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autumn-in-phandom · 7 years

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Dan&Phil (with no space)

SOLVE THIS CRIME- Dan and Phil play: ‘Layton's Mystery Journey!’

Which I think is very cute, has great banter, cooperation, a sassy Dan, a flirty Phil, with no space between them and is definitely worth a re-watch.

Timestamps below the cut because they are lonnng.

0:01 “Hello Dan and Phil Games ‘detectives’"- Phil 0:03 Magnifying glass hand thing, Tomb Raider sound effect and Phil humming Sherlock theme combined 0:11 "Professor Layton, what what"- Dan with hand motions 0:13 Phil holds his composed angelic face while Dan gives the background info. 0:20 Dan sitting by a rainy window pretending to be intellectual. What an image. 0:27 "Lady Layton"- high pitched Dan (find a guy who can do it all) 0:30 "So today I think I'm going to be Sherlock Holmes and you're going to be Watson" -Phil 0:34 "Whatya sayin?"- Dan with that look.

I don't know how they actually feel about Johnlock. They've both referenced it before but have been kind of vague on their stance. Personally I love the show but don't ship them. But the implication of shipping definitely seems to be present and Dan is at the very least feigning disapproval. That or he just wants to be Sherlock. See below.

0:35 "Well I mean, I'm like the Benedict Cumberbatch, I look like Benedict Cumberbatch, I'm more superior at mystery solving."- Nice try Phil.

Watching Dan's face here is funny, his feigned grumpiness, transitions to a comical frown with a shrug of agreement when Phil says he looks like BC, then a funny scoff to smile at Phil suggesting he's superior.

0:45 Dan bursts Phil's bubble shooting down Scooby Doo 0:49 Woah what a jump cut between happy open mouth Phil to, what do even call that? Is that Phil's resting bitch face? 0:50 Zoom into Dan talking to give Phil a moment to recover. 0:55 "A sneky prev"- Dan 1:00 Playing in Nederlands would add to the mystery or we could test Dan's French.

1:05 "’Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy’. Dang."- very dramatic Dan 1:09 "I'm already hooked cause there's a little dog outline."- Phil 1:13 "That's all I need to sign up for an app."- Dan 1:19 "Dan&Phil with no space" (what this video should actually be called) 1:24 "Dan question mark Phil?"- strike a pose

(The iPad also assumed it was a typo as it offers Dan&Phil as a suggestion. Earlier suggestions were "Dance" and "Danisnotonfire")

1:33 Phil's monocle/magnifying glass returns with an "aha". Dan claims Phil is "repeating a joke I made at the beginning of the video", not likely Dan. Phil is all joyous laughter. 1:45 "Stop getting paranoid. Not everyone hating another person is about you, Shirley"- Dan (watching Phil's reaction to Dan's rant is hilarious) 1:50 "Are you ready for a video?"- Phil (aka "are you done?") 1:53 "Yeah."- Dan

2:00 "A misty town, in yesteryear." Dan high voice. "I'll stop ruining this." 2:05 They are both delighted by the anime style art 2:12 ‘Daddy!’ "Daddy"- Dan "Daddy. Is the first word you hear."- Phil "Daddy Layton"- Dan nods knowingly. 2:18 "No, this is not Dream Daddy."- Dan 2:29 Sad, guilt, "just a dream." 2:31 "She's got a house plant, which is a lot more alive than all of ours" 2:37 "She opens the curtains, that's why her house plants are alive."- Dan 2:40 "Ohh, that would make sense."- Phil (see Dan's ls) 2:44 Dan supports unpractical fashion choices 2:46 Phil knows a thing or too about diseased English pigeons. 2:53 "I'm going to see some corpses!"- Dan 3:00 London is not a wholesome town 3:05 "Phily's detective world. Mysteries solved for free."- Phil 3:10 "Please I just want company."- Dan after cracking up.

3:13 "Lady and a Tramp." "Nice." 3:15 "Is she gonna eat some sensual spaghetti?"- Phil 3:16 "She's gonna kiss a dog."- Dan 3:19 "The dog's here!"- Phil 3:20 "ADOPT HIM!"- Dan 3:21 "Pet the dog!"- Phil 3:22 "ADOPT HIM RIGHT NOW!"- Dan (okay boys) 3:24 "The dog has a very strange tail."- Dan 3:26 "It's defying gravity." (Wicked on the mind Phil?) 3:30 "I mean okay, I'm sorry, sign me up for talking dog."- Dan 3:45 "Please help, I'm hallucinating talking dogs."- Dan 3:55 "Is it just gonna secrete a cake through the iPad? Cause I'm down for that."- Phil 4:10 "Presuming that we actually ever *mumble mumble*."- Dan

4:19 "Spoilers abound."- Phil 4:20 "Protection."- Dan 4:27 "Give me a cake!"- Dan 4:29 "Use more of a baker voice."- Phil 4:37 "The Power of Triangles!"- Dan (nice self reference there) 5:01 "What is wrong with you?"- Dan says with fondness 5:10 "That looks less like a K than miine did."- Phil teasing and so close 5:14 "Delet this."- Dan 5:24 "You need to stop saying 'floppy ding dong'."- Phil (um. truth.) 5:35 Phil thinking outside of the box, inside the box, very literally. 5:40 Dan gets really excited by Phil's idea of negative space. Phil gets excited by Dan moving the shapes around. 5:55 The best iPad sharing here. 6:05 Dan starts to get discouraged just as Phil figures it out. 6:10 Dan’s face 6:15 "Mmm (high five) boom."- Dan 6:26 "Well done Phil."- danisasupportivepartner 6:35 "Don't pay me in money, pay me in cakes, that would be a Dan and Phil's detective agency."- Dan 6:40 "How do you like that doggo?"- Phil 6:41 "Up to scratch. Haha ha ha hm."- Dan 6:45 "A bit of a sexy scratch there wasn't it?"- Phil 6:47 "That was a bit weird there, the dog doesn't support that."- Dan 6:48 "Sorry."- Phil (quick, soft, low, subtle banter)

6:55 "I love her voice it's like Hermione Granger meets Beatrix Potter."- Dan 6:59 "What can I do for you?"- Phil imitates her voice, because not only does he look like Voldemort, but he *is* Hermione. 7:15 "I love his ankles rolls because of his floppy skin."- Dan (talking about the dog of course) 7:18 "Aw it's so anime, I love it."- Phil 7:25 "I wanna solve that mystery. That's an ancient civilization?! That looks like a terrifying dystopian future where mantid lizards exist."- Dan 7:36 "Hello. Is that the Watson in this? That looks like you. I'm Lady Layton, you're that guy."- Dan who apparently is fine with the Johnlock dynamic so long as Phil is the Watson character and Dan gets to be a sassy femme Sherlock. (See below)

7:44 "Ernest."- P 7:45 "Ernest Greeves."- D 7:46 "That's a strong name."- P 7:46 "Amazing."- D 7:47 "I wish I was called Ernest."- P (I think that's what he says) 7:48 "I ship it!"- Dan says all intense and growly 7:55 "Pugsworth." 8:05 "Sherlock exists in the same cannon as Layton."- Dan 8:07 "What"- Phil 8:10 Phil gives the role of Katrelle to Dan. Phil takes Ernest. Dan takes the dog of course and Phil voices Inspector Hastings. 9:30 "In the 'ole of Britain!"- Both in sync, shaking their faces, having fun 9:51 "Frickin slapped. Ernest and Sherl in the corner of Lady Layton's priorities."- Sassy Dan

10:07 "The Hand That Feeds" (weird fist motion from Phil) 10:12 "Someone's stolen a hand!"- high pitched Dan 10:17 "That's a whole diddly operation."- Dan 10:19 "It was Spider-Man. Tom Holland wants more attention."- Phil 10:21 "Honestly what a fiend(?)"- very quiet Dan 10:34 "Do the lamppost."- Phil (not innuendo just what Dan should be investigating, Phil is trying to get him back on track but is very amused.) 10:39 "Come on, Kat, what are you dawdlin' there for, eh? The case, woman! The case!"- Phil saying dawdlin' and woman in a northern accent is great. 10:40 "Woman."- Dan echos with attitude. 10:49 "Hmph, teachin' Grandma to suck eggs, are ya?" (more things I didn't know I needed to hear Phil say)

10:55 "What bag?"- danisexcited 10:59 Oh my god both their faces right before they say: 11:00 "Wardrobe!"- Both "Yes!"- Phil 11:02 "We found the content!"- Dan Some simple puzzle solving 11:47 "Wait! I want to go in the bag. This is very important."- Dan 11:50 "Wardrobe!" (Sing it Dan!) "Yes!"- Phil 11:54 "Coatless!"- in sync 11:57 "Dating dress"- Dan "Oohh"- both "Oh hel-lo!"- Dan 12:03 "Tomboy. Equestrian ensemble!"- Dan's over the top gestures and Phil's excited face. 12:05 "I want my ensemble to be that."- Phil (of course you do) mirrors Dan's hand to chest movement. 12:07 "Slay me. Jesus."- Dan 12:12 "Sky blue, statement."- Dan 12:14 Phil with the game info. 12:19 "That's me."- Phil 12:20 "Daddy's girl."- Dan 12:21 "Okay that's not me."- Phil laughs

12:30 "He's shady AF"- Phil 12:35 "'Top o' the mornin' to ha!' Its jacksepticeye"- Phil 12:37 What the hell Dan? Calm down. 12:46 "Investigatink"- Dan 12:47 "I can't do an Irish accent."- Phil, belly laugh 12:48 "This is regional dialect reading test the game."- Dan 13:03 "aforementionedly"- both 13:25 "Stachenscarfen"- Dan 13:26 "That's you."- Phil 13:29 "Auf Deutsch"- Dan 13:38 "In a vay, yes. In a vay, no."- Dan (sounds more Austrian) 13:55 Dan yells into the iPad "Out after midnight are you Stachenscarfen? We're onto you!" (simmer down son)

(I love Phil's hands. They are big yet elegant.)

14:53 "You like twiz the..."- Phil doing circle motions 15:14 "Waiting until its midnight."- Dan says somewhere between cocky and uncertain 15:41 "Yeah. I don't- I mean, sure. Why not? It's like you have lives. Do you have lives?"- Dan 15:46 "Yes!"- Phil "YES!"- Dan 15:49 "But was it for the reason that I said?"- still unsure Dan 16:11 "Oh you want to see a dead body do you Earnest, you want to get real, you want to see crime up in your face? I don't think you can handle it Earnest!"- Dan being extra again 16:38 "Nick Booker" pun 16:48 "Wait I can do this one."- Phil 16:50 "Okay go on Phil, do it."- Dan 16:55 Pause that pose 16:57 "I live for the positive reinforcement of Lady Layton being happy that I'm assembling the clock hand."- Dan 17:03 Phil is distracted momentarily by something off to the side.

17:05 “Hello copper.”- Dan 17:07 "'Ello 'ello 'ello, Miss Layton.'"-Phil 17:09 "That is exactly what he-"- Dan 17:10 "That's what his face looks like"- Phil 17:11 "With his tiny face!"- squeaky Dan 17:12 "It's so squished."- Phil 17:29 "Yeah get in there."- Phil (what was this about? I forget. Context.)

17:38 Danispanting 17:45 "'Magnificent'."- Dan (inside the clock face) 17:46 "That's just what we were saying."- Phil says so sweet. I think they were admiring the art design but it got cut. 17:52 "I know what gets you going Earnest."- Dan (enormous cogs) 17:58 "Like a corpse."- Dan 18:00 "I wanna do it!"- AssertivePhil (not a corpse mind you) 18:02 "Okay Phil, find the cranny. How good is Phil at finding that spot? He found it. There we go."- danisnotappropriate 18:08 "REDDISH WRISTWATCH!"- x12 nice reference 18:26 "UH CLOCK"- both groaning 18:36 "Get that self esteem, yes!"- high pitched Dan

19:17 "Do you know what you're doing or-?"- Phil with the biggest smile 19:19 "Yeahyeahyeahyeahyeah!"- Dan 19:20 Jumpcut to zoom in on the terrified children and away from a flirty Phil. 19:28 "Woyah!"- Dan 19:32 "Oh no. Oh we f***ed it. Impasse."- Dan 19:42 "You reckon?"- Dan (then “I reckon”) 20:05 "King of Bubbles."- Dan 20:06 "I would not have been able to do that."- Phil 20:07 "Really? You play a lot of uh, of um, shape popping apps."- Dan 20:11 "True. Maybe. Maybe."- Phil's eyes

20:17 “Who do you think stole the hand?”- Phil 20:21 "I think it was the dog."- Phil 20:36 "I feel like that's a good taste of the mystery solving experience."- Dan 20:38 "Yeah. You've given it a little lick, but you don't know the full answers. Cause you could go find out yourself-"- Phil 20:43 "You just ruined the nice... description..."- Dan 20:46 "Like you've got the flavor."- Phil 20:47 "Why do you- no, no!"- Dan 20:48 "Like a lollipop."- Phil 20:49 "Stop with the licking!"- Dan 20:50 "Sorry."- back to innocent angel faced Phil

21:00 Price and Promo 21:16 "I'm just here for the anime to be honest, like a show I just started watching."- Dan 21:20 Phil tongue 21:21 "A lick of the Layton Lolly."- holy hell Dan, looking at Phil while saying that was indecent 21:31 "Clicking our buttons."- Phil 21:34 "For more vids, last vid."- Dan 21:38 "I'm gonna go kidnap a talking dog."- Dan 21:39 Sherlock theme outro and eye hand thing by Phil.

