#cosmic flanders

[illustratus]

#the comet book #art #comet #comets #manuscript #cosmic #cosmos #cosmology #space #history #europe #european #medieval #middle ages #renaissance #astronomy #astrology #esoteric #flanders #illuminated manuscript #symbolism #astrologers #kassel #germany #landscape

[computrangel99]

Jo (Kid Cosmic)👙

this is my first time drawing her but here!! hope u like it!!

#kid cosmic #jo kid cosmic #ned flander's very own blog #art requests

[cosmicallysick]

“A greedy man once yearned for more, so the fool began to borrow. He ate and drank and told the bank, “I’ll pay the debt tomorrow.” But as both dolt and purse grew fat, the calendar grew thinner. The debt collector had enough and hungered for his dinner. The coward ran, with coin in hand, but come dawn, lost his breath. The fool was caught, ‘twas all for naught, for the collector’s name was Death.”

- Kostas Becker, The Simpsons

Season 33, E6 “A Serious Flanders (Part 1)”

#quote #tv quotes #tv series #the simpsons #a serious Flanders part 1 #the simpsons quote #cosmic is sick

[aihoshiino]

chapter 145 thoughts!

what even was this chapter, y'all. i'm getting a migraine.

While it certainly wasn't actively bad, it basically hits on enough of the issues I've been having with the Movie Arc that if you've been reading my chapter reviews lately, you could probably write this one yourself. Weird pacing, skipping over interesting parts of the movie, continued framing of AQRB as a shallow gag and failing to follow on any of the implied development from or literally any referenced fallout of the kiss in 143? It's all here, babes. It would ultimately just be boring and redundant for me to go over all that at length again, so I won't.

I will however say that I'm pretty disappointed we're blasting through what had the potential to be some really interesting bits of postmortem characterization for Ai, even filtered through 15YL. I don't mind the manga breezing past scenes we saw firsthand but like… how did Ai react when she realized she was pregnant? How did she feel, especially given that Spica once again emphasized her longing for a family of her own? IDK. The way the story is suddenly jolting forwards in these last few chapters and skipping such huge chunks of Ai's life ultimately feels very strange and I don't know what to make of it yet.

Everyone reacting to Crow Girl's acting was pretty funny though I'm kind of exhausted with Ruby's Gaga-For-Oniichansensei Gag Character flanderization. IDK if my tolerance for it is just decreasing or if it really is amping up, but at least in the 125-137 stretch I at least got the sense that they could be in the same room and have a normal conversation but ever since 139, it feels that bit more relentless. I imagine this would be less irritating if we knew how the aftermath of 143 had played out but it really seems like the manga is going to drag this out until we're all old and grey.

THAT SAID, this chapter does confirm that Aqua's hoshigan stayed white after that chapter and… eh. Who even knows what that means lol. It does at least imply that his talk with Ruby has brought him back to Baseline Aqua but Baseline Aqua is still a guy with every single mental illness on planet earth so I don't know if that's the world's biggest W quite yet. It certainly implies an improvement over double black hoshigan but… again, with Aqua being so totally cut off from the readers this whole arc and no idea of what happened in the aftermath of 143, it's impossible to make a meaningful guess as to wtf is going on with Aqua right now.

Oh yeah, uh. This chapter also I guess constitutes the reveal of how the AQRB reincarnation happened. I guess LMAO. Honestly, I don't have much to say about it other than it feels like a bit of an anticlimax for me? The idea works fine, the execution just left me… idk. Whelmed at best, underwhelmed at most. I feel like this backstory and the implied deep fondness for GRSR -> AQRB it implies doesn't really like up with the personality she displays in the Private arc but like, I kind of feel like she was tossed into the story without Akasaka having a clear idea as to what her role was even going to turn into so maybe that's not a surprise LOL

I will say I'm glad this seems to quash the theory that Aqua and Ruby were secretly capital-G Gods, instead framing it as a Tsuru no Ongaeshi type return of kindness to two otherwise mundane people. There was some fun fan theorizing around the idea, but for me personally, Oshi no Ko is most interesting when it focuses on that aspect of the story Akasaka highlighted in an interview recently, of human relationships being warped by the entertainment industry and I think an explosion of the emotional stakes to the cosmic scale of AQRB (or tbh any of the characters) being Secretly Gods All Along would be a bit of a shark jump for me and would really shift away from what I like about the series most.

That's kind of it for this one…! Not really a lot to say about this chapter, which is why most of this review was me explaining why I didn't have a lot to say about it.

