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[witchofthesouls]

you've talked about what cybertronians would think of human instruments, but what would they think of human singing? does it sound particularly nice to them or does it just sound the same as a normal talking voice?

A lot of confusion with a range from 'meh' to 'holy fucking shit.' They're familiar with singing, so they can pinpoint the difference between regular speaking and musicality.

But what really gets Cybertronians is the wide range of live performances across different genres and expressions that's available to the average buyer and how people can explore it as a hobby. There would be absolutely dedicated Cybertronians following their favorite ballet troupe, artist, band, and art gallery. When they find out about random dance performances and rave tickets, they'll lose their heads.

Creative expression and art were very limited and firmly regulated on Functionist Cybertron. It wasn't just performances but even down to the color palettes and who was worthy to gaze upon frescoes and statues that date back to the original Thirteen's reign.

Something like an untrained person with a retail job doing a cover of a song and uploading it online... would have never been tolerated on Functionist Cybertron. Same as a licensed medical professional with a passion for historical clothing or someone who does doll making as a hobby. This was firmly and only allowed within the Artistinal caste. Average mecha were allowed to express admiration but never allowed to do anything related to it unless they had the correct paperwork to cover their 'ill-suited frame' and the 'necessary' education because any deviance would have been corrected.

A church choir made from volunteers? Art and band from high school students in a poor district? A fan joining the stage during a live show? Would not happen on Cybertron.

[absolutely-esme]

I kind of want to see how they would react to the whole audience clapping, stomping, and singing along to We Will Rock You.

[absolutely-esme]

Transformers Prime and Danny Phantom idea with June

Danielle/Dani with an i (Danny's clone, for anyone who didn't see those episodes) grows up and eventually decides to choose a new name and build a life for herself.

She takes on the name June, goes to nursing school, gets a job at a hospital, and even has a kid.

She had some concerns about how her being half ghost and a once-unstable clone might affect her son, but Jack is a perfectly healthy human boy with no apparent affects from his mother's medical history, aside from slightly higher than average levels of ectoplasm in his system.

That said, the Fenton luck breeds true, and he gets involved in otherworldly shenanigans in high-school. June is only really surprised it's visitors from another planet instead of another dimension.

June Darby is not mad at her son for getting involved with alien robots, but she is disappointed he didn't tell her about the human paramilitary group or the giant spider lady hunting him before she was directly targeted by both.

(This was an unwise choice for both MECH and Airachnid. June may not have been the member of the family who earned the title of Crownbreaker by defeating Pariah Dark, but she's far from helpless.)

[puzzlepeaceart]

Everyone else's voice headcanons for Rung: Softer, generally has a British or German accent, might talk kinda fast.

Mine: Megamind

This is my attempt to sell you on this lmk if it worked

[jitterbot]

one of the worst things about elita being made into “the mom friend” or “the one with the braincell” in fanon is that it erases the fact that she’s fucking weird (affectionate)

when chromia and crew were being pursued by deceptions elita warns them in quite possibly the most cryptic way she could

there’s this cover where she’s perched like a cat. no one else is doing this. just her.

in idw1 she sits on a throne of body parts

they’re parts of those who’ve lost or sacrificed their lives for her ship but a throne of body parts is still a throne of body parts

and in cyberworld she keeps doing unnecessary flips when, again, No One Else Is Doing This

like yes she’s a badass and when she locks in she Locks In but do consider her peculiar charm

[blizzardofjj]

12,000 people harmonizing Hey Jude at Pentatonix concert in Des moines

[wholesomepostarchive]

2/2/2023

[yorgen-sh]

The Chinese shoe manufacturer decided to demonstrate the indestructibility of their shoes

[chershare]

The woman being able to do all that in the heels feels more impressive, honestly.

[schlorb]

joy and peace pierce suddenly out of the constant horror in such weird ways but hey im glad to see them

[joy-and-whimsy-official]

Official joy and whimsy post

[ralfmaximus]

Years ago back when I worked in cubicle land, we were hiring junior software developers. They didn’t have to have a ton of experience, just a willingness to learn, and some demonstration of their software skills. Like: show me a program you wrote (any language) or a web site you designed. Anything.

And there was this one guy I talked with who seemed super sharp, but had virtually zero experience writing software. When it came time to do the show-n-tell part of the interview he whips out his laptop, brings up a website, and spins it around to show me what he made.

