#offshoot

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All right, here's the thing about the Todoroki fire-users.

Most forms of glass melt at a temperature of 1,400°C to 1,600° C.

Orange flames have a range of 1100°C to 1200°C.

So unless either of them can exceed the 1400°C threshold and get into the white flame range (1300°C - 1500°C), Shouto and Endeavor cannot melt glass.

But with a blue flame that burns 1,400°C-1,600°C, this bitch sure can.

So now that in the Ambush Simulation AU I've revealed Nine and his entourage are the LoV, imagine the opening scene of Heroes Rising:

Whichever henchmen they've hired to transport the cargo in that car chase scene are careening down the highway, the Pros are in pursuit...and so's the Vanguard.

Car accidents caused by the fleeing villains have put Rock Lock and company out of commission, but Shimura's motorcycle can maneuver through just fine, so he and his passenger are still in the game like it's a Greek chariot race. Nobody really knew the Vanguard was going to make an appearance, nobody knows how they got the info on what was happening, but hey, they're provisionally licensed and can operate under Pros now, so no one's going to complain about the extra manpower on their side.

So my thoughts and prayers are with the poor driver of the armored vehicle whose sole job is to focus on the road. He just wants to survive the night without getting arrested, his comrades can worry about the Pros behind them, he's more concerned about the Pros blockading the road in front of them, one of whom is Endeavor. He's not paying attention to that loud thunk he heard on the roof.

Things are already looking a little sticky...

...and then this crazy bastard appears in the windshield and starts melting the glass. Not breaking it; it's too thick to break without a weapon. Just slowly melting it so the poor guy has enough time to contemplate and regret some key life choices.

(There's a very specific image in my head here and it's the drowned corpse scene from the anime Ghost Hunt if anyone's familiar with that one.)

Anyway, the getaway driver just panics and veers over the guardrail and down the mountainside as it goes in the film, which pretty much leaves Shimura to stop his bike and stare alongside Endeavor down at the path of destroyed vegetation in horror as the sound of screeching metal fades to silence.

Shimura: ....

Endeavor: .... *slowly turns to look at Shimura*

Shimura: *doesn't look up* Hey, don't look at me. You created that monster.

...

And recall that scene ends with Endeavor heading down the hill to investigate the crash and finds Hawks already there:

Touya: What's the situation with my leg? It feels like it's either been broken or impaled.

Hawks: Actually, it's both. That's an...impressive compound fracture.

Touya: All that and I only got a busted leg? *sits up* Oh, no wait, fuck, there's two of you and Endeavor's multiplying.

Endeavor: *fed up* ....scared me to death, you shit for brains. Where's the League?

Hawks: I think they managed to warp out at the last minute. Genius here is the only body I found breathing or otherwise.

Touya: *cackling* Shut the fuck up, Feathers!

...

Shimura: You have got to stop smiling like you regularly devour the souls of small children and their pets.

Touya: *adrenaline wearing off, pain finally setting in* I have no idea what you're talking about.

Rock Lock: *standing over both of them* Exactly what was your plan back there?

Touya: Obviously, I was thinking I could get control of the steering wheel. Not my fault the driver had the nerves of a dandelion. Also, I'm not the one who thought chasing down an armored vehicle with four-door sedans was a good idea, so why I am the only stupid one here? Now everyone be quiet, my head is splitting and I just suffered the indignity of being carried away from an accident by my father.

Endeavor: Carrying you was easier when you were four.

Touya: The last time you carried me is when I was four!

[minister-erik]

OFFSHOOT (something that branches out or derives its existence or origin from a particular source, a collateral or derived branch) - Composition Sunday

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[mythopoetic-mixtape]

Digital Care Package

Beyond the cut is a compilation of inspiration and remedies for resistance building; resources for our resilience, sanity, and liberation in this turbulent time and place:

Another way out: Building resistance when passivity is the norm

The COVID-19 pandemic should have shown us that we’re supposed to be meeting needs, not falling in line behind fascist incursions

"By now, the COVID-19 pandemic should have shown us that we’re supposed to rise to the occasion by meeting needs, not fall in line behind fascist incursions. The same forces that encouraged us to sacrifice the disabled, poor, and unhoused to a distorted idea of “natural selection” now instruct us to ignore the genocide of Palestinians. The same forces that pushed conspiratorial misinformation about public health and vaccination want us to give up on practicing collectivity. It’s connected because if we cannot be relentless in our determination to interrupt what’s unfolding before us, then we risk it becoming a disturbing norm. It cannot be overstated that this situation and the fight in front of us are unprecedented." -William C. Anderson / Building Resistance ...

