#Essential Resources

[strangersynth]

"mike really pulled out a microphone to fight in the AV room i can't-" what did you want him to pull out a katana from under the table? bitch at least he pulled something

#mike wheeler #like was it ever about the microphone or the trophy or whatever #because at this point i haven't seen any other character act as instantly as mike regardless of the resources #like you're really judging mike based on the material he uses rather than on how #when even the damn fucking material he uses shows how ready he is because no one would feel ready to fight with a fucking microphone #but he is. #like if that's not a man that can fight then what the fuck is it #re-added the 'bitch' bc that girl is essential thank u

[time-slink]

the cubfan difference is crazy he just finished one-cycling the dragon and goes hmm... these prices are crazy i might have to make an emerald farm. immediate jumpcut to 'so i made an emerald farm'

#shush slinky #no video time dedicated to resource gathering or building or nuthin theres just. a huge farm there now #also lol etho calling that he one-cycled it in chat and gem essentially replying to him with nerd emoji pointing up emoji #(etho spawning in a wither afterwards) mom said its my turn on the serverwide Loud Noise

[icewindandboringhorror]

sometimes looking at like Self Help Strategies lists for the symptoms I'm having is always just like:

thing that I already do

thing I have tried 10 times

thing I already do

thing that I don't have the money to do

thing I already do

thing I've been doing since I was 10yrs old to no avail

thing that is impossible given my situation

thing that doesn't apply to me

thing that I already do

thing I have already tried

hrmm, oh wait, maybe finally- OH, yeah.. okay. thing that I already do but it was just phrased slightly differently

thing I have already done

#I think maybe productivity tips help less if the reason you're unproductive is partially like.. physcial health and other extenral things #out of your control. rather than just like having trouble paying attention or spending too much time on tiktok or whatever #all the strategic to do lists in the world are not going to somehow prevent me from waking up with a debilitating migraine or whatever #or having external stressors or lacking resources and connections or other Productivity Essentials etc. #especially many tips involve stuff like 'cut off from social media' since thats the modern day time waster for so many poeple #and it's like.. lol.. i can hardly even maintain a blog even thuogh i actively WANT TO DO SO. 'shut off your smart phone!' already #done babey i fucking hate smart phones i shall never use an app unless i am forced to. 'delete tiktok' yep. already covered. tiktok and #all of those thinsg are my enemies. 'save money by cancelling some of your services' cool. already ahead of you. #who the fuck is out here paying for like 10 different subscription services. pirated videos uploaded to google drive and youtube to mp3 #my beloved. etc. etc. and so on. 'socialize less' .........LOL.. if only you knew.. mr.writer of the article. i can barely muster #talking to friends more than once a month and even less if I'm actively sick (often occurence) etc. etc. ... hewoo #I think maybe instead of generic productivity tips I need more like.. how to refocus and be productive anyway even if you have a headache #or are nauseous or etc. Not that those are always things to ignore. and of course you should let your body rest and etc. But plenty of peop #e have mild physical symptoms and just work through them. Ithink something about the way my body/mind is SOO hyper attuned to all #sensory information just makes it like... constantly 'GRR well I cant focus on WRITING right now because my lef #t ear feels weird and my socks are too itchy and my back has a strange pressure and I'm vaguely warm and my eye feels some ssort of #way it doesnt normally feel and I'm hyperaware of my breathing and also nauseous for no reason' and like half of those things I #think '''normal''' people wouldnt even notice or at least would be able to just live through. but for me it's like.. nealry impossible to i #gnore and soooo distracting always. like 'wahh.. nooo we can't draw or get anything done.. my legs feel slightly heavy or something!!' #like............. ok......... who cares. thats not even a PAIN sensation it's just something weird. but it's just like.. NO. constant #mental alerts about the 'heaviness' of your legs be upon ye. Though Imean like.. yes.. 70% of the time I am in genuine pain #or having some sort of actual ailment with trackable physical symptoms. but sometimes it's just like... we could totally be working right #now and ignoring this silly thing but my brain is fixated on it for no reason uncontrollably. etc. etc. I guess it's the same way that like #most people can go to a grocery store without the whole experience being so overwhelming and so much stuff going on at once #that they have to rest afterwards but like.. in my own HOME doing NOTHING i feel like I should be able to not get overwhelmed lol. ANYWAY #Rolling my bastard little rock up a dumbass hill and so on and so forth

[carriesthewind]

Re: my last reblog.

