#on the other

[carionto]

What Humans call the "Thousand Yard Stare"

As more and more Humans interact with and integrate within Coalition stations, reports, closer to hushed whispers really, began to circulate of some Humans being... discomforting... to be around.

Initially we thought it was just rudeness or passive aggressive behavior or any number of subtle actions or choice of words, no matter how advanced or civilized there will always be some assholes.

However, when some of these "offenders" were presented to us peacekeepers, we found them to be perfectly polite and reasonable. As our conversation continued and shifted topics, whenever there was a lull or the focus was on another speaker for a longer time, the Human's gaze drifted somewhat.

Sometimes she would look to the side and it was harder to tell what her exact expression was, but every so often she would be looking at one of us, but... not. It was as if she was staring at something behind us, through us even. Beyond the walls of the station, it even felt as though beyond space and time itself.

It was one of the most unnerving and chitin-chilling feelings we've ever felt, but then the Human seemed to notice our change and became that friendly and cheerful person once again:

"Sorry, my mind drifted there for a bit. What were you saying?"

And the conversation continued as if nothing was out of the ordinary for the Human.

Upon our return to our office, one of the Human peacekeepers heard about our impromptu assignment and offered this explanation after we told him what happened:

"Oh yeah, I think that person was a retired firefighter or rescue worker of some kind. Professions like that can be dangerous and you'll eventually encounter something horrible at a disaster site or crime scene. Probably saw someone die, or a person they rescued later didn't make it, or it was a kid... It's the toughest when you're the last one a child sees before..."

There it is again. That look, but with a tinge of sadness this time. We didn't know he was carrying such memories. The untimely death of anyone is a difficult time for those that survive, especially when it is the young whose life was still just starting. It seems Humans with their heightened senses and sensitivity to the feelings of others these kind of experiences imprint a far stronger memory than for most.

"Anyway, we've got a bunch of names for such things, but typically we call it the thousand yard stare. It's an old measurement unit, don't worry about it. I think the meaning may have changed a bit over the years, but basically some people go through traumatic stuff and they decide, consciously or not, to sort of... detach themselves from reality. It's a coping mechanism.

A few people thrive on horrible things, but they're the exception. Most of us would go crazy or depressed or any other infinite bad possibilities our brains can go in if we don't find a way to separate ourselves from certain realities. It can get real bad otherwise. It's rare, but a few go truly nuts and try to inflict their pain unto others. Most end up suffering alone for a long time. And some can't take it anymore and decide to end it themselves.

Thankfully therapists and support options are widely available, so those kind of scenarios are really rare, like... suicide accounts for about three out of a hundred thousand deaths last time I saw those charts. Plus drones and automation take care of most of the dangerous tasks, leaving the vast majority of cases to be caused by interpersonal relations actually. A broken heart is one of those traumas we'll never get rid of it seems. That's just life, I guess."

#humans are space orcs #humans are space oddities #humans are deathworlders #humans are space australians #I don't know if these tags are actually appropriate for this one #it feels weird writing about depressing adjacent topics like that #one one hand #I don't feel good about it #on the other #I feel I have to put it into words or it'll leave a stain in my brain #sometimes words are more like a tumor #and the only way to get rid of it is to transfer them to a public space #carionto

[incorrectly-quoting-mxtx]

Liu Qingge: One of your dislocated kids broke in and stole our practice swords!

Shen Jiu: Alright, tell me which one of my disciples it was so I know who’s allowance to raise.

#source: brandon rogers #incorrect quotes #incorrect scum villian #scum villian’s self saving system #svsss #Shen Jiu #Liu Qingge #this could probably work with Shen Yuan too tbh #I both hate and love Shen Jiu #on one hand #yikes child abuse #on the other #he is magnificently bitchy

[moonpaw]

Noooo way did one piece get a remake announcement before the first one ended dbndndjdjdjsjehdhd

#ASSUMING ITS REAL ANYWAY #but god. im so torn on a remake bc on one hand i WOULD like a good paced one so people will watch it without complaining about the pace #on the other #i really love the charm of early one piece #wait oh my god those poor voice actors are never going to escape LMAO

[batrachised]

what i'm getting from these latest chapters is that Aunt Becky's jug is the 1900's equivalent of the pink stanley cup

#on one hand the fact that everyone including elderly men to teen girls want this jug so badly is straining credulity for me #on the other #tangled web book club #stanley cup...loudly decorated jug...what's the difference?

