu's grandpa) to the matobas that even the current clan head came to pay his respects during his sixth death anniversary; was his relationship with seiji's father strictly resolved around exorcism business, or was anything else involved? Does tooru herself doesn't fully understand the prowess her family once had, hence why seiji was the one who told takashi (and us readers) about it? What would this tiny bit of lore mean for tooru with it revealed this late into the manga, when tooru herself only talked sparsely about her ancestors in previous chapters?

[inspector-montoya-fox]

i know what you are

[birdhouseblogredux25]

Just finished both seasons of Castlevania Nocturne and this show gave me such a headache and an adrenaline rush that I absolutely adored it with every fiber of my gosh darn being. There's still one question that I need to know for next season:

DID ALUCARD MEET HIS PARENTS PLS CAUSE MY GUY, GURL, BRO, SIS, MA'AM, SQUIRREL- DID HE GET CLOSURE?

WRITERS YOU CANT LEAVE ME HANGING LIKE THIS.

[tlgtw]

Man that DLC's final boss has got me feeling kinda fucked. I'm kinda depressed about it now that I'm done. Everything else is, was, so good. But I do not like that plot development. I honestly think it is bad. Why did they choose not to foreshadow this in literally any way? Why did Miquella attempt to resurrect Godwyn at all in the first place, then? Practice? Was this really what was originally planned? There's no actual evidence to the contrary so you gotta assume it must've been.

So yeowch...

[hanafubukki]

I know there’s speculations about book 7 ending in may because of the soundtrack coming out then 🤔

And I think it would be poetic in the sense that May is silver bday and the “coming of age” aspect

But at the same time, there’s so many loose ends and other story aspects we haven’t explored that it just…would feel a bit rushed?? 🤔 unless they are planning to give us huge updates you know??

I don’t know, I kind of hope it doesn’t end in May because *gestures to book 7* I have so many questions?!?

And if they do end it… I hope it’s not a cliffhanger because me and a friend are planning to have a talk with the devs if that happens 🗡️🗡️

[chemblrish]

Hey so you said you were doing physical chemistry- my school teacher ochem and inorganic at the same time so I am just gonna ask:

What the hell is up with the d orbitals? Like how they let transition metals change colour and act as catalysts? If you can, thank you!

Hey there!

Ohhhh the d-block elements are really cool! The d-orbitals are funky, what you're asking about here is pretty interesting. I wish I could help you with both of these concepts, but unfortunately we haven't covered catalysis yet, so I really don't feel qualified enough to talk about it. I can explain the part about changing colors though. It's all about the electrons, as usual <3

[Btw I'm actually studying this sort of thing in inorganic chem :D pchem is a whole different bag of bananas.]

So, the d-orbitals. I'm going to assume you're familiar with orbital diagrams - they'll come in handy here. With that in mind, please consider the following ions: Ti(4+), Cu(+), both of which are colorless, and then: Ti(3+) (purple) and Cu(2+) (blue). Sc(3+), Y(3+), and Zn(2+) are also colorless. See a pattern here? If not, let me help you out:

As you can see, all the colorless ions have either full or totally empty outer d-orbitals, while the colorful ions have unpaired electrons on their outer d-subshell.

Quick and necessary digression: why are things colorful anyway? You probably know what the general mechanism here is, but just in case you don't, the simplest explanation is that when a photon hits an electron in an atom, the electron can then jump up to a higher shell. Electrons don't like staying up there though, so an excited electron will quickly jump back down to its original shell and release a photon in the process - which we see as colors .

[Yes, it is more complicated than that. Yes, I did greatly simplify it. Please don't throw anything at me, dear physicist friends.]

Now, back to our orbitals.

If an ion's outer d-orbital is full, it means the electrons there have no space to "move". They can't jump from one square (or rather from one orbital) to another because as per Pauli's exclusion principle, there can only be two electrons in a single orbital. Similarly, if there are no electrons whatsoever in the d-orbitals, there's nothing to "jump". Duh. The substance is colorless.

However, unpaired electrons mean there's at least one square (orbital) that can still accommodate one extra electron without breaking Mr Pauli's heart. As photons hit the d-orbital electrons, they keep "moving up and down" and releasing photons in turn - which gives them their color.

This, too, is a huge simplification. In fact, the d-orbitals can also split into levels of different energy and it's those levels that the electrons actually jump between. It's called the crystal field theory and you can look it up if you really want to start crying violently and having nightmares every night. If you aren't in uni yet though, it really isn't necessary. I think my explanation should be enough. I sure do hope it can be helpful :)

[nubs-mbee]

My eyes are also focused at two different lengths, which makes object appear slightly bigger in one eye compared to the other (and makes it so when I’m focusing on something close to me it’s clear in one eye and blurry in the other cause the other eye is focused at a further length).

