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mamaestapa · 6 months

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hi tumblr bbys

pick what science class i take next semester tehe

-physical geography (solar energy, weather, climate, soil, landmasses, etc.)

- dynamic earth (tectonic plates, volcanoes, earthquakes, deserts, oceans, climate change, etc.)

-intro to meteorology (literally an intro to meteorology. weather, weather patterns, wind, climates, etc.)

all three sound like great options for me since i am NOT a science girlie lol. i just don’t know which one to pick🥲

#pls help a girl out #which one would YOU take #i’m an english major so none of this even matters to me lol

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palismet · 7 months

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thinking ab the similarities of luz and hunter and how they are so different in their experiences and yet so alike.

they are both so desperate for acceptance. for acknowledgement of who they are, who they want to be – for love, given without terms, unconditional. to be seen, in the light that is all their own, without being asked to cut off corners, pieces of themselves that aren't ... acceptable, by most, that would be easier if they weren't there.

their stories are different and yet their hearts are the same. they want to be strong, brave, enough to get through the next thing, and the next, and the next – still holding on to a hurt that makes them. that changed them, fundamentally, so long ago. how it still changes them today. how there is no separation, even still, even here, in the light of the human world, bright enough to dream by.

so can you see it, the way they are tectonic plates, shifting up against one another, holding up and together entire worlds? the weight of responsibility, of what it means (and what it is) holding on to hope. what it takes from you, and how you have learned not to talk about it, because who else would understand? and how would you hold yet another piece of it, too heavy for your hands?

the earthquakes that would result in them butting heads. the way the story has always led to the parallels of things. the way brothers and siblings will eventually come to this point, the event horizon of hurt and hope. the way the bones of it have always been lying in wait, to return to this, right here - what becomes of us now?

the way it was always going to come to this. the story doesn't know any other way. so it will do it again, it will do it over, and over, and over - until it can get it right.

(including a small snippet of a vague chapter intro:)

#snippets.#toh analysis #hunter toh #luz toh #starting to even out the rough edges of this second chapter and the hurt of it is a physical thing.#the lining of the story! the underbelly of the emotion running through everything!#the way this has been the trajectory of things since the beginning. since the knife / sliced through the story.#it's why i LOVE seeing it everywhere throughout the show. it's what began the ending. it's what will end itself / too.#the iconography of endings / the haunting of it. the way we can't hold on to everything that will eventually leave us.#it's growing up / and growing apart / and leaving; maybe; too. but holding on to the hurt will never help. it will always hinder.#but for them? for luz; for hunter? here; in s3; it's as if the hurt is all they have. it is a secret hidden and a dream kept silent.#it's all they are. how do you leave it behind when it is all you can grasp in the dark? when there is no light?#this fic is going to be everything to me i am going through EMOTIONS!!!!!!!!!

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seregios-seer · 6 months

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Monster Review: Zorah Magdaros

So this one is going to be a bit divisive from what I've seen online, but I honestly really like Zorah. The spectacle of this fight gets to me really well, and in case you can' tell, I'm a sucker for massive monsters. Zorah is a massive monster. I kinda got locked into this opinion when I started obsessing over dragons in the 3rd grade. The coolest cutscenes in base World are centered around this goliath, and they're probably the only ones I'd willingly rewatch on a second playthrough. Plus its shell is literally just rocks, so he's practically a moving tectonic plate! Zorah is kinda what I imagine IRL Godzilla to be like, and I will adore it for that forever.

W (IG): SInce it is a siege fight, there won't really be much to say here, even for Arch Tempered, so I'll try and go in detail. The first Zorah Magdaros encounter (the fight, not the intro cutscene) is really stunningly lit, and seeing this massive turtle wander towards you, knowing the best you can do is fire cannons at it (it being a LITERAL mountain) is genuinely exciting to me. The encounters are always at their best when you're actually *on* Zorah though, and while magma cores are admittedly boring as hell, the fact that it's a whole map that you can see moving through the canyon is badass. Plus, the bonus of seeing Nergigante for the first time while mining across this thing's back is definitely a point in the right direction. Going back to the barricade for the second encounter is still really impressive, albiet not quite as shocking anymore. The actual siege parts of both fights aren't actually difficult by any means, even Arch Tempered, but seeing how many parts you can break makes it way more fun than you'd expect. I can't say Zorah's a world-class fight, but it definitely gets the grandiose feeling of a siege fight across better than almost any other monster.

Rating: 7.5/10

Yeah it's easy, but just look at that view!

#monster hunter #monhun #MH Reviews #zorah magdaros #siege fights arent inherently bad!#just hard to do right!

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brutal-nemesis · 2 years

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Dear Nemi, lover of pain and rocks. Would you share your wisdom on rocks and geology? I'd love to get started on it but I'm not sure where to start, do you have any tips on Geology 101?

Hoo boy where to start...well, as for what's basic, the three main types of rock (igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic) are a good place to start, just learning about what the differences are between them, what the most common/well known rocks of each type are, and how to tell which category any rock fits into at a glance. Plate tectonics are also pretty basic, my second intro geology course was entirely on that. Learning the most common minerals is a good starting point, too.

But, honestly, the best way to learn is with rocks you can hold in your hands, and things you can see. Think about where you live. If you're by a beach, you could study the anatomy of a beach and how waves work. If you're by a river, learn about how they work, how the flow dictates where sediment gets deposited. Even if you live somewhere with no visible outcrops, geology is still there if you know where to look. Even in the city you can see it, because every damn time I go downtown I will just stop on the street and stare at the side of a building because it's made of anorthosite or fossiliferous limestone it is a problem. So yeah, just find out what's around you, learn about that, and then go out into the field and see what you can recognize. It's the best feeling seeing something and knowing exactly what it is or how it formed, and in doing that you reinforce what you've studied.

#wow an ask #anon #nemi's geologyposting #the college i went to had hella hand samples and field trips and that was such a good way to learn #the science as a whole is about interpreting what's already there #so it's important to start interpreting what you can actually examine #pictures aint shit #i mean they're better than nothing but really you gotta hold the rock in your hand. slap the outcrop

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powerwordkrill · 2 years

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On the bright side, my new accelerated tectonics campaign setting is going great so far because of it 💖

Planet collided with a planet and created fucked up super fast plate tectonic movement, and have been using my girlfriend’s geology knowledge plus that one intro to geology class I took to figure out what the fuck those consequences mean

#the answer is everything is fucked #everything #literally everything #so uh. yeah. players gotta get ready for some chaos. no gemstones no long term structures volatile magic volcanic eruptions and earthquakes #all the fucking time

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noodlesoseld · 4 months

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Intro post !

Name's Fairy, 16, Any pronouns, Lesbian, Voltron tumblr veteran (i have changed for the better i swear), Haven't been active on here since like 2018 but we will see.......................................

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟

Interests !

