From the Outside looking In.

This is my blog of stuff I like. It's mostly fandoms but sometimes not.

[worm-strung-string]

obi-wan set the standard that the alphas judge all other jedi by, some go above and beyond the bare minimum that they'll expect of a jedi (Plo), some fall short and on occasion obi-wan does something that causes the alphas to recalculate where the bar for jedi lays

alpha17 while training cadets: "the jedi are opposed to war crimes, if you want to assassinate a planetary leader, here's how to hide it from an empath. If there is a trap, the jedi will walk right into it. And this creature here" Alpha17 holds up general catobi wan meobi "displays the average number of brain cells and survival instincts of a jedi"

Its very funny that Alpha-17 would say outlound that he's judging by his Kenobi criteria and Obi-wan is like wow thats very fair of you, as I am pretty standard. And every other jedi is like FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK US I guess?!?! How are we ment to do all that?!?

Judging Jedi by catobi is more fair then judging them by humanoid Kenobi

[evilminji]

Oh fuckin SPIDERS GEORGG?! They're judging us by Mr. "I somehow get caught up in three revolutions, the Force anomalies, and a system wide religiously significant wedding, every other DUCKIN WEEK! And HAVE SINCE SINCE MY MASTER PASSED HIS CURSE TO ME"? That guy!?

You do realize most of use are BORING right? Like, on purpose?! It's soothing!

[kelenia]

The robes are hanging on for dear life

[blueberry-ry]

Mandos be like “I found this war orphan on the battlefield” ok Vod and what were you doing on that battlefield 🤨 📸

[ranahan]

lolmao

But in other news, I do have an adjective for orphan for you: buiracyk, literally “between parents.” I coined that by emulating Umei_no_Mai who used “between souls” = orphan for armour in one of their fics (which would be runacyk).

I guess that if you needed a noun, that could be buiracyk’ad. But I think it is indeed more accurate to say that mandos don’t really believe in orphans, only foundlings. Orphans is what happens to other people because orphaned mando children are supposed to be adopted off very quickly, and then they’re orphans no longer (for good or for ill). So I think it’s kind of fitting to have a punchy adjective describing a temporary state and a kind of a cumbersome derived noun that doesn’t really see much use.

[ranahan]

I went to check my notes and I have a correction to make: I thought I had coined buiracyk, but it was coined by Umei_no_Mai! Though they have used it for ‘a foundling’ rather than strictly “orphaned.’ My bad. Runacyk is my translation of “between souls” but I think it’s implied strongly enough in the text that I’m not going to claim it.

It seems I probably did coin buiracyk separately after reading the “between souls” thing in 1/25, and then nine months later in 10/25 I have a note of Umei_no_Mai using it in a fic. So my memory is not totally gone, but regardless, they published first and had probably already published by the time I got around to reading their fics.

Everybody please reblog this version with the correct credit, thanks and apologies.

[worm-strung-string]

So since the daugther likes Obi-Wan pretty well in tcw and entrusts him the god-killing dagger and you just posted a headcanon about her kidnapping children to give to the jedi (with complete ignorance of time and space) and the fandom likes to play around with Obi-Wan’s origin and what Stewjoni are...

The daugther kidnapped Obi-Wan from some backwater planet to give him to the Jedi.

that 'Gifted to the river" idea, and what is a river surface but a moment in-between sinking and swiming?

“I am going to get Father”

[evilminji]

Not seen, just off screen, The Brother: "Hey! Kid! You want Ultimate Power and a knife?"

The Father, already running: NooOOO!

[worm-strung-string]

God, all I can imagine? With winged tooka trooper? Is *Thwap!* *sound of furious scrambling claws as they try to find purchase on smooth pastoid* *triumphant noise as they succeed in climbing the brother they threw themselves at*

Also (insert communist bugs meme) OUR meat rations, brother.

No longer! Will climbing on top of Very Tall Crates save you from greedy little Feline bastards trying to literally steal the dinner right out of your mouth! They can FLY now! Fuck™!!!

winged tookas are excellent flyers! once they get momentum they are great at using it! its the landing that's the problem, tend to go tail over head on that twiggy landing gear, they tend to let themselves run into walls and people to bounce off to get more air, take corners or stop.

and yeah their desperate scrabbling to get a claw into some panels shouldn't be that big a deal BUT ITS SO MANY TINY SCRATCHES AND IT LOOKS UNPROFESSIONAL! So there's a whole dodge and weaving tactic to avoid the winged womp rats like their magpies in swooping season!

the jedi should act like sacrificial lambs and let the tookas use them as a landing tree, their claws would have a much easier time grabbing onto the robes and fibres

[evilminji]

You brought a KABOB ON BOARD?! Shit! DUCK AND COVER!! *thump! Thump! Thump thump thump!* <- sound of approximately 10 to 15 tooka hitting the crates you CC dragged you behind like he was getting you out of the line of fire. You look up to a ROW of ( ◇. ◇ ) faces locked, with Hungry Intent, upon your delicious meaty snack.

Run.