My general opinion on the quality of celebrity defense attorneys* is that 1) it's a lot easier to get a good outcome for your client when they have infinite money they (and therefore you) can spend on their case and 2) they are, because of their position and wealth, already less likely to be investigated, less likely to be charged, less likely convicted, and given a lighter sentence if convicted - regardless of anything you do.

*defense attorneys who work to make themselves celebrities in their own right, not necessarily attorneys who defend celebrities.

#i'm not saying celebrity defense attorneys are necessarily bad attorneys #many of them are very good #but it's essential to put that quality in perspective #and remember that outcomes do not necessarily equal quality #most of the best defense attorneys out there are people whose names the public does not and will not know #and that's before you get into the quality of a lot of public defenders #whose only limitations are the lack of funding and the lack of time they have to spend on any individual case #(well. and their own moral scruples) #and the public defenders who represent folks who have no resources to fight and who there is a lot of evidence against #are almost always going to lose #because the best outcome may be trying to ensure your client's voice gets heard and shielding them from an even more inhumane sentence

[thresholdbb]

Yes, yes, coffee black, but what kind of coffee?

Arabica? Robusta?

Light? Medium? Dark roast?

Drip? Pour over? French press? Percolator?

Single origin? Blend?

Ethiopian? Brazilian? Colombian? Hawaiian? Kenyan? (Ad nauseam)

Paris Delight? Landras Blend? Paksor Blend? Firenut Blend? Even-better-than-coffee Substitute?

Fruity notes? Chocolate notes? Earthy notes? Warm notes? Bright notes?

Is it the ritual? The caffeine? The flavor? The comfort? The headache?

And why did she stop taking cream?

Since we know she has coffee opinions...

#captain janeway #you best believe I think this says something about her #she knows how to program a hot drink in the replicator #so she would be tweaking that coffee recipe to perfection #cause she doesn't have a coffee maker among the antiquities in her quarters #plus growing harvesting roasting coffee beans is resource intensive #my theory on the cream is she stopped for replicator rationing reasons #she cut everything down to bare essentials after caretaker #coffee? essential. cream? not so much #cause more complicated recipes might take more replicator energy and/or rations? #I realize coffee opinions were not nuanced in the 90s lol #mmm I need to go to sleep so I can wake up and make a coffee #I gotta tell you I'm so jazzed at the prospect voyager might be coming back it's most of what I can think about rn

[bugmistake]

been getting really into sitting in the dark with my headphones on. this is a nothing post. mutuals come over and sit in the dark with me

#go here. in the dark? go in the dark #we will NOT. be talking. #this is about sitting quietly in the dark!!!! #typing out this little post on my little laptop and thinking about how when i was a teenager i would go into therapy sessions #and essentially just unintentionally list traits of autism to my therapist #adn they would go damn thats crazy. ur probably not autistic bc ive seen you talk to your friends and youre having fun and they like you #.... girl. #and then i had another therapist when i was like.... 21? #and she was like hm. well. if you ARENT autistic? the things youre describing and experiencing are so CLOSE to autism that coping skills an #resources for autistic people are probably just gonna work for you anyways. #shoutout to her. she ruled. i kind of ghosted her

[kalincka]

SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LOOK AT THIS!!!!!!!!!

#EPISODE 3 TEASER TRAILER YOU ARE FUCKING ME UP SO BAD SHUT UPPPP #FOOD AS A METAPHOR FOR LOVE IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD (WHERE RESOURCES ARE RARE AND ESSENTIAL)??? SHUT UP!!!!! #oh i just KNOW it is going to WRECK us. #bill eating alone vs frank taking bill to the restaurant. the implications. the cinematic value. don't mind me i'm losing my mind #tlou hbo #tlou hbo spoilers #(i guess? it's only the teaser but better safe than sorry) #spoiler #bill tlou #frank tlou

[mister13eyond]

the fun thing about making a comic where i've vaguely appropriated the aesthetics of christianity but entirely eschewing the actual religion is that i get to come up with headcanons for my universe like "hell isn't eternal punishment at all, it's literally just a big meat grinder where people's souls are sent to get converted to demon food. which isn't really all that different than the default option, where a soul is simply released back into the universe and becomes part of the big ocean of mana out there"