Games -> sims 4 and Fortnite are the biggest things in my life as embarrassing as it is, also Detroit become human and FNAF Shows -> Superstore, B99, our flag means death, Derry girls, Mob Psycho 100 (Reigen Arataka my love), any of the spiderverse movies, MLP, Fairy Tail, Looney Tunes Show etc. etc. i like what i like Hobbies -> drawing/crafting/painting the whole art thing, crocheting, cooking (please send me recipes), doom scrolling, makeup Misc. -> geology!!! 🪨🏔️🗿 YEAHH PLATE TECTONICS AND UNDERWATER VOLCANOS!! urban planning, and fashion

***Please do note that i half ass everything on this list so i barely participate in fandoms, or do much of anything,, ever

Thank you for reading this far!

love ya ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡

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dash-of-me · 10 months

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Adventures in New America Episode 1 - The End Transcript

I'm so miffed there aren't any transcripts for this series, so I made it myself. Some words I couldn't catch so there might be some errors. Please let me know if there's any so I can edit and fix it.

Adventures in New America

Episode 1 - The End

[Intro song jingle]

Narrator : Hello, and welcome to Adventures in New America. Where each week we bring you new tales from the tragic American After.

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[End intro jingle]

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[Ad’s end jingle]

[Organ’s opening song]

Narrator: If you grew weary of this life and were to leave your dwelling, you would’ve eventually find bumper to bumper traffic, and past all that traffic, past the buildings and the houses, and the farms, you would find a rocky shore, a budding and expansive waters so immense that even disappearing into the horizon, would take the better part of your day.

Beyond the shore, and the great water, there’s a new land. Whose early settlers christened New America in memory of a fabled Land of Plenty.

This land is as large as the great water is deep and as varied as the acidic snowflakes that pelt its mountain ranges. There are people living in deserts and in swamps, in backwater retreats and in cities built on faults that mark where massive tectonic plates meet.

Wind roams across the heartlands, shaping the landscapes, along its people.

It is an accident and a mystery.

Man 1: It’s no good. I’m moist.

Man 2: You’ve got too many layers.

Narrator: Over the coming twelve episodes, our program will focus on the denizens of a cluster of islands on New America’s eastern coast, where a large amount of this nation’s wealth and poverty are concentrated.

These islands are turtles made of stone and on their weary backs rest the hopes and nightmares of a population ravaged by fear.

Man 1: I know I got too many layers. I take it off and what do I do with it huh?

Man 2: Shut up. Can’t we just repaste these posters?

Narrator: Fear has gone hand in hand with New America ever since its final invaders first took a stroll through its virgin forests.

But today, the people are scared of a new peril. Monsters in human form that stalked the night looking for their next meal. A myth for some, and a menace for others.

By day, the city is yours, at night, these streets are owned by the Terrorist Tetchy Vampire Zombies from outer space.

[Woman singing]

Woman: [Singing] As far as I can see, see, they all see me and I’m gone gone gone. See ya fellas.

[Microphone feedbacks]

Woman: Alright, see y’all later.

[The woman laughing and walking and then singing]

Woman: Ooh, a cold one tonight.

[Sound of the men pasting posters]

Man 2: Maybe you can take off your jacket.

Man 1 : I’m taking off my jacket. I’m taking off my jacket. (Said annoyingly)

Man 2: Quiet! You hear that?

Man 3: That’s just the sound of wheat pacing.

Man 2: No, listen.

[Woman singing]

Man 2: A fire in the night. Let’s fly.

Man 1 : Come on, not too fast, I have a fungus on my toes and I can’t cut them. It’s terrible.

[Sound of wings flapping]

[The woman suddenly stopped mid-singing]

Man 2: No, don’t stop. Let that cute little soul of yours rise.

Woman: Excuse me? Man? Sir?

Man 1 : How is it that you people have such big black souls, twice as filling as a white soul, yet look at you, society’s trash.

Woman: Trash?

Man 1: I can already taste the indigestion.

When we eat you, we’ll do the world a favor.

Woman: Eat me? No, no, wait a minute. You sound tetchy.

Man 2: You’ve heard of us then?

Man 1 : Did you hear good things?

Man 3: They always got it wrong.

Woman: Yeah, my momma warned me about you. My poppa did too. See, you never bathed in the light. You’ll never be free. Sugar-free sweet Moses, I can’t let you monsters prey upon good people. I gotta warn them. Tell them you’re real. You boy, stay away from me.

[Sound of bones crunching, the woman groans in pain]

Woman: What’re doing? Get off me. Let me go.

Man 2: Eat the extremities first so that she can live longer. So she could watch.

[The woman is struggling against them, sound of munching]

Men :

-Keep singing.

-Hey, give me back my share of the thigh bone.

[The woman groans and shouts in pain till her last breath]

Narrator : She screams her last softly. A New American dies.

[Sound of a rooster crowing]

Narrator : By day, the horrors of the dark are replaced, swept away by the more ordinary nightmares of our day to day lives. On a different island, the next morning, Ian Alseed (?) Olivier stands astride the busy sidewalk, dressed in his ill-fitting beige guayabera shirt, cargo shorts combo like a party barge that has run out of beer. Tall, but out of shape, overweight, defeated, old beyond his years. He steals a dragon fruit from a sidewalk produce vendor, and tries for the fifth time this week to get arrested.

Vendor : You like that dragon fruit? 3 dollars.

I.A. : I don’t think so. I’m a thief and I’m stealing this dragon fruit and you should call the police.

Vendor: [Laughs] What are you talking about?

I.A. : I’m stealing from you. Look, I’m walking away. Call the police.

Vendor: You paying? You put it back.

I.A. : I told you, I won’t pay. I’m a criminal. I’m a black man.

Vendor: Oh. I see. Are you hungry? Look, just take some fruit, hun.

I.A. : No, no, see, I’m not hungry, I'm a thief. I’m gonna smash all these fruits with my feet. I’m gonna steal your apples, I’m gonna steal your durians if you don’t call the police.

Vendor: Come here honey. That’s right. [The vendor hugs I.A.] Oh, that’s alright, I’m just hugging you, baby.

I.A.: Let go of me. No, I don’t want a hug. I’m a thief. I’m a thief.

Vendor: That's right. 1,2,3. Good boy. That’s right. That’s right.

[Scene changes. I.A. on a stage, talking to the audience]

I.A. : Lights. Hey, what’s up? It’s your boy, I.A. Olivier, and I’m embarrassed to say that was me not too long ago. Couldn’t get arrested to save my life, literally. I can say it now, I was lost. Lost, until the day I met Simon Carr. I can see some of you already know Simon, but if you didn’t clap when I said her name, don’t worry about it. As we all know, ‘clapping is not mandatory’. [Audience repeats this slogan] That’s right, oh yeah.

Now, I want to tell you how I came to Simon.