A website of tiny ceramic frogs.

Not for sale. Just… all these ceramic frogs, organized into categories. Frogs on bicycles, frogs with hats, frogs sitting on lily pads. It was a virtual museum of ceramic frogs in web form.

I scrolled through his online collection of frogs, slightly baffled.

“This is your website?” I asked finally.

“Yep!”

“You coded this yourself?” I popped into view-source mode and poked around some incredibly well-formatted, well-commented html. I nodded slowly. This guy was meticulous.

“Yep!”

“So… where’d all the frogs come from?”

“I made those too,” he says, beaming. 

And while I’m processing this he rummages in his bag and pulls out a little ceramic frog working at a computer terminal. He places it on the table before us, next to the laptop.

“And THIS one,” he says, “I made for you! As a thank you for the interview.”

It was adorable. I hired him on the spot. I mean, why not? Worst case he’d wash out in 90 days and we’d hire somebody else. He turned out to be one of the best developers on our team. 

And yes, his cubicle was loaded with ceramic frogs.

[maelstrom-of-emotions]

Since, we’re all going haywire after this — and with good reason, I mean CERAMIC FROGS, that guy is a national treasure — I’ve decided to search up some artists that are here on tumblr that have done ceramic froggies. Who knows, maybe one of them is frog guy hiding in plain sight. (Probably not, but still, these artists are super cool and you should definitely show your love to them!)

Take me to Neverland.

Froggies!

^FROGGIES!

sosuperawesome

Ceramicorn on Etsy

^ FOXES AND FROGGIES!

dearmouse

Amber Fenton Frog

^ FLOWER FROGGY!

hyydraworks

The froggos! There's a bigger size and shape discrepancy than I first thought with these, so you're going to be able to pick individual fro

^ TINY FROGGIES <3

acorviart

little frog in a little flower dish (not selling this one)

^ FLOWER DISH FROGGY

Lachlan

shuld probs make my own post for these guys! this is pretty much my first time making a genuine attempt at ceramics. lotta fish! my gars (y

^ FISHES AND WIZARD FROGGY.

Take me to Neverland.

Froggie Wizard Council

^ WIZARD COUNCIL FROGGY

sosuperawesome

Frog Mugs // Jade Flower

^ FROGGY MUGS

ceramicorn

^ FROGGO

Robin's Ceramics

green frog :] image description: a little green ceramic frog with black spots and vivid yellow eyes. It crouches with a smile.

^ SMILE CROUCHING FROGGY!

[digitalkiddo]

If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.

[lortharn-art]

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

YEE-CLAW :D

[daddysdeepdesires]

@joy-and-whimsy-official

[joy-and-whimsy-official]

Joy and whimsy detected! This Yee-Claw is joyful and whimsical!

[soulren]

“Ghosts are real” I can see how you could believe that

“Ghosts aren’t real” it’s very fair and rational that you believe that

“Ghosts aren’t real anymore” I’m about to hear a poem or very sad story

“Ghosts aren’t real yet” the fuck are you going to do

[angstandhappiness]

LMAO 😂

[the-punforgiven]

Show up at work like hi boss sorry I'm late my I was helping my mother track down one specific 90s dungeon crawler for the purposes of obtaining a muffin recipe the developer hid in the files

[the-punforgiven]

Anyway shoutout to Stonekeep (1995)

[mushroomsandteeth]

I'M MAKING THE MUFFINS

[mushroomsandteeth]

Burnt my hand picking it up to show. Gonna wait to taste.

[mushroomsandteeth]

Taste review: Make the video game muffins oh my GOD.

[knightjockey]

These are DELICIOUS! I substituted chocolate chips for pecans because its what i had on hand.

It tastes like a pumpkin gingerbread cake! Great treat for fall and winter!

Definitely make these!

[sadhoc]

Text from recipe

Tim Cain's Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins -- They're the shadow king's favorite!

1 and 2/3 cup flour

2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp cloves

1/4 tsp baking powder

2 eggs

1 cup chocolate chips

1 cup sugar

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup pumpkin (half of a 16 oz can)

1/2 cup (one stick) butter, melted

preheat oven to 350. grease muffin tins (one dozen regular size) or use baking cups. mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Break eggs into another bowl. add pumpkin and butter and whisk until blended. stir in chocolate chips. pour over dry ingredients and stir until just blended. do NOT overstir! scoop batter into tins and bake 20-25 minutes. after cooling, keep muffins wrapped in plastic to avoid drying.

