She/Fae/Star Currently hyper-fixating on TWST, Anastasia, and HSR. [This list is updated fairly frequently. Also mutuals I’m so sorry for all the brainrot! ;-;] Like 95% reblogs. :p Blank blogs will be blocked! (unless you let me know you’re not a bot somehow) 18
I hate linguistic anthropology. Why? One of the most influential experiments in linguistic anthropology involved teaching a chimp asl. One of the most influential linguistics is named Noam Chomsky. You know what the chimp’s name was?
Nim Chimpsky.
Fucking monkey pun.
And this is in textbooks, in documentaries, everywhere. And everyone just IGNORES THIS GOD AWFUL PUN cause of how important the experiment was. But
BUT LOOK AT THIS SHIT. FUCKING NIM CHIMPSKY. I HATE THIS WHOLE FIELD.
There’s a group of very important genes that determine if your body develops in the right shape/organization… they are called the hedgehog genes, because fruit fly geneticists are all ridiculous. The different hedgehog genes are all named after different hedgehogs. And then someone decided to get clever and name one “sonic hedgehog” because this is just what fruitfly geneticists do.
Well sonic hedgehog controls brain development, and now actual doctors are stuck in the position of explaining to grieving parents that their child’s lethal birth defects or life-threatening tumors are caused by a “sonic hedgehog mutation”.
And this is why no one will invite the fruit fly people to parties.
Biogeochemical scientists, upon discovering the complex mechanisms that govern the storage and use of molecular iron on our planet, decided to call this cycle “the ferrous wheel”. We groaned about that for at least five solid minutes.
Particle physicists went out of their way to call a particle a WIMP (weakly interacting matter particle) just because its weak so now you have physicists saying stuff like “one of the candidates for dark matter are wimps”
dw, if you do anything to do with gene phylogeny, you will eventually run into BLASTP and BLASTN search.
BLAST of course, stands for Basic Local Alignment Search Tool.
If you do RNA transcriptome assembly, you will eventually run into the Trinity Pipeline. Which. Has. Inchworm, Chrysalis and Butterfly as component steps.
If you keep going on doing RNA transcriptome assembly, you will eventually run into the Tuxedo suite. Compossed of TopHat and Cufflinks. And HISAT-StringTie-Ballgown. And Corset. Yes.
Solomon: We should go back to our world and get married
MC: I’m not getting married on a random Tuesday just because you’re bored and possibly use our marriage as a way to brag to the brothers
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* at an Autowed machine*
Autowed: Do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband? Press 1 for I do. Press 2 for escape.
MC: *presses 1*
Solomon: *smirking*
MC: I hope you know this isn’t real
Solomon: *putting the cheap ring on MC* You’re my companion in life even if we don’t make it official on paper. I think this is more special and intimate.
i think it’s silly to be ashamed of your art because it’s not in a museum and of your voice because it’s not selling out stadiums. there will always be people who enjoy and appreciate what you can do.
[ID: “You say ‘amateur’ as if it was a dirty word. ‘Amateur’ comes from the Latin word ‘amare,’ which means to love. The do things for the love of it.” -Mozart in the Jungle. /end ID]
yo for the record if you put something in my inbox and i never respond it’s not that i didn’t like it or read it it’s that i very very often see messages and go ‘oh i should respond to that’ and then i fucking forget until it’s like. been enough time to be weird
Can we stop using "still lives with their parents" or "unemployed" or "doesn't have a drivers license" or "didn't graduate high school" as an insult or evidence that someone is a bad person? Struggling with independence or meeting milestones is not a moral failing.
I’ve reprinted this Smaug risograph a few times now and I’m really digging the HOT fluorescent orange on brown paper in this batch 🤌 These have been restocked and are up in my shop!
In peacetime, the ruler grows their hair long. In war, they cut it short.
A ruler with long hair is held in great esteem, for defending the peace.
The traditional declaration of war is for the ruler to send their cut-off hair to the enemy ruler. The statement carries greater weight the longer the hair: to receive long hair says that you have angered one who is slow to anger, that you have incurred a wrath not easily woken.
Violent war-mongering leader frantically and aggressively tries to shave just a LITTLE hair off the top of their head into an envelope.
A faraway king receives a heavy wooden crate filled with a coil of the longest hair he has ever seen.
A despised ruler finds hundreds of pounds of cut-off ponytails at her castle entrance, each one belonging to her own people.
A young emperor refuses to cut their hair and insists on trying to make peace with invaders. The enemy leader steps forward, draws their blade, and cuts the emperor’s hair themselves.
Hellen cuts her hair off and throws it in Cathy’s face at her son’s soccer scrimmage.
Someone naturally bald bribing someone to cut their hair to send in their stead. (Hair falling out or being cut due to illness takes a whole new level of ‘war’)
Alternate take: balding/thinning hair is considered to be a sign that you are “at war with Death” or “at war with Time” and it’s generally considered somewhat taboo to declare war against someone under those circumstances, much like it’s considered cowardly to declare war against someone already involved in a war.
Those with beards who start balding early generally make the switch over as soon as possible and proclaim it widely to uphold their honour, while those who losing hair to age will often weave their thin strands together with those of their heirs and other close kin or sworn allies, especially those who act as generals, viceroys, or regents to symbolise that they still lead their country through the strength of their allies.
