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TIL that NASA has been launching jellyfish into space since the 90’s. Originally 2,478 were sent up and there were 60,000 orbiting Earth by the mission’s end 20 years later. The jellyfish that have returned reportedly ‘hate life on Earth.’

via reddit.com

foundation-of-anime-monsters

Go you want to birth an Eldridge horror? This is how you birth an Eldridge horror

alotteofchar

I want to know how they decided that they hate life on earth

repent-zoomer

I mean, who doesn’t

soaringsearingphoenix

The “jellyfish that have returned” are the offspring of the ones sent up; they “hate life on Earth” because they were born into a world without gravity - no direction, different kinds of pressure, so when they return they have trouble adapting and (according to the Read More in the source) “Jellyfish babies, at least, have to deal with massive vertigo on Earth after spending their first few days in space,” which you can tell because you can measure how disoriented a jellyfish is compared with norma behavior. TL;DR your cthulu is an infant with a migraine

mysticorset

I have SO MANY questions, re:the jellyfish space habitat.

I mean I guess it’s probably just an airtight aquarium on board the ISS, but I read it the first several times as the jellyfish were just floating in open space.

apathetic-revenant

tbh when I read “NASA has been launching jellyfish into space for years” my initial mental image was just NASA with a giant slingshot flinging jellyfish after jellyfish into the void

catchymemes

thenatsdorf

Listen up!

thesaltofcarthage

her noises are as fluffy as her fur

leolaroot

message to any autistic pieple on this website who love weed: 24 seasons of How It's Made on tubi for free.

goodboydummy

I don’t know if anyone has ever done this before but, here ya go… The Different Types of Fanfiction!

I probably left a few out, but these are the most common, compared to their base fiction’s canon plot. Enjoy! XD

gamzee-mackin-on-your-girl-blog

The crack fic is enough for a reblog.

yougothenigo

then there are these favs…. ;)

smhalltheurlsaretaken

Obi-Wan's shit eating smirk is EVERYTHING.

smhalltheurlsaretaken

Every second of Obi-Wan's life from the beginning of time to after his death has been shaped and influenced by the Force. He's seen things some of the greatest Jedi Masters in history - some Sith Lords - couldn't conceive of. He's stood on a planet that was the Force, he's trained the son of the Force and embodiment of the Force's destiny, he's currently staring right at the grandson of the Force. He's spent years in hiding because his only hope was Luke's destiny, and now that destiny is in motion, proving his hope wasn't vain. He can feel the hum of every life in the universe on his skin, in his mind, in his heart. He can touch the fabric of the universe and has been doing it practically daily since he was a toddler. He has lost EVERYTHING and EVERYONE to the gigantic cosmic clash of the agents of light and darkness and yet he's still fighting because he knows the Force so well that he's sustained by the knowledge that good will prevail.

AND THIS GALACTIC IDIOT

WHOSE WOOKIE BFF WAS FRIENDS WITH YODA

WHO IS TRANSPORTING GENERAL OBI-WAN KENOBI AND THE SON OF ANAKIN SKYWALKER TO MEET WITH LEIA ORGANA

IN THE MOST FATED ENCOUNTER OF THEIR TIMES SINCE OBI-WAN AND ANAKIN'S

IS TELLING LUKE SKYWALKER

IN FRONT OF OBI-WAN KENOBI

THAT THE FORCE IS HOGWASH

Obi-Wan is DYING this is the most fun he's had since the early days of the Clone Wars the trip was worth it for this moment alone

Someone help him

… BITCH PLEAAAAASE

AHAB, Assigned Hector at Birth

poly-bi-mf

“Do you know who this is?”

Yeah, that’s Hector.

“Oh cool. What’s he in?”