[dollsahoy]

I'm sure people have pointed it out already, but

Tim Cain is one of the creators of Fallout

and he is an overall delight

Timothy Cain

I am a video game developer, mostly known for creating Fallout. I plan to use this channel to tell stories about game development, including

[pinniposting]

1 minute 22 seconds of polite seal enjoying fibsh

[hellsite-testing-ground]

˙ʇɐqʇᴉnɹɟ ɐ ǝɯoɔǝq oʇ pǝpᴉɔǝp ǝʌ,I

[ralfmaximus]

Years ago back when I worked in cubicle land, we were hiring junior software developers. They didn’t have to have a ton of experience, just a willingness to learn, and some demonstration of their software skills. Like: show me a program you wrote (any language) or a web site you designed. Anything.

And there was this one guy I talked with who seemed super sharp, but had virtually zero experience writing software. When it came time to do the show-n-tell part of the interview he whips out his laptop, brings up a website, and spins it around to show me what he made.

A website of tiny ceramic frogs.

Not for sale. Just… all these ceramic frogs, organized into categories. Frogs on bicycles, frogs with hats, frogs sitting on lily pads. It was a virtual museum of ceramic frogs in web form.

I scrolled through his online collection of frogs, slightly baffled.

“This is your website?” I asked finally.

“Yep!”

“You coded this yourself?” I popped into view-source mode and poked around some incredibly well-formatted, well-commented html. I nodded slowly. This guy was meticulous.

“Yep!”

“So… where’d all the frogs come from?”

“I made those too,” he says, beaming. 

And while I’m processing this he rummages in his bag and pulls out a little ceramic frog working at a computer terminal. He places it on the table before us, next to the laptop.

“And THIS one,” he says, “I made for you! As a thank you for the interview.”

It was adorable. I hired him on the spot. I mean, why not? Worst case he’d wash out in 90 days and we’d hire somebody else. He turned out to be one of the best developers on our team. 

And yes, his cubicle was loaded with ceramic frogs.

[houseofcatwic]

Shawn Braley Illustration

[heavenlybeastie]

@joy-and-whimsy-official

[joy-and-whimsy-official]

Joy and whimsy detected! This post is joyful and whimsical!

[roycohn]

something i've noticed that has become really annoying in the past 10 years or so is this fad of what i've been calling, for lack of a better word, "structural whataboutism." it's that thing where, when faced with a concrete, resolvable problem in your community, your answer is to blame it on a vast, unsolvable issue of structural inequality and then throw up your hands. "there's trash all over the ground in this corner of the park" becomes "well, that's where MEN OF COLOR congregate after their 12-HOUR GRAVEYARD SHIFTS and i'm not going to support a CARCERAL SOLUTION to a CAPITALISTIC PROBLEM. WE NEED TO ELIMINATE POVERTY AND THE SUBJUGATION OF THE WORKING CLASS" and it's like okay but sis. someone still has to go pick up the trash. we don't need a carceral solution, we need more trash cans. you're not going to eliminate poverty and the subjugation of the working class and even if ya did, there would still be trash on the ground. how any of this passes for radicalism within their peer groups i simply don't understand. it's radical laziness more than anything else

[figtreeandvine]

I was on a canoe trip once with a river biologist who worked for the county. After we found and removed a car tire, she started talking about the annual river cleanup her department organized. From a water quality or ecological standpoint, removing shopping carts, car tires, and other macro trash from the river really wasn't that important, she said. The real threat to the river was industrial and agricultural runoff.

"But!" she said:

People who see a clean, trash-free river are more likely support laws to curb more harmful "systemic" forms of pollution. People who participate in river cleanups take pride in their work--their river!--and become evangelists for protecting it.

Immediate action leads to systemic awareness, which leads to systemic change.

[writing-with-olive]

Literally this.

Saying "there's no point in doing something small until the big thing is fixed" is literally just the Glorious Revolution Rapture story all over again, and it's not helpful.

[absolutely-esme]

Most issues are not that insurmountable, if you are willing to accept that the problem can be confronted directly.

On a related note, I strongly recommend learning how to repair things. It's a good step toward digging yourself out of this kind of learned helplessness.

Being able to sew a button back onto something or adjust a door that doesn't hang the way it needs to to close properly helps you relearn that humans are a species who can change their surroundings.