Firemeyr

(He/him!) Commander Fox and Paz Vizsla my beloves, semi-frequent author

[cabbagege]

It's always one of them

[worthless-mess]

"Are you ok?" I'm actually tired bro. From the bottom of my heart I'm tired

[the-starry-seas]

Okay I'm curious because I've seen a lot of opinions going around about this lately. If more than one option applies, pick the one you most often feel. Reblog for sample size etc etc

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Should comment as payment: You think writers should get comments because they did a lot of work to write, edit, and publish a fic. They cannot receive money for this work, but they deserve to have something, so readers should make an effort to comment.

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Should comment for another reason: You think there is a different reason that readers should comment. Readers should make an effort to comment for this reason. (This is NOT a 'some or all of the above' answer. There is a 'you forgot to mention x' answer.)

Should comment when they want: You do not think readers should make an effort to comment on fics.

commenting on fics:

as a reader and writer, should comment as payment

as a reader and writer, should comment to connect

as a reader and writer, should comment to show appreciation

as a reader and writer, should comment for another reason

as a reader and writer, should comment when they want

Voting ended onDec 19, 2024

[the-starry-seas]

commenting on fics:

as a reader, i should leave comments as payment

as a reader, i should leave comments to connect

as a reader, i should leave comments to show appreciation

as a reader, i should leave comments for a different reason

as a reader, i should comment when i want

Voting ended onDec 19, 2024

[the-starry-seas]

commenting on fics:

as a writer, i should get comments as payment

as a writer, i should get comments to connect

as a writer, i should get comments to feel appreciated

as a writer, i should get comments for a different reason

as a writer, readers should comment when they want

Voting ended onDec 19, 2024

[anarchafemme]

Luigi Mangione Accuses Cops of Planting Key Evidence

The 26-year-old is facing a murder charge in connection with the shooting of UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson.

Prosecutors argued that Mangione was carrying about $10,000 in cash and that his bag was a Faraday bag that blocks cellphone signals—all proof that he was a sophisticated criminal who should be held without bail. “‘I’d like to correct two things,’” Mangione said after the prosecutor finished speaking, according to CNN’s Danny Freeman, “‘I don’t know where any of that money came from—I’m not sure if it was planted. And also, that bag was waterproof, so I don’t know about criminal sophistication.’”

[mothers-and-fuckers-of-the-jury]

this is what i've been trying to say. yes the memes are funny, but leaps and bounds more important than that is Luigi Mangione first and foremost is in danger.

while he is innocent until proven guilty in the court of law, far too many people have jumped on the idea of him being the shooter because it's funny. however. there are a few key things i personally need to point out.

the NYPD fucking sucks. no bones about it. they are a legitimately bad police force. they are deeply corrupt and losing public value.

they allegedly found him with the gun and a full manifesto on his person just sitting in a mcdonalds. why in sweet fuck would anybody able to pull off that kind of murder and then evade the police for days just be carrying that around with him??

just. think critically for 30 seconds about any and all media surrounding this case that you read, and especially remember that the public opinion, while it isn't necessarily supposed to be, is influential in court cases.

[prncssguya]

nice to see Miyazaki has the same writing process as me

[oceaneyes1834-deactivated202312]

Can someone please explain to me what evaporated milk is? Wouldn’t that just be gas by definition? I live in constant fear

[buthowaminotdeadyet-deactivated]

no no it’s what left behind after the milk has been evaporated cuz only the water goes, not the other stuff

[oceaneyes1834-deactivated202312]

THERE’S WATER IN MILK?

[buthowaminotdeadyet-deactivated]

WHAT DID YOU THINK THE LIQUID WAS?

[oceaneyes1834-deactivated202312]

IDK ISNT MILK ITS OWN LIQUID?

[buthowaminotdeadyet-deactivated]

NO

IT’S MILK-STUFF MIXED WITH WATER

[oceaneyes1834-deactivated202312]

MILK STUFF? DOESNT IT JUST COME FROM THE COW’S TIT?

[buthowaminotdeadyet-deactivated]

ITS LIKE TIT JUICE, THERE IS WATER IN JUICE AND THERE IS WATER IN MILK

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

It’s fat droplets suspended in water, with some nutrients and soforth dissolved in it. You know, like ranch dressing.

Evaporated milk is just dehydrated milk.

[bisforbutch]

Obsessed with the user who assumed milk was its own element on the periodic table

[oceaneyes1834-deactivated202312]

As op I felt like I had to make this

Milk, the forbidden 119th element

[jasonfunderberkerthefrogexists]

the only question left is if it’s a metal, non-metal, or metalloid.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

OP seems to have classified it as a special case of halfnium, reclassified as a lanthanide. This has fascinating implications for electron orbital geometry.

