P.A.N.T.S.

I guess this works?

[armalis-archived-blog]

sci-fi episodes i want:

ship’s computer crashes due to virus acquired during a porn download from a lower decks ensign

firmware update was pushed out to the fleet, has vital error in the clock program that causes every computer to repeat 2300. translators have to explain to the enemy why everyone is an hour late to peace talks.

unintelligble message is sent out into the void because someone’s pet cat walked across their keyboard. message is interpreted as a marriage proposal.

universal translators break, everyone is reduced to hand gestures

viewscreen has dead pixels in the upper left corner, drives the captain a bit bonkers

space gps tells us to take a right where we should take a left. plucky recent academy grad on the graveyard shift realizes that this would take us into the sun and makes the course correction. ship’s computer advises her for two hours to make a u-turn when it is safe to do so

[passiveaggressivenotestoself]

• The Federation is pushing technology that only the new recruits/red shirts seem to understand. Captain and senior crew experience existential crisis.

[passiveaggressivenotestoself]

When she wishes, She wishes for Less ways to wish for More ways to work toward

Metric - IOU

[ehjorth]

Okay...okay, I can't think of any way that Belkar would get out of falling down a freaking mountain by himself. Maybe if the airship's nearby and Blackwing spots him Vaarsuvius can catch him. Story-wise I also think that Belkar's character development is way too interesting (and there's still room for more) to kill him off already.

It’s always been my theory that once Belkar dies, we’ll get to follow him in the afterlife and/or as a ghost, so /crosses fingers. I really want him to have more interactions with the rest of the Order though … but there might still be a possibility for that with him as a ghost. Maybe we’ll be treated to some touching scenes of the Order talking about him without knowing that he’s listening.

Or maybe next time V gets their soul hijacked the two of them can hang in Hell OH MAN THAT WOULD BE GREAT

[lesbianmichelmishina]

Vaarsuvius and Belkar vs the forces of Hell.

I would pay good money for that spin-off.

[ehjorth]

Me too, though I’d pay good money for anything oots related tbh

(but especially involving Vaarsuvius and Belkar doing stuff together)

[koolkevk]

As fun as netruel-cop bad-cop team up would be between them, I feel as though Belkar is still ok for the time being. I mean it just seems too anticlimactic for him to get thrown off a mountain and be left to die. I imagine he’s gonna have some big triumphant moment where he willingly sacrifices himself for the sake of the team/the world. I feel like it’s either gonna be while taking down Durkula or at the site of the final gate (to mirror Kraagar’s death)

[ehjorth]

Actually, most people I’ve talked to have said that they think this is too anti-climatic a death for Belkar, but I don’t see why. It’s in keeping with his character development that it happened because he was confronting a possible threat to the Order, and tbh I think these two pages were very dramatic. Sure there’s room for more development and story in Belkar’s plotline, but if we get to see him in the afterlife, there’s no reason it will be cut short now just because he dies.

[passiveaggressivenotestoself]

While I think Belkar is likely to die during the Godsmoot, it's unlikely that the fall will be the cause. The protection from evil ring hasn't really come into play yet, nor was Belkar's confrontation able to leave any evidence aside from his disappearance.... That said, Shojo and Belkar interacting in the afterlife could mirror Roy and Eugene, reinforce Belkar's development since Azure City, and provide an upper plane perspective on the Godsmoot events.

[pizza-omelette]

Its spring and all the babbies are hard at work! 

[passiveaggressivenotestoself]

Dan Avidan / Ratatat Mashup

They go together like smooth peanut butter and sweet jams.

[autoharpo-deactivated20221011]

some notes on ADHDers with Rejection-Sensitive Dysphoria

> Nearly everyone with ADHD answers an emphatic yes to the question: “Have you always been more sensitive than others to rejection, teasing, criticism, or your own perception that you have failed or fallen short?” This is the definition of a condition called rejection-sensitive dysphoria. When I ask ADHDers to elaborate on it, they say: “I’m always tense. I can never relax. I can’t just sit there and watch a TV program with the rest of the family. I can’t turn my brain and body off to go to sleep at night. Because I’m sensitive to my perception that other people disapprove of me, I am fearful in personal interactions.” They are describing the inner experience of being hyperactive or hyper-aroused. Remember that most kids after age 14 don’t show much overt hyperactivity, but it’s still present internally, if you ask them about it.