#phan #dapgames #dan and phil #dnp games #dnp timestamps #d&p #dan&phil with no space

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ghansey-archive · 7 years

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rules: you must answer these 85 statements and tag 20 people

tagged by @readinglikewildfire @evangeliensamos @sansastavks @jemcarstoirs tysm lovelies <3

tagging: @feyrearchsron @feysanded @hanrywinter @aqueenpromised @rhysandsdream @williamherxndale @mattjostensbutt @ohsturmhond @aryaes

the last 1. drink: soda 2. phone call: my best friend 3. text message: my brother 4. song you listened to: Lover, Where Do You Live? by Highasakite 5. time you cried: monday (i think???) me and my mom where on a roadtrip together and i was driving, and then we were in a roundabout and i didnt know which lane to pick because i didnt know where i was going???? and my mom dont know the difference between left and right apparently?? so she just waves noncommitedly and was like over there, and i’m???? whAT???? and then i misunderstood what she meant and i got so annoyed at her but then it passed and i just started laughing so hard??? that i cried???? i couldnt even see the road, you obviously do not want to meet me on the road im a danger 6. dated someone twice: yes :/ (that was a bad call, dont repeat my mistakes pals) 7. kissed someone and regretted it: yup :/ 8. been cheated on: no 9. lost someone special: yes 10. been depressed: no 11. gotten drunk and thrown up: yup :/ (i repeat: do not repeat my mistakes pals)

3 favorite colors

12. maroon!!!! 13. this light blue really pretty color, its kind of the color of the sky but softer?? (i suck at explaining im so sorry, i can never be i writer) 14. grey

in the last year have you 15. made new friends: yes 16. fallen out of love: yes 17. laughed until you cried: yes 18. found out someone was talking about you: not really 19. met someone who changed you: no 20. found out who your friends are: yes 21. kissed someone on your Facebook list: no general 22. how many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: i know who all of them are but i havent talked to all of them 23. do you have any pets: yes, (five!!!) 24. do you want to change your name: no 25. what did you do for your last birthday: basically i was just at home since its in the middle of finals and all my friends were busy :/ 26. what time did you wake up: 9.00 AM 27. what were you doing at midnight last night: reading Addicted After All <333 28. name something you can’t wait for: THE LAST HOURS!!!!!!!!!! GIVE THEM TO ME 29. when was the last time you saw your mom: im watching her knit right now 31. what are you listening to right now: siste gang - bendik 32. have you ever talked to a person named tom: yes 33. something that is getting on your nerves: hearing people chew!!! its!!! grating!!! my!!! nerves!!!! 34. most visited website: tumblr rip 35. hair colour: blonde/dark blonde 36. long or short hair: long 37. do you have a crush on someone: no 38. what do you like about yourself: my passion about things, also that i rarely stress about things 39. piercings: ears 40. blood type: no??? idea???? 41. nickname: jules 42. relationship status: single :/ 43. zodiac: gemini 44. pronouns: she/her 45. favourite tv show: b99, skam, new girl, tvd, teen wolf, modern family 46. tattoos: none 47. right or left handed: right 48. surgery: no 49. piercing: wait wasn’t this asked already 50. sport: uhhhmmmmm 51. vacation: southern europe 52. pair of trainers: some i guess?? two or three or something MORE GENERAL 53. eating: n/a 54. drinking: n/a 55. i’m about to: do the rest of the tag games thats piling up 56. waiting for: my friend to decide if she wants to go to a festival or not 57. want: to have an eventful summer 58. get married: i want to some day if i find a great guy 59. career: well, im becoming an construction engineer so i guess that?? WHICH IS BETTER 60. hugs or kisses: kisses (lmao my answers to this change everytime) 61. lips or eyes: eyes 62. shorter or taller: taller 63. older or younger: older 64. nice arms or nice stomach: arms 65. hook up or relationship: relationship 66. troublemaker or hesitant: troublemaker (is that even a question lmao) HAVE YOU EVER: 67. kissed a stranger: no 68. drank hard liquor: yes.. 69. lost glasses/contact lenses: no 70. turned someone down: yes 71. sex on the first date: no 72. broken someone’s heart: yes 73. had your heart broken: yes 74. been arrested: no 75. cried when someone died: yes 76. fallen for a friend: yes DO YOU BELIEVE IN: 77. yourself: yes 78. miracles: yes 79. love at first sight: kind of/kind of dont??? 80. santa claus: no 81. kiss on the first date: idk, i guess if the chemistry is there??? 82. angels: yes OTHER: 83. current best friend’s name: stine, hanne, lisa 84. eye colour: brown 85. favourite movie: how??? do i choose something like that??? i mean ive watched titanic and she’s the man 9483732 times, but i know that there are movies i like better as well i just dont remember them now

#tag games #again im so sorry for spamming you guys with tags!!!#im almost done #to the stars queue listen

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bulbas4ur · 7 years

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I was tagged by @llttledipper

Rules: Answer these 92 statements and tag 20 people

I’m just going to assume this means your last ____

1. Drink: Juice

2.Phone call: some telemarketer

3. Text message: some guy from work asking if I can cover his shift

4. Song you listen to: 24k magic

5. Time you cried: idr

HAVE YOU:

6. Dated someone twice: no

7. Kissed someone and regretted it: yes

8. Been cheated on: sort of, a guy tried to cheat on me but got turned down by the person he tried to cheat on me with and then ended up alone RIP him

9. Lost someone special: yes

10. Been depressed: yes

11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: once

LIST 3 FAVORITE COLORS: 

12-14: teal, blue and black

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU: 

15. Made new friends: not close friends, but sort of

 16. Fallen out of love: no 

17. Laughed until you cried: yes 

18. Found out someone was talking about you: Yes

 19. Met someone who changed you: I’ve changed but not really because of other people.

 20. Found out who your friends are: I mean I found out that a couple acquaintances weren’t really my friends. 

21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: no

GENERAL: 

22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: nearly all of them 

23. Do you have any pets: a dog at my parents house 

24. Do you want to change your name: my last name is annoying so maybe that?

 25. What did you do for your last Birthday: went to a Japanese restaurant with my family

26. What time do you wake up: 8 during the school year 7 now

 27. What were you doing at midnight last night: sleeping

 28. Name something you can’t wait for: my trips to Chicago and New York coming up.

 29. When was the last time you saw your mom: a few days ago

30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: I’d love more money and a do-over on the first 3 years of college.

 31. What are you listening to right now: the fan spinning

32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Yes 

33. Something that is getting on your nerves: it’s so fucking hot like why

34. Most visited website: Tumblr

LOST QUESTIONS. I JUST PUT IN RANDOM INFO ABOUT ME

 35. Mole/s: no but I have a few big freckles on my arm that look like moles

 36. Mark/s: I have a really small scar above my lip, one on my back from sitting too close to a heater and a few other small ones on my legs and arms. 

37. Childhood dream: I wanted to be a doctor or a pilot for a while, but there was a small stretch of time where I wanted to be Thomas from the Aristocats and I’m not sure why?

 38. Hair color: light brown with blonde highlights

39. Long or short hair: Medium-long 

40. Do you have a crush on someone: kind of

 41. What do you like about yourself: My love for learning and the way that when I really want sometime I’m willing to work extremely hard to get it.

42. Piercings: just my ears 

43. Blood type: O- 

44. Nickname: Joce 

45. Relationship status: single  

46. Zodiac: Capricorn

 47. Pronouns: She/Her 

48. Favorite TV Show: Parks and Rec, Breaking Bad, Avatar: The Last Airbender and like 40 more I don’t need to write a novel

49. Tattoos: not yet 

50. Right or left hand: right

51. Surgery: I got my adenoids out as a kid 

52. Hair dyed in different color: I don’t even know what my natural color is anymore other than that it’s a hell of a lot darker than what I have now.

53. Sport: swimming just for fun or weightlifting... I don’t really do sport sports.

55. Vacation: Europe 

56. Pair of trainers: I don’t really care 

57. Eating: nothing right now  

58. Drinking: nothing right now 

59. I’m about to: get up and shower

 61. Waiting for: the trips to Chicago and New York

 62. Want: My student loans to be paid off, to be able to take classes cheaper and to be able to get a good job that I enjoy. 

63. Get married: it’s not really important to me but I wouldn’t be opposed to it 

64. Career: I have goals and plans, but I’m still figuring out the specific career I’ll go into to reach those goals.

WHICH IS BETTER 

65. Hugs or kisses: Hugs 

66. Lips or eyes: Eyes  

67. Shorter or taller: don’t care

 68. Older or younger: around the same age

 70. Nice arms or nice stomach: don’t care 

71. Sensitive or loud: sensitive  I guess

72. Hook up or relationship: relationship  

73. Troublemaker or hesitant: Hesitant

HAVE YOU EVER: 

74. Kissed a Stranger: no

 75. Drank hard liquor: yes

76. Lost glasses/contact lenses: sunglasses

 77. Turned someone down: yes

 78. Sex on the first date: no 

79. Broken someone’s heart: apparently yeah

 80. Had your heart broken: not in a romantic relationship

 81. Been arrested: no 

82. Cried when someone died: yes

 83. Fallen for a friend: yes

DO YOU BELIEVE IN: 

84. Yourself: most of the time 

85. Miracles: not really. I mean there’s things we can’t really explain, but they’re just things we don’t know the cause of yet.  

86. Love at first sight: Nah that’s just attraction

 87. Santa Claus: no

 88. Kiss on the first date: if you want to, why not?

OTHER: 90. Current best friend name: Ray, Carlos, Adrian

 91. Eye color: Blueish

 92. Favorite movie: Shaun of the Dead is still an old fave

NOW, TAG 20 PEOPLE: Yeah here’s some people but y’all don’t have to do this if you don’t want to... have fun.

@helloyesthisiscarlos @jotaro-kuujo @dekubits @nonlinear-nonsubjective @nosuchthingastoomuchwho @radioactiveferret @sea-giraffe @somethingnerdythiswaycomes @formerly-purebluesummerskies @the-sun-is-up-the-sky-is-blue @totallyacejasongrace @briannasun @brieana90 @uselessgaywhovian @verypurplepenguins @bananannabeth @banozac @pulledanothermusclewheni

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zerodegreeskevin · 7 years

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92 Questioms

I kind of walked myself into this but I do love answering them. A “should we know us a little better” tag RULES: you must answer these 92 statements and tag 20 people Tagged by @yeah-seems-legit 20 people is a stretch so I wouldn't count on it  THE LAST:  1. Drink: Yuengling 2. Phone call: Grace 3. Text message: Cady 4. Song you listened to: Redbone by Childish Gambino mashed with Sweatpants by Childish Gambino 5. Time you cried: Oh god I don't have any clue 6. Dated someone twice: Like been in a relationship with the same person twice never, gone on dates with the same person twice Cait 7. Kissed someone and regretted it: Never, I've never regretted kissing anyone. It's just kissing far as I'm concerned. 8. Been cheated on: Never (I don't think) 9. Lost someone special: Mhairi, we just kind of lost touch 10. Been depressed: Consistently 11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: Never LIST 3 FAVORITE COLORS: 12-14: Sky Blue, Pale Grey, Salmon IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU: 15. Made new friends: Loads of them 16. Fallen out of love: It's become healthier, but I haven't fallen out of it. 17. Laughed until you cried: I don't think this has ever happened to me 18. Found out someone was talking about you: Nah, I'm too dumb and naive to find things out like that. 19. Met someone who changed you: Yeah, meeting Cait and Sarah helped clear a lot of things up. 20. Found out who your friends are: I mean I guess 21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: Several GENERAL: 22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: Almost all of them I think? 23. Do you have any pets: A cat and a dog, and several adopted dog babies 24. Do you want to change your name: Seems like too much of a hassle  25. What did you do for your last Birthday: Went to the park 26. What time did you wake up: 8:45 am 27. What were you doing at midnight last night: Probably cranking one out or watching Fairy Tail 28. Name something you can’t wait for: THE GOOD DOCTOR TO COME OUT ON ABC 29. When was the last time you saw your mom: 2 pm 30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: I wish i wasn't so fucking insecure 31. What are you listening to right now: Avatar the last air bender 32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Does Tommy count? 33. Something that is getting on your nerves: My procrastination 34. Most visited Website: meatspin.com 35. Mole/s: None  36. Mark/s: I found a new birthmark on my leg I think 37. Childhood dream: To be a King 38. Hair color: Sandy Blonde???? 39. Long or short hair: Fuck boy cut 40. Do you have a crush on someone: Yes sir yes sir 41. What do you like about yourself: My eyes my hair and my dong 42. Piercings: Zero 43. Blood Type: Bloody 44. Nickname: Idiot 45. Relationship status: Dating 46. Zodiac: Pisces 47. Pronouns: He/him 48. Favorite TV Show: It's always sunny in Philadelphia/ Yu yu hakusho 49. Tattoos: No but I want three or four 50. Right or left hand: right 51. Surgery: Yeah I got a second hole on my ass 52. Piercing: Zip 53. Sport: Racketball because I'm a loser 55. Vacation: It's been a long time 56. Pair of trainers: Light up Sketchers 57. Eating: Disappointment 58. Drinking: Beer cause i hate myself 59. I’m about to: Upload dick pics onto my porn blog honestly 61. Waiting for: School to start 62. Want: A healthy relationship 63. Get married: I'm on the fence recently 64. Career: In school studying Business Economics WHICH IS BETTER?: 65. Hugs or kisses: Kisses honestly 66. Lips or eyes: Eyes 67. Shorter or taller: Doesn't matter really 68. Older or younger: Apparently Older 70. Nice arms or nice stomach: Stomach I guess?? I've never been turned on by someone's arms or stomach 71. Sensitive or loud: I seem to pick loud a lot 72. Hook up or relationship: relationships 73. Troublemaker or hesitant: Troublemaker HAVE YOU EVER: 74. Kissed a stranger: Yes 75. Drank hard liquor: I've done a shot like once, we don't keep hard liquor at home. 76. Lost glasses/contact lenses: Consistently 77. Turned someone down: All the fucking time 78. Sex in the first date: Close 79. Broken someones heart: Several times but I'm not proud of it 80. Had your heart broken: A lot 81. Been arrested: Nope 82. Cried when someone died: No 83. Fallen for a friend: Pretty much only friends DO YOU BELIEVE IN: 84. Yourself: If I don't then who will 85. Miracles: No sometimes things just happen 86. Love at first sight: Absolutely not 87. Santa Claus: No 88. Kiss in the first date: If I didn't I'm a hypocrite  89. Angels: I already said I believe in myself OTHER: 90. Current best friend’s name: Cady 91. Eyecolor: Blue 92. Favorite movie: Aladdin I tag: @churchauvers @lightyournightwithstars @blxckisthecolor @superhusbands4ever @loftyaspiration @holocene-days @seethestarsalittlecloser @tearsandvanillaicecream @amitylauren