Back then, I would’ve said my life is a mess, without even realizing that I wasn't truly alive. Crazy, right? I was still trying to get arrested and I thought, I thought this one would work. I wore a sandwich board that said ‘Marijuana & Narcotics 4 Sale Here’ with the numeral 4 as opposed to the word. Carried a bullhorn, went down to the court at Nassau and Liberty street and well, let me just show you.

Lights.

[I.A. on a bullhorn]

Attention society, I am selling illegal marijuana for a fairly decent price and an assortment of other narcotics available for your immediate illicit consumption. Ask me how to take advantage of this splendid offer.

Policeman: Sir, could you take off the sign?

I.A. : Hello, officer. Yes, yes I will. [I.A. turns off his bullhorn]

Policeman: Could you empty your pockets?

I.A. : Yes.

Policeman: Keys and a phone? You don’t have any narcotics do you, sir?

I.A. : No. I am prepared to be arrested. Take me away.

Policeman: Arrested?

[The cop takes away I.A.’s bullhorn and smashes it]

I.A. : Hey, my bullhorn.

Policeman: So you can tell them this dumb shit is some kind of art about Wall Street or whatever? Waste my time again and they won’t find you.

I.A.: I’m sorry.

Policeman: You understand me, professor? They won't find you.

I.A.: I understand.

Policeman: Excellent, have a nice day.

I.A.: Oh, what am I gonna do? If I don’t get arrested soon. I’m gonna die.

[Wheels screeching]

Simon: Move, move, move, move. Watch out!

[I.A. screams]

Man: Damn, they ran right into each other.

Cop?: Stay right there, buddy.

Simon: I’m not resisting.

Old man: That’s him, that stole the console. That little shit. Stole it from my store.

Cop: There are two little shits here, sir. Can you be more specific?

Old man: The fat one did nothing. It was the black girl.

Simon: Hey, nah, nah, nah, nah.

I.A.: I stole it! I stole this... this Playstation. Arrest me.

Cop: You telling me how to do my job?

I.A. : No, I just… See, I was the lookout. And my friend and I-

Simon : I do not know this person.

Old man: He’s lying. The black girl stole it. This fat fuck was just standing there.

Cop: Fat? You think he’s fat?

I.A. : I am a little husky.

Cop: Husky. I would say husky.

Old man: It doesn’t matter how fat he is. Arrest him!

Cop : Hey, you already got one down with that fat remark, keep telling me what to do and I’m gonna arrest you. Got that?

Old man: Always the same. Give them a pat in the back and a participation trophy. Fucking millennials.

Cop: Millennial? I’m Italian you racist fuck!

Old man: What I need to give you for you to do your job, man? Money?

Cop: That’s it. We’re going back to your store to have a discussion about manners.

I.A. : He’s under arrest? But I-

Simon: Officer, sir, can my friend and I go? Do you need us?

[Old man arguing with the cop, resisting]

Cop: No, I got all I need.

Simon: Come on friend, let’s be other wheres.

I.A. : Other wheres? Leave me alone.

Simon : The sun isn’t good for your skin.

Cop: Oh hey, kid.

I.A. : Yeah?

Cop: You're not fat. Alright? You’re fine just the way you are.

I.A.: [To Simon] Hey, let go.

Simon: Use your feet, fool. Bye.

[End scene instrument plays]

Narrator: We’ll be back with more Adventures in New America on the Night Vale Presents Network after these words from our sponsors.

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Son: I’m counting all my coins, dad. I want to take Suzy to the VidFlex this Friday.

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Son: And?

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Son: Gee, how do I cash it in? Should I melt it?

Father: [Laughs heartily] Oh, no, son, it is a federal offense to melt coins that are still usable as a currency.

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Narrator: Hello, and welcome to act 2 of tonight’s episode of Adventures in New America.

I.A. and Simon Carr have just met and escaped the law together for the first time.

I.A, wants to go home. But Simon Carr has convinced him to tarry in a Poke Bowl restaurant.

[Simon laughing]

Simon: Okay, I don’t know how you did it. But all I know is I am not under arrest. So, cheers. You saved my life back there.

I.A.: That’s not my fault. I was trying to get arrested.

Simon: How, how's that?

I.A. : I’ve tried everything. I’ve stolen, I’ve rode a motorized bike on the subway. And when I do get caught, nothing comes to it.

Simon: That’s why lunch is on me. I’m hanging with you for the rest of my life. You my good luck charm. The only black man in America who can’t get arrested.

My name is Simon. Simon Carr. Your friendly nebro-hood sociable sociopath. Shake on it, whitey.

I.A. : Whitey? [Coughs] What’re you talking about? I’m not white, I’m black. I mean I’m half white on my father’s side. Creole.

Simon : But in this world, you are whatever color the cops think you are. But cops see you as nothing. Hell, seems everybody sees you as nothing.

I.A. : Excuse me?

Simon: It’s not about race, though. It’s your face. You’re so unremarkable and nondescript. Your presence so anodyne. Your spirit so-

I.A. : Uh, drab?

Simon: Yes, drab. Good word.

Now, I can peep you in size, I know you contain multitudes, but

surface, let’s face it, if you’re a shower, we can nay-nay all day and you ain’t never get wet.

I.A. : Whatever, look, I’m not into meeting new people right now, alright?

Simon: Simmer down. Here comes the waiter.

Waiter: Hello, what can I get you?

I.A. : You, you have burgers?

Waiter: We have poke bowls.

I.A. : What’s a poke bowl?

Waiter: Uh, it’s kind of like sushi but with kale and hotdogs and shit.

I.A. : Yikes.

Simon: We’ll have two poke bowls.

Waiter: What kind?

Simon: Whatever the main one is. The Mario.

Waiter: Great.

I.A. : The Mario?

[The waiter leaves]

Simon: The Italian stereotype from the video games. Big moustache.

I.A.: Yeah.

Simon: The Mario is the first option, the most regular. It’s not Wario, way out there with pineapples and spam. It’s Mario. Straight up the most normal.

I.A.: I hate sushi.

Simon: Okay, let’s try something else. How about, what’s your name?

I.A.: Uh..I.A.

Simon: I.A.? Like initials? What’s that stand for?

I.A. : Just call me I.A..

Simon: I’m gonna call you L.C. (?)

I.A.: [Sighs]

Simon: What’s wrong with you?

I.A.: Nothing. So, you steal things often?

Simon: All the time. That’s my job. I’m a sneakthief. It’s a gas.

I.A.: Well, not for me.

Simon: But you keep stealing anyway.

I.A.: And etcetera.

Simon: To get arrested. Why?

I.A.: [Sighs]

Simon: I gotta go to the room where people go to throw up. While I’m gone, why don’t you sit there and think of what superhero origin story you gonna tell me.

And then we’ll eat our Marios.

Don't leave.

[I.A. listening to the other customers conversation]

Customer 1: I don’t feel like going.

Customer 2: You never feel like going anywhere. What is it? Are you afraid to spend time with me in public?

Customer 1: We’re in public now.

Customer 2: You know what I mean.