Anyway it’s a rare earth metal apparently.

[oceaneyes1834-deactivated202312]

Yes I definitely classified it intentionally and knew exactly what I was doing when I put it with the lanthanides because I am never wrong

MILK IS A RARE EARTH METAL

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I thought so, I took one look at your classification and immediately thought “this is definitely someone with a deep understanding of how the periodic table works”

I’m glad that we have reached a consensus on the expected elemental properties of milk

[oceaneyes1834-deactivated202312]

I’d really like to know what @derinthescarletpescatarian’s thoughts are on milk’s electron orbital geometry

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

That would involve writing a crash course in how suborbitals work on a post about whether water (the primary ingredient in milk) is in milk and even for tumblr that’s going a bit far

[jesin00]

no, it is absolutely not going too far

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

You guys always complain that you don’t get to learn stuff in normal ways and then you come asking for this

[boopboopboopbadoop]

MILK IS SEVERAL COMPOUNDS PLEASE YALL ARE KILLING ME OVER HERE

We have a container of dry milk because in addition to a little fat and sugars, it contains proteins, which settle into the pores of nitrocellulose membranes, making sure analytical proteins (specific antibodies) don’t get trapped. We could just use casein (one of the proteins in milk), but milk is much cheaper and can also be found at Walmart.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

No milk is a lanthanide keep up

[flipocrite]

lanthanide?

I think you mean lactanide

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I will put lego in all of your shoes

[vel0000vet]

A cube of milk with 3 inches of edge length can blow up the galaxy.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Our galaxy is actually the result of such an explosion, that’s why we call it the Milky Way

[zoroshonkingbazonkadonkas]

this is a unique sort of thread in which you’ll find two types of people exclusively: nerds and dumbasses

[e-the-village-cryptid]

Enter OCEAN EYES and NOT DEAD YET, two of the king’s most quarrelsome stablehands.

OCEAN May one explain what powdered milk doth be? Is it not gas? I live in constant fear.

NOT DEAD The water flees to air, the rest is left. The dry debris then forms the powdered milk.

OCEAN Thou sayest water doth reside in milk?

NOT DEAD Pray tell what thou believ’st the liquid is?

OCEAN Is milk not one pure substance in itself?

NOT DEAD No; ‘tis only milk-stuff mixed with water.

OCEAN Yet milk appears from living cows’ own tits!

NOT DEAD ‘Tis juice from tits, yet water still it holds. If water be in juice, then ‘tis in milk.

Enter DERIN, the scarlet pescatarian.

DERIN ‘Tis drops of fat afloat in water, As if ‘twas dressing for thy greens. With water gone, the powdered milk remains.

A NOTE attached to an arrow, written by BURNING BRAND, flies through the window.

BURNING BRAND’S NOTE Obsessed with he who foolishly believ’d That milk is element of chemistry.

The NOTE crumbles to ash. BURNING BRAND is not seen again.

OCEAN As he who instigated such a fight, I felt that this creation was my duty.

OCEAN unrolls a scroll of parchment with a flourish.

OCEAN Behold, ‘tis milk, one hundred and nineteen.

Enter JASON FUNDER BERKER, a frog.

JASON FUNDER BERKER And yet the burning question still remains: ‘Tis metal, not, or somewhere in between?

JASON FUNDER BERKER does not wait to hear the answer, and exits.

DERIN A lanthinide! A special case, I see. How fascinating, geometrically.  But let us leave atomic musings be. For milk is a rare metal of our Earth.

OCEAN Of course it is, for I am always right. My choices are, of course, deliberate.

DERIN I do not doubt thou speakest truth, my lord Thy brilliant mind is utterly unmatch’d. It seems that an agreement has been reach’d.

OCEAN Of course; however, in sincerity I wish to know thy scholar-driven thoughts.

DERIN I fear ‘twould be beyond thy comprehension. To teach to thee would take this much too far.

Exit OCEAN, in a huff. Enter JESIN, BOOP BOOP, FLIPOCRITE, VELVET, and LOVELY DREAMS, curious onlookers attracted to the scene.

JESIN Do teach us, it would not take this too far!

DERIN Ye all complain of learning strangely, Then ask me baiting questions such as this!

BOOP BOOP Thy gross ineptitude shall be my death! Milk is formed of small component parts. The fat, the sugars, proteins all combine They seep through pores of membranes in this drink Unpleasant compounds all are filter’d out. All this obtained for small amounts of coin.

DERIN No, milk is lanthanide, pray keep the pace.

FLIPOCRITE The word thou mean’st is lactanide, I think.