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komuesq · 7 years

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WAS TAGGED BY: @tsuyuake tyyy ~

TAGGING: @enoshimatroll, @excelerator, @jaytodd1129, @kiokushitaka, @liraelgoldenhanded, @smolnatsu29, @signedsfs + anyone else!

RULES: ANSWER THESE 85 STATEMENTS AND TAG 20 PEOPLE

THE LAST

1. DRINK: 1/2 pomegranate juice + 1/2 water to dilute 2. PHONE CALL: my dad 3. TEXT MESSAGE: a family friend 4. SONG YOU LISTENED TO: error - vixx 5. TIME YOU CRIED: i was reminiscing abt my time in hk (”: 6. DATED SOMEONE TWICE: - 7. KISSED SOMEONE AND REGRETTED IT: - 8. BEEN CHEATED ON: - 9. LOST SOMEONE SPECIAL: family members and family friends, but no one that i was particularly close with 10. BEEN DEPRESSED: for a depressive episode - two days ago? 11. GOTTEN DRUNK AND THROWN UP: -

12. black 13. red 14. gray

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU 15. MADE NEW FRIENDS: YES @ ALL MY HK BUDDIES 16. FALLEN OUT OF LOVE: - 17. LAUGHED UNTIL YOU CRIED: a lot lmfao 18. FOUND OUT SOMEONE WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU: its always good things tho so idk if that counts 19. MET SOMEONE WHO CHANGED YOU: yes (”: 20. FOUND OUT WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE: ya i mean, we had a p big group in hk so it makes sense that ppl would eventually form their own small sub-group 21. KISSED SOMEONE ON YOUR FACEBOOK LIST: yes....?? ??? GENERAL 22. HOW MANY OF YOUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS DO YOU KNOW IN REAL LIFE: i’ve met all of them face-to-face save for ~5 ppl who are long-time friends i’ve met online 23. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS: my family has two parakeets and a beta fish, but personally no 24. DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR NAME: yes bc im not too fond of it, but no bc i don’t know what else to change it to 25. WHAT DID YOU DO FOR YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY: on the night prior (going into midnight), i went to a last meetup with my hk buddies - karaoke! they surprised me by singing happy birthday when i came in & we also had cake! but on the actual day, ahhh i went to macau w/ someone v close to me! we walked ard the venetian, got some egg tarts from lord’s stow and bakery (THE BEST), then got nachos (i hadn’t had some in a while) and bubble tea 26. WHAT TIME DID YOU WAKE UP: 8:30a, p early considering i went to bed ard 2:00a 27. WHAT WERE YOU DOING AT MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT: editing my cosplay photos lmfao 28. NAME SOMETHING YOU CAN’T WAIT FOR: to cosplay at AWA! and possibly meeting w/ someone for new years??? also catching up w/ a long-time friend this weekend hopefully ~~ 29. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW YOUR MOM: about three weeks ago?? she’s vacationing in canada 31. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW: the closer - vixx 32. HAVE YOU EVER TALKED TO A PERSON NAMED TOM: does tom from myspace count bc he sent me a welcome message 33. SOMETHING THAT IS GETTING ON YOUR NERVES: my lip is peeling and im like why )))’: 34. MOST VISITED WEBSITE: either tumblr or twitter tbh 35. HAIR COLOUR: black, tho i really want to dye it plsss 36. LONG OR SHORT HAIR: both!!! for me personally, prob short hair bc it’s easier to put in a wig cap + cuter w my face 37. DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON SOMEONE: i was serious when i mentioned in passing that i’ve never really had crushes - v demiro and even then its bc the other person shows interest first that i would even consider bc i honestly don’t think of these things 38. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF: i can be fairly creative when it comes to writing; my writing isn’t particular bad & i would consider my articulation to be top-notch in more formal settings. and i generally have a more positive outlook on life 39. PIERCINGS: none 40. BLOOD TYPE: either A or O, but prob O bc apparently mosquitoes are more attracted to O? 41. NICKNAME: komu 42. RELATIONSHIP STATUS: hmm single 43. ZODIAC: taurus / rat 44. PRONOUNS: any / she/her 45. FAVOURITE TV SHOW: none tbh 46. TATTOOS: none 47. RIGHT OR LEFT HANDED: right 48. SURGERY: none 50. SPORT: I CAN’T EVEN RUN W/O DYING IN 5 MIN 51. VACATION: ok so my european friends are telling me to do a food tour of europe and im so down tbh, also i would love to go back to osaka (or maybe tokyo bc i haven’t been there) 52. PAIR OF TRAINERS: err

MORE GENERAL 53. EATING: just ate a bagel w/ hummus bc my bro ate all the cream cheese hmmMMM 54. DRINKING: currently water 55. I’M ABOUT TO: go upstairs and take a nap 56. WAITING FOR: tmrw to come so i can send off a package + watch a movie w/ friendo!! 57. WANT: a peace in mind and for all my loans to be paid off. also a job offer would be nice but i haven’t done anything for that soo 58. GET MARRIED: hmm it’s not too far of a reach 59. CAREER: good question (”:

WHICH IS BETTER:

60. HUGS OR KISSES: hugs 61. LIPS OR EYES: eyes 62. SHORTER OR TALLER: taller bc im short as hell 63. OLDER OR YOUNGER: older mostly bc im 21 and anyone younger is in college as im finishing up 64. NICE ARMS OR NICE STOMACH: oooooo i might have to go for arms, even tho tums can b cute 65. HOOK UP OR RELATIONSHIP: relationship 66. TROUBLEMAKER OR HESITANT: if the troublemaker gets caught up with the law then no ty

HAVE YOU EVER: 67. KISSED A STRANGER: no 68. DRANK HARD LIQUOR: nooo 69. LOST GLASSES/CONTACT LENSES: yes!!! they were in the case and i dropped the case and it bounced under the counter and i can’t find it???? 70. TURNED SOMEONE DOWN: yes 71. SEX ON THE FIRST DATE: nah 72. BROKEN SOMEONE’S HEART: probably ? 73. HAD YOUR HEART BROKEN: does it count if it’s a mutual thing 74. BEEN ARRESTED: no 75. CRIED WHEN SOMEONE DIED: yes 76. FALLEN FOR A FRIEND: nah

DO YOU BELIEVE IN: 77. YOURSELF: i try to 78. MIRACLES: nah 79. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT: i believe that there are ppl in the world that you instantly connect with bc ur personalities mesh well 80. SANTA CLAUS: i grew up chinese 81. KISS ON THE FIRST DATE: no 82. ANGELS: nah

OTHER: 84. EYE COLOUR: dark brown 85. FAVOURITE MOVIE: INCEPTION, but i also love gattaca and sky high (^:

#.tlk

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birdgirliris · 7 years

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Mun Interview

1) Are you really ready for 111 questions? Bring it. (ELEVENTY-ONE!!) 2) Where are you taking this test at? Test? This is a TEST? I thought it was an interview. Sitting on the sofa while watching one of my murder mystery shows. 3) Was your last real relationship a mistake? I don’t do the whole dating thing so no. 4) Who did you last say “I love you” to? My mom 5) Do you regret it? Nope ^^ 6) Have you ever been depressed? Yep. 7) Are you a boy or girl? Look like a girl but I identify as agender. 8) Do you have a job? Yep 9) What is your relationship status? Single and absolutely not looking. 10) How do you want to die? Very quickly or in my sleep 11) What did you last eat? A granola bar 12) Played any sports? I used to do Tennis, Swimming, Gymnastics all very briefly as a kid. Took Tae-Kwon-Do and got all the way to high red belt before the dojo went under. T_T I also took horse back riding lessons for a year which was absolutely wonderful. Currently getting really into running and training for 5ks. 13) Do you bite your nails? No. I like them long anyway 14) When was your last physical fight? I don’t do physical fights? 15) Do you have an attitude? I can. I can be an atrocious little sass master XD 16) Do you like someone? I am assuming this is a “do you have a crush on someone” question, which I don’t. 17) What is your real name? Anna 18) What is the background of you computer screen? A picture of a bunch of islands from the sky. I love the contrast of the blue and green. 19) Are you gonna get high later? Don’t do drugs 20) Do you hate anyone at the moment? No. I’ve found that hating people is too exhausting. Why focus on someone who is oblivious to your hate and spend energy on trying to take them down? Best revenge is to just learn to move on and self love and keep those people out of your life. Took me ages to get there though and sometimes it’s hard. 21) Do you miss someone? I miss my grandparents. 22) Twirl or cut your spaghetti? Twirl. 23) Do you tan a lot? Hahah not at all XD I am pale as a vampire and burn just as easily. 24) Have any pets? T_T We just put the last of them down last month. I used to have two wonderful ferrets and a Labrador. 25) How exactly are you feeling?! A little sleepy and kind of worn down. 26) Ever eaten food in a car while someone or yourself is driving? Yes 27) Ever made out in the bathroom? No 28) Would you take any of your exes back? I don’t have any 29) Are you afraid of spiders? Nah. I am actually the designated spider remover/killer of my group of friends and family. XD 30) Would you go back in time if you were given the chance? I SURE WOULD!! that would be so cool to experience history first hand ^^ 31) Do you regret anything from your past? Nah. 32) What are your plans for this weekend? I have work and THEN I HAVE MY BIRTHDAY I AM GOING TO BE SO OLD HELP ME (I actually won’t be that old but still I was hoping to be more accomplished before I turned almost 30). 33) Do you want to have kids? Hahaha no. Let me be the godperson or the aunt or whatever but I don’t actually want kids. 34) Did you ever kiss someone whose name starts with an M? No? 35) Do you type fast? Usually. 36) Do you have piercings? Nope. 37) Want any more? Noooo. 38) Can you spell well? Hahahhaa, I frequently spell things so wrong I have to google it cause spell check can’t help me XD 39) Do you miss anyone from your past? No actually. I’m grateful for the experiences and things I learned, but I don’t want those people back in my life. 40) What are you craving right now? nothing actually. 41) Ever been to a bonfire party? I have a feeling that if I say yes it will be saying yes to something I have never actually done/been to but my family usually does big bonfires in the fall and we all hang out and sometimes have friends over? 42) Have you ever been to jail? Nope. 43) Have you ever been on a horse? Yes! Many times. I freaking love horses. <3 44) Kissed someone in a pick up truck? Nope. 45) Have you ever broken someone’s heart? No. 46) Have you ever been cheated on? Not applicable 47) Have you made a boyfriend/girlfriend cry? Never had one 48) What time is it currently? 4:30 EST 49) Would you live with someone without marrying them? Sure I mean isn’t that what being a roommate is? 50) What should you be doing? Writing. I have rp replies and a novella to write XD 51) What’s irritating you right now? My mild headache that I can’t quite seem to get rid of. 52) Have you ever liked someone so much that it hurts? Not reeeally? 53) Does somebody love you? Besides family and friends, nope. 54) What is your favorite color? Green, Blue, Black, Purple, Brown 55) Have you ever changed clothes in a vehicle? Yes. But it’s a pain in the butt. 0/10 57) Do you have trust issues? I have some? 58) You are over half way done with this. Are you sure you want to continue? I am not finished until I have answered all eleventy-one questions. No I will not stop making Lord of the Ring references. 59) Do you have any siblings? I do. I have a sister. ^^ 60) Do you have a good relationship with your parents? I have a really strong relationship with my parents. 61) Do you live with anyone? My parents 62) Do you believe your most recent ex thinks about you? Not applicable 63) Who was the last person you cried in front of? My best friend. I just completely broke down and she was like “ok cool beans, I got this” and was super great. 64) Do you give out second chances too easily? Nope. I know my boundaries and if you cross ‘em, you cross ‘em, and I’m out, your loss. 65) Is it easier to forgive or forget? It’s a lot easier to forgive. I frankly think it’s stupid to forgive and forget. Remember, so that you can learn from it, possibly help others, and so that those who wronged you can’t do it again (or as easily at least). 66) Is this year the best year of your life? Absolutely not. It hasn’t been a horrible year by any means though. It’s just had its rough patches. 67) What was your childhood nickname? Anna Banana. 68) Have you ever walked outside completely naked? wh-....why would I ever do that? XD 69) What is your motto in life? Hakuna Matata 70) Do you believe everything happens for a reason? Yeah. 71) What is the last thing you did before you went to bed last night? Brushed my teeth 72) Do you have a best friend? I do. <3 73) What is bothering you? My headache and the fact that word counts do not go up if you don’t actually write the words. The fact that writing can’t happen by osmosis really bugs me. But I think that it bugs most writers XD 74) Have you ever been out of your country? No. T_T 75) Do you play the Wii? I don’t have one. 76) Are you listening to music right now? No. But I am watching a murder mystery show (Death in Paradise). 77) Do you like Chinese food? GIVE ME!! *grabby hands* 78) Do you know your fathers b- day? I do. But I am not sharing that information. 79) Are you afraid of the dark? No. The dark isn’t scary. It’s what’s in it. 80) Is cheating ever okay? No 81) Are you mean? I can be incredibly mean but I try not to be and leave the situation if I know my temper might get the best of me. 82) Can you keep white shoes clean? Hhahaha my childhood has proven this is an impossibility for me. XD 83) What was the last song you listened to? Why Not (Hilary Duff) 84) Do you believe in true love? Yes. 85) What are you currently wearing? Jeans and a t-shirt 86) What do you wear to bed? Usually just a t-shirt. It gets hot at night here during the summer. 87) What is the weather like right now? IT’S SO HOT AND HUMID WHY DO I LIVE IN THE SOUTH??? 88) Do you like the outside? I freaking love the outdoors. <3 89) Are you currently bored? Nah. I’ve got my tv show, I’m good. 90) Do you wanna get married? I’m so happy being single that I have a really hard time picturing myself ever being married. It’s just not something that interests me. 91) Is it cute when a boy/girl calls you baby? No cause I’m not into that. 92) Are you hungry? Nope. 93) Have you ever made out for more than a half hour straight? No. XD 94) What makes you happy? RP-ing, writing, photography, reading, watching murder mysteries/true crime shows 95) Would you change your name? Mayyyybe? But I like it. 96) Ever been to Alaska? No, but I really want to go. 98) Do you watch the news? Sometimes. 99) What’ s your zodiac sign? Cancer 100) Do you like Subway? Subway is one of my favorite sandwich places. 101) Would it be hard to kiss the last person you kissed? Like platonically or romantically? You’ve gotta be more specific here. 102) Your best friend of the opposite sex likes you, what do you do? 1.This doesn’t really apply 2. I don’t have any male friends (namely because they refuse to respect my wishes/boundaries and I’m not here for that no matter the gender--me saying I don’t want to date you is not your cue to try harder). 103) Do you talk like your friends? Nah. I might borrow certain catch phrases but my style of talking is pretty distinct apparently? 104) What do you plan to do with the rest of your day? Just chill. Write a bit and then maybe watch an anime/read then sleep. 105) Have you ever seen someone you knew & purposely avoided them? Once or twice. If I see someone I’m no longer friends with I’ll avoid them, but won’t go majorly out of my way to do so. In the unfortunate event I do I run into them, I’ll be polite. 106) Do you have a friend of the opposite sex who you can act your complete self around? All of my friends are girls. See number 102. 107) who was the last person of the opposite sex you talked to? My dad. 108) Does it matter if your boyfriend/girlfriend smokes? I can’t be around people who smoke. And I’m not interested in dating. 109) Who’s the last person you had a deep conversation with? My dad. 110) Favorite lyrics right now?

I know everybody on this island, seems so happy on this island Everything is by design I know everybody on this island has a role on this island So maybe I can roll with mine I can lead with pride, I can make us strong I'll be satisfied if I play along But the voice inside sings a different song What is wrong with me? ~How Far I’ll Go (Moana)

111) Tag 10 people Everyone has already been taggggged. T_T (but if you haven’t been and want to be let me know and I will 100% tag you)

#meme #ooc #long post

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cutepilled · 7 years

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pee pee .