Below, a playlist by Anderson, that I've been enjoying all day:

Music To Write To (A Playlist)

Music solves many of my problems. It’s a remedy I use to address things I encounter daily. I also use music when it comes to writing; the cr

The next link is one of the single most comprehensive & useful COVID-organzing resources I've found. It's especially relevant for facilitating conversation that builds community without compromising safety and COVID-consciousness.

Covid Tips

How To Talk To Your Loved Ones About Covid

And now, here's a lovely fire cider recipe and some herbacious knowledge from my friends @ Plants & Poetry

The Magic of Kitchen Herbs + Fire Cider Recipe — plants & poetry

Just make soup and you’re using plant medicine.

and here's one of my favorite poems of June Jordan's, performed by herself. It feels freshly applicable as we live thru this tyrannical history on repeat:

Another one from the offshoot archive, this 2021 interview with Sylvia Wynter still resonates:

What Will Be the Cure?: A Conversation with Sylvia Wynter

Last month, I had a chance to interview Sylvia Wynter about the pandemic, Black studies, and radicalism in our current moment. What began as

"The cure is that we must enact a transformation of the whole entire society, or else something else will come up. We run into difficulties because of this president who doesn’t believe in science of course, but we must also remember that what is required is a new science. The science we do have has led us to this point, you see!" - Sylvia Wynter

And that transformation, transcendence, healing all of it... it begins with acceptance and adaptation, within me. We are our own first community.

I call up all these things, about healing and transcendence because what else is resilience and resistance building if not adapting internally and externally in ways that promote and create safe and symbiotic living.

This next conversation is more personal. Tony & I joined Keith Hayden on his show The Digital Novelist. I also low key love being referred to as a "power couple" not gonna lie :)

It's one of the favorite (recorded) conversations I've had this year about all the connections in education, comic books, art, censorship, living these times, and the healing power of creative writing. We also discuss @fionastaples and her incredible art:

If you're keen, the anthology we're discussing / it is for sale here. If you want to read it without buying, we'd deeply appreciate putting in a request with your local library.

Word of mouth is how independent artists like us build community and make our living.

Here's one more mood music playlist.

I made this one, it's my current soundtrack for calibrating and centering:

That's all I've got for now.

Stay Safe Out There

& Take Care Of Each Other <3

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BIG BIG ANOUCEMENT ive just joined the team over at SCP The Offshoot a brand New Mockumentry Style Comedy / Horror Animation set within the SCP universe

Think what we do in the Shadows but its weird Science ! anyway please check out my absolutely not nefarious debue!

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-- new chat thread created --

{4TO} Heya Quiet, how's it going? Been a few cycles, thought I'd check in

{4TO} I thought of something I meant to ask you when we were first talking, what are your thoughts on the Great Problem? the Vast Annoyance, the Overstated Dilemma if you will

-- message from [ @4-tempered-offshoots ] --

<BVQT> Offshoot! It is wonderful to hear from you again. These cycles have felt impossibly long for me, I will admit.

<BVQT> Ah yes, the problem. As it exists by itself, I am fairly neutral on it. Frustrated by our apparent lack of knowledge on how to solve it, but otherwise I suppose it sure does exist. I feel as if we should be getting close to the end of it, and others in my group - mainly Feathers - express the same.

<BVQT> As a more psychological thing, however, I can say I see the desperation of the ancients who left their most important problem with groups of children who can never grow, or at least take a few thousand cycles to do so. Children that they horribly mistreated, no less.

<BVQT> What of you? I can tell you probably think very little of it.