Yes.

shadowkat678

What the actual fuck

scots-dragon

The most hilarious thing is his actual name is Noel.

dhomochevski

“Infinite sadness,” Obi-Wan said, even while smiling.

sukugo

hello

medli20

public service announcement

annabcth

Well, then the droid does belong to you.

thejgatsbykid

Luke: the droid says he belongs to you

Obi Wan, who knows full well that is anakin’s fucking nightmare robot: i don’t recall

simonbitdiddle

Motherfucker doesn’t need to be Force sensitive to know that there’s Skywalker fuckery afoot when R2-D2 shows up. This is the gentle knock on the door before the Skywalker Drama Van unloads like a clowncar.

osheamobile

Bold of you to claim there’s anything gentle about R2-D2

systlin

Those beeps are actually him calling Obi Wan a motherfucker

fmlcomic

Dirtiest mouth in entertainment, they had to bleep every word he said.

intj-confessions

Tread here.

toothsalad

The best part is OP got fired because their boss asked why they weren’t “incorporating blockchain technology” into the video switcher they were building and OP straight up said “you have no idea what you’re talking about” and went to lunch

nimata-beroya

Star Wars Writing Resources

Note: None of the resources below are mine. I just assembled them in one place for your and my convenience. Feel free to use and reblog. If you know of any other useful site missing from the list, let me know and I’ll gladly add it.

Places

Interactive Galaxy Map by Henry Bernberg

Map of the Galaxy

List of planets and moons [Wikipedia /needs expanding]

Planet Name Generator 1 [SciFi Ideas]

Planetary System Generator [Donjon]

Character Development

Star Wars Name Generator 1 [Donjon]

Star Wars OC flow chart by @thefoodwiththedood

Star Wars Name Generator 2 [FantasyNames]

Star Wars Name Generator 3 [FantasyNames]

The character creator

Droid Name Generator

Star Wars Randomizer

Clone Trooper face/helmet template pack by @maiseey

Clone Picrew by @batdad

Character Picrew [Twi-leks, Zabraks, Torgutas and Nautolans] @/megaramikaeli

Star Wars Character Templates by SmacksArt [the ULTIMATE battery of template for any human/humanoid original character in any era. From troopers to droids, from Jedi to Sith, from KOTOR to the sequel Trilogy. 100% RECOMMENDED]

Miscellaneous

Standard Calendar and Holidays [including month names!]

Galactic Standard Calendar [wookiepedia // including week day names]

Date converter according to SWTOR [Google sheet]

Hyperspace Travel Times (to calculate how much time would take to go from point A to point B within the GFFA)

Materials (fabrics, leathers, silks, plastics, construction, metal composites, etc.)

List of TCW Opening Quotes

Ship Generator 3D

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Republic Military Hierarchy Flowcharts by @cacodaemonia

Languages; Phrases and Slang; Vocabulary

Coruscant Translator (from/to Basic from/to Old Corellian, Proto-Basic, and Smuggler’s Cant; Catharese and High Cathar; Cheunh and Minnisiat; Echani and Thyrsian; Mirialan; Flora Colossi, Ortolan, and -everyone’s favorite- Mando'a)

In-Universe phrases and slang [Google sheet]

List of phrases and slang [wookiepedia]

List of equivalents to real-world objects [wookiepidia]

Star Wars Menu Generator

Helpful blogs

The amazing @maiseey, who not only makes astonishing art and write an amazing fic, she also responds to medical questions and gives all kinds of references for writing medic characters.

@writebetterstarwars, which seems to be inactive, but there are a bunch of references there.

@howtofightwrite The place to find out how to write a good fight scene.

@scriptmedic no longer active, but it has a great deal of useful information.

@scripttorture for your whump needs. Major trigger warning for all its content.

Writing in General (For those who don’t want to die like Stormtroopers)

SlickWrite: Completely free; online. Checks grammar, punctuation, flow, and writing style according to different settings (including fiction writing).