Open main menuWikipedia SearchEdit this pageWatch this pageRead in another languageUranusThis article is about the planet. For other uses, see Uranus (disambiguation).Uranus Uranus symbol.svgUranus2.jpgUranus as a featureless disc, photographed by Voyager 2 in 1986DiscoveryDiscovered by William HerschelDiscovery date March 13, 1781DesignationsPronunciation Listeni/ˈjʊərənəs/ or Listeni/jʊˈreɪnəs/[1][2]Adjectives UranianOrbital characteristics[7][a]Epoch J2000Aphelion 20.11 AU(3,008 Gm)Perihelion 18.33 AU(2,742 Gm)Semi-major axis19.2184 AU(2,875.04 Gm)Eccentricity 0.046381Orbital period84.0205 yr30,688.5 d[3]42,718 Uranian solar days[4]Synodic period369.66 days[5]Average orbital speed6.80 km/s[5]Mean anomaly142.238600°Inclination 0.773° to ecliptic6.48° to Sun's equator1.02° to invariable plane[6]Longitude of ascending node74.006°Argument of perihelion96.998857°Known satellites 27Physical characteristicsMean radius25,362±7 km[8][b]Equatorial radius25,559±4 km4.007 Earths[8][b]Polar radius24,973±20 km3.929 Earths[8][b]Flattening 0.0229±0.0008[c]Circumference 159,354.1 km[3]Surface area8.1156×109 km2[3][b]15.91 EarthsVolume 6.833×1013 km3[5][b]63.086 EarthsMass (8.6810±0.0013)×1025 kg14.536 Earths[9]GM=5,793,939±13 km3/s2Mean density1.27 g/cm3[5][d]Surface gravity8.69 m/s2[5][b]0.886 g0.210Moment of inertia factor0.23[10] (estimate)Escape velocity21.3 km/s[5][b]Sidereal rotation period−0.71833 d (retrograde)17 h 14 min 24 s[8]Equatorial rotation velocity2.59 km/s9,320 km/hAxial tilt97.77° (to orbit)[5]North pole right ascension17h 9m 15s257.311°[8]North pole declination−15.175°[8]Albedo 0.300 (Bond)0.51 (geom.)[5]Surface temp. min mean max1 bar level[11] 76 K (−197.2 °C) 0.1 bar(tropopause)[12] 47 K 53 K 57 KApparent magnitude5.9[13] to 5.32[5]Angular diameter3.3″ to 4.1″[5]Atmosphere[12][14][15][e]Scale height27.7 km[5]Composition by volume (Below 1.3 bar)Gases:83 ± 3% hydrogen (H2)15 ± 3% helium (He)2.3% methane (CH4)0.009% (0.007–0.015%) hydrogen deuteride (HD)Ices:ammonia (NH3)water (H2O)ammonium hydrosulfide (NH4SH)methane hydrateUranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both have different bulk chemical composition from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. For this reason, scientists often classify Uranus and Neptune as "ice giants" to distinguish them from the gas giants. Uranus's atmosphere is similar to Jupiter's and Saturn's in its primary composition of hydrogen and helium, but it contains more "ices" such as water, ammonia, and methane, along with traces of other hydrocarbons.[12] It is the coldest planetary atmosphere in the Solar System, with a minimum temperature of 49 K (−224 °C; −371 °F), and has a complex, layered cloud structure with water thought to make up the lowest clouds and methane the uppermost layer of clouds.[12] The interior of Uranus is mainly composed of ices and rock.[11]Uranus is the only planet whose name is derived from a figure from Greek mythology, from the Latinised version of the Greek god of the sky Ouranos. Like the other giant planets, Uranus has a ring system, a magnetosphere, and numerous moons. The Uranian system has a unique configuration among those of the planets because its axis of rotation is tilted sideways, nearly into the plane of its solar orbit. Its north and south poles, therefore, lie where most other planets have their equators.[16] In 1986, images from Voyager 2 showed Uranus as an almost featureless planet in visible light, without the cloud bands or storms associated with the other giant planets.[16] Observations from Earth have shown seasonal change and increased weather activity as Uranus approached its equinox in 2007. Wind speeds can reach 250 metres per second (900 km/h; 560 mph).[17]HistoryLike the classical planets, Uranus is visible to the naked eye, but it was never recognised as a planet by ancient observers because of its dimness and slow orbit.[18] Sir William Herschel announced its discovery on March 13, 1781, expanding the known boundaries of the Solar System for the first time in history and making Uranus the first planet discovered with a telescope.Discovery"34 Tauri" redirects here. For the Firefly Verse, see List of Firefly planets and moons.William Herschel, discoverer of Uranus.Replica of the telescope used by Herschel to discover Uranus.Uranus had been observed on many occasions before its recognition as a planet, but it was generally mistaken for a star. Possibly the earliest known observation was by Hipparchos, who in 128 BCE might have recorded it as a star for his star catalogue that was later incorporated into Ptolemy's Almagest.[19] The earliest definite sighting was in 1690 when John Flamsteed observed it at least six times, cataloguing it as 34 Tauri. The French astronomer Pierre Lemonnier observed Uranus at least twelve times between 1750 and 1769,[20] including on four consecutive nights.Sir William Herschel observed Uranus on March 13, 1781 from the garden of his house at 19 New King Street in Bath, Somerset, England (now the Herschel Museum of Astronomy),[21] and initially reported it (on April 26, 1781) as a comet.[22] Herschel "engaged in a series of observations on the parallax of the fixed stars",[23] using a telescope of his own design.Herschel recorded in his journal: "In the quartile near ζ Tauri ... either [a] Nebulous star or perhaps a comet."[24] On March 17 he noted: "I looked for the Comet or Nebulous Star and found that it is a Comet, for it has changed its place."[25] When he presented his discovery to the Royal Society, he continued to assert that he had found a comet, but also implicitly compared it to a planet:[23]The power I had on when I first saw the comet was 227. From experience I know that the diameters of the fixed stars are not proportionally magnified with higher powers, as planets are; therefore I now put the powers at 460 and 932, and found that the diameter of the comet increased in proportion to the power, as it ought to be, on the supposition of its not being a fixed star, while the diameters of the stars to which I compared it were not increased in the same ratio. Moreover, the comet being magnified much beyond what its light would admit of, appeared hazy and ill-defined with these great powers, while the stars preserved that lustre and distinctness which from many thousand observations I knew they would retain. The sequel has shown that my surmises were well-founded, this proving to be the Comet we have lately observed.[23]Herschel notified the Astronomer Royal, Nevil Maskelyne, of his discovery and received this flummoxed reply from him on April 23, 1781: "I don't know what to call it. It is as likely to be a regular planet moving in an orbit nearly circular to the sun as a Comet moving in a very eccentric ellipsis. I have not yet seen any coma or tail to it."[26]Although Herschel continued to describe his new object as a comet, other astronomers had already begun to suspect otherwise. Finnish-Swedish astronomer Anders Johan Lexell, working in Russia, was the first to compute the orbit of the new object.[27] Its nearly circular orbit led him to a conclusion that it was a planet rather than a comet. Berlin astronomer Johann Elert Bode described Herschel's discovery as "a moving star that can be deemed a hitherto unknown planet-like object circulating beyond the orbit of Saturn".[28] Bode concluded that its near-circular orbit was more like a planet than a comet.[29]The object was soon universally accepted as a new planet. By 1783, Herschel acknowledged this to Royal Society president Joseph Banks: "By the observation of the most eminent Astronomers in Europe it appears that the new star, which I had the honour of pointing out to them in March 1781, is a Primary Planet of our Solar System."[30] In recognition of his achievement, King George III gave Herschel an annual stipend of £200 on condition that he move to Windsor so that the Royal Family could look through his telescopes.[31]NameUranus is named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky Uranus (Ancient Greek: Οὐρανός), the father of Cronus (Saturn) and grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter), which in Latin became "Ūranus" (Latin pronunciation: [ˈuranʊs]).[1] It is the only planet whose name is derived from a figure of Greek mythology. The adjective of Uranus is "Uranian".[32] The pronunciation of the name Uranus preferred among astronomers is /ˈjʊərənəs/,[2] with stress on the first syllable as in Latin Ūranus, in contrast to /jʊˈreɪnəs/, with stress on the second syllable and a long a, though both are considered acceptable.[f]Consensus on the name was not reached until almost 70 years after the planet's discovery. During the original discussions following discovery, Maskelyne asked Herschel to "do the astronomical world the faver [sic] to give a name to your planet, which is entirely your own, [and] which we are so much obliged to you for the discovery of".[34] In response to Maskelyne's request, Herschel decided to name the object Georgium Sidus (George's Star), or the "Georgian Planet" in honour of his new patron, King George III.[35] He explained this decision in a letter to Joseph Banks:[30]In the fabulous ages of ancient times the appellations of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were given to the Planets, as being the names of their principal heroes and divinities. In the present more philosophical era it would hardly be allowable to have recourse to the same method and call it Juno, Pallas, Apollo or Minerva, for a name to our new heavenly body. The first consideration of any particular event, or remarkable incident, seems to be its chronology: if in any future age it should be asked, when this last-found Planet was discovered? It would be a very satisfactory answer to say, 'In the reign of King George the Third'.Herschel's proposed name was not popular outside Britain, and alternatives were soon proposed. Astronomer Jérôme Lalande proposed that it be named Herschel in honour of its discoverer.[36] Swedish astronomer Erik Prosperin proposed the name Neptune, which was supported by other astronomers who liked the idea to commemorate the victories of the British Royal Naval fleet in the course of the American Revolutionary War by calling the new planet even Neptune George III or Neptune Great Britain.[27]In a March 1782 treatise, Bode proposed Uranus, the Latinised version of the Greek god of the sky, Ouranos.[37] Bode argued that the name should follow the mythology so as not to stand out as different from the other planets, and that Uranus was an appropriate name as the father of the first generation of the Titans.[37] He also noted that elegance of the name in that just as Saturn was the father of Jupiter, the new planet should be named after the father of Saturn.[31][37][38][39] In 1789, Bode's Royal Academy colleague Martin Klaproth named his newly discovered element uranium in support of Bode's choice.[40] Ultimately, Bode's suggestion became the most widely used, and became universal in 1850 when HM Nautical Almanac Office, the final holdout, switched from using Georgium Sidus to Uranus.[38]Uranus has two astronomical symbols. The first to be proposed, ♅,[g] was suggested by Lalande in 1784. In a letter to Herschel, Lalande described it as "un globe surmonté par la première lettre de votre nom" ("a globe surmounted by the first letter of your surname").[36] A later proposal, ⛢,[h] is a hybrid of the symbols for Mars and the Sun because Uranus was the Sky in Greek mythology, which was thought to be dominated by the combined powers of the Sun and Mars.[41]Uranus is called by a variety of translations in other languages. In Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, its name is literally translated as the "sky king star" (天王星).[42][43][44][45] In Thai, its official name is Dao Yurenat (ดาวยูเรนัส), as in English. Its other name in Thai is Dao Maritayu (ดาวมฤตยู, Star of Mṛtyu), after the Sanskrit word for "death", Mrtyu (मृत्यु). In Mongolian, its name is Tengeriin Van (Тэнгэрийн ван), translated as "King of the Sky", reflecting its namesake god's role as the ruler of the heavens. In Hawaiian, its name is Hele‘ekala. In Māori, its name is Whērangi.[46][47] It is also named in Māori as Rangipō. In Nahuatl, Uranus is known as "Ilhuicateōcītlalli", named after the word for "sky", "ilhuicatl". It is also named in Nahuatl as "Xiuhtēuccītlalli", after the god Xiuhtecuhtli.Orbit and rotationA 1998 false-colour near-infrared image of Uranus showing cloud bands, rings, and moons obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope's NICMOS camera.Uranus orbits the Sun once every 84 years. Its average distance from the Sun is roughly 20 AU (3 billion km; 2 billion mi). The difference between its minimum and maximum distance from the Sun is 1.8 AU, larger than that of any other planet, though not as large as that of dwarf planet Pluto.[48] The intensity of sunlight varies inversely with the square of distance, and so on Uranus (at about 20 times the distance from the Sun compared to Earth) it is about 1/400 the intensity of light on Earth.[49] Its orbital elements were first calculated in 1783 by Pierre-Simon Laplace.[50] With time, discrepancies began to appear between the predicted and observed orbits, and in 1841, John Couch Adams first proposed that the differences might be due to the gravitational tug of an unseen planet. In 1845, Urbain Le Verrier began his own independent research into Uranus's orbit. On September 23, 1846, Johann Gottfried Galle located a new planet, later named Neptune, at nearly the position predicted by Le Verrier.[51]The rotational period of the interior of Uranus is 17 hours, 14 minutes. As on all the giant planets, its upper atmosphere experiences strong winds in the direction of rotation. At some latitudes, such as about 60 degrees south, visible features of the atmosphere move much faster, making a full rotation in as little as 14 hours.[52]Axial tiltThe Uranian axis of rotation is approximately parallel with the plane of the Solar System, with an axial tilt of 97.77° (as defined by prograde rotation). This gives it seasonal changes completely unlike those of the other planets. Near the solstice, one pole faces the Sun continuously and the other faces away. Only a narrow strip around the equator experiences a rapid day–night cycle, but with the Sun low over the horizon. At the other side of Uranus's orbit the orientation of the poles towards the Sun is reversed. Each pole gets around 42 years of continuous sunlight, followed by 42 years of darkness.[53] Near the time of the equinoxes, the Sun faces the equator of Uranus giving a period of day–night cycles similar to those seen on most of the other planets. In contrast to the other planets, whose motions around the Sun resemble that of spinning tops, Uranus's motion can be visualised as that of a ball rolling on the ecliptic plane near solstices and of a spinning rifle bullet near equinoxes.Uranus reached its most recent equinox on December 7, 2007.[54][55]Northern hemisphere Year Southern hemisphereWinter solstice 1902, 1986 Summer solsticeVernal equinox 1923, 2007 Autumnal equinoxSummer solstice 1944, 2028 Winter solsticeAutumnal equinox 1965, 2049 Vernal equinoxOne result of this axis orientation is that, averaged over the Uranian year, the polar regions of Uranus receive a greater energy input from the Sun than its equatorial regions. Nevertheless, Uranus is hotter at its equator than at its poles. The underlying mechanism that causes this is unknown. The reason for Uranus's unusual axial tilt is also not known with certainty, but the usual speculation is that during the formation of the Solar System, an Earth-sized protoplanet collided with Uranus, causing the skewed orientation.[56] Uranus's south pole was pointed almost directly at the Sun at the time of Voyager 2's flyby in 1986. The labelling of this pole as "south" uses the definition currently endorsed by the International Astronomical Union, namely that the north pole of a planet or satellite is the pole that points above the invariable plane of the Solar System, regardless of the direction the planet is spinning.[57][58] A different convention is sometimes used, in which a body's north and south poles are defined according to the right-hand rule in relation to the direction of rotation.[59]VisibilityFrom 1995 to 2006, Uranus's apparent magnitude fluctuated between +5.6 and +5.9, placing it just within the limit of naked eye visibility at +6.5.[13] Its angular diameter is between 3.4 and 3.7 arcseconds, compared with 16 to 20 arcseconds for Saturn and 32 to 45 arcseconds for Jupiter.[13] At opposition, Uranus is visible to the naked eye in dark skies, and becomes an easy target even in urban conditions with binoculars.[5] In larger amateur telescopes with an objective diameter of between 15 and 23 cm, Uranus appears as a pale cyan disk with distinct limb darkening. With a large telescope of 25 cm or wider, cloud patterns, as well as some of the larger satellites, such as Titania and Oberon, may be visible.[60]Physical characteristicsInternal structureSize comparison of Earth and UranusDiagram of the interior of UranusUranus's mass is roughly 14.5 times that of Earth, making it the least massive of the giant planets. Its diameter is slightly larger than Neptune's at roughly four times that of Earth. A resulting density of 1.27 g/cm3 makes Uranus the second least dense planet, after Saturn.[8][9] This value indicates that it is made primarily of various ices, such as water, ammonia, and methane.[11] The total mass of ice in Uranus's interior is not precisely known, because different figures emerge depending on the model chosen; it must be between 9.3 and 13.5 Earth masses.[11][61] Hydrogen and helium constitute only a small part of the total, with between 0.5 and 1.5 Earth masses.[11] The remainder of the non-ice mass (0.5 to 3.7 Earth masses) is accounted for by rocky material.[11]The standard model of Uranus's structure is that it consists of three layers: a rocky (silicate/iron–nickel) core in the centre, an icy mantle in the middle and an outer gaseous hydrogen/helium envelope.[11][62] The core is relatively small, with a mass of only 0.55 Earth masses and a radius less than 20% of Uranus's; the mantle comprises its bulk, with around 13.4 Earth masses, and the upper atmosphere is relatively insubstantial, weighing about 0.5 Earth masses and extending for the last 20% of Uranus's radius.[11][62] Uranus's core density is around 9 g/cm3, with a pressure in the centre of 8 million bars (800 GPa) and a temperature of about 5000 K.[61][62] The ice mantle is not in fact composed of ice in the conventional sense, but of a hot and dense fluid consisting of water, ammonia and other volatiles.[11][62] This fluid, which has a high electrical conductivity, is sometimes called a water–ammonia ocean.[63]The extreme pressure and temperature deep within Uranus may break up the methane molecules, with the carbon atoms condensing into crystals of diamond that rain down through the mantle like hailstones.[64] Very-high-pressure experiments at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory suggest that the base of the mantle may comprise an ocean of liquid diamond, with floating solid 'diamond-bergs'.[65][66]The bulk compositions of Uranus and Neptune are different from those of Jupiter and Saturn, with ice dominating over gases, hence justifying their separate classification as ice giants. There may be a layer of ionic water where the water molecules break down into a soup of hydrogen and oxygen ions, and deeper down superionic water in which the oxygen crystallises but the hydrogen ions move freely within the oxygen lattice.[67]Although the model considered above is reasonably standard, it is not unique; other models also satisfy observations. For instance, if substantial amounts of hydrogen and rocky material are mixed in the ice mantle, the total mass of ices in the interior will be lower, and, correspondingly, the total mass of rocks and hydrogen will be higher. Presently available data does not allow a scientific determination which model is correct.[61] The fluid interior structure of Uranus means that it has no solid surface. The gaseous atmosphere gradually transitions into the internal liquid layers.[11] For the sake of convenience, a revolving oblate spheroid set at the point at which atmospheric pressure equals 1 bar (100 kPa) is conditionally designated as a "surface". It has equatorial and polar radii of 25,559 ± 4 km (15,881.6 ± 2.5 mi) and 24,973 ± 20 km (15,518 ± 12 mi), respectively.[8] This surface is used throughout this article as a zero point for altitudes.Internal heatUranus's internal heat appears markedly lower than that of the other giant planets; in astronomical terms, it has a low thermal flux.[17][68] Why Uranus's internal temperature is so low is still not understood. Neptune, which is Uranus's near twin in size and composition, radiates 2.61 times as much energy into space as it receives from the Sun,[17] but Uranus radiates hardly any excess heat at all. The total power radiated by Uranus in the far infrared (i.e. heat) part of the spectrum is 1.06±0.08 times the solar energy absorbed in its atmosphere.[12][69] Uranus's heat flux is only 0.042±0.047 W/m2, which is lower than the internal heat flux of Earth of about 0.075 W/m2.[69] The lowest temperature recorded in Uranus's tropopause is 49 K (−224.2 °C; −371.5 °F), making Uranus the coldest planet in the Solar System.[12][69]One of the hypotheses for this discrepancy suggests that when Uranus was hit by a supermassive impactor, which caused it to expel most of its primordial heat, it was left with a depleted core temperature.[70] Another hypothesis is that some form of barrier exists in Uranus's upper layers that prevents the core's heat from reaching the surface.[11] For example, convection may take place in a set of compositionally different layers, which may inhibit the upward heat transport;[12][69] perhaps double diffusive convection is a limiting factor.[11]AtmosphereMain article: Atmosphere of UranusAlthough there is no well-defined solid surface within Uranus's interior, the outermost part of Uranus's gaseous envelope that is accessible to remote sensing is called its atmosphere.[12] Remote-sensing capability extends down to roughly 300 km below the 1 bar (100 kPa) level, with a corresponding pressure around 100 bar (10 MPa) and temperature of 320 K (47 °C; 116 °F).[71] The tenuous thermosphere extends over two planetary radii from the nominal surface, which is defined to lie at a pressure of 1 bar.[72] The Uranian atmosphere can be divided into three layers: the troposphere, between altitudes of −300 and 50 km (−186 and 31 mi) and pressures from 100 to 0.1 bar (10 MPa to 10 kPa); the stratosphere, spanning altitudes between 50 and 4,000 km (31 and 2,485 mi) and pressures of between 0.1 and 10−10 bar (10 kPa to 10 µPa); and the thermosphere extending from 4,000 km to as high as 50,000 km from the surface.[12] There is no mesosphere.CompositionThe composition of Uranus's atmosphere is different from its bulk, consisting mainly of molecular hydrogen and helium.[12] The helium molar fraction, i.e. the number of helium atoms per molecule of gas, is 0.15±0.03[15] in the upper troposphere, which corresponds to a mass fraction 0.26±0.05.[12][69] This value is close to the protosolar helium mass fraction of 0.275±0.01,[73] indicating that helium has not settled in its centre as it has in the gas giants.[12] The third-most-abundant component of Uranus's atmosphere is methane (CH4).[12] Methane has prominent absorption bands in the visible and near-infrared (IR), making Uranus aquamarine or cyan in colour.[12] Methane molecules account for 2.3% of the atmosphere by molar fraction below the methane cloud deck at the pressure level of 1.3 bar (130 kPa); this represents about 20 to 30 times the carbon abundance found in the Sun.[12][14][74] The mixing ratio[i] is much lower in the upper atmosphere due to its extremely low temperature, which lowers the saturation level and causes excess methane to freeze out.[75] The abundances of less volatile compounds such as ammonia, water, and hydrogen sulfide in the deep atmosphere are poorly known. They are probably also higher than solar values.[12][76] Along with methane, trace amounts of various hydrocarbons are found in the stratosphere of Uranus, which are thought to be produced from methane by photolysis induced by the solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation.[77] They include ethane (C2H6), acetylene (C2H2), methylacetylene (CH3C2H), and diacetylene (C2HC2H).[75][78][79] Spectroscopy has also uncovered traces of water vapour, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in the upper atmosphere, which can only originate from an external source such as infalling dust and comets.[78][79][80]TroposphereThe troposphere is the lowest and densest part of the atmosphere and is characterised by a decrease in temperature with altitude.[12] The temperature falls from about 320 K (47 °C; 116 °F) at the base of the nominal troposphere at −300 km to 53 K (−220 °C; −364 °F) at 50 km.[71][74] The temperatures in the coldest upper region of the troposphere (the tropopause) actually vary in the range between 49 and 57 K (−224 and −216 °C; −371 and −357 °F) depending on planetary latitude.[12][68] The tropopause region is responsible for the vast majority of Uranus's thermal far infrared emissions, thus determining its effective temperature of 59.1 ± 0.3 K (−214.1 ± 0.3 °C; −353.3 ± 0.5 °F).