#this is probably unpopular opinion

[deep-space-netwerk]

So Venus is my favorite planet in the solar system - everything about it is just so weird.

It has this extraordinarily dense atmosphere that by all accounts shouldn't exist - Venus is close enough to the sun (and therefore hot enough) that the atmosphere should have literally evaporated away, just like Mercury's. We think Earth manages to keep its atmosphere by virtue of our magnetic field, but Venus doesn't even have that going for it. While Venus is probably volcanically active, it definitely doesn't have an internal magnetic dynamo, so whatever form of volcanism it has going on is very different from ours. And, it spins backwards! For some reason!!

But, for as many mysteries as Venus has, the United States really hasn't spent much time investigating it. The Soviet Union, on the other hand, sent no less than 16 probes to Venus between 1961 and 1984 as part of the Venera program - most of them looked like this!

The Soviet Union had a very different approach to space than the United States. NASA missions are typically extremely risk averse, and the spacecraft we launch are generally very expensive one-offs that have only one chance to succeed or fail.

It's lead to some really amazing science, but to put it into perspective, the Mars Opportunity rover only had to survive on Mars for 90 days for the mission to be declared a complete success. That thing lasted 15 years. I love the Opportunity rover as much as any self-respecting NASA engineer, but how much extra time and money did we spend that we didn't technically "need" to for it to last 60x longer than required?

Anyway, all to say, the Soviet Union took a more incremental approach, where failures were far less devastating. The Venera 9 through 14 probes were designed to land on the surface of Venus, and survive long enough to take a picture with two cameras - not an easy task, but a fairly straightforward goal compared to NASA standards. They had…mixed results.

Venera 9 managed to take a picture with one camera, but the other one's lens cap didn't deploy.

Venera 10 also managed to take a picture with one camera, but again the other lens cap didn't deploy.

Venera 11 took no pictures - neither lens cap deployed this time.

Venera 12 also took no pictures - because again, neither lens cap deployed.

Lotta problems with lens caps.

For Venera 13 and 14, in addition to the cameras they sent a device to sample the Venusian "soil". Upon landing, the arm was supposed to swing down and analyze the surface it touched - it was a simple mechanism that couldn't be re-deployed or adjusted after the first go.

This time, both lens caps FINALLY ejected perfectly, and we were treated to these marvelous, eerie pictures of the Venus landscape:

However, when the Venera 14 soil sampler arm deployed, instead of sampling the Venus surface, it managed to swing down and land perfectly on….an ejected lens cap.

#space #space history #venus #NASA #Venera #spost #I will talk all day about venus #ask me about venus floating sky cities #unpopular opinion venus > mars #this is probably my favorite space history story #the surface of venus is made of lens caps #don't try to tell me the universe doesn't have a sense of humor #well #I guess its more that people have a sense of humor and we happen to live in the universe

[banjo-bugs]

I truly genuinely believe they would get along so well

#columbo #benoit blanc #knives out glass onion #just watched it tonight …. so good dude I loved it #unpopular opinion maybe but way better than the firsr #first movie !! idk I like that benoit got to show his personality a little more : ) #columbo vc your partners a chef? well that’s just wonderful.. I could probably burn water if my wife ever let me in the kitchen #digital art #twizz scribs

[holyvirgilscriptures]

When a person belonging to a minority group says or does something bad, you are, of course, free to criticize them. But it still does not give you the right to be a bigot. Noah Schnapp sharing stupid, careless, and uninformed geopolitical opinions deserves to be called out, but it does not mean that you suddenly get to tell him that he should have been gassed by Hitler or killed by anti-Jewish hate groups or terrorists — both things I've read on Twitter and on Tumblr. It does not justify you calling him homophobic or antisemitic slurs.

