#the numbers mean something don't they?

[bowofbalance]

I find myself wondering sometimes if House intentionally gave 13 the unlucky number during the hunger games. If he looked at her and could tell that there was something wrong with her and thought 13 would be the most fitting number for her. Same way he might have intentionally given Kutner the opportunity for his 6/9 thing because he seemed like the type of person to do that.

#tell me this makes sense #the numbers mean something don't they? #they have to #no way house didn't do this intentionally #house md

[hrokkall]

ULTRATOBER DAY 18 /// DRONE (& friend)

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#Ultrakill #Ultratober #Ultratober 2023 #Ultrakill Drone #Cancerous rodent #This image is dedicated to Reel (number 1 drone fan) and also the only 6ish people in the ultrabrainrot server who understand what the hell #this image means. These two are best friends in my heart #Anyway I actually have ideas in advance for the next 2 days so stay tuned for that :] #(And also something else non-utkl related if I can get it done in time... oops. If I don't post it tomorrow I didn't lie I just failed) #Hrokkall Sketch #ID in alt

[blazingblorbos]

I’m sorry..

she...  what?

#blazingshitpost #blazingshitpost honkai edition #when I say that number caught me off guard #I don't know anything about the physical make up of Ideas but #you'd think that for something so intangible in nature it WOULDN'T WEIGH?? that much?? #I mean great for her y'know she still agile asf #it's also only now (24h later) come to my attention that the comma is... in the wrong place ?? #there are 4 as opposed to 3 numbers after it so?? HoYo?? #Misteln #Misteln Schariac #Honkai #Honkai Misteln #Dreamweaver #Honkai Dreamweaver #Honkai Impact 3rd #HI3

[mariocki]

Lalla Ward makes a brief appearance as Lady Augusta, intended bride to an ill-fated aristocrat, in A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Ash Tree (BBC, 1975)

#fave spotting #lalla ward #doctor who #a ghost story for christmas #the ash tree #1975 #romana #romana ii #spoilers for the ash tree ig???? #i mean it's pretty obvious from the outset that Ed Petherbridge's aristo is not in for a good time #i mean he's a Jamesian protagonist for one thing.... #lalla had been acting since the beginning of the decade‚ with a fair number of one off appearances on tv and the odd film to her name #(most notably Hammer's Vampire Circus). she was still a few years off DW and genre immortality at this point #it isn't the most rewarding role; James (who i don't think many would argue that he wasn't a bit of a chauvinist) rarely featured #significant women characters in his work (a large number of them being academical in setting didn't help). actually the ash tree #is something of an outlier in that regard‚ as it does feature a significant female character in Mrs. Mothersole‚ but we can hardly consider #her a positive feminine presence... actually one of Lawrence Gordon Clark's regrets about this particular entry in the Ghost Story for #Christmas canon is the failure of him and writer David Rudkin to make a true villain of Mothersile; Clark felt that their shared sympathies #for the historical victims of witchhunting prevented them from capturing the 'evil' of the character (tho it's debatable how much James #himself intended her to be truly evil; this is just Clark's opinion after all‚ and fwiw i think Rudkin's greater complexity of the #character is more interesting‚ more believable and more appropriate) #i rambled. anyway yes‚ not a meaty role perhaps‚ but Lalla sinks her teeth in all the same and in just a few brief scenes successfully #creates a vivid and fully realised character‚ a charming and flirtatious fiancée with something of a rebellious streak #no ash tree post bc i made one the last time i watched it a couple of years ago

[uncanny-tranny]

When I find it hard to do certain things, I like to pretend I am a neanderthal living in a cave with my clan, and I must do The Thing in order to survive.

So, when I'm doing cardio at the gym, I'm actually chasing and tracking a mammoth, and when I need to cook, well, I'm not cooking on a stove top, I am hurdled over the first fire and watching the fat of our kill drip down onto the burning wood. And when I find it hard to crochet, I pretend that the first winter storm is coming and our clan needs me to make blankets to hurdle under and that I must contribute.