Customer 1: This is my only day off. I just want to relax and maybe play video games.

Customer 2: There you go. You'd rather spend time with that Playstation than with me.

Customer 1: It’s an Xbox! You see why I get uncomfortable? You don't know anything about me. I'm just some placeholder husband you could project a life onto.

Simon: Hello?

I.A.: Oh, sorry, sorry. I was eavesdropping on that couple over there.

Simon: Wow, you’re always in the audience.

I.A.: Ugh, what are you talking about?

Simon: You got any friends? You single? Never married? When you meet someone new, do you start making your breakup playlist?

I.A.: Please, stop.

Simon: Cheer up! No escape from me. Tell me what this is all about.

I.A.: Okay. [Clears his throat] I got fired.

[Scene change music]

[In an office]

I.A.: Mr. Chambers, did you move my desk?

Mr. Chambers: I.A. Please, come in.

[Door closes]

As you know, all employees must now belong to our new Focus First Health Care Plan.

I.A.: I opted in for that plan.

Mr. Chambers: Quiet right. They called and you have been deemed ineligible for health care coverage due to a preexisting condition.

I.A.: What preexisting condition? I’m totally fit. I am a little pudgy.

Mr. Chambers: It’s not really my place to discuss your health deficits with you. What your doctor tells me is privileged information. It’s his job to tell you about your cancer. It’s mine to say; since we cannot provide you with health care insurance, we also can no longer employ you. You’re fired.

I.A.: I’m losing my job? I don’t understand. Did you say cancer?

Mr. Chambers: You really should talk to the doctor. Thanks for all your work here. You enjoy the time you have left.

[At the doctor’s office]

I.A.: But doctor, I feel fine. Tired maybe but uh-

Doctor: Yeah, that’s the cancer eating you slow. Fortunately it is a relatively easy tumor to remove if we act fast. It’s not so much a challenging tumor, as expensive. Your insurance will take care of it.

I.A.: I had insurance through my job, which I lost because your screening revealed my tumor.

Doctor: Oh, that’s no problem. We take cash. Should be about 300,000.

I.A.: Dollars? I thought this was a free clinic.

Doctor: Okay. We should operate soon though. You have about six months.

I.A.: I have…[looking through his wallet] 85 dollars.

Doctor: Oh no, I don’t handle the money. I’m the doctor. That would be weird.

I.A.: What happens if I don’t have 300,000 dollars?

Doctor: I would have a stiff drink and figure out how to get it.

[End of doctor’s office scene]

[I.A. sighs]

I.A.: Excuse me, is this a bar?

Bartender: No, it’s the subway platform for the 23. All aboard.

Man: Sherl, turn up the tv.

I.A.: Scotch and water, Neat. No ice.

Bartender: Neat means no ice.

I.A.: I really don’t want ice.

Man: Sherl.

Bartender: I’m coming.

Man: Sherl.

Bartender: I’m coming!

Man: You see this motherfucker on his way to Club Med? And when I die, what, where’s my kid going?

Man 2: You can’t think like that, Charlie.

News reporter: Johnsson was convicted in May of defrauding investors to the tune of 3.7 billion dollars.

Man 1: This prick. He’s gonna get full cable, free gym access and better healthcare for free than what I pay for.

Man 2 : Come on, Charlie, it can’t be that sweet.

Man 1: You know that Polish kid, Carl’s his name. He got two years for beating up his girlfriend’s old man. So, he’s eating one day in the mess and all of the sudden, he’s wigging out, shaking, can’t control his body, collapses on the floor. Turns out he’s got a brain tumor.

Man 2 : I hope he’s okay.

Man 1: He IS okay. Son of a bitch took it out. Free surgery paid for in full by Johnny Taxpayer. Fucker didn't even have any debt. Spends more money at the OTB than I do on rent.

Brain tumor cured, just like that. For free.

Bartender: 10.50, sugar.

[Echoing words: Brain tumor cured, just like that. For free. 10.50, sugar. Tumor cured. For free. For FREE.]

[End scene jingle, then back at the diner]

I.A.: So now, I'm trying to get arrested.

Simon: For free healthcare?

I.A.: Yeah. [While chewing] This poke thing is not that bad.

Simon: That is quite possibly the worst idea I've ever heard ever. How are you gonna get a big enough jail sentence for a long term care pretending you stole a Playstation?

Besides, you will be in prison where you will be a punching bag for some incarcerated monster, fucking your ass and-

I.A.: Please.

Simon: Sucking your titties.

I.A.: Please!

Simon: Look, I’m in a dire straits. Jail is the only place in New America with mandatory healthcare.

Simon: Not all the time, dammit. You gotta advocate for your rights inside. You expect a major jail sentence as a pretend petty thief? Wanna get REAL arrested? Why not get a gun and bankrob a bank?

I.A.: Because I'm against violence. I couldn't, I wouldn’t want to injure someone or cause terror. Maybe I can burn a flag.

Simon: [Gasp] You better not!

I.A.: Why? It’s just some piece of fabric.

Simon: Piece of fabric? How many forefathers and foremommas died, laboring for that piece of fabric? You’re a terrorist. No. Worst, a pacifist. I.A., do you hate New America?

I.A.: No, I do not.

Simon: Say I love New America!

New America.

I.A.: Sit down. Quite.

Simon: Love it or loathe it, you can never lose it or leave it. Embrace what makes New America great, man.

I.A.: Oh, my god. SIt down. You’re embarrassing me.

Simon: You should be embarrassed. Exploit your freedom, homie. You sittin’ on your ass is like watching Superman not fly. A gift gone wasted. How do you do that, bro? Is it a half-white thing?

I.A.: I wasn’t good at getting arrested. Maybe there’s things some people just can’t do.

Simon: That’s true. I know a dude totally incapable of getting laid. You could stick a splint on his dick, put a write-in (?) and a girl would evaporate as such, so long as it didn’t happen.

I.A.: I, I can get laid.

Simon: But you can’t get arrested.Like a biological immunity. Look at it from the other side. Why stay in your lane? Use your gift.

I.A.: Not being able to get arrested is not the same thing as being good at crime.

Simon: Cards on the table. You saved mine. I save yours. I will raise your 300 grand. All you have to do is follow my lead.

I.A.: Fuck you. You can’t do that.

Simon: No. But together we can. You’re the invincible black man to the cops. That’s the most important position on the team right now. And me? Anything I put my mind to, I can achieve. I just never had a reason to go big before. You’re my reason, I.A..

I.A.: Once again, fuck you.

Simon: That’s no way to say goodbye.

I.A.: I have serious problems, I don’t need this.

Simon: I’m not joking. I’ve got a good feeling about us.

I.A.: Us? Look, I appreciate the offer, but I got a plan. I’ll stick to it.

Simon: Your plan is dumb.

I.A.: But, it’s mine.

Simon: You’ll come around. Let me see your keys.

I.A.: My keys? Why?