DERIN May sharpened pain-shaped stones fill up thy shoes So that thou never know’st a moment’s peace.

VELVET A cube of milk, three inches on each side Could blow up the entire galaxy.

DERIN Our galaxy was formed in such a fashion. ‘Tis why we gave it name of “Milky Way.”

LOVELY DREAMS Thus ends our entertainment for the night Here fools and pompous scholars come to fight.

Exuent, pursued by a cow.

(Shakespearean adaptation format inspired by @mortimermcmirestinks​ in this post)

[alexaloraetheris]

Youpeople have no right to be this funny on my dash so early in the morning

[thesylverlining]

This is one of those threads that would go perfectly as a video set to “in the hall of the mountain king” and we all know it, I’m just not gonna be the one to make it

[airlocksandaviariesarchive]

Looks like we can’t isolate, ignore, ibuprofen our way out of this one boys

[singswan-springswan]

improvise it is

[airlocksandaviariesarchive]

You.

YOU.

There have been COUNTLESS replies to this post, saying all kinds of words that start with I (the most popular being “ignite”).

But YOU are the ONLY PERSON who has come up with an I word worthy of completing it. Thank you for this gift.

Improvise it is.

[littledoot]

I think about fox and the corries a lot. Something that always strikes me as strange is when people hate him and want him dead.

We see fox for around 4 minutes 30 TOTAL in the show but there are a few things that really stand out to me and something that happens in the comics.

Fox doesn't bend to Anakin at the start until Anakin straight up pulls rank. Should Anakin have gotten in? No. Was he angry and an active threat to Fox's men? Probably. So Fox folds there and lets him in.

When Ahsoka "breaks out" Fox goes for the non-lethal option until she "kills" some clones at which point Anakin has to command Fox and his men not to use lethal force.

It's completely reactionary and with the speed and minimal protest Fox gives it's almost strange. Fox is scared of something but he cares greatly for his brothers.

So the question becomes: what is Fox so scared of?

He was willing to stand up to Anakin as a random commander but not as a Jedi. Does Fox know what damage can be dealt by a lightsaber? Does he think that all force users will kill as they please?

With that fear and that care in mind I ask you to take a look at Fives' death. Fox and company got there when Fives was begging. The were too late to hear the explanation but they heard him plead to be understood.

And what does Fox do?

He stops behind crates for a second when Fives doesn't even know he's there, he asks Fives to not fight back, he does not fire the first shot. He asks Fives more than once to surrender. Fives knew he was dead either way but there was no way for Fox to know that.

Or maybe he did and had a plan.

In the comic we can see the Corries march on the temple and some of them shoot at Vader thinking him to be a Jedi.

Fox pleads their ignorance, Fox pleads for them not to be punished for a mistake they did not make, Fox dies asking leniency for his men.

These are not the actions of a proud man who believes in his cause.

These are the actions of a man who has nothing left and no other actions he can take trying to keep his family alive at any cost but knowing he will never manage it anyway.

So, yeah. I don't understand the hatred for Fox but if you want to tell my your view I will listen anyway

[iheartfurrympreg]

pulled an all-nighter and then promptly passed out, i drew this sometime and have no recollection but i think i get what i was going for

[themaidenofwords]

If anyone comments this on one of my fics just know I will be softly kissing your forehead

[carriesthewind]

Things suck right now. Who wants to join me in making paper crane chains? You don't need any special tools or artistic talent, it gives you something to do with your hands, and you end up with a pretty chain of paper cranes that you can either hang up, or throw away without feeling too wasteful. And if you do join me, post pictures in the reblogs! :)

Tools you will need: needle and thread, a pad of post-it notes, and sharpies/markers/crayons/etc. of your choice.

[carriesthewind]

You can design your post-it any way you like - you can even draw a picture or write out a text. I usually make a simple pattern with around 6 colors. Start by just drawing a pattern - it can be simple or detailed, random or symmetrical, cured or angled - then add each color, line by line, until you fill the post-it.

[carriesthewind]

How to fold a paper crane: https://savingcranes.org/learn/origami-cranes/

Additional pictures and commentary from me below the cut (skip if you already know how to fold a paper crane).

When fold it into a triangle with the pattern face up (so that when you fold it, you're looking at the back of the post-it). Then, fold hotdog-style with the pattern face down (so that when you fold it, you're looking at the side that you colored).

If you are having trouble visualizing how to fold along all creases at once, start by unfolding the note and the gently folding partway along each crease - it should start to collapse in the right way.

When forming the kite shape, make sure the open sides of the square are at the bottom of the kite. The little triangle at the top of the kite is going to form the body of the crane. The part you are folding will become the wings, tail, and head, so you will need to be able to separate them.