[obliviousmelon]

headcanon that a ferengi tradition is putting your new baby up for sale at a ridiculous price to show how valuable they are to you (everyone has to be polite and not actually buy them or hands will be thrown, people will be sued, etc etc)

[libraflyter]

I love the idea of Ferengi traditions that are both ha-ha capitalism but also create a functioning culture that’s more than a metaphor.

[thecottageinthedark]

[datasoong47]

So, this is related to a headcanon I have. There's a kind of ritual sale of childhood goods as part of the Ferengi coming-of-age, which was featured in an episode of DS9. The ostensible purpose is to raise capital for the young Ferengi male. But, like, if the Ferengi were approaching this in their usual capitalistic mindset, you wouldn't really get much from what's basically a glorified garage sale

My headcanon is that it is the accepted practice to buy those goods at much higher prices than you would normally pay, serving as a culturally acceptable way of effectively giving financial support

[shiroikabocha]

Oh I love these, especially because of the spoken and unspoken meta-traditions around the tradition! Maybe they work similarly to the “speak now or forever hold your peace” thing in human marriage ceremonies. Everyone at a human wedding understands you’re not actually supposed to say anything at that point, it’s just a formality—but you see characters do it all the time in literature and entertainment, because it makes for such a juicy plot twist.

I bet “newborn gets purchased by evil jealous ex-business partner” is a classic plot hook in Ferengi soap operas. It’s their version of getting sold to One Direction.

[aisatsaa]

Day 1: Soulmates

«Excuse me, I think you may have dropped your book»

[worm-strung-string]

Oh THATS a fun thought? :Dc The Daughter? Is benevolent in the same way the light side of the Force is benevolent. For the given quality of that. And you really can't trust the mercy or comprehension of a God? ESPECIALLY when they aren't even fuckin yours?

Like? The Daughter. Spooky! The Daughter... with a Jedi Baby. Oh no. VERY concerning! She might gift them Prophecy or some shit. She's basically a sentient Super Nexus but WAY worse. The Daughter, with a jedi Baby, to... a Mandalorian?

Oh... oh no.

That freaky force of eldritch fuck of nature HAS AN ADE! *panic* like? You may not LIKE adult Jedi? But no decent Mando is enough of a DICK to abandon a Jetii'ad to some sort of glowing mind control space cult thing! "Oh but she's a god!" Ain't NO GOD THEY RECOGNIZE, in this good Manda loving household!

*blaster charge noises* now back AWAY from the hypnotized child, glow stick! D:<

(The Manda/Kara standing just over their fuckin shoulder probably is making direct eye contact with The Daughter and going >:D like enabling assholes. Atta boy! Get um! Get uuuum!)

Theres this very funny thing happening where from this, Imagine you are some of old mandalorian, and theres this baby doing weird shit, and then, out of NOWHERE! this glowstick no crude matter, your mind cant quiet adjust to what your seeing, is standing over the babe, plucks it up and is like yes yes, to the jedi with you AND IS GONE babe and all! and thats where the horror story of child stealing jedi spawns from. The Daughter being unattached to reality and the procedures of the jedi and is like yeah take the force sensitive kiddo to them, that's what a sentient does, I am doing the thing. And the jedi are a little alarmed at sudden child spawned in, who knows if that baby is actually form this time or walking in the inbetween time is nothing The Daughter dropped the babe off some other time!

Also

I did have a fun few idea of like if the Duaghter is a manifestation of belief to the light side maybe the Manda/Kara has its own avatar and if that's just the force by another name, a different form all together or like if The Daughter and the Manda are like cousins or sisters just for fun

[evilminji]

She's getting SUCH a good grade at being subtle and Bound By Matter™ (like the jedi)! A thing that is real and possible to achieve! They can't even TELL she's been secretly dropping off children! (Oh fuck YEAH THEY CAN! It's terrifying! Are those children OKAY? What the FUCK is a YODA?! What SPECIES IS THIS!?!?)

Meanwhile? The Manda? Will just show up to your hunting trip cook out fires, melting out of the shadows, like "Hello children. I'm here to make sure you remember the rules of hospitality and honor. And eat some dinner. Who wants to hear a suspiciously life lesson relevant tale?" *eat dinner then disappears back into the night*

Like? See! OURS doesn't kidnap children! OURS just takes the last BBQ rib and shames us into being better people like a benevolent grandfather (who will kick our ass sometimes, when we're not listening)!

But like? *a jedi sees The Manda™* *horror movie music* t-that is not a Real Person. That is Legion. That is War and Beskar and Honor and NOT THE FORCE AND-*gets kicked out of the depths for poking at the Manda like a rude lil being of crude matter*

Bet the Mando'ade had the same reaction to The Daughter? Like? This is not THEIR faith. They do not connect to it. It's Other and they Do Not Like It. Yeah, with time and exposure? They could get over it? But they don't have the same Our Good And Beloved reaction that they do to THEIR manifestation of the cosmic forces that bind all things?

Bet the Kel Dor have one too. Some big, some small. The Great and Little Gods as they put it. All avatars of the same thing, ultimately, but each their own face.