[Gunshot]

I.A.: Woah, what the-

Serena: You won’t listen to me? Listen to my big noise. This is a stickup!

Simon: Oh, her.

I.A.: Wait, you know her?

Simon: That’s Serena.

[End jingle]

Narrator: Friends, we’ve reached the end of this week’s Adventure in New America. Will I.A. find a cure for his cancer? Will Simon succeed in exploiting I.A.? And who is Serena?

#adventures in new america #ia #simon carr #ia olivier #night vale presents #episode 1 #transcript #adventuresinnewamerica #the end #episode 1 the end #afro futurist #afrofuturistic #afrofuturist #stephen winter #transcripts

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A Writeblr Introduction

Name: Rhea Noble

Age: 30+

Pronouns: She/Her

Region: Eastern United States

Genres: Fiction: Modern Fantasy, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Shifters, Romance

About Me: I have been a writer at heart for over twenty years. I have recently chosen to change from dreaming of my own stories to writing them. This blog will chronicle my journey.

Fun Fact: I am a proud cat mom to two feisty felines.

Current WIPs:

Welcome to the Crisp | Novel, Post-Apocalyptic, Fantasy/Supernatural, Shifter

WIP Intro: Link

Summary:

The world has burned - both enemies and allies have turned to char. All social plate-tectonics have been stallted and survival is a grim and painful choice. Those that are left must navigate the still smoldering earth - coping with the sins of themselves, each other, and a misunderstood threat. Dragons exist and they torched the skies. But there are truths that lie much, much, deeper - in the hot, sulfuric nature of existence.

Note: Welcome to the Crisp is currently a series of short vignettes to help in world building. More to come!

Troubled Waters | Novel, Modern, Fantasy/Supernatural

Summary:

The angry sea listens to no one but sometimes it reaches out all the same. Warren had long forgotten about his waterlogged summers at the lake when he was child. Now, closing in on his future post-college, he works hard to study in a dorm full of music majors. A trip to the local flea market to find some noise-cancelling tech leads to more than quiet cramming for finals. He finds a way back to himself and his destiny.

Taglist: If you wish to be tagged on WIP posts, let me know.

More to come!

#writeblr #writeblr intro #writeblr introduction #fantasy novel #about me #wtwcommunity #writers on tumblr #novelsbyrhea #rheawrites

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author-morgan · 3 years

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okay, so mars and earth are cool, what about mercury and venus?

As much as I love Mars, I also really like Mercury and Venus too, and hope to branch out and study them as well in my future career. And yes, I wish we had more missions, but we’re getting there. There are five planned missions to Venus that will launch within the next decade, including NASA’s VERITAS and DAVINCI+, and as of now, we have BepiColombo (ESA) in transit to Mercury and Mercury-P, a planned lander mission by the Russian Space Agency. Each of the terrestrial planets are interesting and worth exploring for their own reasons —and to paint a more complete picture of how the inner planets formed. Keep reading for interesting facts about Mercury and Venus.

Mercury:

Two things unite the terrestrial planets, the Moon, and even some asteroids and it's 1) basaltic volcanism and 2) impacts. Basaltic volcanism is characterized by low viscosity flows of silica-poor lavas (think of how easily the lava flows in videos from Hawaii, La Palma, and Iceland —that’s basalt), allowing flows to spread out on the surface and build gently sloping shield volcanoes, or fill impact craters. Mercury has shield volcanoes and signs of flood volcanism, but it also has signs of pyroclastic eruptions! Explosive, or pyroclastic, eruptions on Earth occur when volatile gases, primarily water, are dissolved in the magma and rapidly expand and exsolve as the pressure decreases, resulting in an explosive eruption. The key to this style of eruption is volatiles, though. Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, surely it doesn’t have any water or other volatiles that need low temperatures to be stable? That’s what planetary scientists used to think, but now, it's become clear Mercury is a lot more complex and could harbor more volatiles than we thought possible.

Another fun fact: Mercury is so reduced (remember oxidation states from high school or intro chemistry?) that some elements, like Ca, which usually behave as a lithophilic element —more likely to go into silicate minerals like pyroxene and plagioclase— behave completely different than on Earth. On Mercury, Ca behaves like a chalcophile (sulfur-loving) element and forms bizarre and rare minerals like oldhamite (CaS).

And one last cool thing about Mercury, the entire planet has shrunk via a mechanism known as global contraction. Mercury is small, and small planetary body interiors cool off a lot faster than the interior of a body the size of Earth or Venus. There’s also no unambiguous indication of volcanic activity on Mercury after 3.5 Ga, and global contraction many account for its cessation. It’s good to note Mercury also doesn’t have plate tectonics but is riddled with tectonic features, like narrow ridges rising from the surface, almost like mountains. So how do you get these structures without plate tectonics and on such a small planet? You cool down said planet. The first part of a planet to cool and solidify after accretion is the outermost layer —the crust— the mantle and core stay hotter longer due to the insulating crustal ‘lid’ and radioactive decay. Eventually, the mantle and core cool, and the crust is deformed, creating wrinkle ridges and lobate scarps associated with thrust faults (compressional structures).

Venus:

Venus —Earth’s sister based on proximity to the Sun, size, mass, and composition, and that is where the similarities end. If hell is real, I imagine it looks a lot like Venus. Venus’s atmosphere is 96% carbon dioxide, the densest atmosphere of the terrestrial planets (makes you feel like you’re 900 m underwater). Its surface reaches temperatures of up to 464 °C (867 °F), which is hotter than Mercury, and the surface is shrouded by clouds of sulfuric acid that make observations in visible light nigh impossible. Landers Venera 13 and 14 were only able to survive a total of ~3 hours on the Venusian surface under the harsh conditions.

Venus is a land of basalt and volcanic landforms, and recent studies suggest there could potentially be ongoing volcanic activity. There are over a hundred shield volcanoes on Venus and still hundreds more of smaller volcanoes and unique landforms such as pancake domes and coronae. There are even flood basalts on Venus that likely spread to such extents because of how hot the surface is. I could spend an entire night typing away about the cool volcanic landforms on Venus, but coronae are my favorite, and I’ll tell you how they are thought to form. It’s believed coronae are formed when plumes of rising magma in the mantle push the crust upwards into a dome shape, which then collapses in the center as the molten lava cools and leaks out at the sides, leaving a crown-like structure —a corona.

The surface of Venus has been completely resurfaced, and not by plate tectonics. Planetary scientists use crater counts as a way to approximate the age of surfaces —the more cratered a planetary body’s crust is, the older it is (look at the Moon, or Mars, ancient crusts that are saturated with craters). But based solely on crater counting, Venus’s surface is surprisingly young, which doesn’t add up, there’s not a known process operating to recycle the crust. So what happened? One explanation is this is part of a cyclic process on Venus. On Earth, plate tectonics allows heat to escape from the mantle via advection —the transport of mantle material to the surface and the return of old crust to the mantle (subduction), but Venus has to have another mechanism for allowing heat to escape. Theoretically, the interior of the planet heats up (due to the decay of radioactive elements) until the material in the mantle is hot enough to force its way to the surface (hotter material=less dense and will rise). The subsequent resurfacing event covers most or all of the planet with lava until the mantle is cool enough for the process to start over. It’s estimated the last resurfacing event on Venus took place 300-500 Ma.