#oshi no ko #oshi no posting #chapter reviews #onk spoilers

[swallowtail-ageha]

1, 4, 13, 14 and 22 for the 🔥 ask game! Bloodborne fandom

1- You know already because i am an npc with 4 dialogue lines at max and i keep complaining about all the same stuff LMAO. But yeah. Definitely Maria. The majority of the fandom sees her as either 1) outright heroic or 2) as tragic but not in a way that gives her agency but in a "oooh le poor manipulated woman who didn't know what was going on" while still trying to potray her as a girlboss who takes no shit from no one which at best makes her look inconsistent at worst makes her look as dumb as rocks. Let your female chatacters be messy y'all!!. This is the one i have the most gripe on but also i dislike the "gehrman is a misogynistic creep who is worse than anyone else in the whole world because he had a mental breakdown after maria's death no matter the fact that there is a character who at best is involved in three different genocides." I also loathe the "Willem was right and did nothing wrong and didn't order the hamlet massacre". Another fan unfavourite of mine is when adeline is reduced as maria's flower loving cottagecore gf. But ig that's how fandom flanderization works 😔😔😔

4- Eeeeh,,,, i am really block trigger happy, so i either block 1) when someone is being rude as shit in the tags for having opinions different than theirs or 2) when a person's content starts to annoy me so much that i can't just scroll past it anymore

13- MARIAAAAAA--‐-- most maria fans just suck out any of her interesting and nuanced traits to reduce her to simply "rude girlboss whose favourite hobby is kissing adeline and also maybe cries about what she's done. If we actually remember that the fishing hamlet massacre was wrong" also brador but i wont go onto a rant about it lest a lightbulb explode in my room. Either way, for any character of bb. Please please please write the adult characters as adults and not le sillay teenagers they're all at best in their early thirties,,,,, (and also don't reduce them to a single fandom accepted trait)

14- Idk for this one i don't have much to complain about cause i am super selective about them 😭😭 I'd say the extreme hornyness but for me it's a bonus lol

22- Hmmmm,,,, it's a bit complicated for me to say? I guess that lately the whole cosmic horror aspect of it has been really downplayed- which is a shame if you compare the bb cosmic horror with the lovecraft one and how you see that bb can also work as a critique of lovecraft's racism and xenophobia. Right now the most common interpr is the femininity one which i am not opposed to but also one can hear it so many times (and without any analysis- just the same thing repeated by big youtubers without any spin of it) before getting sick + people who are super fervent about it keep insisting it's the ONLY interpretation which makes it soo annoying. Guys. Guys. Things can have more than one meaning if you want to act intellectual about it AT LEAST recognize the number one rule in academia/literary analysis 😭

[self-shipfromtheeast]

✨Pt. 2-The Reveal✨

(This post is directly following the previous one on this blog)

Well, it’s finally time to answer the question as to who my S.pongeB.ob S/I is dating. I did also mention this was going to be a gush post, and that might run long. So, without further ado, here they are:

“Yep, that’s him!” I say, with my face equally as red. Mr. Eugene H. Krabs. This is a crush spanning multiple decades at this point. I wanna kiss this man so bad it makes me look stupid.

Disclaimer: This next part will be discussing the Early Era version of Mr. Krabs. A more concrete reference would be between S2 to around S4/S5. No flanderization, no real canon interference to be had.

~Gushing Ahoy!~

Eugene is many things. Stingy. Red. A silver fox. A decorated and respected military man. But the best thing about him by far is how strong a characterization he has in the early seasons. Gruff, stubborn, clever, dedicated father and father figure to P.earl and S.pongeB.ob respectively. There are moments where he can be less than ideal, but nothing egregious. Plus, he’s voiced by C.lancy B.rown, a well-seasoned actor both on screen and behind the microphone.

As for physical traits? Again, his voice immediately comes to mind. The range alone is impressive! Eugene can go from a high-pitched panic to a low, deep rumble at the drop of a hat, and it’s so GOOD.💕💕💕 I know the ‘MOAR’ scene is a meme now, but there’s one shot where he’s lying on a table like a pinup model and I just-mmmmmm 🫣👀 And he seems like such a huggable shape too! Nice and round, perfect for Selene to wrap her arms around. 🥰🥰🥰 Not to mention strong! He did kick major tail at the Fry Cook Games and can manage to flip the entire Krusty Krab around in one swift move.

The impact Eugene has had on my life is very significant. His quotes are the ones I parrot the most out of any other SB character! I was over the moon when Cosmic Shake came out and heard him speak, which more than made up for BFBB: Rehydrated. AND they gave him funny lines?! A++, 10/10, 5 stars out of 5!

