mostly void, partially stars

Micah • They/Them • 30 • AuDHD • 18+ Content • I ponder the world building in omegaverse far too much

[urboyrosanov]

Every time I hear that someone has used generative AI to “make” something, I gain a new hobby.

[quasi-normalcy]

What I find amusing is that, like, ten years ago, people used to cite both JK Rowling and Elon Musk as examples of billionaires who weren't evil; who'd actually built their fortunes without exploitation, or even by providing actual social benefit commensurate with their wealth.

Anyways, I can't say I'm thrilled with the process for getting there, but I'm glad that nobody does this anymore (at least no one with any credibility in lib-left circles). I'm glad that we can now just straightforwardly say that billionaires are bad and shouldn't exist.

[quasi-normalcy]

#people really said that about musk? was the emerald mine unknown back then? (bad memory)

One thing about Musk is that he had really, really good publicity up until about 2018 when his online antics got too weird and unpleasant for people to ignore.

[oatmilkcore]

"Greetings to the Universe in 55 Different Languages", a poem arranged out of messages from the Voyager spacecraft

[lesbianalumni]

Way down the line, when they're leading Ottawa to another Stanley Cup, Ilya gets slammed too too hard by some eager new player. He's knocked unconscious and Shane practically flies from the box to the ice, watching as the EMTs intervene and carry him out on a stretcher.

Yuna goes in the ambulance with Ilya — Shane can't get out of his skates fast enough to run over in time, so he drives a few minutes behind them — and she calls Shane to keep him updated. It's fine, it's all fine, Ilya is already semi conscious and talking to them both. Shane's mind goes to all of the worst places anyway.

They lose service when they get in the elevator, but Yuna still sends out a text message with the room number. Shane speeds faster and then bolts through the hospital.

When he finally sees Ilya, minutes later, already in a blue hospital gown and connected to an IV but conscious and beaming up at him, Shane breaks into tears.

"Don't cry, solnyshko," Ilya says. "Come here," he holds out the hand that's free from the needles and Shane takes it.

"I have something important to ask you," Ilya tells him. It suddenly feels so serious. Shane's heart drops.

"Will you come to my cottage this summer?" Ilya says in a sing-songy voice, using his best Canadian accent. "Don't go to Russia. Come to my house, we'll have so much fun..."

Shane laughs. "You remember that?"

"Every fucking word."

[what-even-is-thiss]

The reason your snacks are unsatisfying is that you need both carb and protein.

Carb starts your engine, protein keeps it going.

No carb, engine don’t start. No protein, engine dies out fast.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Easy carb add on:

Cookie

Fruit (canned or fresh)

Chips

Piece of bread

Popcorn

Crackers

Easy protein add on:

Nuts

Spoonful of nut butter

Cheese

Roasted chickpea snacks

Glass of milk (dairy or non dairy)

Small canned sausages or similar

[what-even-is-thiss]

Sugar in there.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I am pleased by people messaging me telling me that after adding a carb or protein to their snacks or meals they feel more satisfied all day. Yes, my plan is working. People are getting through their days with less hangry.

[ilyannarozanova]

Baby Ilya crashing out on the ice because his mom says it's time to go to bed (it is incredibly late even by adult standards) while on the other side of the world baby Shane is jumping on his parents' bed at 5am sharp demanding that they drive him to the rink the second it opens. Many such cases.

[dynamohedron]

what the fuck is this thing.

[empathviv]

Ohhhh don't mind me... Ol' Turnip will tend the dust farm like he always has...

[swagsmeister]

a very happy hr season 2 filming day to all who celebrate

[tictacpbandai]

[magicmistral]

My uncle is really into warhammer and would win every miniature painting competition he was in. I have not very steady hands and he saw me messing up my nail polish for prom. He sat with me and carefully painted my nails and that moment meant so much to me all these years later.

[notbecauseofvictories]

if you are going to do historical inaccuracy, then go big. Just take it to a whole ‘nother level.

I mean like Knight’s Tale “chanting Queen at the jousting tournament ‘foxy lady’” levels of anachronism. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters with Hansel injecting himself with insulin and Gretel wielding a multiple-shot crossbow levels of anachronism. Go for Blazing Saddles, Blackadder, Jack of All Trades, Connecticut Yankee levels of anachronism

you either have to play by the rules or throw out the book.