[sprintingowl]

Knight Damsel Jester

I am not an illustrator.

Anyway here is a TTRPG I illustrated.

Five pages, floating GM role, GMing recovers your HP, players narrate the complications for your failures, non-zero chance a goblin might steal your underwear.

#ttrpg #ttrpg homebrew #ttrpgs #ttrpg design #indie ttrpgs #rpg #indie ttrpg #tabletop #dnd #rpgs #On the Other #Worse Site there's a discussion #about whether illustrators are a sort of mafia #that hold the hobby in their clutches #and sometimes a take is so bewildering #that it forces my soul out of my body #and the Game Design Devil takes control

[radiosummons]

The Armorer: Welcome to the family.

Bo-Katan: I literally didn't ask for any of this.

#the mandalorian #the mandalorian season 3 #bo katan #bo katan kryze #sw shitpost #the mandalorian shitpost #gonna be real #i'm going back and forth #on whether i like bo katan #being a part of the covert #on the one hand it's very funny #on the other #how do i really feel about bo katan #being a member of a cult #that's an offshoot of a bigger cult #she already has a shit ton of bad history with? #idk man

[liylikesleaves]

Daryl: You look good in that hoodie.

Jesus: You know where else I'd look good?

Daryl, zero hesitation: My bed.

Jesus, at the same time: By your side- wait, what?

#desus #the walking dead #twd incorrect quotes #daryl dixon #jesus twd #paul rovia #this conflicts me #because one hand #i think Daryl's a cute little innocent guy #on the other #it feels like he would definitely say this

[shatterdome-underscore]

9855 divided by 365 is 27. Ron told Terry he loves him every day for 27 years, and he meant it every time

#dndads #dungeons and daddies #dndads spoilers #dungeons and daddies spoilers #am i tearing up over ron and terry? perhaps #he just. he loves his son so much #ron stampler #terry stampler #terry jr #dndads terry jr #on one hand extreme hype over a ron arc #on the other #if i have to hear ron learn about what happened to terry im going to openly weep #also i fully do not believe that ron is dead. I'll buy that hes in heaven but he aint dead

[cherries-and-knives]

Something 13 year old me just didn’t comprehend at such a young age was how complex Gale is. I literally bought into all the love triangle bullshit, even after hunger games preached of how the media will construe ANYTHING towards ‘love’ to distract from the gruesome and complex. 13 year old me fully bought into the ‘Gale is possessive. Gale is angry and not right for Katniss. Gale is too intense. Gale won’t shut up about their kiss.’ HE HAD EVER RIGHT TO BE ANGRY. Gale had everything, everything, taken from him. His family, his childhood, his freedom, his best friend. The only safe spot in his life. Not only does he have every right to be angry, he was in no way ‘unhealthily possessive.’ He was supportive. He reacted like a normal human being. He knew her bond with Peeta was different than theirs. Katniss even ADMITTED herselfff that she understood Gales point of view in book 2. For fucks sake HE STOPPED THEM MAKING OUT BECAUSE SHE WAS SILENTLY BREAKING DOWN AND HE KNEW IT DESPITE HER OWN DENIAL. Anyways. I love Everlark with my whole soul but I am a Gale defender. He wasn’t perfect, and I don’t agree with some of his other actions… but I will forever defend his and Katniss’s relationship arc.

#im in my hunger games rant era #rereading thg has been both a blessing and a curse #on one hand #I’ve noticed and understood so much more #on the other #I’m rlly sad lmao #hunger games #the hunger games #gale hawthorne #Gale hunger games #thg katniss #thg #thg series #thg gale #everlark #hunger games Gale #hunger games movies #katniss everdeen #the hunger games katniss #katniss and gale #Katniss

[spacedace]

Good news: I stopped it quickly and didn't get hurt

Bad news: I did accidentally set my hair on fire while trying to blow out a candle.