In summary, Mr. K.rabs (within certain parameters) is a sweet, caring, persevering entrepreneur/father/mentor and very handsome to boot. Selene definitely thinks the world of him and loves him immensely. ❤️

#Thank you all for your patience! #Hope the payoff is satisfying enough 😊 #And ty for all the likes/compliments #It means a lot that people were interested in this! #The next post will most likely be more info on Selene herself #Until then!

[dothedogmusic]

There are now 100 tunes on the Do The Dog Skazine 2023 Spotify playlist! Check it out here: http://open.spotify.com/playlist/6V0DwTXicI2X3FCC7b022FThe playlist gathers together fab global ska & reggae tunes as they emerge across the year. Already featured are OBMJ, Sick Leave, The Selecter, The Bakesys, Big Boss Sound, PorkPie, Megative, Dope Times, The Prizefighters, Fishbone, Doom Regulator, Cartoon Violence, Rockstone Rockers, Ed Rome, The Interrupters, Melbourne Ska Orchestra, The Skints, Skatune Network & Jeff Rosenstock, The Utopians, Common Sense Kid, Joe Yorke, Maskatesta, Junior Bill, Madame Claude, Phoenix City Allstars, Faintest Idea, The Capturers, J Navarro & The Traitors, Los Fastidios, The Pomps, Prince Loogie, The Abruptors, The Skapones, Dub Pistols, Masons Arms, Geier Sturzflug, Roger Rivas, Catbite, Rhoda Dakar, Death Of Guitar Pop, Boss Capone & Patsy, Juantxo Skalari & La Rude Band, The Ranglins, The Liptones, The New Rulers, G-Men, Zeme Libre, The Skamotts, The Skacore Cartel, Some Ska Band, Bite Me Bambi, The Skalps, Andy B & The World, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, The Magnetics, Omnigone, Steady 5 & The Tips, The Marginados, The Co-Operators, Beer Beer Orchestra, Cosmic Shuffling, Ska City, Don Letts & Hollie Cook, The Overits, Ambassador, Loin Groin, Long Beach Dub Allstars, RU-2, Sr Bikini, The Impersonals, Antidoping, Skaperol, Dubmatix, Norsk Rakk, Matt Wixson, Mustard Plug, Andres Cotter & Mark Bedford, Lena Margareta & Krabb, The Oldskulltones, PO Box, Proyecto Secreto, We Are The Union, Eastern Standard Time, Skaparapid, Wacetonians, Devon Kay & The Solutions, La Familia Torelli, Wisecracker, Gentlemen’s Dub Club, NB Rude Boys, Malambo Ska Band, Gallo Rojo, Weedway, Alamedadosoulna, The Moskito Bite, Rey Flanders, Fantasy Dub & Sofia Bolt, Deskaraos, The Officinalis & Persiana Jones!

[xasha777]

In the distant future, where humanity's reach extends to the farthest corners of the galaxy, there exists a planet named Thalassa. Thalassa is a world teeming with lush forests, vibrant flora, and a harmonious coexistence of technology and nature. It is on this planet that Seraphina, a young woman with long, flowing brown hair, adorned with a floral headband, and dressed in an intricately patterned, earthy-toned crop top, lives.

Seraphina is a historian and a researcher, fascinated by the ancient Earth and its historical figures. She spends her days exploring Thalassa's forests, which are rumored to hold remnants of ancient Earth civilizations, transported and preserved by unknown cosmic forces. Her latest research centers around Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, a figure from medieval Europe known for her political acumen and resilience.

One day, while exploring a dense part of the forest, Seraphina stumbles upon an ancient, weathered stone tablet partially covered in moss. The tablet is inscribed with symbols and text in an old Earth language. Intrigued, she carefully cleans the tablet and discovers a name etched at the bottom: Margaret III, Countess of Flanders.

As she deciphers the text, a holographic projection suddenly activates, revealing a message from Margaret III herself. The projection, preserved through advanced alien technology, recounts the Countess's efforts to safeguard her legacy and knowledge for future generations. She speaks of a hidden artifact, known as the "Chronicle of Flanders," which holds immense historical and cultural significance. The Chronicle, she reveals, is hidden somewhere on Thalassa, transported there by an ancient alien race that revered Earth's history.

Determined to find the Chronicle, Seraphina embarks on a quest across Thalassa. Along the way, she encounters various challenges and puzzles left by the ancient aliens to protect the artifact. She deciphers cryptic messages, navigates through hidden passageways, and uncovers forgotten ruins, all while piecing together the story of Margaret III.

As she delves deeper into the mystery, Seraphina realizes that the Chronicle of Flanders is not just a historical record but also a repository of advanced knowledge and technology. It holds secrets that could revolutionize the understanding of history and technology on Thalassa and beyond.