That SAID? I like to imagine? Because I know Mandalorians? That they went "just because you're probably either a Space Horror or some sort of terrifying Space God, DOESNT MEAN YOU CAN KIDNAP CHILDREN!" and fuckin? Went after her? Much to her incredible confusion? It's like being harried by a butterfly. Dive bombed by a feather. I...is she supposed to pretend to be hurt? *exaggerated fake wincing, holds the wrong limb "in pain"* ooooh noooo? Your... uh, your doing really good, sweetie!

[worm-strung-string]

Wingedtookas are horrible little winged devils

Buzzkill got mobbed.

[crafblr]

btw I’ve found these stretches from the WAK blog very helpful when knitting a lot:

Plus make sure to take breaks regularly - and stop if anything starts to hurt!

especially with gift knitting I know it can be tempting to push through it for a deadline, but it’s really not worth causing long term injury. (And anyone knit-worthy should be understanding of that, imho.) Stay well :)

[gingersnappish]

Also good for artists drawing with pencils/on a tablet/with a pen!

[not-poignant]

Also good for writers

[adorkastock]

Make art, take care!

[jabberding0]

tree grafting techniques

[darkmodepls]

isn't it bizarre that people and animals have to match precise genetic markers for organ donation and take immunosuppressive medication for the rest of their life or else the body will reject it, yet you can pull all sorts of Frankenstein nonsense on plants and it will work so long as they're roughly in the same family

[worm-strung-string]

God I forgot about the goran? Who just *kicks open door* "I live here now" <- a truely magnificent step forward in Mando'ade-Jedi relations honestly. The Initiates and Crechelings probably LIVE them. VERY climbable.

But like? Now with the new Temple Tookas? They probably went "!!!!!!?! A Mando! Fuck, it's HAPPENING! Battle stations!" *intense Horror Movie Feline action* like? They came for the possessed Ade... found the whole ass place haunted. Yep, this tracks.

Cats trying to Death From Above and claw their face off only to scramble harmlessly against their Goran Grade armor. The Goran ain't even mad. It's like a swarm of strill puppies. They're just trying to protect their home. Adorable! *they say, literally COVERED in tooka trying to chew on them or get a claw in somewhere.*

That Goran is their Nemesis™! Their battle will be LEGENDARY! *plotting intensifies*

(The Goran however? Is like? They got cute ade AND fluffy lil animals that look armored! This place is GREAT! Now if only I could get the Jetii armorer to let me get a look at those guard uniforms...)

“These are spectacular! 16 more!!!”

A whole cloud of templetookas attempt to take them on, unfortunately this is exactly the Goran wants.

[corvidcall]

to anyone in the areas impacted by the wildfire smoke, my #1 biggest piece of advice as someone whos been dealing with wildfire smoke in the NW united states for years, is build yourself a Corsi-Rosenthal Cube

they perform as well as expensive HEPA air cleaners, and are comparatively VERY inexpensive. all you need is a box fan, 4 air filters, a piece of cardboard, and some duct tape!!!!

i think it took us maybe a half hour to put ours together, if that, and we replace the filters every 3 months. it's really made a HUGE difference, both when the air quality is bad, but also with our allergies

[o0fyuu0o]

Saw these easy to read instructions on Twitter. Stay safe 💚

[sarahthecoat]

where i am, a box fan and the filters run about $20 each, so if $100 is too much of a stretch at the moment, get the fan and one filter. tape the filter to the intake side of the fan, all the way around. this is also good if your space is small and a 20" cube won't fit.

[totally-correct-star-wars]

Fox: BEHOLD, the field in which I grow my kriffs! Lay thine eyes upon it, and thou shalt see that it is barren!

[catasters]

[idratherhavefreedom]

[otherwindow]

I feel like zombie settings could do more to make slow zombies scarier in quiet, creeping ways. Zombies facing away from people. Walking backwards. Only moving if they're not seen. Holding a survivor but not hurting them. Motionless but their eyes follow you. Soundless horde.

[otherwindow]

Encountering fast zombies: Physical challenge

Encountering slow zombies: Psychological terror

[ibapoque]

Ohh okay okay okay I like this.

If zombies are a representation of the breakdown of society, the traditional zombie is a more noticeable, violent, immediate collapse of society.

The slow, quiet, still zombie is more about the societal collapse we don't see until it's too late, one that doesn't happen suddenly and drastically but one that happens without a fuss. The violence doesn't become the focus of the tension, the violence is the release of it.

[evilminji]

Like a zombie with a baby! They are dead. Maybe they were the child's parent. Maybe they just tried to save them. Doesn't matter much anymore does it? You have to get the baby away from them. Why? They aren't HURTING the baby. Well... yeah. But they're dead. They don't remember to feed it either. Protect it from the elements. Bathe it or love it or sing it songs. They're GONE.

But... they WILL attack you if you try to take the baby.

Because some part of their rotting brain remembers. This is their child. You are trying to take their child. So the zombie will lash out....

And potentially kill the baby.

[castielrisingabove]

I just keep thinking about how Ryland Grace used to be a regular at his local diner.

[angstandhappiness]

DUDE