I hope whatever you do to do The Things will help. It is a uniquely personable trait to motivate yourself through pretend and stories. That's what makes this life interesting - that's what makes you feel larger than yourself 💛

#mental health #positivity #it helps that i absolutely adore learning things about ancient people too - it's endlessly fascinating #unironically if somebody has textbook/video recommendations about neanderthals/ancient civilization let me know i will froth at the mouth #i like talking about this because it gives other people ideas about how they can motivate themselves #and personally the feeling of being ancient or a part of something old makes me feel that #in addition to the There Are 8 Billion People principle i work on the There Have Been ~117 Billion People Here principle #i find it comforting to think that i don't stand out significantly in a good or bad way because of the sheer NUMBER of people who have live #the human brain is bad at computing those numbers but... just... that's an insurmountable number #there truly are very VERY few experiences truly unique and that's not a bad thing #that just means that you aren't forgotten nor are you alone in anything #i was watching a video about somebody making flax into thread using a paper that was published about ancient textiles #and holy shit i wanted to bite somebody because i was so interested in it and it's just so humanizing to both us but also ancient people #those people probably used very very similar techniques that the video maker did - at first she used a rock to get the fibers #and then she remarked that saliva helped to get to the fiber of the flax and i wonder how many ancient people also did that

[tj-crochets]

this poll brought to you by a text I got from one of the other [my job title]'s contractors while I'm covering for him being gone. The contractor texted me "The answer is as always [his name] [his company ID number]" To which I could only say "what was the question?"

#the person behind the yarn #also brought to you by the many many contractors that will request I quote something for them via email #so I send the quote via email #and then they text me 'okay I'll take it' #and it's like great! thanks! Who are you? what are you taking??? #it's not as big a problem when I am only dealing with my contractors #but I am getting a reputation among other [job title]'s contractors when I cover for them #as someone who can fix paperwork problems #which means I get texts from unknown numbers saying things like #why didn't I get paid for the [city name] job?? #and I have to be like WHICH ONE we have done so much work in that city #also who are you #but when they send me the job number I can look it up and find their name so I usually don't even bother asking for their name

[vimbry]

this sounds mean, but if for example somebody adds a "likes do nothing!" banner to their post, that makes me not want to reblog it. not out of contrariness, but there's a passive-aggressive layer of guilt to that I don't feel like inflicting on anyone else.

"reblogs > likes" is a little better. still a slight demanding, but not as uncomfortable.

#likes do something it means someone likes it #it still makes number go up #And it probably still contributes to the recommendation algorithm? #which people love to claim tumblr doesn't have but it does. #there's literally a for you tab and suggested posts in-between followed blogs on your dash #everyone just turned them off w/ xkit and decided they don't exist

[superhell]

day one of working for house you get a brief that is a photo of wilson along with his pager and cell numbers and the instructions that you MUST tell this guy anything house does. you have GOT to keep him notified. and everyones like ‘thats ridiculous’ right up until 2 hours in when they watch wilson talk house down from doing something TRULY reckless. and then they never ever forget. tell wilson. its in the hospital handbook

#if you see something say something except its only about house and youre only saying it to wilson #rule number 1 of fight club is you tell wilson about house. rule number 2 is if you see wilson and house being gay no you didn't #house #wilson #hilson #house md #hatecrimes md #they sat those 40 candidates for fellows down and projected a photo of wilson with the caption TELL WILSON. 555-555-5555 #before they ever ever got to see house. #actually you don't even have to work for house directly orientation for ANY new hospital employee is just. if you see THIS man (house) #do anything (and we mean ANYTHING) call THIS man (wilson) #thats why wilson knows everything ever. #post made by a woman who just watched foreman call wilson IMMEDIATELY after figuring out house was on heroin #like they didn't even ask cuddy first who gives a shit about the boss. call the husband

[sskk-manifesto]

I don't know if I like. missed anything important but I don't really get how Fukuchi's condition of not sacrificing more than 500 lives conciles with launching missiles on 30 million cities

#I... Dislike how the framed it as “but he's good at heart‚ he was going to kill only 500 people 🥺🥺🥺” #Like. That's 500 people dude. Are you even listening to yourself. #It doesn't matter if you're killing one or ten or one thousand people #you're killing /people/. It's not something where numbers really make the difference. you're killing human beings with lives. #Of course I don't care- it's fictional‚ and I like Fukuchi (and I like Aktgw who's probably killed as much if not more) #It's just to me it didn't really work narrative wise? #Fukuchi is the fallen hero in the way he's trying to do good (and he IS trying to do good) by the worst means possible. #Lowering the means gravity at this point doesn't really make much sense to me narrative wise and is just downright despicable ethics wise #ōchi fukuchi #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd s5 #bsd season 5

