Stardust Doesn’t Forget

26 | it/it’s | DID | NPD

[tadctheories]

I thought it was a bit strange that Pomni was so calm after Jax abstracted, but I have a theory on why that is.

The first thing that Pomni mentioned after Jax's abstraction was regarding containing Jax.

While Gangle, Zooble, and Ragatha focused on the emotional fallout of Jax's abstraction, Pomni focused on the practical aspect of his abstraction.

Pomni listened to Ragatha talk about Jax and Ribbit and consoled Ragatha when she blamed herself.

She then told Ragatha, told her what she meant to her, then left.

It doesn't seem like anyone checked in on Pomni and her feelings. I'm not blaming anyone for that since the timing of Jax's abstraction was traumatic for everyone, but her unchecked behavior is likely what led her to pursue Jax.

Put simply, I think Pomni hatched the idea to pursue Jax during her conversation with Ragatha. The reason she hugged Ragatha and told her how much she meant to her was because she anticipated that she might abstract while chasing Jax.

Look at these two hug scenes. They parallel one another. Pomni initiated the hug and then the other person reciprocated. Both happened after they gave their backstory regarding Ribbit. We're supposed to link these scenes and compare/contrast them.

Most importantly, Jax knew it was a goodbye. The hug was the last interaction between Jax and Pomni in the series.

Pomni never planned on leaving Jax's side. I truly think that if Zooble didn't grab her, she would have abstracted with Jax. I don't think Pomni has a death wish, but I do think that she loves Jax so deeply that she never wanted to let him go. Her feelings were reinforced by the fact that he FINALLY opened up to her about EVERYTHING.

Even when Jax and Pomni are pulled apart, Pomni keeps looking back to Jax for the rest of the series.

She stayed with him in the tent.

She cried when his background was mentioned.

She even started learning the piano for him.

Truthfully, I don't think Pomni will ever give up on Jax, no matter what form he takes.

[viksva]

An old drawing I did for the invictus server inktober event. The theme was "Skeletal". Featuring John Doe as Arthur's heart ♡

[kedamo-nogetoffthetable]

(if you’re still taking drawing requests) draw John and Arthur stumbling upon the backrooms

I have no idea how to color match pretend they look green enough

Drew John a little too dramatic but whatever. Where ARE we, Ourthor

[noleafclover]

John and Arthur costest anyone?

[redstonedust]

people saying my evil clone would be called greenstonedust but you have failed to consider that 'evil' and 'opposite' are not the same. we all have capacity for evil and thus my opposite self would not be evil, they would be as complex and flawed as i am, just in ways that contrast my own flaws. my EVIL clone would be called shadowkiller666dust the fallen angel of blogging. and they would be cool as fuccckkkkkkkk.

[cerceos-deactivated20160308]

Calvin and Hobbes - It’s July Already

[tiredandoptimistic]

Nothing hits like "romantic couple and a third guy who's not dating either of them but is definitely a part of this dynamic"

[terriblygrimm]

[faerieinthehumanworld]

[putridghost]

[thesaltofcarthage]

[johanna-swann]

[kamikazequail]

[madlori]

bonus if you know which two are the "official" couple in this one.

[wyrmscraft]

Found out I was short fabric on another project and decided I wasn’t going into town to pick it up, so I pulled a jelly roll out to keep myself busy until I went back to town.

Figured I do a quick quilt top, you know, just throw something together.

And then I made two blocks of the forty eight needed for this Harvest quilt and boy howdy.

Not a quick quilt two day top, this one LOL

[wyrmscraft]

The blocks look fantastic ofc.

And the quilt! She be gorgeous!

Love that fuck-off bright yellow I picked for the cornerstones, they’re perfect for this.

Thinking about quilting it in a blue thread, but we’ll see when I audition colours lol

[wyrmscraft]

So we have this bin of partially used bobbins for the long arm. And we only have so many bobbins of course.

I decided that since the quilt top was so colourful, I’d put plain flat black cotton the back and use up some of these bobbins, making the quilting on the back really stand out.

Holy shit did it work or what! I love it, of course LOL

I used a medium purple on the top so it would fade into the patchwork and not show up too much on the background. The quilting pattern is called Pink Lemonade and it is one of my favourite quilting patterns.

I didn’t have any left over border fabric, so I found a nice blue that matched with that print and made it my binding. I debated using purple, but couldn’t convince myself to do it.

