#bagarete

[bardqueenofgallifrey]

I absolutely agree with u on the shirtless scene, it doesn't relate to the plot at all and at best i think it meant to be fan-service (i mean... wat??? to whom???) and personally i think making me see that was homophobic

honestly it was just... the worst lmao

[kanashiba]

Can i have that story abt laughing when in fear tho

Okay first of all I’m just gonna let y’all know this gets gory as hell

I assume this is in re this post Also this story is gonna get long but that’s because I really want to tell it well and do it justice

Okay so first of all fear isn’t quite the right word for my story. I kind of, had gone past my emotional range by this point. But it does support the “Laughter is the Brain’s Blue Screen of Death” point. Anyway here goes.

I’m an undergraduate studying Zoology, so part of my degree involves lab dissections. I’d done a few (Worm, Fish, Frog, Bird) already but for this dissection we were dissecting mammals. Specifically a bunch of rats. 

Now I don’t know the background but I know the department got these rats free, already dead and frozen. I’m guessing they were lab rats because their insides showed signs of stress (black hearts, enlarged spleens, etc) and they’d been gassed (their lungs were in shreds, likely CO2 was the gas).

Anyway, as soon as we cut open these rats a wall of smell hits us. Unless you’ve ever got an up-close whiff of a rotting body I don’t know how to describe it. The rats were sterile but freezing will wreck you cell structure so they were a little... liquefied so the decomposition smell was mixing with the intestinal smell.

Now I have allergies right? So my nose is almost always blocked (dust is everywhere). This means that my nose works in overdrive to compensate. You know what doesn’t have a lot of dust? Sterile, rigorously cleaned laboratories. So my nose is fully unblocked for this, while still working in overdrive. So I... do not handle the smell very well.

Within seconds of smelling the smell the backs of my knees and my forehead are both wet with sweat. I’m dizzy and nauseous (bordering on dry heave) and the adrenaline gives me pinpoint vision (like when you’re about to pass out). My body has decided that I’ve either been poisoned or I’m about to get murdered so it’s getting ready to heave and run at the slightest provocation.

But I’m a trooper and a scientist and I’ll be damned if I back down now, so I soldier on. My lab partner is less affected so she does most of the rummaging around while I hold open the rat at a distance. It works as long as I stay far enough away from the smell.

Until we get to the head. You see, we need to examine its brain. Which is in its skull. Which is still attached to its body. One giant pair of scissors later and we have the head by itself. Problem is we need to crack the skull, and to do that we need to remove it’s skin and fur. So my lab partner tries to cut it off with a scalpel but, surprisingly enough, the skin is really good at sticking to the body.

So.. long story short. I rip it off with my hands. I ripped a rat’s face off with my hands. And it this point, I’ve gone so far past emotional responses, I am so far out of my comfort zone, my body is loosing it’s shit because it’s been telling me to run for the last two hours and I’m still not doing it, and my brain just goes completely blank. And I start laughing, because this situation is insane, and what I’m doing is insane, and the only response I have left is to laugh. I just... can’t help myself. I’m so detached from reality at this point and the situation so bizarre that I ca’t help but laugh.

And that is how I know that laughing is the equivalent of the Blue Screen of Death. 

As a side note, no one is quite sure why we laugh, but we think it’s to show other people we’re okay. So for example you laugh when you hurt yourself or you’re upset or when your committing atrocities against dead lab rats to show the people around you that you’re coping.

Also I would like to point out that laughter is definitely a coping mechanism for trauma and grief. If you see people laughing in sad or scary situations they’re often trying to cope. This especially goes for grief. (This isn’t me speaking it’s a grief counsellor... someone got murdered at my old school a couple years back and that was what they said, people laugh to heal, don’t lash out at them for doing that. They’re just, recovering a bit faster than you, which is okay)

I also have a funny, much shorter story about rat testicles if anyone’s interested.

[felassan]

[no spoilers] Are u up yet?? IGN have a new First footage on Jaal, i watched it and spoiled myself a bit. But if u want to hear how he's sound like u can watch from the start till the 39 second mark and u'll be ok, any more would spoiled parts of the story.

it’s evenin here so I’ve been up a long while! I was out when the vid dropped tho. I’ve seen the news yeah! thanku very much for the heads up about it and for the spoiler warning/advice, much appreciated, thats very sweet of you. I watched a wee bit of it on mute to see him ‘in action’ as it were, and watched a 15 second segment unmuted to hear him speaking a non-spoilery line (timestamps kindly provided by my friend). thats all tho, cuz spoilers. I’m happy there’s finally something of substance on Jaal. today is a good day

[felassan]

you: i’m so excited for me:a and the trial is so good guys, can’t wait!!! me, replaying me:a launch trailer countless time on my weakass pc: omg same i’m having so mUCH fun!!! *sobbing*

bagarete said: joking aside, have fun playing me:a !!! when i saving enough to buy a new pc im joining u ^^

aww my friend I feel ur pain, I do. thankyou very much ❤ I hope you can join me asap :D

[felassan]

Something i still find very funny in the launch trailer is that the whats-their-name-antagonist i think was meant to have a very intimidating walk toward the camera but ended up having an awkward half-run animation and looking silly in the process.

the kett archon afaik? I’m thin on the ground on story details becuz Dark (which is my preference). archon. w/e. I re-watched the trailer back to see what you meant - around 1:05? lol :D It’s only noticeable to me that it’s been pointed out but, that is a rather.. purposeful boogie, indeed.

[felassan]

For the meme ask. I think the mass effect race i'd be are the reaper, for i like sitting in dark spaces and planting world(s) domination.

bagarete said:Oh i realize that maybe you just reblogging that meme and it is not an ask game or anything. Oh well. I love your blog btw, number one ME news blog for me, you are awesome.

lol! that’s ok dont worry, I love your reasons for the fact that you’d be a Reaper ◕‿  ◕ thanku very much, that’s so sweet of you ❤

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[colethewolf]

Season 3 of shield gets even slower ugh. Haftway through i dropped it, not even shield first gay char™ could keep my interest, like he's not doing anything major now and not kissing enough guys (and by 'not enough' i mean none). And i keep getting hetero kisses™ throw directly in my face

Yeah, I just don’t have the time to deal with it. Also, I heard that Fitzsimmons went canon and I can’t. 

[stuffandtorchwood]

Hey thank you. And you have a wonderful blog.

thank you!

i’m so so so very sorry for your torchwood induced pain. janto is the most painful otp i’ve ever had and there’s no way out of this hell, i’m afraid... but at least there’s always the tumblr torchwood fandom support group! whenever the feels become too much, we are here. we’ll cry together. don’t worry.