In summary, all the terrestrial planets are rad, and we should explore them more, especially Mercury and Venus. But sadly, they have been overlooked due to logistical difficulties in actually having a spacecraft reach the planet. In Mercury’s case, the Sun causes some issues, and then actually having a lander/rover last long enough on the surface of Venus to send back meaningful data not plagued by huge uncertainties. There’s been a push in the planetary science community to invest more time and efforts to explore the innermost planets, and I look forward to the planned missions to come in the next decade and those surely to come afterward.

#sierra replies #geology #space #science #planetary science #venus #mercury #planetary geology #i love talking about space #and rocks #like wow #yes #this is what i do for a living #plz let me yell at you about funky space rocks and planets

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Worldbuilding Tutorial #11: Example World A

Intro From this point on, I’m putting the example tutorials under a readmore so that they’re not taking up as much space. This will be an example out how to outline history, using World A; specifically, I’ll be using this world to demonstrate the sequential method I outlined in the tutorial portion.

Deciding Priorities: World A is an odd one to start with because it’s not one that lends itself well to history. It’s a world that roots itself quite firmly in the present, and the beings that live in it are by and large not ones to keep records of history. So I’ll likely be doing a bit more outlining than I would have done on my own, for the sake of providing an example. I’ll use this one to demonstrate the sequential development method, since that’ll work best here.

Check Your Notes: One of the other reasons this world lends itself well to sequential building is because it’s a late hunter-gatherer to early agricultural world so far as technological development goes. That’s quite early on in a world’s history. Societies are mostly structured as villages of extended familial bands rather than broader governments (with a couple of exceptions). That said, historical development in any world you’re making doesn’t need to reflect that of the real world - and because of the underlying metaphysical traits of this world, that applies here. Like I said above, it’s a world that roots itself firmly in the present and in terms of internal logic has less need for history than we do; it also has less need to progress the way we think of progress in terms of technological and civic development. These are all things to keep in mind.

That said:

Where To Start As mentioned above, most of the societies in this world are in a late hunter-gatherer to early-agricultural phase of development. What ties these regions together are similar cultural and environmental features rather than any sort of overarching government. There are the Seelie and Unseelie fey in the Misty Moors, who dislike each other; the humans in Region #3, who get along well with the Seelie; the humans in Region #4, who are at the moment largely isolated; and the elves in Region #6, who are hostile to everyone.

So where does this go? One of the forces that tends to drive people to change is the existence of an outside threat. This can be anything from an outside invading force to severe changes in environmental conditions. Another force that has the potential to drive large changes is significant technological developments: writing, metallurgy, large sailing ships, etc. Often these sorts of development hinge on the discovery of a new resource, or on discovering a new way to use an existing resource - or, at times, a combination of both.

That gives us options. You can pick one you like most or that feels like the most likely option; or, you can forecast them and pick the one that seems most interesting to you. For sake of example, I’ll demonstrate forecasting.

Natural Changes: As potential for large threats go, sweeping environmental change is quite possible for this world. There are two primary candidates: one is weather, one is geologic. In the case of weather, because this part of the world is at such a low latitude, a Great Freeze of some kind is very likely; this would drive most of the societies at lower latitudes up to warmer pastures - which, in this case, means that humans and elves move up into the Misty Moors. This has a great deal of potential for conflict between the Fey and Mortals, and is a possibility that stands to force some cooperation between the Unseelie and the Seelie.

The other possibility is geologic: a massive earthquake, or perhaps the emergence of a new volcano. Given that, in this world, the core of the planet is made of mana - and thus rocks are incredibly magically powerful - the fallout from such a thing is most likely to be a long-term positive despite short-term destruction. Based on the tectonic plates, either an earthquake or a volcano are most likely to occur along the northernmost side of this region - which is to say, in Unseelie territory. This likely results in an empowering of the Unseelie, who then turn that on the Seelie; who may in turn seek shelter with humans. This has the potential both for conflict and common cause - in that the greater contact with Fey will likely result in humans both fearing and hating them more, and learning from them and intermingling more.

Invasion: Without the factor of a natural change - as above - the most likely source for any sort of invasion or large-scale conflict rests with the elves. One possible branch of this is looking to wipe nearby fey out as a way of proving themselves; another possible branch of this is expanding into less inhospitable territory, and thus looking to conquer humans. Both would not be out of the question either.

Technological Changes: Because most of the magic in this world rests in the bedrock, a technological change to do with stone, metal, or gems is the most likely to result in a big change. The most obvious candidate here is metallurgy, because that’s the path we took in the real world: and in this world, that likely develops into the potential for magical weapons. Another less obvious - but perhaps more interesting - candidate is glassmaking. Glass would be inherently magical as well, and paves the way for technology to do with lenses and far seeing. Any of these technologies are likely to develop with mortals rather than fey. The “where” of it becomes more interesting from there: in that humans have the most access to the physical resources in either case, but the elves are more likely to discover how to craft both by dint of being magic-users and because of their emphasis on skill.

None of these are mutually exclusive, of course - it is possible for more than one of these to happen, either simultaneously or in sequence. One of the things that is important to remember about this particular world is the importance of Fate; and the way that fate drives cycles in the world. As such, “most realistic” has little to do with it - it’s more about what makes sense for the world, and in this case the world is one possibility in a self-aware cosmos trying to understand the nature of life, and in this case the cosmos looking to understand the nature of life from the perspective of emotion.

What Happens Next Given the above, the most likely event to happen first is the invasion of the elves. Their emotions are strong - stronger than humans’ - and they have a great deal of reason to feel anger towards both humans and fey. Most likely, the world gives the elves a prophecy that it is their time to cause hurt in return for the rejection they were dealt; and the elves invade.

In the state that humans are in - so many scattered villages - this does not end well for them. The elves have a more organized society, access to direct magic, and an emphasis on honing skill; the advantages that humans have are numbers and greater physical ability, but those will only do so much without an ability to organize them. Many humans are killed; those who are not are likely colonized by the elves, which may take many forms. Other humans likely flee to the fey woods and the moors, which is likely to instigate another crisis amongst the fey on its own. Some humans are likely killed by the fey in turn; in other places, alliances are formed and lines are drawn against elves. From these alliances are likely to come more elves - born outside of the budding empire - who are in turn possibly either killed, leave to join the empire, or else become their own way of being. The conflict lasts for some years; then, eventually, settles out.