[68][69]The troposphere is thought to have a highly complex cloud structure; water clouds are hypothesised to lie in the pressure range of 50 to 100 bar (5 to 10 MPa), ammonium hydrosulfide clouds in the range of 20 to 40 bar (2 to 4 MPa), ammonia or hydrogen sulfide clouds at between 3 and 10 bar (0.3 and 1 MPa) and finally directly detected thin methane clouds at 1 to 2 bar (0.1 to 0.2 MPa).[12][14][71][81] The troposphere is a dynamic part of the atmosphere, exhibiting strong winds, bright clouds and seasonal changes.[17]Upper atmosphere Aurorae on Uranus taken by the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) installed on Hubble.[82]The middle layer of the Uranian atmosphere is the stratosphere, where temperature generally increases with altitude from 53 K (−220 °C; −364 °F) in the tropopause to between 800 and 850 K (527 and 577 °C; 980 and 1,070 °F) at the base of the thermosphere.[72] The heating of the stratosphere is caused by absorption of solar UV and IR radiation by methane and other hydrocarbons,[83] which form in this part of the atmosphere as a result of methane photolysis.[77] Heat is also conducted from the hot thermosphere.[83] The hydrocarbons occupy a relatively narrow layer at altitudes of between 100 and 300 km corresponding to a pressure range of 10 to 0.1 mbar (10.00 to 0.10 hPa) and temperatures of between 75 and 170 K (−198 and −103 °C; −325 and −154 °F).[75][78] The most abundant hydrocarbons are methane, acetylene and ethane with mixing ratios of around 10−7 relative to hydrogen. The mixing ratio of carbon monoxide is similar at these altitudes.[75][78][80] Heavier hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide have mixing ratios three orders of magnitude lower.[78] The abundance ratio of water is around 7×10−9.[79] Ethane and acetylene tend to condense in the colder lower part of stratosphere and tropopause (below 10 mBar level) forming haze layers,[77] which may be partly responsible for the bland appearance of Uranus. The concentration of hydrocarbons in the Uranian stratosphere above the haze is significantly lower than in the stratospheres of the other giant planets.[75][84]The outermost layer of the Uranian atmosphere is the thermosphere and corona, which has a uniform temperature around 800 to 850 K.[12][84] The heat sources necessary to sustain such a high level are not understood, as neither the solar UV nor the auroral activity can provide the necessary energy to maintain these temperatures. The weak cooling efficiency due to the lack of hydrocarbons in the stratosphere above 0.1 mBar pressure level may contribute too.[72][84] In addition to molecular hydrogen, the thermosphere-corona contains many free hydrogen atoms. Their small mass and high temperatures explain why the corona extends as far as 50,000 km (31,000 mi), or two Uranian radii, from its surface.[72][84] This extended corona is a unique feature of Uranus.[84] Its effects include a drag on small particles orbiting Uranus, causing a general depletion of dust in the Uranian rings.[72] The Uranian thermosphere, together with the upper part of the stratosphere, corresponds to the ionosphere of Uranus.[74] Observations show that the ionosphere occupies altitudes from 2,000 to 10,000 km (1,200 to 6,200 mi).[74] The Uranian ionosphere is denser than that of either Saturn or Neptune, which may arise from the low concentration of hydrocarbons in the stratosphere.[84][85] The ionosphere is mainly sustained by solar UV radiation and its density depends on the solar activity.[86] Auroral activity is insignificant as compared to Jupiter and Saturn.[84][87]Uranus's atmosphere Temperature profile of the Uranian troposphere and lower stratosphere. Cloud and haze layers are also indicated. Zonal wind speeds on Uranus. Shaded areas show the southern collar and its future northern counterpart. The red curve is a symmetrical fit to the data.Magnetosphere The magnetic field of Uranus as observed by Voyager 2 in 1986. S and N are magnetic south and north poles.Before the arrival of Voyager 2, no measurements of the Uranian magnetosphere had been taken, so its nature remained a mystery. Before 1986, scientists had expected the magnetic field of Uranus to be in line with the solar wind, because it would then align with Uranus's poles that lie in the ecliptic.[88]Voyager's observations revealed that Uranus's magnetic field is peculiar, both because it does not originate from its geometric centre, and because it is tilted at 59° from the axis of rotation.[88][89] In fact the magnetic dipole is shifted from the Uranus's centre towards the south rotational pole by as much as one third of the planetary radius.[88] This unusual geometry results in a highly asymmetric magnetosphere, where the magnetic field strength on the surface in the southern hemisphere can be as low as 0.1 gauss (10 µT), whereas in the northern hemisphere it can be as high as 1.1 gauss (110 µT).[88] The average field at the surface is 0.23 gauss (23 µT).[88] In comparison, the magnetic field of Earth is roughly as strong at either pole, and its "magnetic equator" is roughly parallel with its geographical equator.[89] The dipole moment of Uranus is 50 times that of Earth.[88][89] Neptune has a similarly displaced and tilted magnetic field, suggesting that this may be a common feature of ice giants.[89] One hypothesis is that, unlike the magnetic fields of the terrestrial and gas giants, which are generated within their cores, the ice giants' magnetic fields are generated by motion at relatively shallow depths, for instance, in the water–ammonia ocean.[63][90] Another possible explanation for the magnetosphere's alignment is that there are oceans of liquid diamond in Uranus's interior that would deter the magnetic field.[65]Despite its curious alignment, in other respects the Uranian magnetosphere is like those of other planets: it has a bow shock at about 23 Uranian radii ahead of it, a magnetopause at 18 Uranian radii, a fully developed magnetotail, and radiation belts.[88][89][91] Overall, the structure of Uranus's magnetosphere is different from Jupiter's and more similar to Saturn's.[88][89] Uranus's magnetotail trails behind it into space for millions of kilometres and is twisted by its sideways rotation into a long corkscrew.[88][92]Uranus's magnetosphere contains charged particles: mainly protons and electrons, with a small amount of H2+ ions.[89][91] No heavier ions have been detected. Many of these particles probably derive from the thermosphere.[91] The ion and electron energies can be as high as 4 and 1.2 megaelectronvolts, respectively.[91] The density of low-energy (below 1 kiloelectronvolt) ions in the inner magnetosphere is about 2 cm−3.[93] The particle population is strongly affected by the Uranian moons, which sweep through the magnetosphere, leaving noticeable gaps.[91] The particle flux is high enough to cause darkening or space weathering of their surfaces on an astronomically rapid timescale of 100,000 years.[91] This may be the cause of the uniformly dark colouration of the Uranian satellites and rings.[94] Uranus has relatively well developed aurorae, which are seen as bright arcs around both magnetic poles.[84] Unlike Jupiter's, Uranus's aurorae seem to be insignificant for the energy balance of the planetary thermosphere.[87]ClimateMain article: Climate of UranusUranus's southern hemisphere in approximate natural colour (left) and in shorter wavelengths (right), showing its faint cloud bands and atmospheric "hood" as seen by Voyager 2At ultraviolet and visible wavelengths, Uranus's atmosphere is bland in comparison to the other giant planets, even to Neptune, which it otherwise closely resembles.[17] When Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, it observed a total of ten cloud features across the entire planet.[16][95] One proposed explanation for this dearth of features is that Uranus's internal heat appears markedly lower than that of the other giant planets. The lowest temperature recorded in Uranus's tropopause is 49 K (−224 °C; −371 °F), making Uranus the coldest planet in the Solar System.[12][69]Banded structure, winds and cloudsIn 1986, Voyager 2 found that the visible southern hemisphere of Uranus can be subdivided into two regions: a bright polar cap and dark equatorial bands.[16] Their boundary is located at about −45° of latitude. A narrow band straddling the latitudinal range from −45 to −50° is the brightest large feature on its visible surface.[16][96] It is called a southern "collar". The cap and collar are thought to be a dense region of methane clouds located within the pressure range of 1.3 to 2 bar (see above).[97] Besides the large-scale banded structure, Voyager 2 observed ten small bright clouds, most lying several degrees to the north from the collar.[16] In all other respects Uranus looked like a dynamically dead planet in 1986. Voyager 2 arrived during the height of Uranus's southern summer and could not observe the northern hemisphere. At the beginning of the 21st century, when the northern polar region came into view, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and Keck telescope initially observed neither a collar nor a polar cap in the northern hemisphere.[96] So Uranus appeared to be asymmetric: bright near the south pole and uniformly dark in the region north of the southern collar.[96] In 2007, when Uranus passed its equinox, the southern collar almost disappeared, and a faint northern collar emerged near 45° of latitude.[98] The first dark spot observed on Uranus. Image obtained by the HST ACS in 2006.In the 1990s, the number of the observed bright cloud features grew considerably partly because new high-resolution imaging techniques became available.[17] Most were found in the northern hemisphere as it started to become visible.[17] An early explanation—that bright clouds are easier to identify in its dark part, whereas in the southern hemisphere the bright collar masks them – was shown to be incorrect.[99][100] Nevertheless there are differences between the clouds of each hemisphere. The northern clouds are smaller, sharper and brighter.[100] They appear to lie at a higher altitude.[100] The lifetime of clouds spans several orders of magnitude. Some small clouds live for hours; at least one southern cloud may have persisted since the Voyager flyby.[17][95] Recent observation also discovered that cloud features on Uranus have a lot in common with those on Neptune.[17] For example, the dark spots common on Neptune had never been observed on Uranus before 2006, when the first such feature dubbed Uranus Dark Spot was imaged.[101] The speculation is that Uranus is becoming more Neptune-like during its equinoctial season.[102]The tracking of numerous cloud features allowed determination of zonal winds blowing in the upper troposphere of Uranus.[17] At the equator winds are retrograde, which means that they blow in the reverse direction to the planetary rotation. Their speeds are from −360 to −180 km/h (−220 to −110 mph).[17][96] Wind speeds increase with the distance from the equator, reaching zero values near ±20° latitude, where the troposphere's temperature minimum is located.[17][68] Closer to the poles, the winds shift to a prograde direction, flowing with Uranus's rotation. Wind speeds continue to increase reaching maxima at ±60° latitude before falling to zero at the poles.[17] Wind speeds at −40° latitude range from 540 to 720 km/h (340 to 450 mph). Because the collar obscures all clouds below that parallel, speeds between it and the southern pole are impossible to measure.[17] In contrast, in the northern hemisphere maximum speeds as high as 860 km/h (540 mph) are observed near +50° latitude.[17][96][103]Seasonal variation Uranus in 2005. Rings, southern collar and a bright cloud in the northern hemisphere are visible (HST ACS image).For a short period from March to May 2004, large clouds appeared in the Uranian atmosphere, giving it a Neptune-like appearance.[100][104] Observations included record-breaking wind speeds of 820 km/h (510 mph) and a persistent thunderstorm referred to as "Fourth of July fireworks".[95] On August 23, 2006, researchers at the Space Science Institute (Boulder, Colorado) and the University of Wisconsin observed a dark spot on Uranus's surface, giving scientists more insight into Uranus's atmospheric activity.[101] Why this sudden upsurge in activity occurred is not fully known, but it appears that Uranus's extreme axial tilt results in extreme seasonal variations in its weather.[55][102] Determining the nature of this seasonal variation is difficult because good data on Uranus's atmosphere have existed for less than 84 years, or one full Uranian year. Photometry over the course of half a Uranian year (beginning in the 1950s) has shown regular variation in the brightness in two spectral bands, with maxima occurring at the solstices and minima occurring at the equinoxes.[105] A similar periodic variation, with maxima at the solstices, has been noted in microwave measurements of the deep troposphere begun in the 1960s.[106] Stratospheric temperature measurements beginning in the 1970s also showed maximum values near the 1986 solstice.[83] The majority of this variability is thought to occur owing to changes in the viewing geometry.[99]There are some indications that physical seasonal changes are happening in Uranus. Although Uranus is known to have a bright south polar region, the north pole is fairly dim, which is incompatible with the model of the seasonal change outlined above.[102] During its previous northern solstice in 1944, Uranus displayed elevated levels of brightness, which suggests that the north pole was not always so dim.[105] This information implies that the visible pole brightens some time before the solstice and darkens after the equinox.[102] Detailed analysis of the visible and microwave data revealed that the periodical changes of brightness are not completely symmetrical around the solstices, which also indicates a change in the meridional albedo patterns.[102] In the 1990s, as Uranus moved away from its solstice, Hubble and ground-based telescopes revealed that the south polar cap darkened noticeably (except the southern collar, which remained bright),[97] whereas the northern hemisphere demonstrated increasing activity,[95] such as cloud formations and stronger winds, bolstering expectations that it should brighten soon.[100] This indeed happened in 2007 when it passed an equinox: a faint northern polar collar arose, and the southern collar became nearly invisible, although the zonal wind profile remained slightly asymmetric, with northern winds being somewhat slower than southern.[98]The mechanism of these physical changes is still not clear.[102] Near the summer and winter solstices, Uranus's hemispheres lie alternately either in full glare of the Sun's rays or facing deep space. The brightening of the sunlit hemisphere is thought to result from the local thickening of the methane clouds and haze layers located in the troposphere.[97] The bright collar at −45° latitude is also connected with methane clouds.[97] Other changes in the southern polar region can be explained by changes in the lower cloud layers.[97] The variation of the microwave emission from Uranus is probably caused by changes in the deep tropospheric circulation, because thick polar clouds and haze may inhibit convection.[107] Now that the spring and autumn equinoxes are arriving on Uranus, the dynamics are changing and convection can occur again.[95][107]FormationMain article: Formation and evolution of the Solar SystemFor details of the evolution of Uranus's orbit, see Nice model.Many argue that the differences between the ice giants and the gas giants extend to their formation.[108][109] The Solar System is hypothesised to have formed from a giant rotating ball of gas and dust known as the presolar nebula. Much of the nebula's gas, primarily hydrogen and helium, formed the Sun, and the dust grains collected together to form the first protoplanets. As the planets grew, some of them eventually accreted enough matter for their gravity to hold on to the nebula's leftover gas.[108][109] The more gas they held onto, the larger they became; the larger they became, the more gas they held onto until a critical point was reached, and their size began to increase exponentially. The ice giants, with only a few Earth masses of nebular gas, never reached that critical point.[108][109][110] Recent simulations of planetary migration have suggested that both ice giants formed closer to the Sun than their present positions, and moved outwards after formation (the Nice model).[108]MoonsMain article: Moons of UranusSee also: Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellitesMajor moons of Uranus in order of increasing distance (left to right), at their proper relative sizes and albedos (collage of Voyager 2 photographs)The Uranus System (NACO/VLT image)Uranus has 27 known natural satellites.[110] The names of these satellites are chosen from characters in the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.[62][111] The five main satellites are Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon.[62] The Uranian satellite system is the least massive among those of the giant planets; the combined mass of the five major satellites would be less than half that of Triton (largest moon of Neptune) alone.[9] The largest of Uranus's satellites, Titania, has a radius of only 788.9 km (490.2 mi), or less than half that of the Moon, but slightly more than Rhea, the second-largest satellite of Saturn, making Titania the eighth-largest moon in the Solar System. Uranus's satellites have relatively low albedos; ranging from 0.20 for Umbriel to 0.35 for Ariel (in green light).[16] They are ice–rock conglomerates composed of roughly 50% ice and 50% rock. The ice may include ammonia and carbon dioxide.[94][112]Among the Uranian satellites, Ariel appears to have the youngest surface with the fewest impact craters and Umbriel's the oldest.[16][94] Miranda has fault canyons 20 km (12 mi) deep, terraced layers, and a chaotic variation in surface ages and features.[16] Miranda's past geologic activity is thought to have been driven by tidal heating at a time when its orbit was more eccentric than currently, probably as a result of a former 3:1 orbital resonance with Umbriel.[113] Extensional processes associated with upwelling diapirs are the likely origin of Miranda's 'racetrack'-like coronae.[114][115] Ariel is thought to have once been held in a 4:1 resonance with Titania.[116]Uranus has at least one horseshoe orbiter occupying the Sun–Uranus L3 Lagrangian point—a gravitationally unstable region at 180° in its orbit, 83982 Crantor.[117][118] Crantor moves inside Uranus's co-orbital region on a complex, temporary horseshoe orbit. 2010 EU65 is also a promising Uranus horseshoe librator candidate.[118]Planetary ringsMain article: Rings of UranusThe rings are composed of extremely dark particles, which vary in size from micrometres to a fraction of a metre.[16] Thirteen distinct rings are presently known, the brightest being the ε ring. All except two rings of Uranus are extremely narrow – they are usually a few kilometres wide. The rings are probably quite young; the dynamics considerations indicate that they did not form with Uranus. The matter in the rings may once have been part of a moon (or moons) that was shattered by high-speed impacts. From numerous pieces of debris that formed as a result of those impacts, only a few particles survived, in stable zones corresponding to the locations of the present rings.[94][119]William Herschel described a possible ring around Uranus in 1789. This sighting is generally considered doubtful, because the rings are quite faint, and in the two following centuries none were noted by other observers. Still, Herschel made an accurate description of the epsilon ring's size, its angle relative to Earth, its red colour, and its apparent changes as Uranus travelled around the Sun.[120][121] The ring system was definitively discovered on March 10, 1977 by James L. Elliot, Edward W. Dunham, and Jessica Mink using the Kuiper Airborne Observatory. The discovery was serendipitous; they planned to use the occultation of the star SAO 158687 (also known as HD 128598) by Uranus to study its atmosphere. When their observations were analysed, they found that the star had disappeared briefly from view five times both before and after it disappeared behind Uranus. They concluded that there must be a ring system around Uranus.[122] Later they detected four additional rings.[122] The rings were directly imaged when Voyager 2 passed Uranus in 1986.[16] Voyager 2 also discovered two additional faint rings, bringing the total number to eleven.[16]In December 2005, the Hubble Space Telescope detected a pair of previously unknown rings. The largest is located twice as far from Uranus as the previously known rings. These new rings are so far from Uranus that they are called the "outer" ring system. Hubble also spotted two small satellites, one of which, Mab, shares its orbit with the outermost newly discovered ring. The new rings bring the total number of Uranian rings to 13.[123] In April 2006, images of the new rings from the Keck Observatory yielded the colours of the outer rings: the outermost is blue and the other one red.[124][125] One hypothesis concerning the outer ring's blue colour is that it is composed of minute particles of water ice from the surface of Mab that are small enough to scatter blue light.[124][126] In contrast, Uranus's inner rings appear grey.[124]Uranus's rings Animation about the discovering occultation in 1977. (Click on it to start) Uranus has a complicated planetary ring system, which was the second such system to be discovered in the Solar System after Saturn's.[119] Uranus's aurorae against its equatorial rings, imaged by the Hubble telescope. Unlike the aurorae of Earth and Jupiter, those of Uranus are not in line with its poles, due to its lopsided magnetic field.ExplorationMain article: Exploration of UranusCrescent Uranus as imaged by Voyager 2 while en route to NeptuneIn 1986, NASA's Voyager 2 interplanetary probe encountered Uranus. This flyby remains the only investigation of Uranus carried out from a short distance and no other visits are planned. Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Uranus on January 24, 1986, coming within 81,500 km (50,600 mi) of the cloudtops, before continuing its journey to Neptune. The spacecraft studied the structure and chemical composition of Uranus's atmosphere,[74] including its unique weather, caused by its axial tilt of 97.77°. It made the first detailed investigations of its five largest moons and discovered 10 new ones. It examined all nine of the system's known rings and discovered two more.[16][94][127] It also studied the magnetic field, its irregular structure, its tilt and its unique corkscrew magnetotail caused by Uranus's sideways orientation.[88]Voyager 1 was unable to visit Uranus because investigation of Saturn's moon Titan was considered a priority. This trajectory took Voyager 1 out the plane of the ecliptic, ending its planetary science mission.[128]:118The possibility of sending the Cassini spacecraft from Saturn to Uranus was evaluated during a mission extension planning phase in 2009.[129] It would take about twenty years to get to the Uranian system after departing Saturn.[129] A Uranus orbiter and probe was recommended by the 2013–2022 Planetary Science Decadal Survey published in 2011; the proposal envisages launch during 2020–2023 and a 13-year cruise to Uranus.[130] A Uranus entry probe could use Pioneer Venus Multiprobe heritage and descend to 1–5 atmospheres.[130] The ESA evaluated a "medium-class" mission called Uranus Pathfinder.[131] A New Frontiers Uranus Orbiter has been evaluated and recommended in the study, The Case for a Uranus Orbiter.[132] Such a mission is aided by the ease with which a relatively big mass can be sent to the system—over 1500 kg with an Atlas 521 and 12-year journey.[133] For more concepts see Proposed Uranus missions.In cultureIn astrology, the planet Uranus (Uranus's astrological symbol.svg) is the ruling planet of Aquarius. Because Uranus is cyan and Uranus is associated with electricity, the colour electric blue, which is close to cyan, is associated with the sign Aquarius[134] (see Uranus in astrology).The chemical element uranium, discovered in 1789 by the German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth, was named after the newly discovered planet Uranus.[135]"Uranus, the Magician" is a movement in Gustav Holst's orchestral suite The Planets, written between 1914 and 1916.Operation Uranus was the successful military operation in World War II by the Soviet army to take back Stalingrad and marked the turning point in the land war against the Wehrmacht.The lines "Then felt I like some watcher of the skies/When a new planet swims into his ken", from John Keats's "On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer", are a reference to Herschel's discovery of Uranus.[136]See alsoNotesReferencesFurther readingExternal linksLast edited 1 day ago by InternetArchiveBotRELATED ARTICLESAtmosphere of UranusClimate of UranusOutline of UranusWikipediaContent is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted.Terms of UsePrivacyDesktop