#meanwhile heaven is like.... essentially just a walled garden thats nearly also exactly the same #its just that instead of becoming part of Everything you join this specific Curated Collection of mana #i love writing comics about angels and demons and going #'actually what happens after death isnt really that meaningful and ultimately all the options are essentially subtle nuances of the same en #call it optimistic nihilism i suppose #life is energy and energy returns to the universe and nothing is created or destroyed #idk it makes it far more fun writing about vaugely christian aesthetics when #i entirely deny that there is any actual benefit to heaven or punishment to hell #we simply become part of everything else one way or another #also worth noting that heaven and hell are opt-in systems #you have to believe in them to be eligible for the process of being tried after death #it's more of a system of allocating resources donated by human believers #than a morality based afterlife #also hence why heaven is essentially a government system and hell is a business #theyre just two different approaches to deciding where resources get allocated #but those resources exist outside of them #and will continue to exist on their own #oc lore #worldbuilding #its always fun to call 'coming up with insane variations on theological concepts' worldbuilding but uh #thats the fun of writing a vaguely christian-shaped story as an atheist #i get to go 'my city now'

[piyesis-art]

Not seeing enough representation of yourself in media means getting that rep through your favorite characters so:

Gakushuu is now mixed (he probably already was hence the blonde hair) and his mom is an indigenous woman who likes traveling, but he inherited most of his father's genes

#if there is rep (which there is- go watch reservation dogs) id still do it #anyway plains cree Gakushuu ✊🏽 #unfortunately he won't be connected with it much but has lots of knowledge of it #he'll know the language because being fluent in a language that's slowly dying is impressive essentially with it's lack of resources online #(rip for me lol 💔) #assassination classroom #ansatsu kyoushitsu #asano gakushuu #gakushuu asano

[lunawish]

yknow. i know people were mad that rory had horrible coping mechanisms in AYITL, and how she's "flopping" in her career, or her whole relationship with logan, and how "entitled" she is but what the fuck did people think was gonna happen. there's so much generational trauma there ... the burnt out, lost gifted kid is real. you think you're gonna go far in life and suddenly you ... flop. you don't know how to cope. you spiral. you self-sabotage. paris seems a lot more stable in AYITL because she sought help for her mental health (as shown in her literal canon lmao) in university. paris is the 20 something who's 20s SUCKED, she had no money, she was having a mental breakdown like every three seconds, she LOST her nanny (who was the only one closest to being her parents btw) and she dealt with all that.

rory is lorelai's daughter. and as human beings we DO repeat cycles we know. lorelai LITERALLY ran away from max, who was so ready to marry her - she ends up having a mess of a relationship with luke and christopher throughout the show (until she finally settles with luke tHANK GOD).

anyways. i don't think the criticism on rory is always fair (there are fair ones, she is a privileged white girl) and i think a lot of the reasons why people hate on her is because they see parts of themselves that they don't like in her. it hits too close to home in AYITL.

#its not a 'lorelai is a bad mom' post but more of a 'lorelai wasn't ready to be a mom bc she had no resources and therefore ends up having #weird relationship with her daughter who had to become essentially her mother's therapist and sometimes caretaker' #me putting that entire family under a microscope #❥ 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 ┊ ooc

[dutyworn]

when you actually read planet descriptions before scanning, the games become a lot more hilarious. depleting a colonised planet? check. carelessly mining a planet that's suspected to be the origin of a MOTHERFUCKING PRION DISEASE? chekc,

#if you don't know what prion diseases are. don't look it up if you have health anxiety #(i find them fascinating) #but essentially: nothing kills prions (they are misfolded proteins that are contagious and will misfold your proteins) #so it's not like you could just... decontaminate the normandy of them reliably #or even the resources #i think in real life hospitals legit INCINERATE all equipment used after operating on someone with a prion disease #you can't reuse anything #shepard depleting homeworlds and spreading incurable protein diseases because needed that iridium... #; shitposting

[firestorm09890]

if you were wondering how that batshit video game crossover rp I mention intermittently is going, right now Beat twewy (neo era) is actively pursuing the friendship of Zexion because he's smart and, quote, "so cool dawg", which has included Beat stealing a kill from him and then winking at him, so. it sure is going. btw i highly recommend doing batshit rps with your friends featuring your respective favorite fictional weirdos, it's been doing wonders for my mental health

