History Buff/Miniature Enthusiast,He/Him mid 20's

I also like Mass Effect slightly too much

[colonel-dynamite-gun]

Commander Lucia Shepard.

[the-new-mandalor]

Powerful ladies of the Imperium.

[colonel-dynamite-gun]

My first playthrough I actually didn't let Diana Allers aboard the Normandy, 'it's a warship not a film set' I thought to myself 'no room for civilians'. I didn't even catch the report of Allers' death, the ship she embeds on instead being destroyed by the Reapers. However after a playthrough with her I actually ended up liking her. Sort of.

Annoyance over not having the actual reporter characters we've known for two games as an option aside, I do like her character or at least what it represents. She gives an idea of what the home front is like, how people are reacting to the war. Her interviews let Shepard address the public directly too, furthering our status as a key figure in the galaxy.

And Diana is from Bekestein, the same planet Kasumi's loyalty mission took place on. I wish we'd seen more of it.

[nobrashfestivity]

This is the history they don't teach you

[colonel-dynamite-gun]

Jokes aside, the actual Ben Franklin was indeed thirsty. In 1776 he left the 13 colonies for France to drum up support for the war against England, and became very acquainted with the women of Paris

[malotte00]

[dogpuppy]

[unbfacts]

[ralfmaximus]

The Gimli Glider! So many things came together to make this safe landing:

The co-pilot was a local and knew all the local airstrips

...including the decommissioned 10,000 foot military runway they ultimately chose as their destination

...but because it had been decommissioned, was now utilized by a local go-kart club for racing

...which, on that day, was indeed having a great time racing go-karts on the old runway

...and because there was no way to alert the people on the ground and the plane’s approach was utterly silent (NO ENGINES) with kids in go-karts were whizzing around on the runway, the final approach was, shall we say, alarming

...until a parent looked up and noticed a giant fucking airplane getting bigger and bigger

OH GOD HE’S LANDING HERE

Thus within seconds the whole area was cleared by frantic parents

Plane lands perfectly, but without power they had to drop the gear via gravity and the nose wheel failed to lock into place

Front gear collapses

Plane screeches to a halt, and because they landed at a go-kart event pretty much every dad has a fire extinguisher, so they manage to extinguish the small fire caused by friction

The only minor injuries were due to passengers jumping from the emergency exit slides, which dangled off the ground due to elevated tail height

If you have 27 spare minutes and want an excruciatingly detailed, technical breakdown of what happened as told by a real pilot, here’s the Mentour Pilot episode on the Gimli Glider.

[animeengineer]

I read an article about this back around 1990 and my favorite part was that, after landing and stopping, the pilots were reflexively going through the “crash landing” checklist, shutting down all the fuel pumps and lines to prevent a fire from spreading, until it dawned on them halfway through that they didn’t need to do those steps because the tanks were quite empty.

[curiouscarnifex]

Image: A black and white photo of a large Air Canada plane on a runway. The plane is positioned with its nose touching the ground, tail section raised by landing gear and the emergency exit slides are deployed from the exits.

Under is the caption "On July 23, 1983, Air Canada Flight 143, a domestic passenger flight between Montreal and Edmonton, ran out of fuel midway through the flight at an altitude of 41,000 feet. The 69 people on board were all at risk, but the pilot managed to land the plane safely as he was an experienced glider pilot. The fuel ran out because 22,300 pounds of fuel was filled instead of.22,300 kilograms (49,172 Ib)." End image.

[atanertheartist]

beach episode shepard doodle as promised 🙂‍↕️🌊 i wanted it to be vibrant and colorful

[spicyraeman]

tumblr is very rude for making me make a censored ver of this

[bluesky/pillowfort (NSFW)]

[gammaraydeath]

deeply in love with shepard

[silvkey]

I understand why varren can't be a pet, but it's still really cute to imagine

[aenslem]

Batman: Caped Crusader (2024–) 1.01

[colonel-dynamite-gun]

OC ASK GAME

4

14

48

So I always default to Lucy if not specified.

4# Describe three of the most important photographs your OC owns: She has a picture of the Shepard family, Hannah, Manny and her brother Henry in front of their house on Mindior. Her little brother is sticking rabbit ears up behind her, both parents with an arm.around each other. It was taken the same year as the raid. It's the last photo Lucy has of her family.

She definitely has a pic of her graduating bootcamp, smooshed between her fellow new minted alliance marines. She enlisted as a private, going through OCS later to commission as a Lieutenant after four years of service.

She probably has one of her and Garrus stashed somewhere. Nothing fancy, the two of them on a supply run at Rodam Expeditions each checking out a rifle, or something touristy from a visit to Ilium with the two of them staring at a camera drone.