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frnkierxo · 7 years

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Rules: once you have been tagged you are supposed to write 92 truths about yourself. At the end, choose 25 people to tag!

@cemeteryrat tagged me in a thing a bit ago and welll imma do it now becos why not, thank u friend :)

honestly... tagging 25 people? nah idk ill tag @undertcw, @imnxtgerard-iprxmise @mortecode @penceybrats @no-fun-club @tealroots if any of u guys wanna do it but if you dont want to, thats ok too! c:

LAST:

[1] Drink:

- water :/

[2] Phone call:

- probs @imnxtgerard-iprxmise

[3] Text message:

- was from my mum

[4] Song you listened to:

- “The sky under the sea” PTV

[5] Time you cried:

- TODAY WHEN I PUT A CURTAIN WIRE THING THRU MY EARLOBE AHHH

HAVE YOU EVER…

[6] Dated someone twice:

- no

[7] Been cheated on:

- no? maybe pff

[8] Kissed someone and regretted it:

- yah

[9] Lost someone special:

- idk tbh

[10] Been depressed:

- HAH

[11] Gotten drunk and thrown up:

- nah

LIST 3 FAVOURITE COLOURS:

[12] really vibrant red

[13] velvet??

[14] forest greeen :0

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU…

[15] Made new friends:

- jah

[16] Fallen out of love:

- yea

[17] Laughed until you cried:

- um everyday

[18] Found out someone was talking about you:

- yes lmao

[19] Met someone who changed you:

- yes!

[20] Found out who your true friends are:

- mmm it changes yo

[21] Kissed someone on your Facebook list:

- i guess haha

[22] How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life:

- most of them (if not all)

[23] Do you have any pets:

- not anymore :((((( BUY ME DOGS PLS

[24] Do you want to change your name:

- yall should call me Fern

[25] What did you do for your last birthday:

- i got a vegan gf cupcake., highlight

[26] What time did you wake up:

- 6am, then 6:40, then 7:00, THEN 8:30

[27] What were you doing at midnight last night:

- listening to music n staring at my ceiling as usual

[28] Name something you cannot wait for:

- to finish high school pff

[29] When was the last time you saw your mother:

- 5 minutes ago idk

[30] What is one thing you wish you could change about your life:

- the absence of dogs and my home. like, i wanna move.