In the final leg of her journey, Seraphina discovers the location of the Chronicle within a grand, ancient library hidden beneath the roots of a massive, ancient tree. The library is a marvel of alien architecture, with towering shelves filled with holographic books and scrolls. At the center, encased in a protective energy field, lies the Chronicle of Flanders.

With great care, Seraphina retrieves the Chronicle and activates it. A holographic representation of Margaret III appears, expressing gratitude and imparting wisdom from her time. The Chronicle also contains detailed information on advanced technologies, cultural practices, and historical events, providing invaluable insights into both Earth’s and Thalassa's histories.

Seraphina's discovery becomes a turning point for Thalassa, bridging the gap between ancient Earth and the advanced civilizations of the galaxy. The Chronicle of Flanders becomes a symbol of the enduring legacy of history and the interconnectedness of all civilizations, past and future.

As Seraphina stands in the ancient library, holding the Chronicle, she feels a profound connection to Margaret III and the countless generations that came before her. Her journey has not only uncovered a priceless artifact but also forged a timeless bond between the past and the future, a testament to the enduring power of knowledge and discovery.

[sciencestyled]

We’re Not Saying We’re Geniuses, But We Might Just Be After Explaining Gravitational Waves à la Homer Simpson

Hey, fellow Earthlings and assorted Springfieldians! Buckle up your brain belts because we're about to serve up a heaping helping of Homer Simpson's take on gravitational waves. Yes, you read that right. Our favorite donut-devouring, Duff-guzzling, sofa-sprawling Homer is about to school us all. And honestly, if we can understand this stuff, anyone can – we're practically smug about it.

Let's set the scene: Imagine Homer, beer in hand (because, of course), schooling us on gravitational waves. It's like having a science lesson in Moe's Tavern, but with less questionable stains and more mind-blowing revelations. Homer might not know his arithmetic from his armadillo, but when it comes to space ripples (yes, we said ripples – keep up!), he's suddenly the unintentional Stephen Hawking of Springfield.

Einstein, that guy with the wild hair and the E=mc² party trick, once threw down the gauntlet about space and time being all bendy. Well, Homer, in his infinite wisdom and simplicity, breaks it down for us mere mortals. Imagine space-time as a giant rubber sheet, which, no, is not a reference to Homer's bed-wetting solutions. Stick something heavy on it – think Barney post-Thanksgiving dinner – and watch that baby bend.

Now, enter the showstoppers: gravitational waves. These are not your average ocean waves where Flanders loses his mustache. These are more like cosmic belches after Homer's chili cook-offs, echoing across the universe. When massive stuff like black holes and stars decide to play bumper cars, they send these waves zipping and zapping through space.

And how does Homer, a man whose most strenuous mental exercise is often choosing between a glazed or a chocolate sprinkle donut, wrap his head around these invisible cosmic ripples? Well, he likens it to a blind squirrel occasionally finding a nut – basically, a stroke of luck. But worry not, because there are actual geniuses with tools and tech to detect these space-time shenanigans.

Feeling lost? Imagine Homer explaining it with a cold Duff in hand, probably burping occasionally for effect. Space-time, gravitational waves, and everything in between, he's got it covered in a way that even we, with our occasional brain cells firing, can grasp. And honestly, if Homer Simpson can get it, there's no excuse for the rest of us.

But don't just take our word for it. Dive headfirst (or donut-first, Homer's preferred method) into this wild world where science meets Simpson. It's a ride through the cosmos, guided by the least likely tour guide. You'll laugh, you'll cry (from laughter), and you might just learn something between giggles.

In conclusion, gravitational waves, black holes, and cosmic shenanigans are no longer just for the Lisa Simpsons of the world. Even us Homers can grasp it, and honestly, we're feeling pretty chuffed about it. We might just throw around words like "space-time continuum" at parties now. So join us, won't you, in basking in the glow of our newfound, Homer-inspired intellect. It's not every day you get to feel like a brainiac, all thanks to a cartoon character with a penchant for pink-frosted donuts.