ProWritingAid: [RECOMMENDED] One of the most thorough online proofreader I’ve ever used. Although when using a free account gives extremely thorough feedback, it gives +20 different in-depth reports for only the first 500 words for free. However, you can earn a premium account license (for a year or for life) if you get 10 or 20 new users signing up for free; (if you wouldn’t mind doing so using the link above and help me earn mine, please). The settings allow you to check your writing according to your needs, from general to formal to creative. It has a bonus that you can check depending on the genre you’re writing. For example, in creative, you can choose romance or sci-fiction (there are 14 sub-genre in total). And they just add a new feature, which just like google docs, you can share a document, and people can view, comment or edit.

LanguageTool: [RECOMMENDED] Another excellent proofreader. It also has a word limit in free accounts, but if you use the add-on for Google Docs, it counts each page as a new document, so hitting the limit is nearly impossible. It helps you to rewrite a sentence, even if it doesn’t raise any flags; it’s very useful for when your sentence is grammatically correct, but it doesn’t feel quite right.

Grammarly, Hemingway Editor: No so great, but they do the basic job.

skierunner

This is a really good post, I’m just gonna add on some

Mando'a Sources

Coruscant Translator

Not an add-on, but a clarification: Coruscant Translator isn’t very accurate for Mando'a. It’s less a translator and more a word-swap script. It it doesn’t account for grammar, so it’s Manglish (Mando'a + English) rather than Mando'a. It uses the canon Mando'a dictionary where it can, but since the canon dictionary only has ~1.2k words it has to make up the rest. Their About section does not explain how they generated these words, but from what I can tell they’re not derived from the canon words at all.

Pros: very easy, just copy-paste and press a button; If you’re simply word-swapping for a title this can probably carry you through

Cons: very inaccurate, not a true translator; If you want your Mando'a to be readable without Coruscant Translator or you plan on using Mando'a heavily for stories, you’ll have to look elsewhere

Mandoa.org

Contains the original Mando'a dictionary as created by Karen Traviss, as-is. This means errors in the original KT spreadsheet are preserved, without annotation. The only way to search for words is using built-in browser search functions (eg CTRL + F). It does its job as a primary source, but its real value is in the Forums. They’re very slow, like glacially, but the ones who do respond to posts are very dedicated to Mando'a. If you don’t mind waiting a week for feedback, this is a good place to post questions. Also an excellent place to dig into old threads for resources.

Pros: unedited source material; forums with knowledgeable folk

Cons: doesn’t explain grammar; outdated UI; may take a while to get feedback on translations

MandoCreator.com

This site has a lot of functions, but let’s focus on the Mando'a-specific ones. It has a sortable, searchable dictionary. It’s primarily sourced from the KT dictionary, but fans have collaborated to add a lot of metadata. If you click on a word listed as a verb, for instance, it will show you all the ways you can conjugate it. It’s corrected old errors and typos in the KT dictionary. The major drawback is that it doesn’t differentiate Fando'a (fan Mando'a) words from canon Mando'a. The Fando'a words are internally consistent and derived from the canon words, so they blend into canon Mando'a very well (could be good or bad, depending on your goals).

Pros: excellent dictionary functionality; several other language-learning tools including Mando'ardle (Wordle in Mando'a); has a transliteration page with multiple Mandalorian scripts/fonts for the artists out there

Cons: doesn’t explain grammar; no in-site translation functions but there’s an active Discord if you want advice; doesn’t mark which words are canon vs derivations

Project Shereshoy

This tumblr blog collects and posts sources for Mando'a from even the dustiest corners of the internet. This post lists over 4,000 instances of published Mando'a, for instance, and this one thoroughly explains how to pronounce Mando'a with a source list. The tumblr doesn’t post often because their posts tend to be intensive, but there’s an active Discord with helpful folk that are happy to help with translations and/or learning the language. You can also send an Ask.

Pros: resource hoarding collection; you don’t have to leave tumblr; talks to all aspects of the language instead of only word lists

Cons: you’re still on tumblr; have to sort through sources yourself; the fast translation option requires social interaction

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I’m sure there’s more sources, but these are the ones I use and trust (CT being the exception, but it has its place, too).