[rachandroll]

Go full on Xena. All of history happened at the same time. Get your legs broken by Caesar and find out Lao Tzu didn’t write that book, his wife did, and she hitting on you…all 10 years before you go meet up with Helen at Troy. Fight with Beowulf and commission Sappho within a few months of each other. Abraham and Issac? Only like 2 years before Jesus. Invent CPR and the kite during the bronze age. Watch your gal pal teach Homer how to be a better bard. Have a fucking battle of the bands in Ancient Greece. TIME IS MEANINGLESS.

[notthepopeiv]

Go Full On Xena

[karvina]

[evilqueerwizardassociation]

Misionero Comido Por Tigre, 1907, Noé León

[lassukmiboolelunk]

I just realized what an awesome couples' costume that'd make for Halloween

[mutinsfromthemoon]

shane coming up with a question “do you think we would be together in high school?” and ilya looked at shane’s direction and replied “we kinda did” and shane’s like “oh my good we are high school sweethearts” and ilya looked right into shane’s eyes and asked “what the fuck is high school sweethearts?”

[yrbutchgf]

i love showering it's literally like... im clean now! lol. and i no longer have mental illnesses

[kosmogrl]

[scriptiodaemon]

prove me wrong (i won't accept it) but every ilya and svetlana communication is like

"you bitch" "you fag"

wyatt is like “do they even like each other?”

harris is like “have you heard how they sometimes talk with shane? he trows asshole at him more often than his name”

and troy is like “oh i luvvvv her”

[birdyflowerdog]

The Cens are in a bar, they've just played a their last game in a long series of away games. Everyone is tired and just want to ho to their wives. It's a pretty basic evening, until-

"Man, Roz and Hollzy are really fucking living the dream. I miss my WIFE."

Everyone's eyes snap to Wyatt in a second. Shane is sitting on Ilya's lap facing the table (after lwk getting drunk) with his arms behind his head in Ilya's curls, his hands still.

He turns his head around to look at Ilya and raises his eyebrows before looking at Hayes again.

"I mean, I get what you mean, I miss my wife too, but Roz and Hollzy had to do like 2 years of long distance before coming out, seeing eachother only like a few times a year, ya know." Dykstra says and everyone's like right, yeah, that makes sense I guess and everyone's nodding along.

Except for Shane and Ilya, Shane’s turned red and Ilya's laughing. Every head now turns to them.

"Is he wrong, Roz?" Bood asks from where he's sitting opposite of them.

Instead it's shane who speaks: "You all think me and Ilya got together in 2019?"

"Well yeah it must be something like that, right?" Come all murmurs from around the room.

"First of all, we officially got together in 2017. But we'd been hooking up for way longer before that."

All collective noises around the tone of WHAT HOW I THOUGHT IT WAS IN 2019 WHAT DO YOU MEAN HOOKING UP??

And so Shane is now like "well we hooked up the first time in our rookie seasons"

Everyone's quiet for a second, in shock.

And Ilya stares at him like hes lying and everyone thinks that he's about to put an end to this weird universe. But instead Ilya’s like "no shane, first time was the summer before.

And then the room fucking errupts

[perlukafarinn]

One of the rookies on the Centaurs asking the guys on the team for advice on this girl he's been trying to date. He can't tell if she likes him and is just nervous about taking it to the next level, or if she's trying to let him down easy and he hasn't been able to pick up on it.

He doesn't get much useful advice and soon the guys are arguing about how long you can pursue someone before it starts getting pathetic. Holmberg is at one end of the spectrum at two weeks ("We're rich professional athletes, man, we shouldn't have to try that hard.") and Wyatt Hayes is on the other at three months ("Maybe she likes you but just doesn't want the WAG lifestyle. You need to prove to her that you see her as a person with her own goals separate from yours.")

Then someone notices that Ilya, despite his wealth of experience, hasn't chimed in yet and asks, "What do you think, Cap?"

"Two years."

The entire room goes still.

"What?"

"Two years," Ilya repeats, completely unashamed. "Is not pathetic to go for what you want. Not if you think they're worth it."

In sync, every person in the room turns to look at Shane, who's pretending to fiddle with the laces on his skates, looking pink-faced and vaguely pleased.

Finally, Holmberg turns to the rookie. "Okay, I guess two years is fine if it's Shane Hollander. Is your girl Shane Hollander?"

The poor rookie has no response to that. His girl is, indeed, not literally Shane Hollander.

"Man, gay people move different," LaPointe mutters.

"This is not a gay thing," Troy objects. "This is a Rozanov and Hollander thing."

[justalittlechocolatemilkshake]

Troy being like - I locked down Harris in a matter of months. We are NOT the same.