[peridots-pixiwolf]

[Start ID. A drawing of @mieczmaszyna 's character Izzy. In the words of its creator, Izzy is a humanoid robot with a white chassis, oval head, black headset, square green glasses, claws, and a tail resembling a cable plug. Ai wears a cowboy hat, vest decorated by a star and bottle cap, pants with tassels, spurred boots, and a red bandanna. He's viewed from the side, kicking up one leg and holding both arms out in front of itself to shoot finger guns, looking excited and rather jaunty. The background is a dull yellow-green, muddied by the warm reddish tone of the drawing, and in paler green are the words "BANG BANG!!" by ais arms. End ID]

robot cowboy!!!

#peridots-art #bots #others' ocs #izzy #mieczmaszyna #gotta admit doing all the shading here was. very fun. insert medic hoo noise #i don't know if people usually read these but @ the intended recipient of this post! if you are!! #i remember first liking your art a year ago (actually only about a week off now lol) when it crossed my dash for the first (/only) time #and then found it again whilst enjoying the funky robot dudes (yesm/p03) and their respective games and I fell in Love with your style #i also was always enthused by the number of my fixations that you also liked! fnv! insc! ultkll! tf2 and hylics which i've never played! #and then there's hk which has been my most prominent special interest for close to two years so. safe to say that was. AWESOME to see #ALSO ALSO!! i think we may be like. mutuals-in-law*2?? #by which i mean one of my two closest friends on this site (holly) is mutuals with a cool artist (sodapop) #who i learned by accident that you've sent asks to before. either way it's cool :] #reserving the caption 'robot cowboys my beloved' for the future cause there are too many! victor and p03 and my own guy atoya and now this? #it is a wonderful problem. anyway i'm also looking at P3RI and realizing how many traits they and izzy share by accident lol #think. that should be all the tags (see: incoherent rambling). really like your stuff and have been meaning to draw something for you for #a while just got nervous 👍

[naamahdarling]

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#my psych who prescribes my psych meds is a resident and is moving on in a couple of months #i don't even remember the names of them all at this point #this happens over and over and I cannot find a clinic that will put me with someone who intends to stay #thst will also prescribe my adhd meds #and my anxiety meds #and the real kicker is that twice now they have LIED about it and said they would #only to reveal after all the hoop-jumping that oops sorry they didn't really mean it #so it's a risk i have to take any time i leave #and rhen there's the issue of new people almost always wanting to DO something #but instead of talking to me about it they just decide that my meds need overhauling and pressure me to go off shit that works #but that they morally object to i guess #and my psych for some stupid reason has decided she wants bloodwork for my cholesterol and blood sugar stuff and im just like #what hell does THIS presage because if she harasses me about the results or tries to put me on drugs for that #I'll give her a nasty scrap about it #im not interested in those meds at all #and im certainly not messing with my diet since food is the only pleasure i get most days and even that is marginal at best #and removing that would just make me worse #but medpros for the most part really don't give a fuck about that #and so now im afraid - because i do not and cannot trust them - that if i disapprove of the meds they will retaliate somehow #which good luck proving that when management and oversight often don't even care if they course of treatment will HARM you #if it relates to being fat or having bad numbers #they just gotta pathologize! #so yeah im sick of everything and just kind of want to bury myself in a bog forever #i shouldn't have to deal with this

[moghedien]

watching the last episode and trying to get a good shot on the Forsaken statues and being like "why does it look like their are only 7, I thought there was gonna be 8 Forsaken in the show" and then my mind immediately was like "7 deadly sins?" and began categorizing