Worst news: while I'm mostly sure that I cut off the burnt ends, I still smell burning hair and am considering lighting the candle I just blew out that caused this mess to get rid of the smell

No my adhd meds haven't kicked in yet this morning why do you ask

#unsure of the quality of the news: my dogs didn’t even bother looking at me when i was squawking about my hair being on fire #on one hand i don't want to stress them out #on the OTHER #a little concern would be nice

[mothshrub]

Pros of shrika: fantastic voice acting, banger character design, cool magic flying swords, cute rest-break cutscenes

Cons of shrika: making this face during her personal plot story:

#harvestella #shrika harvestella #on the one hand god forbid women do anything #on the other #well.

[esuterunokitsune]

Anyways so I just finished reading Hamlet and. My immediate thoughts? 1: "how many fics are there on ao3?" And 2: "I bet people are shipping Hamlet and Horatio" and FRIENDS, I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED

#seriously tho #on one hand #this makes the thought of reading classic lit for class much more bearable #on the other #it feels like a very. very deep rabbit hole I'm jumping into headfirst rn #hamlet #shakespeare

[soaringpigeonshovel]

fresh off of the manga I assumed that the timeline went Kakashi spends about a year in the Academy, Kakashi graduates as a chunin, and then Sakumo kills himself. It explains why Kakashi's classmates had no idea his dad died (and why they kinda seem to expect a less snippy Kakashi?), and it also makes what Sakumo did a little less... I dunno, they seem to treat chunin as young adults in Konoha. (That's the timeline I used for my fic, as well.)

except, upon further assessment, it seems more likely that Sakumo dies when Kakashi is a genin, or, even more likely, before he graduates the Academy at all. which makes everything even worse. I mean, it makes the whole 'chunin at six' thing completely tragic—hell, it throws the whole talented part into question. as for Sakumo... my man, your kid's, like, what, five? give or take a year? I understand your situation, but your kid. your five-year-old. in your fucking house, dude, holy shit.

#kakashi #kakashi hatake #sakumo hatake #naruto #tw: death #tw: suicide #it's why sakumo is so difficult to write #on one hand #a hero who chose his comrades over his mission #on the other #someone who forgot his son for a brief horrific irreversible moment #and spent the next few decades clinging to some in-between place in penance #its the jutaposing of courage and weakness and maybe even a level of impulsiveness #naruto thoughts

[emile-hides]

I'm glad someone noticed Cress.

Someone has to get Isekai'd :)

wait

I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A COOL ANCESTOR DESIGN WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S ACTUALLY CRESS

STOP SPLITTING UP THE UNOVAN SIBLINGS THEY DON'T DESERVE THIS

#on one hand dilfy Cress potential 👀 #On the other #THE TRIO!!!! MY TRIO!!!! YOU CAN'T BREAK THEM APART LIKE THIS #WHY IS IT SPECIFICALLY THE UNOVAN SIBLINGS THIS ISN'T FAIR #Picturing Emmet back in Unova between Cilan and Chili #Big Brother got Isakai'd support group #This is how they remove triple and rotation battles from the BW remakes whenever they may happen #...Charles should also get isakai'd. For fun. #I noticed Cress 100% because I spent a very large portion of my beginner Pokemon fan phase obsessed with the Straiton Trio

[darealsaltysam]

YOURE SAYING THEY ACTUALLY ANNOUNCED HL2VRAI RIGHT AFTER I GAVE UP ON THE STREAM AND FINALLY WENT TO BED ??!?

#on one hand kinda mad at myself for not holding out #on the other #it was 4 fucking AM and I was starting to feel sick #maybe it was fair enough #hlvrai #hl2vrai

[the-tyler-as-in-skyler]

ghost in the fic i’m reading where he’s a vampire: i’m a monster… i let everyone down by dying and i didn’t even tell them when i came back (he was immediately isolated for testing and the only time he could escape he murdered roba) i cant love anyone, it’d be too dangerous…

ghost in the fic in reading where he’s a werewolf: i’m just a wolf, what do you want from me?

soap is very accepting in both of them <33 (they’re in love your honor)

#they’re both good but this is hilarious to me #on the one hand #vampire angst #on the other #werewolf fluff (literally he’s a big fluffy boy) #ghost mw2 #cod mw2 #soapghost #vampire ghost #werewolf ghost