#i dont think anyone was actually wondering but you get to hear because i like talking #anyway #if you were wondering why the fuck they're interacting in the first place #basically the org joined what is essentially the smash bros tournament because they realized it would give them access to so many more #resources which is good bc this is pre-kh1 and theyve got no keyblade wielder and summoning kingdom hearts is kind of a pipe dream #theyre still evil but theyre smart enough not to start shit because look at ssbu's fucking roster. now triple the number of heroes #naturally such exposure to so many hearts and emotions and changes is leading to canon divergence #in my mind nobodies are actively resistant to change on a spiritual level but it is happening! slowly #what if the entire organization was given a chance to grow without being killed off haha. just a peek into my twisted mind haha #ahem #bash extravaganza #i think i have the majority of the posts in that tag at this point lmao #me post

[daydreamerdrew]

When reading Shazam! (2019) I think the part of the portrayal of Billy Batson that made him most unbelievable to me as a version of Billy because it was just so incongruous with my understanding of his character was the framing of him as incompetent as a hero due to his age and the idea that he required mentorship and was notably inefficient as a hero specifically because he lacked mentorship.

For the original Pre-Crisis version of Billy Batson, him being a remarkably competent child was very much, like, the point. He was chosen because he was his pure heart made him worthy, yes, but he was also chosen because, as this introduction to Whiz Comics (1940) #13-15 puts it:

Golden Age Captain Marvel stories were a mix of boy reporter and adventures stories with each issue highlighting both Billy Batson and Captain Marvel. Billy often engaged in dangerous situations in his profession as an investigative reporter, only turning into Captain Marvel when absolutely necessary. And Billy didn’t get suddenly get his job after becoming Captain Marvel, but earned it with his own ingenuity.

And Captain Marvel, who was at this time portrayed as a distinct different entity than Billy Batson, was also a competent hero whose standing within the world of the Fawcett Comics heroes could be compared to the standing of Superman within the DC universe.

The Wizard Shazam is considered their mentor, though his prominence in stories was limited because they didn’t often need his guidance. Instead, Captain Marvel would act as a mentor to Billy when necessary, giving him advice while appearing as an astral projection beside him. But when they did need the Wizard he was available to them at the Rock of Eternity, and there were sometimes references to his mentorship in the past tense with Captain Marvel saying that he knew something because the Wizard had taught him.

For the Post-Crisis version of Billy Batson, he and Captain Marvel were now portrayed as the same person, and particularly with his portrayal throughout the 90s Billy being a teenager and so having conflicts with adults was emphasized, but immaturity and childishness weren’t. His character took on the framing of, while not being different people, Captain Marvel being an inherently ‘more evolved’ person due to him having the Wisdom of Solomon.

And Billy was still very much a remarkable child, having survived homeless on the streets of Fawcett City and then managing to get work and pay for an apartment himself and supported himself for years while keeping the fact that he had no adults taking care of him a secret.

His mentorship relationship with the Wizard Shazam was now also emphasized, but not in the sense that he needed a lot of guidance. Their tenuous relationship was a source of conflict in The Power of Shazam! (1995) ongoing series, when it had previously been amicable in The Power of Shazam! (1994) graphic novel, as the two struggled to understand and sympathize with each other, ultimately culminating with them rediscovering their respect for one another towards the end of the ongoing series.

But Billy as Captain Marvel, very reasonably as he is the protagonist and is experienced as a superhero, is the hero of his stories. The driving force behind his plots is that there is some evil in the world that he specifically has to intervene in and by the end of his adventures it is specifically him that has successfully stopped the villain from endangering people.

I’ll also note here that this Billy would more accurately be classified as an adult hero rather than a teen hero as it was adult heroes who were portrayed as his peers and that when he did team-up with other adult heroes that they were not fitted into a mentor role for him.

Whereas in the Shazam! (2019) ongoing series, despite him being the protagonist and being experienced as a superhero, it’s repeatedly emphasized that Billy doesn’t know what he’s doing because he was dropped into the role of Shazam with no mentorship and that he’s creating problems because he doesn’t know what he’s doing. And then when the Wizard does reappear he doesn’t provide guidance for Billy and instead is another source of conflict largely due to how little faith he has in Billy.

Also bothersome for me was issue #12 which was a team-up between Billy and Batman in which Billy as Shazam is no help at all and needs to be saved by Batman and then ends with Bruce giving Billy a speech about how, essentially, Billy may not know what he’s doing but he’s young and has time to figure things out.