"But he deserves it!" you argue. First of all, why do you think so? What makes it okay for any person to be given the green signal to get called slurs, or have people advocate for them to get hatecrimed? And more importantly, you are only signaling to your Jewish friends that you are actually capable of antisemitism. Same thing goes with your queer friends, or any friends belonging to a minority group. When you justify one form of bigotry, even to just one person — you justify all forms of bigotry.

So if you find yourself doing any of these, ask yourself why it's so easy to slip into bigoted rhetoric instead of simply focusing your criticism on what a person did/said.

#here's another example: a couple years back many chinese idols made statements supporting the ccp #despite the fact that the ccp was comitting genocide on its muslim population #it was awful and i have stopped supporting any of these idols #but that doesn't mean i could call these idols sinophobic slurs #and when anti-chinese hate crimes because of covid were spiking it didn't mean i could say that these chinese idols deserved to get beat up #because that is a horrible fucking thing to say #noah schnapp #antisemitism #this is probably the last thing i talk about noah bc again people care too much about him #i'm aware i hold a shockingly unpopular opinion lol #a person from x minority doing something disagreeable is not and will never be grounds for you to act bigoted

[ladykeyleth]

I don't know what to do. What's the end goal of all of this? Am I really just supposed to keep chasing and consuming power wherever I find it? To what end? And will it actually ever be enough?

Bonus:

#criticalroleedit #critteredit #critical role #laudna #delilah briarwood #imodna #(sort of. but yeah actually bc that's what this is all about) #cr spoilers #c3e86 3h21m57s on twitch #mgifs #delilah you sneaky manipulative undead bitch #also probably unpopular opinion idk but this is one of the best things that's happened to laudna's character arc lol #she's been SO stagnant for so long. this conversation is finally taking her (and us) somewhere #she's finally Making Choices that are gonna move her plot forward!!! you go girl time to start breaking shit!!!

[museaway]

kudos don't determine worth

#such Opinions on the internet today #you and your writing are so much more than a number!!! #unpopular opinion but I'd like a site without stats at all #I know I know - I'm a writer too I get it #but imagine if you didn't go in with that bias #and could just select something because it sounds neat #I prefer that to people asking when a fic is 'good enough' to read #fandom #oh btw there's a post about this making the rounds #you'll probably see it at some point #just...sigh.

[thegreatcaptainusopp]

Water 7 was like specifically engineered to hit on every single sensitive spot Usopp has and honestly he almost under-reacted with how nuts the circumstances were for the moment that he snapped:

1. They just came off a fight where Aokiji knocked them around like it was nothing, where he had this realization:

So he’s going in already feeling super inadequate, more than he usually does (which is a lot already).

2. Relatedly, up to this point fixing the Merry was his job because they didn’t have a shipwright yet. Her being unfixable probably felt, to him, like a personal failing because he was the one in charge of fixing her

3. The Merry was most like another crew member to him because he’s the one who worked on her most, AND he was the only one who saw her klabautermann at this point

4. The big elephant in the room here is that Kaya was the one who gave them Merry. So, you know, he’s attached to her most for this reason too

5. There’s also the fact that this probably hit on the very specific trauma of his mother’s death, because she also got sick enough that everyone deemed her unsavable.

6. On top of all that, it also hit on his trauma regarding his dad and abandonment: he doesn’t want to repeat that and feel like he abandoned a crew member who needed him.

7. Speaking of abandonment, seeing a situation where, in his mind, the crew leaves someone behind who is now deemed useless probably touched on a lot of his own fears about his place on his crew and own perceived usefulness

8. He had also just been brutally beaten twice on the same day and is pretty badly injured, compounding both feelings of usefulness and aligning him with the merry in his mind in terms of physical state.