> The emotional response to the perception of failure is catastrophic for those with the condition. The term “dysphoria” means “difficult to bear,” and most people with ADHD report that they “can hardly stand it.” They are not wimps; disapproval hurts them much more than it hurts neurotypical people.

> If emotional pain is internalized, a person may experience depression and loss of self-esteem in the short term. If emotions are externalized, pain can be expressed as rage at the person or situation that wounded them.

> In the long term, there are two personality outcomes. The person with ADHD becomes a people pleaser, always making sure that friends, acquaintances, and family approve of him. After years of constant vigilance, the ADHD person becomes a chameleon who has lost track of what she wants for her own life. Others find that the pain of failure is so bad that they refuse to try anything unless they are assured of a quick, easy, and complete success. Taking a chance is too big an emotional risk. Their lives remain stunted and limited.

> For many years, rejection-sensitive dysphoria has been the hallmark of what has been called atypical depression. The reason that it was not called “typical” depression is that it is not depression at all but the ADHD nervous system’s instantaneous response to the trigger of rejection.

[passiveaggressivenotestoself]

Saving for reference.

[passiveaggressivenotestoself]

Vi Hart, taking a break from cool math videos, discusses gender from an outsider’s perspective. Even if you don’t care about the topic, it’s an interesting take on Not-Getting-It in general.

[bearf1ghter]

He truly was….. the Coolest Guy

[passiveaggressivenotestoself]

This stupid series keeps doing impressive shit.

[i-have-formed-an-art-deactivate]

Messing around with Manga Studio.  Trying to get over the “this isn’t good enough to post” feeling.  It’s just a sketch, it’s just practice!  It’s all just practice - everything I ever do will be practice, forever.

[passiveaggressivenotestoself]

This is exciting!

[passiveaggressivenotestoself]

He came in every night and sat with her. The first couple of times, he simply stayed - a stranger to kill the aloneness. A few nights after that, he whispered, "Shhh, I'm here, it's alright." After three weeks, he held her. Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness. The girl knew from the outset that Hans Hubermann would always appear midscream, and he would not leave. A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY: Not leaving: an act of trust and love often deciphered by children

Death - The Book Theif

[beatonna]

Here is a sketch comic I made called Ducks, in five parts.

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

Ducks is about part of my time working at a mining site in Fort McMurray, the events are from 2008.  It is a complicated place, it is not the same for all, and these are only my own experiences there.  It is a sketch because I want to test how I would tell these stories, and how I feel about sharing them.  A larger work gets talked about from time to time.  It is not a place I could describe in one or two stories.  Ducks is about a lot of things, and among these, it is about environmental destruction in an environment that includes humans.  Thank you for taking the time to read it.

-Kate

[shines-like-phosphorus-deactiva]

Reblogging this in case I didn’t the first time because it’s so amazing and Kate Beaton is such a wonderful storyteller.

[passiveaggressivenotestoself]

After growing up with stories about the Cape Breton coal mines, it seems sadly appropriate that so many Nova Scotians go to the oil sands for work.

[meredithgran]

[passiveaggressivenotestoself]

Panel four.

[passiveaggressivenotestoself]

When I’m at the gym, I can tell I’m working hard when beads of sweat start dropping from the tip of my nose. I have a bad habit of then blowing air upwards to send the drops flying in an arc. It’s a fun way to focus on breathing, just be sure no one is in front of you.

[passiveaggressivenotestoself]

I like to think I'm above sexism. I like to think I'm not influenced by notions of gender roles. But when I'm listening to the radio and the interviewer introduces a doctor or scientist as an expert, I can still experience the briefest moment of surprise when -she- speaks.

[canni8al]

so i was trying to find a picture of a bird that is big so i searched “big bird” but forgot he was a character

so i went back and typed in “a large bird” and HE IS STILL HERE LOOKIN SAD LIKE I DIDN’T WANT HIM

[passiveaggressivenotestoself]

Here is a pretty song about loss.

[dumbingofage]

Dumbing of Age: Chopsticks

[passiveaggressivenotestoself]

This is my secret technique when trying new food.