Ignisentis

This is where I indulge in fandom. It's nice to have an outlet.

[ignisentis]

“The World Ender” is here!

I’m so excited to share my Our Flag Means Death Big Bang fic with you! I really loved writing this, and I hope you’ll love it, too.

You can read it on AO3!

This fic asks the question…what if Stede Bonnet was the Kraken?

Featuring:

Romance

Action

Smut

Mutual pining

Happy ending!

And more!

Also featuring over 20 pieces of gorgeous art by the incomparable @sungmee, who has been an absolute delight to work with and is incredibly wonderful and talented. You can find their art master post here!

Here’s a sneak peek:

[only-tiktoks]

[kawree]

Y'all for real please do these. Even if you're certain your posture doesn't suck. One day you will wake up with impinged shoulder pain like I did and let me tell you it fucking HURTS. Do these exercises even just once a week and it will make such a difference. Especially my fellow creatives out there, stop shrimping over your work and go do these right now. RIGHT NOW.

[hedgehogoftime]

Rereading the Lord of the Rings series recently, and it's so fascinating to me how much the series is a denial of the typical juvenile power-fantasy that is associated with the fantasy genre.

Like, the power-fantasy is the temptation the Ring uses against people It tempts Boromir with becoming the "one true king" that could save his people with fantastic power. It tempts Sam with being the savior of Middle Earth and turning the ruin that is Mordor into a great garden. It tempts Gandalf and Galadriel with being the messianic figure of legend who brings salvation to Middle Earth and great glory to herself.

The things the Ring tempts people with are becoming the typical protagonists of fantasy stories that we expect to see. and over and over we see that accepting that role, that fantasy of being the benevolent all-powerful hero, is a bad thing. LotR is about how power, even power wielded with benevolent intent, is corrupting.

And its so fascinating how so much of modern fantasy buys into the very fantasy LotR denies. Most modern fantasy is about being that Heroic power-fantasy. About good amassing power to rival evil. But LotR dares not to. It dares to be honest that there is no world where anyone amasses that power and remains good.

I guess that's one of the reasons its so compelling.

[ach-sss-no]

I think I've said this before, so, sorry about that. But I was taken aback when I read LOTR because I'd heard that it's a foundational work to the fantasy genre, and I was expecting it to be somewhat basic and cliché. I got the opposite experience. It read to me like a thoughtful and detailed deconstruction of the modern fantasy genre instead of the thing that spawned it. Mostly it's because Tolkien took things through to their logical conclusion where many of his imitators did not (the scouring of the shire, the lasting irreparable psychological damage to frodo, the fact that frodo actually can't bring himself to throw away the ring, etc)

[miriamforster]

JRR Tolkien’s world was shaped by war. He knew firsthand that battles are not glorious, that heroes always pay a price, that sometimes you can’t return home because either home was ruined, or you were.

He KNEW it, knew it intimately, the loss and fear and sorrow behind the propaganda. And he knew that what helped, in his time, was kindness and community and small joys and undying friendship.

Tolkien didn’t belive in epic heroics, he believed in simple humanity. Ordinarily people persevering against all odds.

His imitators missed that. Much like Sauron at the end of the trilogy, they were distracted by armies and kings and wizards.

They never really saw or understood the hobbits at all.

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[adamsmasher]

I can NOT stop thinking about this tiktok

[adamsmasher]

update: i have not stopped thinking about this tiktok

[adamsmasher]

update: i have not stopped thinking about this tiktok

[charlesoberonn]

The earliest named individual we know of is a senior administrator in the temple of Inana in Uruk. His name was Kushim and he lived about 5000-5400 years ago.

Not only is he the earliest named individual we know of, he's also the culprit of the earliest known math mistake. He made the ancient Sumerian equivalent of forgetting to carry over the 1 when calculating a shipment of barley.

Imagine your mistake being commemorated in museums thousands of years in the future.

[phoenyxnightbyrd]

Is this dude going to become another ancient meme, like Ea Nasir?

[charlesoberonn]

Kushim lived around 1700-2000 years before Ea-Nasir, making him already ancient by the time our favorite copper merchant came on the scene.

[charlesoberonn]

A fun video explaining the Sumerian numeral system and Kushim's mistake

[coolxatu]

hey got some important news. the affordable connectivity program that helps poor and disabled people afford internet is going to run out of funding by april 2024 if we can't convince congress to renew it

Broadband subsidy program that millions use will expire next year if Congress doesn’t act

One of the programs set up to ensure affordable internet for all is set to run out by the middle of 2024.

i know emailing and calling politicians often seems like a waste of time, but this is gonna hurt alot of people (myself included) if this program is allowed to disappear. we really need to raise some awareness and get this program the funding that it needs. ACP is a game changer for literally millions of people. this is the only way many homes can even get internet, and in this day and age internet access is pretty much a necessity for almost everything. its gonna be a huge blow to have this vital program taken away from those who depend on it.