#science #physics #homer simpson #gravitation #waves

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 10.15

1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. 1211 – Battle of the Rhyndacus: The Latin emperor Henry of Flanders defeats the Nicaean emperor Theodore I Laskaris. 1529 – The Siege of Vienna ends when Austria routs the invading Ottoman forces, ending its European expansion. 1582 – Adoption of the Gregorian calendar begins, eventually leading to near-universal adoption. 1783 – The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier. 1793 – Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted of treason. 1809 – The Viceroy of the Río de la Plata, Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, opens the port of Buenos Aires to trade with nations other than Spain. 1815 – Napoleon begins his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. 1863 – American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor. 1864 – American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces. 1878 – The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation. 1879 – The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people. 1888 – The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators. 1910 – Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft. 1917 – World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage. 1923 – The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic. 1928 – The airship Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. 1932 – Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight. 1939 – The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated. 1940 – President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government. 1944 – World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after it announces an armistice with the Soviet Union. 1951 – Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes completes the synthesis of norethisterone, the basis of an early oral contraceptive. 1954 – Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto. 1956 – FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community. 1965 – Vietnam War: A draft card is burned during an anti-war rally by the Catholic Worker Movement, resulting in the first arrest under a new law. 1966 – The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. 1970 – During the construction of Australia's West Gate Bridge, a span of the bridge falls and kills 35 workers. The incident is the country's worst industrial accident to this day. 1979 – Supporters of the Malta Labour Party ransack and destroy the Times of Malta building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party. 1979 – A coup d'état in El Salvador overthrows President Carlos Humberto Romero and begins the 12 year-long Salvadoran Civil War. 1987 – Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460 crashes near Conca di Crezzo, Italy, killing all 37 people on board. 1989 – Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL. 1989 – Eight of those convicted in South Africa's Rivonia Trial are released from prison. 1990 – Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation. 1991 – The "Oh-My-God particle", an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray measured at 40,000,000 times that of the highest energy protons produced in a particle accelerator, is observed at the University of Utah HiRes observatory in Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. 1991 – The leaders of the Baltic States, Arnold Rüütel of Estonia, Anatolijs Gorbunovs of Latvia and Vytautas Landsbergis of Lithuania, signed the OSCE Final Act in Helsinki, Finland. 1994 – The United States, under the Clinton administration, returns Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to the island. 1995 – Saddam Hussein is reelected president of Iraq through a referendum. 1997 – The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn. 2001 – NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 180 km of Jupiter's moon Io. 2003 – China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission. 2005 – A planned neo-Nazi protest against African-American street gangs sets off a riot in Toledo, Ohio. Twenty-nine people are arrested. 2006 – The 6.7 Mw Kiholo Bay earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport. 2007 – Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids. 2008 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history. 2013 – The 7.2 Mw Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 were killed. 2016 – One hundred ninety-seven nations amend the Montreal Protocol to include a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons. 2018 – 13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is kidnapped from her Barron, Wisconsin home after her parents were both murdered.

#Events

[pancakeruby]

Alternative Bands You Need To Listen To: Part 5 🌸

Skegss⚡️ (makes you feel like you’re skateboarding down a boardwalk in the middle of an australian summer)

Vundabar🌚 (one of my all time favorite bands... they make a unique kind of alternative music with catchy melodies and gritty lyrics/sounds that are truly brilliant)

Goodbye Honolulu🌺 (really good garage rock stuff and an overall awesome sound. chord progressions are also a1)

Made Violent 🔪 (also restores my faith in alternative and punk)

Courtney Barnett🍃 (if you don’t know this songwriting wizard by now... relatable music, awesome guitar playing and band, just overall beautiful songs)

Gallus💥 (my favorite modern alternative band for the past 2 yrs now... super underrated shit, real rock songs that are clean and so advanced. definitely check them out)

Otherkin👌 (imagine a movie intro of someone walking through high school in the early 2000s, with a little more punk)

Cosmic Flanders🔮 (only have 2 songs rn but I know they’ll be big, has a retro-rock and modern day psych-rock feel)

Violent Soho🧨 (reminds me so much of classic 90s bands, ultimate new headbanger music with plenty of more mellow bops too)

The Delta Riggs ⚫️ (the BEST funky alternative)

The Dose 💊 (90’s vibe… it’s good stuff)

The Growlers☀️ (y’all should know them but if you don’t... mix of indie/rock/alt/with some pop stuff, overall the band is super dynamic with a great lead singer and amazing riffs/beats)

Skinny Girl Diet🌹 (female nirvana. that’s it. fucking awesome)

Hot Flash Heat Wave🌊 (mix of post-punk and psychedelic pop stuff, super catchy tunes that you’ll love)

#skegss #vundabar #goodbye honolulu #made violent #courtney barnett #gallus #otherkin #cosmic flanders #violent soho #the delta riggs #the dose #the growlers #skinny girl diet #hot flash heat wave #catfish and the bottlemen #the kooks #panic! at the disco #the 1975 #billie eilish #the killers #the strokes #declan mckenna #vampire weekend #alternative playlist #new music #new alternative music #music recs #new songs #new bands #greta van fleet

[miraculouscontent]

Y’know, after rewatching Furious Fu (because I’m apparently okay with self-harm in the name of thorough analysis), l noticed something else apart from Marinette’s treatment that really grinds my gears: the kwamis’ treatment. Both by the episode itself and Su-Han, they’re portrayed and viewed as cosmic beings of incredible power who absolutely must be controlled and babied at all times instead of friends or even just allies that have their own individual personalities and beliefs that fit each of their themes and ages. This is in no way an isolated occurrence either, but it really is just highlighted and flanderized to an obscene degree in this episode.