The blue looks good though, from the front and the back.

[wingwyrm]

@bandomfandombeyond you asked if I had hand sewn this and how long it took, and no, I did not hand sew it, that would have been so much more work than my wrists and hands can handle!

I used a Brother sewing machine to piece the quilt top and the long arm sewing machine at my work to do the quilting!

I opened up the jelly roll and cut the background fabric on January 30th and finished burying the last threads on April 3rd (according to the dates on my photo roll LOL)

[iguessweallcrazyithinktho]

[spacemancharisma]

[that-gay-jedi]

Finally a post about the U.S. that's even nice applicable if you live outside of it

[doodleswithangie]

“You always have to go and complicate things.” “It’s what I do.”

[Image description: Comic of Jax and Pomni from "The Amazing Digital Circus" after episode 9. Alt text is provided and copied below. End ID]

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Page 1: In Jax's mindscape, lit by a single pink lamppost, Jax and Pomni lie back. "Again?" Jax says. "Why do you keep coming back?"

Pomni's eyes are closed, and Jax's arm covers his face. "There's nothing for you here. You have an actual life. People that care about you. The world is literally at your fingertips. Just move on. Forget about me-"

Pomni cuts him off. "You know me better than that."

Jax grimaces, raising his arm. "Tch."

Page 2:

He stretches out his hand, catching the light. "How do you know that you're not just talking to a ghost - some weird echo of whoever I was - that this whole thing isn't just something you've dreamed up?"

"Well, I have those dreams already," Pomni says. There's a flash of a terrified Jax staring her down. "And they're not nearly as nice."

Page 3:

"This is real," she says, turning to look at Jax. "I know it is."

She extends a hand to Jax, sending ripples through the space. "Because I know you."

Jax gives her pained look as he considers her, then shrugs it off. “Ha!” he chokes out, hiding his face with a shaky smile. “God, Pomni.”

Page 4:

He reaches for her hand. "One of these days you're gonna-

"Wake up." Pomni's hand clenches around nothing. On the floor of the pillow fort, she quietly looks on as Jax's abstraction sleeps next to her.

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[necrxticstardust]

Okok I know I stopped live blogging malevolent but!!! I have decided that when I am fully finished with the first series, I will go back and listen to it again, in full analysis mode, and post my full thoughts per episode. I’m totally normal about this podcast yes yes indeed.

[horce-divorce]

"I would never jeopardize the beans" pales in comparison to it's newest successor, "beans r not woke. How could u do this?"

[jell-o101]

"We want more complicated female characters!"

Ya'll couldn't even handle HER.

[blackstar5078]

Important tags to include actually.

[enki2]

[thebdelliumlady]

For anyone wondering, the PhD student's name is Myra Cheng.

Here's a link to an article about the study from the Stanford Report: link.

[chapscher]

Across three preregistered studies, participants interacting with sycophantic AI became more convinced of their own rightness and less willing to repair relationships. Yet at the same time, participants rated sycophantic AI models as higher quality, more trustworthy, and more desirable for future use, which may explain why this behavior has persisted despite its harmful impacts.

Myra Cheng et al. "Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence." Science 391, eaec8352 (2026).

[nohaijiachi]

I am consistently delighted by @justcakethanks eridian welcoming committee comics, and I *HAD* to do something with their template lmfao, I love these little guys!!!

[draconym]

[draconym]

great work everyone hit the bathhouse

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

This phrase has already entered my vocabulary re: media criticism where like. The viewer has a concrete view of what they expect a story to be based on the tropes and cliches they're used to seeing together, and when that doesn't happen, they judge it as a failed depiction of what they assumed it was going to be instead of judging it as what it actually is.

"This show is problematic because the hero didn't kill the villain at the end": When does he steal the bread?

"These two characters who were close friends throughout the series don't kiss at the end! What the fuck?": When does he steal the bread?

"This feels like it's missing a conclusion! Like, the protagonist does bad stuff and because of a critical decision he makes as a result of his major character flaws, meets tragedy in the end! Where's the part where he learns better and brings is love back from the dead and becomes a good guy and gets a happy ending?": When does he steal the fucking bread??

[thetetra]

I heard this out as "When criticizing something, you must judge it for what it is, not what it isn't"

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#this is why so many of us urge people to get a wider diet of stories