#lmaooo so I still think there are gonna be 8 because 8 has been the number for things in the show #BUT like that's something to chew on #like Graendal would actually seem like lust obviously but then no she might actually be better as Gluttony #as long as you don't read that as it having to be about just food #so is Lanfear lust? #or is she Wrath? #or Greed? #Ishamael pride and Demandred envy #Moghedien probably sloth #but out of fear rather than laziness #but whats Asmodean then? is he greed? #or is he sloth and Moghedien is greed? #see all of this probably is nothing and means nothing and there's nothing to this #BUT fun to think about #wheel of time #wot on prime #wot book spoilers #wot show spoilers

[midesastremanifiesto]

Why do I feel everything surrounding Carlos is blown out of proportion?? people change jobs, sponsors leave, drivers say things, give interviews, make mistakes on track, crash, change friends and leave their girlfriends and it's normal, or it seems to be normal with everyone except with Carlos. Maybe it happens with other drivers and idk because I don't follow them closely, but with Carlos it seems all it has to have a secret motive, or he has an evil plan. Sometimes things are easier than we think.

#also he is not a PR merchant and people hate that #maybe for his own good he should be less honest so people can stfu #carlos sainz jr #carlos sainz #listen... I had surgery I can't go to work or do anything basically and I have lots of free time so sometimes I think and post my crap here #don't mind me lol #and this doesn't mean i'm not sad for Rupert leaving or angry for how Ferrari treats him #because I genuinely think somethings not right insided Ferrari but in fact it's still simple #they have their number 1 driver and Carlos will never be treated with the same respect

[hephaestuscrew]

I'm still thinking about that scene in Victoriocity S3E7 where Fleet runs back towards the Beast so as to lure it into the path of the train...

Clara's exclamation of 'Teamwork, Fleet!' after Fleet says he's got a plan reflects her conviction that any plan that Fleet has will be a shared plan, something they do together.

This conviction is a kind of trust, and that trust is part of the reason Clara takes a moment to realise Fleet has headed back towards the Beast. She trusts that he's following behind her. She keeps talking to him, her words full of optimism.

When she realises Fleet isn't there, she immediately realises what that must mean he's done, and her voice sounds more small and scared than I think we've ever heard it before.

Fleet's attempt at self-sacrifice is a kind of betrayal of Clara's trust, but when he echoes her celebration of their teamwork in a more somber tone, I think it suggests that he understands the weight of that betrayal.

If Fleet's plan is that Clara won't realise he's gone until it's already too late, then he thinks "Teamwork, Clara" will be the last words he'll ever speak to her. In what he imagines will be their final conversation, Fleet affirms Clara's understanding of them as a team who work well together, even as he is making a choice that rejects the possibility of their teamwork in this scenario. It's a recognition of what their dynamic has meant. It's a goodbye and an apology, even if Clara doesn't understand it as such at first.

I don't think Fleet sounds scared as he initially faces down the train. When he shouts "Yeah, this way, you stupid machine! Come on then!", he sounds defiant and grimly determined.

In fact, I don't think he sounds afraid until Clara appears, until she might be at risk of being in the path of the Beast or the train as well. It's when he shouts "Clara, stay back for God's sake!" and "Please, get back!" that there's real fear and desperation in his voice. He can confront the idea of giving his own life, but not the idea that doing so might put Clara in danger.

Another thing about these lines is that the move from 'stay back' to 'get back' suggests that Clara didn't obey his first instruction but got closer to him (and therefore to the path of the Beast and the train) between those two lines.

Then Fleet gives what might be another attempt at his last words: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry."  A repeated apology before an attempted self-sacrifice is an implicit acknowledgement of how much losing him would hurt Clara. He regrets causing her pain.

Even so, he's accepted that he is about to die and that it'd be worth it to destroy the Beast. But Clara very much hasn't accepted either those things. She's still trying to yell over the noise of the train; she's pulling off her ring to throw at him.

I think it's a good illustration of how Clara's optimism is a kind of strength. She always believes that they can "make a new plan" and that it'll be one in which no one has to die. I think Archibald Fleet needs someone like that, someone who'll tell him to drop to the ground when his death advances from both sides, someone who - even in a dark tunnel with an murderous metal monster and a speeding train - won't stop shouting that there's hope.