[coolxatu]

Save ACP - US Tech Future

Tell Congress to Extend the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)The Time is Now! The ACP is a government program that is making your intern

this website allows you to send a prewritten email to congress letting them know you want this program to continue. unfortunately its not anonymous and will require your name, address and email, but its an easy way to show your support for this program and bring it to the attention of your local representatives

[coolxatu]

btw if you are eligible for this program, a good way to help save it is to sign up for it! apparently only 40% of eligible households are actually enrolled in the program, if that percentage were larger it would be alot easier to secure funding for the program. alot of welfare programs rely on how much demand there is for the service, the more demand there is, the more funding there tends to be.

if you currently receive EBT, medicaid, and/or lifeline cell service, than you should qualify for ACP. you can choose between receiving a $30 discount on your home internet or a data plan for your mobile device. this program can also stack with your lifeline cell service.

Affordable Connectivity Program

The Affordable Connectivity Program is a long-term, $14 billion program to help ensure we can afford the internet connections we need for wo

[gorkaya-trava]

so, today we, russian queers, may become "extremists" by decision of russian supreme court and thus our existence will be silenced and erased. any queer activism will be impossible for us. I don't know what to do anymore. I was heartbroken when they passed the laws about "gay propaganda" and transgender people, now I'm just numb. I don't want to escape. I just want to live safely in my own country.

please hear us.

[spinejackel]

What are dead man walking tornadoes? :O

it’s a multi-vortex tornado. i dont remember the tribe it originates from (i think it was cherokee), but there’s a native american legend…? saying? that goes “if you see a man in a tornado, you are about to die.”

the most infamous shot of a dead man walking tornado hit jarrell, texas in 1997

it did so much damage to the town it caused the scale that tornados are measured by, the fijita scale, undergo revisions, and it made anchoring buildings in the tornado alley region pretty much mandatory. (it took the entire town off the map. only those who had taken shelter outside of the town or in underground bunkers survived.)

two more examples of dead man walking tornadoes looking like a person are a tornado from 2011 that hit cullman, alabama

and a tornado from 1975 that hit xenia, ohio

[elecktrum]

Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ, that's terrifying on a whole new level.

[freshofftheboatdaily]

[teadalek]

HAPPY LAO BAN SANTA DAY

[penrosesun]

In light of the Panera lemonade thing, I feel like now is a good time to remind people that caffeine has an effective dose that is much closer to overdose amounts than most other drugs (including illegal and heavily stigmatized drugs), that caffeine overdoses are both common and under-reported, that not being able to get through a single day without a drug that was not prescribed to treat a medical condition is not normal, and that the sort of capitalist grind culture that normalizes all of this is bad, actually.

Caffeine headaches are a withdrawal symptom. If you get caffeine headaches when you don't get your coffee fix, you are addicted to caffeine.

Heart palpitations and feelings of impending doom are overdose symptoms, and tolerance can vary enough due to external factors that a high level of caffeine that's fine for you one day could be dangerous for you on another. If you get "panic attacks" and if you regularly drink more than one cup of coffee per day, tell your doctor about your caffeine habits, because those panic attacks may be misdiagnosed caffeine overdoses.

I'm not anti-caffeine – in fact, I'm not anti- any drug. I think adults can make informed choices about their own health, and I think that they should be allowed to do so. But the key to that is the informed part, and an awful lot of people consume genuinely risky amounts of caffeine without knowing any of the risks. In law school, I polled my friends, and discovered that a shockingly high percentage of them had had what were likely caffeine overdoses without realizing that that was what they were, or that they were dangerous. Having a little bit too much coffee and then spending all afternoon feeling like you're close to having a heart attack isn't an everyday occurrence, and it shouldn't be treated like one! Some of these same friends had abused stimulant medications like adderall and ritalin as productivity aids, and I absolutely guarantee that if they'd had the same level of symptoms from an accidental extra dosing of those drugs, rather than of caffeine, they'd have gone to the hospital. But Starbucks and Panera don't hand out adderall and ritalin, and people don't think that merch about adderall and ritalin dependency is cute or quirky, or that an adderall or ritalin habit is indicative of being a hard worker.

I love a cup o' joe in the morning too, but caffeine is a drug, y'all. Stop treating it like it's not.