9. He had also just lost the money they needed to fix the Merry, again compounding the feeling that he was useless AND he was responsible for the Merry not being fixable

10. He woke up to the crew, who had already processed the news, telling him about it AND that a decision had been made, which made him feel like it was a him vs them thing

There’s probably more I think but yes, it is completely unsurprising that he fell apart so spectacularly

#one piece #op #usopp #water 7 #speaks #honestly I KNOW he was self sabotaging and snapping here but #I kinda respect him standing up to Luffy for what he thought was right #Luffy needs to be challenged more often generally speaking #this is probably an unpopular opinion but I never liked the blind loyalty = good thing that one piece champions #I think the best people to have in a crew are the ones who challenge you 🤷‍♀️

[scintillyyy]

the thing is. i don't particularly love the whole steph sends assassins after tim at the end of robin thing. but it is fascinating to me as one of those things that dc's like "okay, this did happen because we need it to have happened (it's pretty important as far as setting up steph and tim to move on to red robin & batgirl, it's extremely important that steph makes a mistake that causes harm so that tim is upset with her & so there's a justifiable reason steph can't be spoiler anymore & to set the stage for their dynamic in the reborn era & because her doing this to tim is also important to maintain tim's self-isolation at the start of red robin because if he had a girlfriend to depend on who he wasn't mad at he wouldn't be quite so self-destructive), but at the same time we desperately need to pretend like it did not happen (because if it did, and steph sent assassins after tim, he's entirely justified in being mad at her & also if she did that dick would probably feel about steph the way he feels about jean-paul valley)"

#actually my most unpopular opinion is that i think that dick is probably like. very neutral on steph as a whole #given that tim absolutely would get dick in the divorce and dick would be on tim's side as far as being upset #at the ways she's hurt him (not that tim is a saint in the rship i just think that dick is allowed to be messy & biased and on tim's side) #like everytime he sees steph he probably remembers the phone call with tim. it's hard not to look at her #and not see tim breaking down at the side of the pit #and if the assassins did happen he's probably also upset and irritated about that #anyways i think he can be very professional & i think he definitely comes around to 'she's a competent vigilante who deserves to be there' #and he's probably grateful as to how she gets along with damian & has been good for him #but i just can't picture them hanging out outside of work. they're the epitome of coworkers to me

[the-dying-sun7]

I hate how so many therians/otherkins of tumblr often say stuff like 'those weird tiktok therians' . It's damaging for the community. Dam it, I'm on tumblr. Just because a therian/otherkin is on tt doesn't instantly mean they're faking, and think that therianthropy/ Otherkinity is just quads and having a connection to an animal. I get that tt is a problem, with quadrobists calling themselves therians, and not even bothering to explain what therianthropy is, if they even know. But it's ridiculous how divided we are. I've even seen this sort of stuff on reddit. I don't like it. Idrk if anyone disagrees, I know my own opinions, and I know that I have a point. I don't care if my opinions unpopular, but it needs to be said.

#otherkinity #nonhuman #caninekin #german shepherd #angelkin #divinekin #dog therian #therian #alterhuman #otherkin #tiktok therians #discource? #unpopular opinion #probably unpopular #sunshine rambling

[roykentschesthair]

Listen. Do I understand people who ship Roy/Jamie/Keeley? Sure. The dynamic has potential. The chemistry is there definitely. All three of these people are disaster!bisexuals even as Keeley is the only canonic confirmed queer person between the three.

But…..

I don’t know. I just don’t buy it. I do not buy that Keeley, freshly on her own and determined to dominate in her career is willing or able to be a part of a poly relationship that is going to demand SO MUCH emotional labor.

I love my girl Keeley, she’s an absolutely fantastic character. But, I dunno, is she the most emotionally intelligent of the three? Sure. Is she the most emotionally mature? I don’t know, I think that might go to Jamie in all honesty. Roy is definitely the most stunted of the three.

And Jamie and Roy being equally as clingy and desperate and needy as each other, in ways that complement so beautifully it’s almost perfect, doesn’t leave a lot of space for Keeley to emotionally connect with them.

And she doesn’t seem to want to?

Like, she has the opportunity to get back with either one of them…multiple times! And she doesn’t? She loves them, both of them, but chooses to just be by herself. Chooses what she needs and wants in that moment because I think it’s kind of clear that neither Jamie nor Roy can truly give her that?