#Victoriocity #victoriocity spoilers #clara entwhistle #archibald fleet #I have feelings about them!! #I've listened to this scene a normal number of times... #Can't decide if it's more angsty if Clara heard his apology or if she didn't... #Also on the topic of Clara's optimism #I think it is a part of her temperament #but I don't think that means it's always easy or that it isn't something that takes active effort #The 'midnight overthinkies' scene showed us that there's a lot going on under the surface #As previously established I don't personally see Clara and Fleet romantically #but nonetheless there is something Orpheus and Eurydice #about two people who care deeply about each other #in a dark tunnel trying to head towards safety #and one of them trusts that the other is behind them #except Clara doesn't look back for a while and then he actually is already gone #and she's alone wondering if she's lost him forever #I think I can draw those parallels platonically #Oh also there's something impressive about a show that can literally raise a guy from the dead in the first season #and yet still have real stakes when he's in life or death situations after that #something deeply sinister about how in Even Greater London no death ever needs to be permanent #but we know that the vast majority of deaths would be because access to that technology is so restricted #inspector fleet #victoriocity season 3 #victoriocity podcast #Clara & Fleet #The empty man posteth

[aurosoulart]

the GREAT PATREON SMUSH

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#auropost #i'm moving more and more away from trying to create bite-sized flashy info posts lately #like i don't want to be a brand!!!! i'm not a commercial!!! #and YOU are not an audience/consumer/target market/number on a screen!! #you're a PERSON!!!!!! #we're all people and this is a conversation #i'm de-programming a lot of social media brain rot right now #i don't care if that means that people scroll past my text posts #because i don't want to resort to assaulting your eyeballs with a graphic #we've all seen enough for a lifetime. for multiple lifetimes #so i'm trying to do something else #anyways my secret ideas for new patreon benefits involve discord livestreams of all the tech travel i've been doing lately #and then my ultimate patreon benefit goal is to go on a tour of public libraries in patrons' states #where i can host public xr art classes with people in person!!! #i'm already gonna be doing this in la soon so if success keeps up i want to take it on the road #with a focus on doing classes for discord members in their own home states! #eventually i'm thinking about making the discord server public as well #but right now it's just a well kept secret since i like that it's small :'D #anyways SINCERELY thank you if you've gotten this far. even if you can't join the patreon i appreciate that you took the time to read this #your time and attention is valuable and i don't take it lightly. take care 💖

[orchideae]

A casual note that as Liyue-native, as much as Yelan may be very well-traveled and thus may be familiar to various degrees with foreign cultures, they are still that to her: foreign. If we were to take Fontaine's inspiration of France to heart, it wouldn't surprise me if the common 'informal' greeting of the cheek kiss would be practiced there. Let it be known that if this were to ever be done to Yelan (and even the second, perhaps third, especially from each 'new' individual' as it would take some time getting used to), she'd likely show a semblance of confusion and retreat a little. Not out of uncertainty or insecurity, but simply out of confusion. It's important to remember that she is from Liyue, the nation that is firmly influenced and based on ancient China, and cultural differences are very much a thing. And while I still have much research to do on the social customs in both ancient and modern China (and taking these into account accordingly, just as Fontaine does not bear all customs and traditions from France and/or England by any means whatsoever), I am aware enough that this is not a custom that's shared between those countries.

#[ mini study. ] that which hides inside her… that constant calling; it is the blood of heroes which has been howling for 500 years. #[ i'm gonna try to do these more often. little tidbits like this that is. i don't need to write long metas about everything. ] #[ because ultimately that means that i take too much time and get much more finicky and often i can sum these things up. ] #[ but i was thinking about this yesterday. i'd assume it could be customary for something so inherently rooted in french culture... ] #[ to make its way into fontaine. ] #[ as much as not everything would. and i'm aware the cheek is not inherently /french/ (latin i think?) but it's so known for it. ] #[ because it's done all over the place. it's such a common thing within informal settings. you won't be greeted that way in businesses. ] #[ of course not. handshakes all around. but anywhere informal? 3 cheek kisses! and if lucky: 4. my family does 3. it drives me insane. ] #[ cause i had a thing with even numbers when little. ] #[ but hi yes! yelan is inherently liyuen; rooted in its culture and customs more than one realizes. ] #[ and so while she understands and will get used to practices in other nations-- they're not innate to her. ] #[ the lean-in for the cheek kiss would likely take her by immense surprise/confusion. ]