I mean, that’s basically how the show itself treats them all the time: as things that give power, not beings with personalities. It’s been a consistent problem that’s showed up time and time again because the heroes are temps who don’t have to bond or communicate with their kwami in any meaningful way. They’re really just there to briefly explain the transformation phrases and then not give the holder the ability to transform if they’re MIA.

Like, imagine the amount of times Tikki has told Marinette something and then Marinette just continues doing what she was already doing anyway, later going, “oh you were right,” but then lather, rinse, repeat with that plot (”Guitar Villain” is probably the best example, especially since Tikki wasn’t needing and seeing Jagged figure things out and then encourage Marinette was--UGH, IT’S GOOD). It just makes Tikki a mouthpiece for whatever moral they’re trying to hammer in, and Tikki will be conveniently absent during scenes where the writers just didn’t feel like having her make any comments.

They’re either hindrances or don’t have enough of a say in anything to make a difference.

#category: salt #episode: Furious Fu #other: ask and answer #other: ml spoilers #((''Self harm in the name of thorough analysis'' okay but who gave you the right to be that funny.))

[rael-rider]

peter quill for the ask meme

favorite thing: I love several things about Peter Quill: his perseverance and will against all odds and that even though he has had a hard life he still is a good person that fights to save the universe. How he’s sarcastic and perpetually tired of all the shit that’s happening around him and sometimes he can be pessimistic but if others are feeling down he always tries to be the positive one. I love that while he has shades of grade that he also cares too much because even when he does morally questionable stuff the consequences will always affect him. I also love that no matter where he stands with his team he is fiercely protective of them. How he can stand up to cosmic powerhouses despite not having powers (well at least until Ewing’s run).

least favorite thing: That scene in DnA’s Guardians with him laughing at and heckling Cynosure while she fought for her life against a Cancerverse creature was pretty mean and really showed how cruel Peter can be with someone he doesn’t like. Even moreso after he admitted to Moondragon that he didn’t exactly wanted her dead because it showed that his anger towards her wasn’t that big. Granted she gave good reasons for him to not like her but him taking joy at her suffering always struck me as how cruel Peter can be with someone he doesn’t like. The whole brainwashing his teammates thing wasn’t great but he even showed some guilt over that, that stuff with Cynosure was him being mean.

fanon pet peeves I have with them: This kind of bleed through to comics canon (and the GotG cartoon) but I hate that after the MCU he’s portrayed as being a clown that no one respects or when he’s shown as being useless. Pretty much a flanderized version of MCU Peter (who has his faults but even he isn’t that bad). People who say Peter has no personality before the MCU and that he wasn’t interesting and that MCU and Chris Pratt made him interesting. Seriously they can piss off with that. Also people who picture pre-Bendis Star-Lord as this ultra badass war vet that never joked.

I wish people who make comments about comics to, y’know, actually read them....

#peter quill #star lord #ask meme #novasfroce #wondyanswers

[ltwilliammowett]

Gerardus Mercator

Gerardus Mercator who was actually called Gheert Cremer, was a Flemish cartographer born in 1512 at the dawn of the Age of Exploration.

Mercator studied at the University of Leuven from 1530 to 1532. There he studied philosophy, mathematics and astronomy. During this study he adopted the Latin name Gerardus Mercator. After his studies he established himself as an independent instrument maker and cartographer. His business went well and his instruments were famous for their precision and detail. In 1536 Gerardus   married Barbara Schellekens. The couple would raise six children.

Through Reinier Gemma Frisius, his former professor of medicine, he became interested in cartography. He drew his first maps in Leuven. In order to be able to print the maps, Gerardus himself stuck out the maps with a burin. This meant that he had to engrave each card in mirror writing. For the texts he chose the Italian font. The printed cards were in black and white. Coloring was done by hand, often by others. But he was the first to succeed in depicting the spherical surface of the earth on a flat surface without distortion: the Mercator projection. This gave Mercator's map a great practical usefulness. The map was very precise. On the basis of the Mercator map and his compass, the captain could now direct his ship to its destination.