This step - pulling the bottom corner up to the top corner to create a thin diamond - can be tricky the first times you do it. It can help to think about how what you are doing connects to the final crane. You are unfolding one side of the kite and then pulling the top - the loose portion - up to form a thin triangle. This will become the wing. The bottom portion of the diamond is going to become the head and tail.

Also make sure you only unfold and then refold each side individually. It can help to think of this as two symmetrical pieces of paper - a top and bottom - that are connected along the bottom and along the middle crease. Although they are connected, you need to fold each "piece" of paper separately. You can see in the second picture below how the part that you folded up to the top is going to become the wing.

Once you have repeated the process, you have two wings at the top of the diamond, and we will fold the bottom of the diamond into the neck and the tail.

If you are having difficulty forming the creases at this stage - especially because of the size of the post-it - you can use the edge of your marker to press firmly along the fold you want to crease.

Again, it can help to think about how what you are doing is connected to the final crane at this point. The bottom portions of the kite are the tail and the neck, but they need to separated from the wings so they can be flipped up. You are folding the wings in half so that the tail and neck lie flat, one on the bottom, one on top, facing you.

Once the tail and the neck have been flipped up, they need to be folded in half again to form two thin limbs, and the wings unfolded.

To pull the neck and the tail away from the wings, gently pull the top of the neck/tail away, then pinch at the bottom where they connect with the wings to form a crease. Finally, gently pull the wings away from each other, and the body should inflate to create a tiny crane! If you need to, you can gently press down in the center of the body to flatten it. If you want to, you can also shape the wings by pinching the edges or curling the tips up or down.

[carriesthewind]

The first set - more to come tomorrow. :)

[carriesthewind]

My army grows...

[carriesthewind]

I have decided that I am going to make a crane "bead" curtain to cover the awkward little half-window that I never open. This will be frivolous and time-consuming and serve no purpose, other than the idea makes me happy.

[carriesthewind]

Coping by turning feelings into paper cranes.

[carriesthewind]

A side effect of this project is that I am going to accidentally find out how many unique sharpies I own. (For each crane I used a different color to draw the initial design, and I am slowly cycling through my whole stock.)

[carriesthewind]

Unfortunately I succumbed to looking at sharpie sets online and it appears that there are, in fact, colors that I do not currently have.

[carriesthewind]

I've never done gray cranes before, but I really like how they turned out.

[carriesthewind]

BEHOLD MY FLOCK

[carriesthewind]

Complete! This project made me very happy, and I hope it may bring you some joy as well. :)

I used this method to hang the cranes: https://youtu.be/4imAboG66Sg

[lynati]

They are gorgeous!

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[catchymemes]

[n-moonbreeze]

Fanfic tiktok is wild... I see so many people saying shit like "I could never read anything below 60k!!", or "What story can you even tell in under 5k words?" or "A oneshot below 10k isn't even a story!" or "I always filter completed fics by 100k< only!"

And I'm like...

A) which fandoms are you reading fics for where you have this kind of offerings on the regular?

B) have you heard of short stories? If you truly think every story NEEDS to be longform to connect with people, I sincerely feel sorry for you.

C) Average novel length is between 50k to 100k. I'm sorry, but CONSISTENTLY demanding fic writers to push out fics of that length is insane. Just think about it: YOU DEMAND AUTHORS TO PUT OUT FICS THAT COMPARE TO COMMERCIAL NOVELS IN LENGTH (AND QUALITY) AS A BASELINE.

Yall are wilding.

[eeveethejedi]

[musicalmelody001]

[i-will-write]

writing isnt even like a hobby to me anymore its just that theres images trapped in my head and if i dont get them out fast enough they start rotting in there and stinking up the place

[firemeyr]

All midwestern stories end with storms

raging, chasing winds at the end of all things here; the bleeding of ink on a mother and father’s final agreement, thundering claps of the car trunk, airplanes overhead, stinking of fresh rain promises of more to come. electrifying strikes trying to find a hold on this land too far east to shake off appalachia’s gentle hold too far east to see the green sky as the last fall leaves dance towards that swirling narrator  who tells no stories but the ones that end with rattling plates  and the fresh, open air that sighs.  not quite western enough  to step into the never ending fields not quite northern enough to trust in towering scrapers that know  that every story ends with funerals on the water. stuck between everything and nothing. this story will not end on the water, this story will not end with storms.

[i-will-write]

what they don’t tell you about writing is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHH!!!

[milo-hypno]

I'm certain this is on Tumblr somewhere, but I haven't seen it around, so I'm sharing it myself