This degradation of Billy as a hero is frustrating not just because it is such a drastic change from his previous portrayals specifically but also on the broader principle that it comes across as insulting to adapt a superhero character and make a new cornerstone of their characterization that they’re incompetent as a hero.

#I had a similar issue with the first Shazam movie and the trailer for the second #like this immature person who is just having fun with his powers is incompatible for me #with what I think of as core essential parts of his character #Billy as a remarkably mature resourceful and capable kid is to me too ingrained in his base #for me to accept these versions that aren't #dc #billy batson #shazam #my posts

[quietwingsinthesky]

even is nowhere near an engineer, but they are, by necessity, a quick learner, and by nature, someone who will acquire whatever skills they think are necessary to make themself invaluable. combine that with the fact that the Doctor’s TARDIS is in a constant state of on the fritz/in need of repairs/just being tinkered with by him because he’s bored, and they do pick up a few things. (and obviously, to someone whose entire life has been dependent on their ship Functioning Or Else They’re Fucked In Deep Space, the TARDIS being damaged even slightly is stressful! they want to know how to fix it! they won’t die immediately anymore (probably) if the ship they live on malfunctions, but it’s hard to shake that instinct.)

Which means even does have a pretty thorough knowledge of how to repair and recognize TARDIS parts. Without really knowing what they’re doing, but knowing how to figure out a solution, even if they have to brute force the answer. Think of it like trying to do physics without having any understanding of calculus and instead having to use algebra — completely possible, but frustrating and much more likely to lead to mistakes — AND also the guy teaching you is a substitute teacher who speaks in a language he made up for his D&D group half the time and if you ask him what a word means because you can’t understand what the fuck he’s saying, he goes off on tangents about the etymology of it, forgetting that he’s supposed to be teaching you. physics. they have the world’s most convoluted understanding of how a TARDIS works, but like. about 75% of the time they can identify what’s gone wrong and 50% of the time, they might even be able to solve it themself if they can find the right tools. (*success rate will vary depending on level of stress they’re under.)

(to a much lesser extent, the same goes for piloting, although that’s much more cause-and-effect observation combined with information the doctor throws at them in the heat of the moment. which leads to a knowledge base that’s a bit like not knowing how a car’s steering wheel works, but definitely knowing where both the blinkers and the accelerator are and how to make use of them. even very much cannot fly a tardis alone (or, not effectively. MAYBE through space if they’re under pressure, but they don’t have the sense for time that time lords do. not hooked into that matrix.) but they know enough to be very useful to someone else flying one who can direct them.)

#even does not have anywhere near even like. a fifth of the knowledge the doctor has. a tenth. but the stuff they do know is very #specifically things they made sure to memorize because they are essential to keeping their new home functioning. #also i used physics here but even is actually a fair hand at physics. part of the job you know. waste disposal on a starship is about being #able to drop things off the ship safely and not create a speeding missile that might run into something else out there because there’s no #friction in space to slow down your garbage if you just toss it out a shute #as well as. obviously and more importantly. the reuse of any and all materials that can be salvaged. #a thing is not trash until it has been completely and utterly used up to even. (or the resources needed to keep it functioning outweight #the benefits of keeping it. which. is an unfortunate thing for them to believe. when they have viewed themself and others as resources #before people for so long. something to be unlearned.) #even also knows which buttons on the console just exist so that the doctor can have fun pressing them. shared tardis console stim toy. #dw oc

[kalijhomentethi]

guess who started rambling about runeterran languages—

#SORRY MEL SKCNAKSKA #here’s hoping this post is actually coherent— #i LOVE lore ok #(for context i used to dm a league campaign and i made a huge document of world lore from deepdiving into anything related to worldbuilding #that includes how languages were spread n etc) #i even have resources for the ionian language…. sentence structure; dictionary n all but it’s not like super complete or anything bc #there’s not a Lot to read on in general #and the zed comic isnt my fave bc i’d rather pretend certain scenes didn’t exist BUT #it gave me lots of character building stuff to go off of for akali #i wrote a whole ass essay on how she loves 😭 and that’s just one topic #edit: although i believe i wrote the essay before i read the zed comic?? #i’ll go see if i can find my post about it in the morning #or rather posts #but essentially she has so mUCH DEPTH #she has so much lore and potential and AAA i love her sm #anyway YEAH VIBRATES #mun

[polyglotabc]

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