It makes me wonder how alopecia and similar things affecting the hair would be treated in a setting like this. Perhaps stigmas would evolve around folks with it being natural born war lords, either as a compliment, insult, or both.
Perhaps for them to intentionally wear wigs is seen as making them even more peaceful and powerful, to intentionally deny what some people could consider to be “their natural inclination” (of course this is not true as we know, but to these people patience and kindness is stored in the hair in a sense) and so to receive a wig of a bald individual is a truly terrifying sight due to the assumptions of their abilities.
Wigs are definitely the more practical answer, but for Fun Story Reasons I like imagining two quasi-religious organisations made up of hairless people; one is devoutly pacifist proclaiming that their condition signifies that they cannot bring forth violence and thus are perfect mediators and impartial medics; the other is profoundly committed to violence, members act as mercenaries, privateers, bandits, pirates, gladiators, prize fighters and more, they proclaim that their condition means they are meant to always be at war forever. The ultimate incarnation of “Seek peace always” vs “I want problems, always” lol
I love love love love love all the ideas being shared here, this is some very fun worldbuilding.
One thing I’ve not seen anyone mention is the similarity to love locks, locks of hair braided over the left shoulder (the heart side) to signify devotion to a lover (popular between the 16th and 17th centuries). I think the concepts are very similar, keeping the hair long to represent devotion (just to peace instead of a person).
I also like that it symbolizes the sacrifice of war, to declare war a ruler must sacrifice their own hair, and I think it would bring to mind the sacrifice their people will make should they go through with this.
if this works can i request 3rd years + ruggie epel and silver with a GN reader thats very elegant, like duchess from the aristocats?
if possible i’d like reader to not be yuu 🎀
like the reader is the oldest sibling and has a very gentle and elegant aura, making then very loveable by everyone? reader is very smart, attractive, and especially sweet and gentle.
everyone would first assume that theyre spoiled bc theyre an aristocrat but they shock everyone w their personality
I have been writing nothing but fics for months now,, so I'm taking a break by going through the headcanon requests that were sent when I wasn't writing
summary: elegant reader
type of post: headcanons
characters: third years + ruggie, epel, silver
additional info: romantic or platonic, reader is gender neutral, reader is not yuu
Trey is your best friend, your platonic soulmate. he's... wary, at first, not really knowing what to expect from you; but he's also the first to warm up. as the designated Heartslabyul mediator and an eldest sibling himself, you two have a lot to bond over. maybe your refined and elegant tastes influence his baking, even; he definitely spoils you
oddly enough, social butterfly Cater has a hard time approaching you. not because you're popular, not because you're an aristocrat, just because you're so... genuine. it's uncommon for a student of Night Raven to be anything even remotely close to nice or sweet, and it throws him off
but he warms up to you eventually; expect to be all over his Magicam within a few months
...he may or may not still be trying to figure out what you're hiding, though
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Leona has had enough of the nobility to last him a lifetime. expect an eye-roll or a sharp rebuff any time you try to get close, he's never in the mood to deal with "spoiled, silver-spoon sucking little kids" (in his own words). persistence is key, here; much like a housecat, it takes him a long time to get comfortable with new people
now, Ruggie will never miss a chance to take advantage of your kindness. this doesn't mean that he doesn't like you, he's just a man of opportunity! plus, you're an aristocrat; hence, money! eventually, though, he starts feeling kinda bad for you, and he tries to toughen you up a little so you don't get swindled. results are varied
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oh, Rook is absolutely smitten with you. your elegance, your gentleness, you are the absolute picture of beauty to him!
he's been keeping a close eye on you since orientation, both to ensure your safety, and just because he likes looking at you. everything you do is so delicate, he would put you on a shelf if he could
...not unlike Leona, Epel avoids you. the very last thing he needs is another pampered, elegant noble breathing down his neck, and... being seen with you would hurt his image
after all, he's already struggling to be taken seriously, so befriending the goody-two-shoes lovable sweetheart of NRC is completely out of the question
it takes him some time, but if you let him feel like he's protecting you (somehow), he'll stick to you like glue
you are just like Neige and Vil dislikes you for it. he knows it's unfair, but he can't force himself to get along with someone that reminds him so much of his worst enemy. so perfect, so sweet, pretty, and loved by everyone...
he's not an animal, though; he's civil when you cross paths. he even lets Rook gush about you. just don't expect him to be as easy to befriend as the others
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Idia is not a fan.
first of all, you're way out of his league.
second of all... no, actually, that's it.
he knows from the start that someone so lovable and popular wouldn't be caught dead with someone like him, and he leaves it at that. unfortunately for him, you're also the curious type, and are drawn to him like a moth to a flame. your patience has no end, and eventually, you wear him down. now he can speak to you in full sentences!
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Silver likes you, perhaps more than anyone else, though he doesn't really show it. he's not so great at expressing himself in words, but you can be sure he'll be there if you need something. he's nothing if not loyal, after all
you are so nice to Malleus and he likes it so much :) he's not used to anyone being so gentle with him, and it's a feeling he could easily get addicted to
he maaaay be a little overprotective and wary about your interactions with the other students, but he trusts you, too. just as long as you stay your sweet and endearing self, he's happy
Lilia thinks you're just great. it's not easy staying so kind in a place like this, but he always sees you with a smile on your face and a spring in your step... albeit, a more dignified and elegant one
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