With the new lands that the elves have conquered, they gain access to new resources. Farming, plants, and agriculture is one facet of this; metallurgy and glassworking, as noted above, is another. This technology is likely kept and developed away from humans, who are involved in the labor to acquire these materials but not to craft them; and then used by the elves to enforce any boundaries between themselves and humans in society as whole. Humans are not stupid, and most likely work to steal this technology or else develop it themselves; but not before -

Because each generation has its own prophecy in this world, it’s time for a new one. This one comes in the form of a volcano that erupts on the borders of Unseelie territory. The Unseelie, empowered, wreak havoc on the Seelie fey on the southern end of the Misty Moors and keep pushing into what are now elven conquered lands. This is a threat that the elves will not suffer, but most likely cannot stand up to; and, with the humans having stolen metallurgy and glasswork with intent to use them, the elven empire likely dissolves both from the inside and the outside at once.

This ends one of two ways. Either the empire crumbles into chaos as elves fight unseelie and humans and seelie, and the Unseelie end up on top; or, the conflict forces Mortals and the Seelie to work together. Touching back on this world as a way to understand life and emotion, the second option seems the way to go.

Humans and Seelie is an easy alliance to make; and, with elves having lost their hold on humans, humans are able to use that as a great enough threat to the elves to force an alliance with them as well. Most of all, it seems likely that the key here is the elves: not the empire, but the elves born outside of it. By nature of being like but also unlike both sides, they have the potential to become intermediaries in ways that make the whole process work. The Unseelie are pushed back, their access to the source of the problem - the volcano - must be cut away somehow eventually, and life settles back into something that resembles where we started: only, a few steps ahead. This time, we have new resources and technologies; and this time, there is a greater organization and interconnection to it all; and this time, there is a greater understanding between Fey and Elves and Humans - for now.

After That... You’ve seen the process above; from this point, it is essentially rinse and repeat. What are the big factors that are most likely to induce a big change? Which ones are the right ones, and how do they play out - and how does that change the situation? You follow the trail for as long as it leads, until you find a place you want to stop for now and spend a little more time in; and that’s where your story comes from.

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So that’s the sequential method. I’ll demonstrate working backwards to construct a history in the next example with World B.

#worldbuilding #worldbuilding tutorial #worldbuilding tutorial 12 #example world a #history #outlining history #forecasting history #timeline #timelines #world development #history development

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So, in my last post I said that I literally hated Japan Sinks 2020, but that I was scared to voice my problems with it, from a writing standpoint, due to so many people genuinely liking the show. It seems I'm not alone at all. A lot of people encouraged me to make this post, so, here we go...

(This is going to be a long one)

Everything Wrong With: Japan Sinks 2020 (and it's a lot):

this post contains spoilers, obviously.

The music doesn't fit the mood of the show, like, at all. Don't get me wrong, the music is actually good, a lot of it is in my study playlist now, but it absolutely doesn't fit the scenes that accompany it. e.g. the dad gets literally blown up by a ww2 bomb leaving only his severed hand behind *happy music intensifies* this just cheapens the entire scene and removes any tiny fragment of emotional response to what you're being shown. And this happens all the time.

The animation... The backgrounds and general scenery look absolutely stunning, but the characters look genuinely awful. At times, I would be legitimately crying whilst watching a scene, not out of sadness, but out of laughter at just how bad the characters look. Extremely lazy drawing, and if the character isn't the one talking, they just freeze their animation for minutes at a time, not even making them blink or move slightly, just... frozen there.

Go and his constant use of cringy Engrish. I get it, he's half filipino and he looks up to an English-speaking YouTuber. But he goes into this broken English way too frequently, and again, it doesn't match the tone of what's happening.

How did Mari survive the first tsunami? Also, why didn't we get to see the first tsunami? Or the plane crash-landing in the bay and hitting the bridge? Why do we never actually get to see these large-scale events that are supposedly impacting our characters? Also, if Mari supposedly was in a plane crash, then ended up in the river where a tsunami hit, and she somehow managed to swim out of the river during a tsunami, how does she then have the energy and strength to walk all the way through the city to the shrine, and doesn't even seem out of breath? Also, if Ayumu was in that changing room which resulted in people being literally severed in half, how is her phone not even smashed? Cracked a lil? No?

THE POLAROIDS. I actually turned the show off the second time Mari pulled her camera out for a group photo, and I had to force myself to go back and finish it. Why on earth do the characters keep insisting on taking these chipper polaroids like the literal apocalypse isn't happening around them? Is Mari emotionally stunted? I don't understand. Is it supposed to be making some kind of point? I don't understand...

The characters seem to have zero reaction to awful events happening around them, or they comment on it and move on immediately.

Random magical cult city growing serious amounts of weed... Literally everything that happens there is just awful writing. So far, everything that has happened has been a natural disaster, and they explain them as being due to the tectonic plate movements. So we're supposed to be believing all of this as possible. Explainable natural events. You can't build a world around this and then suddenly introduce magic out of the blue. Not to mention, what even happened in the end? Did 'Mother' reincarnate herself? How? Why?

The weird nightclub scene and the pensioner sex scene are both two scenes I could do without.

The weird trickster guy who keeps pulling fake eyes/ears/noses out of nowhere. Again, he ruins the tone of the show. Not only that, continuity just doesn't exist with him. He says he's from England, but speaks English with an American accent. And then he says he grew up in Yugoslavia. Like, which one is it sweetie?

Why is this old man just randomly addicted to morphine?

You can't expect the audience to have a legitimate emotional response to character deaths if you introduce and kill off new characters so frequently, whilst simultaneously not really telling us anything about them that would cause us to care that they're gone.

Huh, what do you know, episode 8 was actually kind of good-ish, and the only reason it was good was because we were left with only two characters, the characters we've known right from the start, meaning we have at least some reason to care about them. And there's none of the random happy music. And Go keeps his Engrish to a minimum. And neither of them dies in a freak accident that gives the animators reason to show more body horror out of nowhere for shock value.

THE RAP BATTLE. At this point, I genuinely thought that this show had to be satirical. Like, there is just no way this is supposed to be a serious show. Again, the tone is non-existant now. For some reason this show likes to be really self-deprecating towards Japan at every available opportunity and they just went full speed with this rap battle. Like, I get that maybe the writers thought, oh, we've been showing a lot of bleak scenes, let's give some comedic relief. But that only works if you haven't had happy music blaring this entire time, combined with hilariously out-of-place English phrases and the weird Yugo-Brit-American guy with fake eyes, etc. That only works if this was a serious show to begin with.

I'm making a separate point just for the godawful animation during Kite's weather balloon scene. Jesus Christ.

The fact that they built a new mini-Japan/Tokyo for the surviving Japanese people, knowing full-well that Japan is going to re-emerge at some point, thus destroying this new island and killing its inhabitants in the process.

We're supposed to believe that nobody, not one nation, tried to claim the area that Japan was once in for themselves, supposedly as a good will to the Japanese people, even though it would be a prime location for fishing, etc. And there's definitely not enough Japanese people left to try and contest it.