Does anyone else also have this? I’ve never met someone else with it so I don’t really know how common it is!

[sweetmoons]

Narratively how do you think the QSMP should end?

Obviously this is VERY far away (thankfully, I'm too invested) but I was thinking about the story of the QSMP and what potential endings it could have. Do you guys want a happy ending where everyone leaves the island with the eggs? Or maybe a more tragic ending? Or if you think every character and egg should have their own personal ending like Q!Max, what ideas do you have? I JUST WANNA HEAR YALLS THOUGHTS IM SO CURIOUS

[laurasimonsdaughter]

To the anon who sent the Magisowo question from the Scared Ogre Mother: I'm really sorry but I don't know how to answer such a serious question in a fun urban fantasy way, I hope you don't mind <3

[clockwise-works]

So upon finishing Shadow Generations, I'm left with just one question. What the hell are the Doom Zones?

So from what I understand, a little Black Arms creature was left aboard the Ark, and it kinda served like a last resort for Black Doom to use to regenerate himself. That I understand (and kinda think is a convoluted ass pull, they could've simplified it to Time Eater just pulling Black Doom from before his defeat, just like Maria and Gerald, but I digress).

BUT. That doesn't explain the Doom Zones... or does it??? Initially I went in believing Black Doom would've been siphoning some of Time Eater's Time-Space powers to warp time and space to his will, but no. He does that BEFORE the Time Eater incident even starts, so it's not that. And it's not that he's just teleporting to Radical Highway, no, not only does it get all trippy with the visuals as he distorts space, but clearly he's also warping time to some degree by sending Shadow there regardless of when Shadow is.

Is it really just some new power Black Doom has? Some power he never showed any signs of having in the past? Like I know obviously in 2005 they didn't plan for ANY of this and therefore didn't allude or have Black Doom posses these powers, I get that, but that doesn't matter cause it could've been explained or justified better NOW. Because now there's two completely separate entities, both of which able to mess with time and space, AND happen to attack at the exact same time. All of which they have minimal to no connection or overlap, Black Doom at best "using Time Eater's also concurrently happening time manipulation to advance his own plans" meaning he would've been able to do this regardless of Time Eater, it just sped up his plans.

And it's not Chaos Control... or is it? It's pretty much stated that Gerald needed Black Doom's DNA to make Shadow, Shadow in which getting Chaos Control, something Gerald brings up he is focused on researching, meaning Black Doom can use Chaos Control. BUT, Chaos Control's time manipulation is VERY different from Black Doom's. I don't even think Chaos Control's ever even showed any form of distortion to that effect, only ever allowing people to mess with time and teleport themselves/others.

So what are the Doom Zones??? Why can Black Doom just MAKE little pocket dimensions??? I'm willing to believe he can do it, but not knowing HOW just leaves me with questions.

[molkolsdal]

thinking about the identity crisis i went though as a kid cuz my parents had told me very simply that my mom was pashtun and my dad was punjabi and they were both from peshawar and that was that. understandably they had simplified it so much for me cuz i was a kid, but whenever other brown people asked where i was from or "what are you" and i mentioned punjabi and they'd be like oh wow where? lahore? and i'd just be like nope lol peshawar and they would press me about how my dad could be punjabi if he was from peshawar and i just didn't have an answer. when i got a little older, i started saying well borders are manmade, you don't necessarily have to be from one ethnicity cuz you're from a certain area (and i was right! i just didn't know at the time why i was right).

as i got older and i found out more about our family background, it all made more sense to me as i came to know that the punjabi side of us was allegedly from a great-great-great grandfather from gurdaspur who had moved to bannu way back when. but as my interest in linguistics and anthropology and history grew, i realized that my old explanation of "borders are manmade" was true anyway!!! prime examples being speakers of Hindko and Derawali, as well as the Hazarewal community in general. anyways, i could go on about this, but it's all just so endlessly fascinating that i wouldn't know where to stop so i'll stop now.

[keeps-ache]

they put me through this big industrial machine and i came out the other side kind of older 👍

[foxgloveinspace]

YES:

-you enter the church.

-there’s a man on the left hand side, tucked behind a piano that’s facing out.

-he is the only thing you can see on that side of the church, though you don’t look around yet, your eyes can not leave him just now.

-despite the fact that he has many candles on top of it, you can not see inside his hood, even with the golden glow.

-you can tell the song is coming from him, but it didn’t get louder when you walked into the room, though it has been accompanied by the piano, instead of just his voice.

-he doesn’t seem bothered by your presence.

-you can feel eyes on your back.

-do you turn around?

-yes -no

[jils-things]

i wanna go back to playing oneshot again... and just. enjoying myself in the oneshot universe