[gay-jesus-probably]

For the sake of clarity, the maximum dose of caffeine in an adult is about 400 mg a day, though that will vary by individual depending on how sensitive you are to caffeine, and how fast your body metabolizes it; if you're sensitive to caffeine, you need to aim lower, but it's a bad idea to consume more than 400 mg of caffeine in a day. Also, if you're a teenager/kid, it's recommended you don't consume caffeine at all, but come on, no teenager's gonna listen to that. But I'd recommend hanging around a 200 mg per day dose limit if you're a teen; puberty's takes a lot of energy, your body's under plenty of daily stress, the last thing you need is to flirt with a caffeine overdose.

In mild caffeine overdoses, symptoms include anxiety, fast heart rate, nausea, headaches, and dysphoria. ...Not the gender kind, I mean like just generally feeling Bad. So if you've had a lot of caffeine that day, and these issues happen, it's time to stop now.

And if you really fuck up and take a massive overdose, then you're at risk of seizures and death; that's a concern at around 1000+ mg. You don't need to take it all at once, just over the course of a single day; let's say you start the morning with four cups of coffee, then drink a few cans of pop during the day, and go to Panera in the afternoon and have two cups of that charged lemonade... and now you've got a lethal amount of caffeine in your system.

I mean sure, the charged lemonade is safe to drink if you're an adult with a solid caffeine tolerance, but only if you have one, and only if that's the only caffeinated beverage you consume that day.

Honestly, I don't know what the fuck Panera is thinking, what's the point of selling such an overly caffeinated lemonade while not advertising the high caffeine content? Makes no goddamn sense.

That being said, plenty of energy drink brands these days are pushing high caffeine content as a selling point, so watch out for those. In general, read the labels before drinking, and mind your daily caffeine intake. Seriously, people can die from this even if they're perfectly healthy. Don't fuck around.

Finally, if this has you worried and you're thinking "Oh fuck, i should stop drinking caffeine", that's fine too; a fair amount of the reason why we're so chill about caffeine is because the withdrawal is a cakewalk compared to other drugs. There's no health risks to a caffeine withdrawal, it just feels shitty. Caffeine withdrawal gives headaches, anxiety, difficulty focusing, fatigue, and depression. It'll kick in between 12-24 hours after you stopped taking caffeine, and will last 2-9 days, though the worst of it will be in those first two days. Just stay hydrated, take ibuprofen for the headaches, and try to get more sleep, and you'll be able to get through your shitty withdrawal week without too much trouble.

But if you don't quit, you're probably still fine. Just... yknow, actually check the caffeine contents of the stuff you're consuming, and make sure you stop for the day the second you go over 400 mg.

[oatmilktruther]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I can’t even describe how happy I am to be making this post. We’re here, it’s done, we really fucking did it. Chapter 1 of the cowboy fic is in fact live.

[ignisentis]

"The Angriest Chicken In The Apothecary"

Title: "The Angriest Chicken In The Apothecary" Author: Ignisentis Artist: Silverbatwing Beta reader: Dialects_and_Costumes and Oatmilktruther Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet Relationship(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet Rating: E Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Magic, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Animal Familiars, Slow Burn, Mistaken Identity, Canon-typical mentions of child abuse, Mild Angst, Mild Miscommunication, Depressed Ed, Stede Bonnet Needs A Hug, POV Stede Bonnet, POV Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Happy Ending, Fluff, Rimming, Oral Sex, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Brief Spanking, Top Stede Bonnet, Bottom Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Vers Stede Bonnet, Vers Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Author is Open to Hearing About Dead Batteries Warnings: None Summary:

“Come help me find an apothecary nearby,” Ed calls to Lamp, who’s still laying in front of the door. Ed pulls up the Conjure browser on his phone and searches for apothecaries in his area. There are a dozen or so results that pop up by the time Lamp has reluctantly left his post by the front door and flopped down next to Ed on the couch, pushing his head under Ed’s arm so he can look at the search results. One of them jumps out immediately: “Stede’s Stupendous Shop of Spellcasting Sundries,” Ed reads aloud. What the fuck is that name? It’s fascinating and hilarious. Ed needs to go there immediately. He looks up reviews for the shop, and they’re either 5 stars or 1 star, nothing in between. He checks one of the 1-star reviews — left by someone supposedly named Calico Jack, which is a weird name — and it starts with, “There’s this angry chicken, right,” and Ed stops reading there because that sounds like the coolest fucking thing he’s ever heard, and he wants to experience it for himself. ~ Stede's a lonely apothecary owner looking for love. Ed's a jaded potions master looking for his place in the world. This is how they find what they're looking for in each other.

Wordcount: 48,826 Link to art masterpost: Coming Soon! Link to story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51766999/chapters/130874335

[ignisentis]

With many thanks to Richard Siken for writing the beautiful original so I could play in his sandbox, I present…

“You’re on a ship with a beautiful boy, and he won’t tell you that he loves you, but he loves you. And you feel like you’ve done something terrible, like drank all the liquor, or raided the Spanish, or found yourself falling overboard into the sea, and you’re tired. You’re on a ship with a beautiful boy, and you’re trying not to tell him that you love him, and you’re trying to choke down the feeling, and you’re trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you’ve discovered something you didn’t even have a name for.”