I LOVED Roy and Keeley at first, but the pure cruelty of lamenting how clingy he was when he was going through a massive depressive episode broke my heart. (Maybe my own mental health struggles make me extra sensitive to this)

But I just don’t buy that Keeley, free spirit and business woman, wants to settle down with these two, no matter how much she may love them.

#roy kent #jamie tartt #ted lasso #royjamie #roy x jamie #keeley jones #this is probably a massively unpopular opinion #but I just don’t buy it #and that’s okay #each of these characters is still fantastic

[nightswatchdisbandmentera]

Something that drives me absolutely crazy about Jon and Rickon is that while the rest of the Stark kids love Jon, they’re all too cognizant of his “otherness”. Robb, Bran, and Arya love him as one would love any brother, but he’s always separated from the rest of the family: Ned Stark had five children, and then a sixth who was separate. And even when the Stark kids think of the direwolves, Ghost is always set apart from the rest of them. We’re always reminded that six pups were found in the snow, five huddled together and one who was white as snow separate from the rest of them.

But Jon is not separate in Rickon’s mind. During the royal feast, at an occasion where the social schism between the Stark children is all too apparent, Rickon is too caught up on “where’s Jon? Why is he not here among us? Why is he separate? He should be here!” And we see this when he waddled to where Jon was sitting with the squires, only leaving when big brother set him back on the path to the dais, thus enforcing a social boundary that he himself was not aware of. And the crazy thing is, Rickon is a bit of an other in a way. Shaggy, Rickon’s familiar, is not brown or grey like the other wolves. He’s black with green eyes, a visual representation of northern mysticism just as Jon’s Ghost is.

And it’s going to come to a head when Jon’s true parentage is revealed to the world. And Ghost’s difference becomes even more pronounced. But what a stark (pun intended) reminder it will be to know that Jon is not alone, and he is wholly accepted just as he is. Rickon is so young and full of ignorance. But that childish ignorance could go a long way, especially in reminding a very insecure Jon that he does indeed belong, all differences be damned.

#jon snow #rickon stark #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #their relationship is probably the most underrated among the stark kids but they’re soooo special to me! #I have so much to say about rickon and shaggy and how they too are othered and why that matters - especially within a magical context #I’ll get to it someday…I hope #but anyway I do think it’s so symbolically important that Rickon goes to meet Jon where he is #below the dais and among the squires fully intending to be there with him #the physical differences of the social gap don’t matter because to rickon jon will always be big brother #and a bit of an unpopular opinion but I think rickon’s love will especially prove to be the deciding factor in how Jon moves forward re #robb’s will…but that’s a story for another day

[edelfan]

Maybe it's just me being an actual 80s baby, but this is something you might want to consider when writing og Top Gun fic:

there were no mobile phones in the 80s, no texting, only landlines and blissful in not knowing what was going on while being on the go

mid to end of the 80s was the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis, so let them wrap it up

#top gun 1986 #icemav #slimav #top gun fic #probably unpopular opinion #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky

[correctlyme]

My most srs ace attorney headcanon is that Phoenix was born with brown eyes, but the lingering poison from the glass necklace caused his eyes to very slowly lose its brown colour and shift into blue eyes.

#its like how godots hair turns white #i love heterochromia phoenix #but this is my true magnum opus headcanon about phoenix's eyes #its my explanation for his eyes being different post trilogy #ace attorney #aa #aablr #phoenix wright #aa3-1 #turnabout memories #naruhodo ryuichi #unpopular opinion but i do like blue eyed phoenix #i know he was probably europeanized but hes still pretty af so #brown eye phoenix supremacy tho

[buttertrait]

im just gonna say whats on my mind feel free to ignore this post its kinda petty but i just have to let it out