14# Does your OC hold grudges? How good are they at letting things go? Do they believe in second chances?: Lucy can certainly believe in second chances but she has her limits to who she'll forgive. Slavers get no mercy, on the X57 asteroid she guns down the Batarians who offer to leave the moment they mention just looking for a "quick slave grab". She kills Ethan Jong when he starts waving a gun around. But she lets Rachni queen go, the extermination of an entire species being something she can't abide even with the history behind them. She lets Balak walk in ME3, recognizing her own personal vendetta against him is beneath the importance the

48# What would your OC do if they knew that this was their last day alive: Spend it with friends, her significant other. She'd invite the whole crew over like the party in Citadel, say her goodbyes, then spend the rest of the night with Garrus.

[mtfoss]

I do suffer the american condition of liking to drink huge drinks

[luxwing]

Lemme get a little sippy

[tictacpbandai]

[magicmistral]

My uncle is really into warhammer and would win every miniature painting competition he was in. I have not very steady hands and he saw me messing up my nail polish for prom. He sat with me and carefully painted my nails and that moment meant so much to me all these years later.

[cyprozombiegirl]

tumblr staff doesn’t want you to know this, but a great way to treat small amounts of granulation tissue to prevent it from becoming hypergranulation inside the canal of your neovagina is to make a hypersaline solution (more in tense version of regular saline) and soak a tampon in it, and then insert that tampon into your vaginal canal

[cyprozombiegirl]

now I’m sure if you are dealing with granulation tissue during early recovery from bottom surgery you’re probably thinking gosh fuck I’m a trans girl i’ve never had to put a tampon in in my life how do I do this…and I’d love to show you but

[cyprozombiegirl]

ITS THE POST THAT GOT ME BLURRED HIII

[pomegranatecellar]

love how much tumblr hates women lol

anyways, if you're a trans girl and have never used a tampon before, here's some tips

- you shouldn't be able to really feel it, if you do it isn't tilted correctly or it's not far enough in. in my experience the easiest way to put in a tampon is squatting and tilting slightly forward but experiment and see what feels best for you

- it's completely normal to take a few attempts to get in correctly , that's what the string is for (easy removal)

- if you lose the string you can just Go Up There and pull it out, it's just more messy

- even though you don't bleed, do not leave it in for long. i'm serious. you can still get toxic shock syndrome, it's not pretty and you will need serious medical intervention. change tampons at least every 8 hours

- probably common sense but ill add anyways, tampons expand when absorbing fluid! do not worry if it's a little struggle to get out that's normal (but if you're having a REALLY hard time that is not, probably size down your tampon)

hope any of this helps!

[magz]

From the replies:

What is granulation tissue?

[Cyprozombiegirl] Granulation tissue is a normal tissue that forms underneath where the skin will form, its bright red and shiny (and painful to the touch). Unfortunately when the injured/cut area is consistently wet often too much of this tissue forms and prevents skin from growing over it. When this happens it’s called hypergranulation and needs to be chemically burned away. If you’ve got some but not a lot though, not enough to technically be hypergranulation but on the way there, you can use hypersaline to treat it.

It can’t stop anything once you’ve fully got hypergranulation, but if it’s only granulation it seems to help a lot. I found out about this from a friend whose special interest is bottom surgery

To Make The HyperSaline Solution

[Cyprozombiegirl] mix 2 teaspoons of table salt with 1 cup of warm water (which you’ve boiled for at least 20min) in a clean container until the salt dissolves. soak tampon in it. Insert tampon (this can be tricky because it will rapidly expand, so I suggest getting one for light flow).

[Dilsdoes] hi! just a note: make sure the salt youre using is non iodized! generally for saline solutions used internally like this you want to avoid iodized salt. it tends to irritate mucous membranes

Further information on Tampons can be searched online or on the Tampon box.

ID: Censored image for "breaking Tumblr guidelines".

A diagram for how to apply a tampon in a (neo)vagina.

1. Tampon inside a tampon applicator, with tampon chord (a string used to pull the tampon out).

2. Hand with the tampon itself pointed towards the palm and body. Index finger over the Tampon applicator plunger.

3. Spreading vaginal opening with the other hand, and placing the tampon with tampon applicator towards the vaginal entrance. Legs spread apart.

4. Push tampon applicator plunger with index finger, with tampon inside, to push it further inside.

5. Take out tampon applicator. The tampon should be secured inside the vaginal canal, with tampon chord hanging outside of the vagina.

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[assortedinsanities]

Ideally you wanne boil the water when the salt is already in, because food grade salt might not be entirely sterile (especially cause it's usually in your not sterile cupboard for quite a while). Also the way it's indicated in the diagram it kinda looks like the tampon is not inserted far enough, it's very uncomfortable if you don't get it in far enough. I don't have experience with applicators, but if you use your index finger (depending on your exact anatomy) you are gonne have to get pretty much your entire finger in there. If you use an applicator, compare to your index finger to get an idea.

[reader-from-nowhere]

ive been seeing this curly cat on my dash constantly, so i doodled @bimmyjimmy lil goob

[bimmyjimmy]

oh my god this doodle is adorable