[sailorcuba]

the purest form of serotonin is when a cat looks at u and u go like “what?” and it meows at u

[arborealgargoyle]

like, that is a very unspecific response I still have no idea what you want but I applaud how adorably you meowed all the same, well done

[arborealgargoyle]

This post led me to reminisce on the nature of cat’s meowing, and I have a funny story

I befriended a feral cat once who had spent her life in the forest without human interaction. I was worried about her because she had a paw damaged from an old injury and was emaciated but obviously nursing kittens that were hidden away somewhere. It took me weeks of putting out food and sitting across the yard every evening for her to trust me even a little and when she decided we were friends and she expected dinner every night she started coming to my door and trying to call for me in the evening, but she didn’t meow. Why would she? Cats only meow naturally as kittens when their vocal chords/ears aren’t fully developed, adult cats communicate with vocalizations that aren’t audible to humans. She probably tried making noises I couldn’t hear to call me but ended up sticking to the one I always responded to- a horrible yowling growl that she had made at me when we first encountered each other in the forest. Except once we were friends she would make this noise while purring and rubbing affectionately against a nearby tree or the porch railing (because she didn’t want to touch me yet). This understandably freaked my family members out but I was touched that she had taken the time to find a way to basically yell FUCK OFF in an affectionate way.

Fast forward to when she finally trusts me enough to bring her hidden kittens out of the forest to me, long story short I gained their trust and put them in this big pen, that I had previously used to keep chickens in, so they’d be safe and to keep her from having another litter. Except she was already secretly pregnant again! (Fix your pets, guys, they make SO many babies) and ended up having her new babies in this pen. I kept my distance, sitting on the outside once they were born until she seemed comfortable enough to let me come inside. The kittens were a bit wild, hissing viscously at me as soon as they opened their eyes, but they warmed up to me. There were four of them and soon they all wanted to be the center of attention during the twice daily play sessions. I’d be playing with one and another would meow insistently behind me and I’d immediately answer them and give them love, teaching them that humans could be friends that answer their needs- making them adoptable once they were weaned. Mama cat (Artie) would just watch me play with them, and I guess she was doing some thinking because one day when they were about a month old I was playing with them and one meowed behind me. I was confused because I hadn’t realized there was a kitten behind me and when I turned, there wasn’t. The only cat there was Artie looking at me really intensely. I turned back around to the kittens and I heard the meow again, I turned back to Artie and responded in the way I always did with the kittens “yes baby?” And she meowed again in an exact imitation of her kittens! After that she would.not.shut.up. It was like she had cracked some kind of code, meowing for attention and snacks and just to say hi. Her two older kittens, the ones she’d had in the forest, had never meowed at me either but started to once they saw how I responded to their mom. and I find it endlessly fascinating because before that it had never occurred to me that cats only meow at humans because they were taught by other cats to keep meowing past kittenhood because that’s the best way to get a human’s attention.

Imagine befriending some weird giant with the wrong number of legs that you met in the forest who seems nice enough but doesn’t seem to be able to hear you, until your friend explains that all they can understand is fuck off! And I’m a baby give me love!

[saywhat-politics]

[vroomvroomwee-deactivated202508]

No but seriously imagine the fucking strength Stede had when he saw Edward dead, but chose, instead of mourning him, to take care of his crew and make sure they're safe. To hear the person you love more than anything is gone, snatched from you merely a few days ago, the one you spent weeks, maybe months, making enough money to be able to find, the only person you've ever truly loved and who's ever truly loved you. To have the knowledge that if only you were a little faster, a little quicker, a little braver, you could have prevented it.

And then choose to bottle up your feelings, put them aside, and be a captain. A captain your crew deserves

[thetardigrape]

Not only that, but to save them. To save the people who killed him, who then lied to you about it. To risk your own life and safety to get them out of harm's way because you don't think they deserve death, even though he died at their hands. Even when one of them has repeatedly tried to kill you, even when you hate him, even when you likely think it was his hand that dealt the killing blow. Still, you save them.

[memewhore]

[pigcatapult]

Your pupils contract in response to visible light, but not all of the sun’s light is visible. During an eclipse, your pupils widen because it’s dark, but there’s an outer layer around the sun that mostly only puts out light that’s not visible to us, but that can still damage your retinas. Thus, looking at an eclipse makes your pupils open up like it’s dark, which lets more of the invisible damage beams in.

The sun doesn’t get a critical multiplier on its damage when HP is low. Equipping the moon gives the sun a bonus to backstab.