I forgot to mention the fact that the intro doesn't match the show either.

There is a consistent issue with the show not understanding the tone it's supposed to be having. Combining the happy intro, happy music throughout, characters' lack of response to what's happening around them, laughable animation and random "comedy relief" aspects like the foreigner and the rap battle, you're left with a show that is unable to make you feel the way it wants you to feel. It seems like a joke, you want to see it as satirical, but the show continues to act like these events should be taken seriously. Now, I've seen anime that does this kind of thing before, having the tone of one genre whilst actually being another, but in a good way. An example would be Gakkou Gurashi (School Live). But Japan Sinks 2020 seems to do this unintentionally. It's just... Funny. I don't think I cared that a single character died. And that, in itself, is sadder than the entire show.

If you've made it through this post, congratulations. As someone who is both a writer and a fan of apocalyptic/natural disaster fiction, this show hit a nerve and I needed to speak out about it. Especially since I'm seeing it be praised so much online!

#japan sinks 2020 #japan sinks anime #netflix #anime #japan #natural disaster #apocalypse

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hi!! i'm new to your blog, would you mind telling me abt your wip(s) ? hope ur having a good day!

hey!! omg welcome to my blog hehe. sO i’ve been trying to finish summarising my wips in a way that i can finish my intros (collecting dust in my drafts skdngnj) but i’ll give a quick overview !

the red herring

kinda my main wip rn but it’s not my favourite to write about bc it’s so complex ;-;

but long story short it’s set like 20 years from now, post- a ton of global catastrophes like a pandemic (hahahah no but srsly) and then a shift of tectonic plates which caused a lot of continents to merge into what are now countries

all countries are ruled by a conglomerate of capitalist corporations and corrupt governments called the economic collective (or EC)

trying to repair the post catastrophe damage of previous governments n trying to increase economic activity

little do they know the old governments of the Western world (spearheaded by the US) created a group of individuals to use as weapons (20 years prior to when its set) to regain their power in case they were uprooted

these are the Eternals (who effectively “cannot die”) who once they were genetically modified given back to their parents to live normal lives until they were needed

they’re basically superhuman but like in a Low-key way? not like super strength or anything but subtle things

a lot of them weren’t aware of their abilities at first but as they grew older were more aware

long story short AGAIN this man Gray comes along and tracks them down

after that it’s chaos really bc the EC is catches wind of their existence n begins tracking them down

and there’s a lot of Stuff with Gray that i can’t say bc it will spoil everything but tHats the general plot ????&8&;&5)&&3 kinda ?

if i say more i’ll be giving away everything but yEah

delusions of the heart

MY ACTUAL BABIES S o

DOTH is currently split into two volumes and they both take place in one universe

in this universe, what you think happens when you die is what actually happens

but there’s an omnipresent being that kinda determines who dies too

the themes are generally grief, loss, religion and love n how these things interact :)

the first volume concerns fran and freddie, two teenagers who are dating and have their whole lives ahead of them

they get into a car crash and ya without spoiling anything the rest of the book is the aftermath of that

the second volume concerns joy, a depressed teenager who is constantly in search of the meaning for life and she does all she can to feel happy but it doesn’t work

she commits suicide and ends up in her version of the afterlife

agaiN without spoiling, details what happens w her there and who she meets but also her family’s perspective on the aftermath of her death (:

SO that’s basically my current proper wips :) i have a third that’s unnamed n still in the works

hope this was useful <3 hope you’re having a good day too friend !

#long post #seeing this ask rly msde my evening skfngnjs but aLso made me realise how much more planning n gspfilling i need to do ;-;#ask pcrphyrias #wip: delusions of the heart #wip: the red herring #pcrphyrias wips

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Missed it? The Second Moon WIP Intro // @thesecondmoonwip

The Orbit

The planet is Kopern. Kopern is orbited by six moons–but only five of them are harmless.

The second moon, called Cerium, is different. Once every thousand years, Cerium’s orbit brings it far too close to the planet. Left unchecked, the gravity would bring havoc to the tides and the tectonic plates.

The system of time is based off of this event, which is simply called The Orbit. After The First Orbit, the year was A-0. A being the first letter of the alphabet, meaning that one Orbit had happened, and 0 meaning 0 years after The Orbit. The Second Moon is set in F-1000 (F, meaning that six Orbits had already happened, and 1000 meaning that 1000 years have passed since the last Orbit–meaning that the Seventh Orbit is imminent).

The Goddess

The Universe was young, and The Goddess was born with it.

The first planet The Goddess was called Antimo. It was a disaster. There was strict law against talking about Antimo, but people couldn’t help themselves. They did it all the time.

In the ruins of Antimo, she created her husband, The Lord. He watched her build Kopern, and he helped her design its people, animals, and landscapes. The only thing they loved more than each other was the planet they built together. For a long time, they ruled it as King and Queen.

Among her other responsibilities, The Goddess protected Kopern from The Orbit. She could, of course, have simply gotten rid of the troublesome moon or fixed its path, but she found beauty in the balance. She wanted the planet to stay humble.

Everything was perfect. Her world was perfect. And then, suddenly, for no apparent reason, in F-106, she left. She fled. Some said that she returned to Antimo. Others said that she abandoned them like she abandoned Antimo, and she went to build a new world. But popular belief was that she remained on Kopern, hiding away.

The Aftermath

Before she left, The Goddess did make some preparations to ensure the safety of her planet. In F-70, she relinquished some of her power to five specially chosen women, her queens. They were granted immunity from death of natural cause (as well as much control over their perceived youth; each year of physical growth for the average person took them five, and they could stop and start physical change at any point, but they could never go back) and they were each given a part of Kopern’s landmass to take as their domain. The capital city of Kopern was considered international land, where The Goddess and The Lord still ruled.

When she vanished in F-106, The Lord’s resolve crumbled as well. He abandoned the capital city, leaving it up to the queens to govern jointly. He retreated to the skies, hiding away in his estates.

By around F-650, all of the queens had heirs. By F-710, they were all old enough to rule. By F-720, all of the original queens and their spouses were dead. There was no evidence that it was The Goddess who killed them, but that was commonly held belief.

After F-720, the oldest daughters of the queens each rose to rule over their inherited domains. Although it wasn’t law, many of the younger daughters chose to be smaller politicians in the capital, and many of the sons chose to serve The Lord in the sky palace.

The Goddess had left behind her own heir as well. In F-616, The Lord presented the child to the public. It was unknown the circumstances of the child’s conception.

The child could protect against The Orbit, but it was agreed upon by The Lord’s scientists that it would mean certain death for her. The Lord is not unwilling to make the sacrifice, but is still waiting on another solution.

Flash forward to F-1000, weeks before The Seventh Orbit. There was still no sign of The Goddess. For her own safety, the identity of the child is known to few. The young monarchs are panicked. Something had to be done.