The left world map on two sheets is an early work of Gerardus Mercator, 1538 the second world map was made by Rumold Mercator his son, 1587

In 1537 he made a wall map of the Holy Land. This map consisted of six pages. A year later his 'Orbus Imago' appeared. This was a small world map in a heart-shaped projection. In 1540 he came up with a wall map of Flanders consisting of nine pages: 'Exactissima Flandriae Descriptio'. Because of these maps Mercator became world famous in Western Europe. All universities knew his name.

An updated version of the 1554 map of Europe as it appears in the 1595 atlas

In 1544 he was arrested for alleged heresy and adherence to Luther. It is more likely that he was prevented by the Dutch from selling his maps to other countries because of his talent for making maps and globes.

Lotharingia (Lorraine) as it appeared in the 1595 atlas

After his release, he worked in Leuven for another eight years. In 1552 he moved with his family to Duisburg. Historians believe that the liberal attitude of the Duke of Cleve was the decisive factor in his decision to settle there. Mercator hoped that he might also be able to hold a place at the University of Duisburg. He was granted the title of 'Ducal Cartographer' in 1563.

Terrestrial and celestial globes by Gerard Mercator, 1541, 1551

Gerardus Mercator drew his most important work in Duisburg. In 1554 his 'Europae descriptio' appeared. In 1569 he completed 'Nova et aucta orbis terrae descriptio ad usum navigantium emendate accommodata'. This was a large wall map of the world in 21 sheets. The world map was Mercator's masterpiece. The map was intended for naval navigation.

A map of the North Pole, with addition of data from Willem Barentsz voyages 1623

His success brought him wealth and recognition, and he passed his work on to his sons, and the mapmaking trade also began to establish itself in other countries. Mercator died in Duisburg in 1594 after two strokes. In 1595, his son brought out the atlas but it were not very popular at first, they were it later and still are today. The same for his cosmic maps.

Everyone who wants to read more about him and his maps can do it here - https://mercator.tass.com/

#naval history #map making #gerardus mercator #naval navigation #16th century

[peachywander]

All asks

Holy shit, this will be so much fun B-) *cracks knuckles*

Ask me: FANDOM EDITION

A - Your current OTP

Uhhh pff,,, skeleton dance I think?? I mean sure, skelley dance is always my current OTP, ngl. They're basically made for eachother, hell, even craig himself wore tshirts and stuff with wander hugging hater ifthisisn'tcannonthenidkwhatitis

B - A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind

To be honest,, wander x beza. I used to dislike every wander x girl ship bcs I see him as gae and nothing else. But I have a friend who does lots of art with them so I think it grew on me more and more with time?? Now I think they would look cute together, even if i'm still not super big on it.

C - A pairing you have never liked and probably never will

Wnder x domi. No comment, I despise it with all my heart 😂😂 Like I said earlier, I don't like most of wander x girl ships, and domi really hates wander. Sooo this ship simply doesn't make sense to me,, lmfao.

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t

I think Twi x Flash from mlp. Yeah, I thought twi was cute when crushing on him in the 1st EG movie but they don't seem to have that chemistry I was hoping for. Plus I haven't seen any recent episodes of mlp in a long time, though I heard ppl say that he was mean to her once, if I remember well? Anyways, doesn't work so much for me.

E - Have you added anything stupid/cracky/hilarious to your fandom, if so, what

Besides memes/ shitposts, not really. Check @gunxball if you want to see posts of mine back when I was into gumball 2 yrs ago (golly i miss those times)

F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom

Probably su (2016-2019) or kid vs kat (2011-2014)

G - Do you remember your first OTP, if so who was in it

Why yes, of course I do. cosmo x wanda from fop. They were so adorbs together esp in the first 2 seasons. Don't like how they got so flanderized with time, their dynamic was absolutely destroyed, and my day was ruined when I found out.

H - Do you prefer characters from real action series or anime series

I don't watch either lolol

But I think anime.

I - Has tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why

Dislike the fandom, not the show itself? Probably hzbin hotel. The show has a pretty neat concept and animation and it had such a big impact on my artstyle when I first watched it. But the fandom? Absolute hell. (pun intended)

From shipping wars, to pestering vivz, anything is possible. Glad I haven't actually interacted with that part of the fandom.

J - Name a fandom you didn’t care/think about until you saw it all over tumblr

Not a show but among us. Back in september/october last year, my tl was FILLED with among us, up and down. Made me a lil tired of it but once I tried playing that game, I couldn't stop. Also the owlhouse, fell in love with the artstyle and story.