#i feel like simblr has become very picky and there's very obviously favourites #and while i do feel like this has always been the case ive noticed it a lot more recently #and i think like an example of this is the simblr question of the day and like while i know its just supposed to be a fun little thing #i do feel like its very picky #and i feel like it can make people feel excluded (myself included) #because ofc i understand its unrealistic to send it to everyone #however that still doesnt take away from the fact it excludes a lot of people #i feel like instead of just sending it to a select few people it could be more of an ask chain #like for instance “send this to 5 other simblrs” #because then it feels like more of a thing within the community #idk just #something thats been on my mind #anyway this is probably an unpopular opinion and im probably going to get a lot of people mad at me for this but #idk #butter's thoughts #delete later

[smolstarthief]

Eh, since I took some screencaps of him in the main show minus well do a bonus with the Pilot. Have at it dears! (Part 1 because curse Tumblr image limit!)

#starchild rambles #hazbin hotel alastor #hazbin #hazbin hotel #hazbin alastor #alastor hazbin hotel #alastor #alastor the radio demon #hazbin hotel pilot #ok really probably a slightly unpopular opinion but I'm kinda glad the fluidity was toned down in the final show in hindsight #like don't get me wrong the pilot's animation is amazing and fluid but sometimes there is such a thing as TOO FLUID you know? #they all just move too fast and can look off sometimes #meanwhile the show toning it down a bit made things easier to follow and less eye straining #it's amazing and fasciniating seeing the differences #I loved the color scheme of his song sequence tho! #Gave me MASSIVE 'friends on the other side' vibes!

[earlgodwin]

unpopular opinion: i know most of the show fans find ursula bonadeo annoying and dislike her character because cesare projected lucrezia onto her and used her as a substitute. but after many rewatches, i grew to like her. she's very pretty, and she was very sweet to lucrezia while helping her with giving birth. i feel sorry for her because she's a noble young woman who spent her life trapped with an abusive husband who beats her. and when she thought she finally found this handsome, honorable savior who could free her (even though she was indecisive about him, which i don't blame her because women back in that era didn't have many choices, and her husband would probably kill her if he found out about her and cesare), he turned out to be unhinged, as he seduces her, and manipulates her while being lustfully obsessive over her. so, she was rightfully terrified and frustrated by cesare because he eventually assaulted her and dragged her around while forcing himself on her because she didn't exactly look like the perfect image (mirror of his sister) in his head after she cut her hair. then she got a very brutal end at the hands of the french army, raping her and mutilating her. she lived most of her life being tormented by cruel men. her character makes me so sad thinking about the women who were mistreated and killed by their abusive partners and were lost and forgotten to time because of the patriarchal system since it is beyond horrible towards women.

#thanks for coming to my ted talk (is that still a thing though?) #i'm just very weak for women okay? #i'm a cesare x lucrezia ride or die girlie through and through #but it wasn't the only reason why i didn't ship cesare with ursula #i'm not saying i don't like dark ships buuuut... #cesare x ursula just never clicked with me at all because all i was doing was rooting for ursula to leave cesare for not respecting her #she mostly existed to drive cesare's bloodthirst as we saw how he managed to murder her husband and then later avenging her #i'm probably the only person who is crying about ursula right now #ursula bonadeo #ruta gedmintas #the borgias #tw rape #tw abuse #text post #jen's unpopular opinions

[gamerkir]

Unpopular opinion: Disney Dreamlight Valley needs to have an event or something where Mirabel just jumps Mother Gothel for her shit.

Like this girl stood up to her Abuela and ran into a collapsing house for a candle. After dealing with some of the stuff Mother Gothel pulls on the regular. You know she'd jump Gothel and probably have Moana and Elsa cheering her on.

#disney #disney dreamlight valley #mirabel madrigal #encanto mirabel #mother gothel #elsa #moana #theyd be besties #theyd be cheering her on #then they jumping Ursula cause you know Moana probably has beef with her #3am thoughts #unpopular opinion