I have no idea what I'm doing

[keydekyie]

"It would have been easier if you'd just said yes."

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[derinthescarletpescatarian]

[branwinged]

"What a jape the gods have made of us two," she said. "By all rights, you ought to be in skirts and me in mail." Cersei to Robert in A Game of Thrones

RHAENYRA & AEGON HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022-)

[ach-sss-no]

when brandon sanderson talks about villains in his famous free youtube writing class video lectures he'll say 'what's the difference between gollum and sauron' and of course he means the villain that's present in the narrative and characterized in a way the audience can potentially relate to or sympathize with vs. the looming threatening anonymous far-off force (among other things). but every time he asks that i think 'well one of those guys tracked down frodo and got his ring back'

[mysteryteacup]

Brandon Sanderson: What's the difference between Gollum and Sauron?

OP: Skill issue.

[victusinveritas]

[kdhumecurios]

There was a massive shift in how our culture understood morality when, after World War II, the general public realized “just following orders” was not an excuse for crimes against humanity. Now we need another moral shift in which we decide, as a culture, that “for the benefit of the stockholders” is not an excuse for anything.

[speciesofleastconcern]

We kind of need to relearn the “just following orders” part again

[alexxuun]

If it’s any consolation, you’ll be hailed as a hero.

Stratt kept her promises about the statues :)

[dhaaruni]

Look

[confusionofconfusions-deactivat]

Boris won’t stop annoying me for dinner even though dinner is in 40 minutes so I’m trying to teach Boris when to expect dinner using base-bean

[confusionofconfusions-deactivat]

sulking

[dedicatedfollower467]

what if the reason why the eridians didn't send a suicide mission like earth did is mostly because they're significantly less dependent on their star than humans are?

like... didn't it take Blip-A like 50 earth years just to get to Tau Ceti? And presumably another 50 to get back home. And it definitely seemed like a very important mission, but clearly not super urgent. I know part of that is probably just the scale of eridian lifespans, but what if eridians genuinely aren't as dependent on their star?

If, for instance, most energy is geothermal, and the vast majority of lower life forms on erid are chemosynthetic, then there's actually a strong case to be made that the eridians might have been much less worried about their star going out. It would cause problems eventually, of course, but if they have other major sources of energy and food production than photosynthesis, the astrophage problem would have been significantly less urgent for them.

I'm picturing Grace trying to explain Stratt's choice to Rocky, and Rocky not getting it, until he just goes "By our best estimates, half the population of the planet would have died within 30 years. By the time the beetles make it back to Earth, probably more than 2 billion people will already be dead" and Rocky's just like "oh."

[hyenabeanz]

My friend sent me this with a "this made me think of you."

I feel so seen.

[verenakauer]

I know there's a popular headcanon that Grace's crew died because of feeding tubes malfunction (based on the paperwork Grace was doing right before the explosion), but — in the book he specifically says that even after the accident he kept dealing with that same paperwork on minor Hail Mary issues, so I doubt that feeding tube problem was left unaddressed. May I offer instead:

Grace was put into coma by the people who cared about him. They (especially Yáo being Yáo) probably double-triple-quadruple checked everything. They watched him sleep for those first few days — I doubt they went into coma immediately after leaving Earth's orbit. They probably talked to him, assuring him that he'll be okay.

Ilyukhina's coma procedure was probably supervised by Yáo. He made sure that everything was in order, but — he is just one man and he is not a doctor. There was much more room for mistakes.

When Yáo went to sleep, he was alone. He had to rely on the technology completely.

We know that he died first.

[a-sunset-outside-my-window]

[beholdingslut]

in absolute tears about the pride module at my work

[dikdikpronouncedxylophone]

[bigfoots-biggest-fan]

HOLY SHIT GUYS, I WAS INSPIRED BY THIS POST TO TRY MAKE THE SONG AND YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE THE SCREAM I SCRUMPT WHEN I DRAGGED THE TRAINING AUDIO OVER THE BACKING TRACK AND IT LINED UP PERFECTLY

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Tempted to actually put this on spotify so I can secretly stream it at work...

Tagging @batshit-auspol because as an Australian you're the only big account I know who might share (sorry).

[punkrorschach]

happy first day of pride everyone

[wolfythewitch]

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[machine-saint]

we justifiably give Biden a lot of shit but I think "at least 3" is the funniest possible response to some right wing dipshit asking you how many genders there are

[madnessofmen]

wait it gets better

[wolfythewitch]

Phm doodle requests from twt

[wolfythewitch]

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