K - How do you feel about the other people in your current fandom

I don't have a current fandom. Not feeling in the mood + school + inactivity bcs of school. So I'll say abt my latest fandom, which was animaney. Well, people were really nice, and they seemed to enjoy the reboot. Nothing more to say tbh,,

L - Your favorite fanartist/author gives you one request, what do you ask for

Ummm I don't really like giving rqs to my fave artists, i don't wanna bother them haha

M - Your favorite fanart or fanartist

I don't know aaaa, prolly toonipi but she also draws ocs, not just fanart.

N - Your favorite fanfiction or fanauthor

Anything cute or sappy with skelleydance (NO nsfw)

O - Choose a song at random, which OTP does it remind you of

Lasers and feelings. Skellydance again. It matches sO well-

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas)

I used to have a skatepark AU ft. su chars but never put anything over here. I still have the sketches from 9th grade lmao.

Q - A ship you’ve abandoned and why

To be completely honest, Amydot. Up until s3 they really gave me possible ship vibes. They interacted a lot, and peri discovered her metal powers thanks to amy. But after s3 they hardly ever interacted anymore (besides that one ep from s5 with the kindergarden). I was so dissapointed, but hey lapdot isn't so bad anyway, right?

R - A pairing you ship that you don’t think anyone else ships

Back in 2014 I would have said chred from angry birds, definitely. Not many really shipped them, and when I saw some fanart of them on dA everyone would say "ew, gae". Well, 2014 everyone. I was always like "so?? i like that ship, what's the problem??"

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon

Uhmm, i headcanon darwin from tawog that he likes to yodel lol

T - If you mostly have homoships, do you have any heteroships

I think my ships are 50-50, but here are some examples:

Larsdie

Stevnnie

Blckeye

Fluttrcord

Beeckard

Starc0

Tanyamao

Foxodile

Pennball

Carwin

U - If you mostly have heteroships, do you have any homoships

Same as T. Another examples:

Skelleydance

Wnderingeye

Sylava

Lumty

Rupphre

Pearlmthyst

Badgrmao

Bubbline

Flutterdsh

Patbob

V - Are you one of those fans who can’t watch anything without shipping

Lol no. Tbh, i'm not super big on shipping either. I only slighty like/dislike any ship i listed earlier (with the exception of skelleydance, i'm too in love with that ship)

W - 5 favorite characters from 5 different fandoms

wakko warner (animaney)

wander (woy)

fluttershy (mlp)

amethyst (su)

bubbles (ppg)

X - 3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms

skelleydance (woy)

lumty (toh)

stevnnie (su)

Y - A fandom you’re in but have no ships from

kid cosmic (or maybe I do ship papa g w/ chuck), animaney, okko, gravity flls

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go

That one fan made episode from su called the smothering, it was so freaking amazing. It helped a lot in relieveing the pain of that big hiatus from 2017 (which was the biggest one, i literally turned into a skeleton waiting for new eps). Loved peri's needy personality, as well as lappy's playful one. It was so well written, like it could be perfectly fit as a role reversal episode in the main show.

#the reason i typed the ships like that is to not appear in the tags #ask

[mostly-paintings]

In order: Comet Gebea, Comet Domina Capillorum, Comet Rosa, Comet Veru, Comet Miles (1587) all by the same anonymous artist (unknown)

Humans have long regarded comets with a swirling mix of wonder and fear: The cosmic characters figure on Babylonian tablets and a sprawling, 11th-century European tapestry. Before scientists knew exactly what caused these bright smears across the sky, comets were often interpreted as portents of doom or destruction. (Occasionally, they were blamed for less-dramatic shenanigans, such as inspiring chickens to lay oddly shaped eggs.) Given their rich history, it makes sense that an unknown artist in 16th-century Flanders compiled a lavishly illustrated compendium of comets blazing as humans cowered or gawked.

The French-language manuscript, which now resides at the Universitätsbibliothek Kassel in Germany, is colloquially known as The Comet Book. As the Public Domain Review points out, the book is preoccupied with symbolism and significance over science; its full titletranslates to Comets and Their General and Particular Meanings, According to Ptolemy, Albumasar, Haly, Aliquind and Other Astrologers. The Comet Book leans heavily on folklore about the objects’ supposed consequences, from fires to famines.

Today, we know that comets are essentially ‘dirty snowballs.’ They’re made up of frozen clumps of gas, dust, and rock that are billions of years old, remnants of the early days of our solar system. As these cold, sediment-studded masses hurtle closer to the Sun, they warm—and then fling that no-longer-so-icy material behind them in bright, smudged “tails” that can wag millions of miles across the sky.

#painting #paintings #art #artwork #artist