[31] What are you listening to right now:

- “yeah boy and doll face” PTV.. im listening to them on shuffle rn so u got me at a good time pshhakjs

[32] Have you ever talked to a person named Tom:

- NO :0

[33] Something that is getting on your nerves:

- currently im cold af so that

[34] Most visited website:

- yah this hell site

[35] Elementary:

- sucked

[36] High school:

- sucks (present tense)

[37] College:

- will suck (future tense) wow look i can Grammar, thanks School

[38] Hair color:

- mines naturally dark brown idk

[39] Long or short hair:

- i think i look best w short hair but im growing it out for some reason??

[40] Do you have a crush on someone:

- um more than that

[41] What do you like about yourself?:

- dont ask me this rn ahaha

[42] Piercings

- i have my lip pierced and my earlobes stretched to 00g

[43] Blood type:

- i dunno but i wanna know!

[44] Nickname:

- too many haha

[45] Relationship status:

- im in one!

[46] Zodiac sign:

- aries sun and moon o shit

[47] Pronouns:

- male pronouns

[48] Fav TV show:

- the weather channel (im jk i might as well throw our tv out the window)

[49] Tattoos:

- i have one on my left foot! :) im probably gonna get another in April?

[50] Right or left handed:

- righty

FIRST…

[51] Surgery:

- nun

[52] Piercing:

- my ears when i was like 8

[53] Best friend:

- idk i think my neighbour Sadia was my first friend i remember?

[54] Sport:

- first sport? whats that even mean.. idk haha i used to be on volleyball/soccer teams i guess

[55] Vacation:

- i think it was probably a road trip to Banff

[56] Pair of trainers:

- ?? are trainers “shoes”??

RIGHT NOW…

[57] Eating:

- i just had rice lmao

[58] Drinking:

- more water!! HYDRATE

[59] I’m about to:

- take a shower

[60] Listening to:

- GUYS IM STILL LISTENING TO PTV fhsja but its “stay away from my friends” WHICH THEY PLAYED LIVE AND IM gETTING FEELINGS

[61] Waiting for:

- my mum to get out of the wash fjaskdl

[62] Want:

- my peach :///

[63] Get married:

- maybe ya

[64] Career:

- whats that

[65] Hugs or kisses:

- Bothbothboth

[66] Lips or eyes:

- idk both r nice yall

[67] Shorter or taller:

- idk both have pros/cons

[68] Older or younger:

- age is weird

[69] Romantic or spontaneous:

- ah idk what the difference is why not both haha

[70] Nice arms or nice stomach:

- uhm ?

[71] Sensitive or loud:

- me? both. haha

[72] Hook up or relationship:

- how do you expect me to even know i

[73] Troublemaker or hesitant:

- idk if this is about me but.. i could be either. depends on the time

HAVE YOU EVER…

[74] Kissed a stranger?

- nah

[75] Drank hard liquor?

- yah

[76] Lost glasses/contact lenses?

- yesm

[77] Turned someone down:

- yep

[78] Sex on first date?

- idk

[79] Broken someone’s heart?

- apparently

[80] Had your own heart broken?

- im dead inside so

[81] Been arrested?

- no

[82] Cried when someone died?

- yes im not that dead

[83] Fallen for a friend:

- yes

DO YOU BELIEVE IN…

[84] Yourself?

- i try my best.

[85] Miracles?

- this is too vague and what do i know tbh

[86] Love at first sight?

- yea

[87] Santa Claus?

- can we fuckin not m8

[88] Kiss on the first date?

- ok sure

[89] Angels?

- yea

OTHER…

[90] Current best friend’s name:

- ...

[91] Eye colour:

- its like gold/brown (sometimes greenish) with grey sides so like.. idk.. hazely?

[92] Favorite movie: so many studio ghibli films ahhh

#this was kinda fun i guess haha thank u yo #tag games #about me #definitely long and kinda weird at times #haha

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waffle--kun-blog · 7 years

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Answer them all (*ﾟ▽ﾟ*) this is what I'm gonna tell you when you reblog an ask thing, always.

WHAT

BUT

AAAAAAAAAAAH

WHY DO YOU DO THIS AGHSJDFKG

1. Who was the last person you held hands with? My girlfriend.. I’M STARTING TO ANSWER AND I’M GLARING AT YOU EMILIA2. Are you outgoing or shy? Aaahh outgoing!!3. Who are you looking forward to seeing? My girlfriend AND my cup of coffee tomorrow morning~4. Are you easy to get along with? ..I hope I am!5. If you were drunk would the person you like take care of you? Yes..6. What kind of people are you attracted to? … Uhm.. next question all right~7. Do you think you’ll be in a relationship two months from now? I.. hope so..8. Who from the opposite gender is on your mind? All of my friends right now, I’m talking to them! And my girlfriend, always9. Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable? … Yes, but eehhrr I know I probably shouldn’t, so.. I try to act normally…10. Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with? Stella probably!!11. What does the most recent text that you sent say? “What?” AHAH12. What are your 5 favorite songs right now? Neptune, Saturn, Venus by Sleeping At Last, Forest Fires by Axel Flovent, and.. uhm… I know it’s four songs, but I wouldn’t know which one could be the fifth!13. Do you like it when people play with your hair? I’d say yes!14. Do you believe in luck and miracles? Y E S15. What good thing happened this summer? I got in a relationship with the person who is my girlfriend right now!16. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again? Yes!17. Do you think there is life on other planets? OF COURSE WHAT YES YES18. Do you still talk to your first crush? Nooooo ahah it’s been way too many years!! But I recently talked to her once because she casually found my number again!19. Do you like bubble baths? Mmhhh.. I can tell you that I like bubbles and I like baths!20. Do you like your neighbors? Yes, they’re really kind, especially the ones who live in front of us!21. What are your bad habits? I wouldn’t know.. I procrastinate? ahsdjfgk22. Where would you like to travel? The entire universe~23. Do you have trust issues? Nonononono24. Favorite part of your daily routine? Talking to others and looking up at the sky.25. What part of your body are you most uncomfortable with? .. I wouldn’t know..26. What do you do when you wake up? I immediately try to remember my dreams!27. Do you wish your skin was lighter or darker? Oh I’m actually okay with the way I am, luckily!28. Who are you most comfortable around? Kind of all of my friends, but mostly my girlfriend.29. Have any of your ex’s told you they regret breaking up? Yes.30. Do you ever want to get married? I’M WAITING FOR THAT31. Is your hair long enough for a pony tail? NOOO AHAHAHAH32. Which celebrities would you have a threesome with? … what…….33. Spell your name with your chin. CHRFJDGZB NO ALL RIGHT34. Do you play sports? What sports? Can overthinking be considered a sport because ahsdjfkg35. Would you rather live without TV or music? Without TV, I actually don’t watch it often.. I’d never want to live without music!36. Have you ever liked someone and never told them? Uhmm.. no..37. What do you say during awkward silences? I think I often say something that comes to my mind like “That cloud looks like a horse”, or I simply ask “how are you?”38. Describe your dream girl/guy? Neeeext question~39. What are your favorite stores to shop in? There are very interesting shops here about Harry Potter and other fantasy series and just fantasy things in general, they even sell swords and fairy statues, they’re so magical.. oh and old fashioned shops that sell particular types of food and other things that you wouldn’t normally find, there’s one here in Italy called “Castroni” and I love it! 40. What do you want to do after high school? I’m already there, ahah! I wanted to study philosophy and here I am~41. Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance? Yes.42. If your being extremely quiet what does it mean? I wouldn’t know really! Maybe I’m really sad or wondering if planets have feelings.43. Do you smile at strangers? Yes and it makes me happy for some reason! I just hope they don’t find me creepy44. Trip to outer space or bottom of the ocean? AH. AAAH AH OUTER SPACE O U T ER SPACE O U T E R S P A C E OU T ER SP-45. What makes you get out of bed in the morning? The fear that I’ll miss the train asdfghhjk46. What are you paranoid about? ….47. Have you ever been high? Noooo48. Have you ever been drunk? NOOOOOOOOOO49. Have you done anything recently that you hope nobody finds out about? I ATE ALL THE COOKIES FROM THE PACKAGE AND MY MOTHER STILL DOESN’T KNOW50. What was the colour of the last hoodie you wore? Grey.51. Ever wished you were someone else? Maybe not..52. One thing you wish you could change about yourself? .. I wish I didn’t have such a hard time making decisions sometimes.53. Favourite makeup brand? AHAHAH I DON’T KNOW I’ll let you know though!!54. Favourite store? Read the question 39~55. Favourite blog? All of my friends’ blogs!56. Favourite colour? Periwinkle YOU GUYS DON’T CALL IT INDIGO APPARENTLY AH57. Favourite food? Chocolate and antything sweet!58. Last thing you ate? Boiled eggs and carrots.59. First thing you ate this morning? I didn’t really “eat” anything, I only had coffee!60. Ever won a competition? For what? Uhm.. maybe I did, maybe I didn’t.. I don’t remember ahah!61. Been suspended/expelled? For what? Never ever sh62. Been arrested? For what? NOOOO WHAT63. Ever been in love? I don’t know.. I don’t know what true love feels like, or if I do but I don’t realize it, maybe yes.. 64. Tell us the story of your first kiss? Oh I had just gotten in a relationship with my ex girlfriend, and I kissed her when I told her how I felt about her and she said she felt the same way.65. Are you hungry right now? Not really! Or maybe a little bit!66. Do you like your tumblr friends more than your real friends? I LIKE EVERYONE STOP67. Facebook or Twitter? Twitter!68. Twitter or Tumblr? TUMBLR SADLY69. Are you watching tv right now? Nope~70. Names of your bestfriends? SSSHH71. Craving something? What? The mineral…BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH 2013 MEMES72. What colour are your towels? Mostly white!72. How many pillows do you sleep with? Two pillows.73. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? Yes ahah they’ll always be on my bed!74. How many stuffed animals do you think you have? Mmhhh.. maybe 20 or so..75. Favourite animal? Horses, cats and birds!76. What colour is your underwear? NO. ASDHFJGK. NO.77. Chocolate or Vanilla? Both!78. Favourite ice cream flavour? Everything that involves chocolate and cream!79. What colour shirt are you wearing? Dark blue.80. What colour pants? Black 81. Favourite tv show? Does Code Geass count? ahsjdfkg82. Favourite movie? A movie I couldn’t tell in English, but the Italian title is “Al di la’ dei sogni”.. and .. uhmm.. I need to think about this, I think there are a lot of them but I wouldn’t be able to make a list now!83. Mean Girls or Mean Girls 2? I never watched them!!84. Mean Girls or 21 Jump Street? I never watched these either ahsjdfkg85. Favourite character from Mean Girls? AAH I DON’T KNOW I’M SORRY86. Favourite character from Finding Nemo? I couldn’t tell! I’d need to rewatch it, but maybe Dory!87. First person you talked to today? Stella, SAY HIIIIIIIIII88. Last person you talked to today? My girlfriend for now!89. Name a person you hate? myfather I don’t hate anyone.

90. Name a person you love? My mother!

91. Is there anyone you want to punch in the face right now? Myself, all the time92. In a fight with someone? Uhm.. if you mean if I’m a fight at the moment.. no, I think.. 93. How many sweatpants do you have? Maybe just one or two!94. How many sweaters/hoodies do you have? EEEEEH. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH I LOVE HOODIES AND SWEATERS SO.. 100000000000000000000095. Last movie you watched? Does an X-Files episode count?? 96. Favourite actress? I wouldn’t know..97. Favourite actor? Nnnhhhh… I don’t know, I’m sorry!98. Do you tan a lot? Kind of, yes!99. Have any pets? A cat and a parrot and I love them so much aahh100. How are you feeling? ..I’m fine… coUGH101. Do you type fast? yeeeeEEEESS AND I’M STILL SURPRISED THAT I MAKE A LOT OF TYPOS102. Do you regret anything from your past? Yes, and no..103. Can you spell well? Ahah probably! 104. Do you miss anyone from your past? Yes.105. Ever been to a bonfire party? What is it?? 106. Ever broken someone’s heart? .. I wish I could say no… but..107. Have you ever been on a horse? I went to horseback riding for years!108. What should you be doing? STUDYING. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH109. Is something irritating you right now? … Irritating me… nothing! I just don’t really get “irritated”.110. Have you ever liked someone so much it hurt? .. Eeeh..111. Do you have trust issues? Mh? Didn’t you already ask this? MMH112. Who was the last person you cried in front of? I don’t remember.. ..113. What was your childhood nickname? Oh I should ask my mother, but I’ve always been called Chris by my friends even back then!114. Have you ever been out of your province/state? Yuup115. Do you play the Wii? It’s a miracle that I’ve had a Nintendo DS ahsdjfgkh116. Are you listening to music right now? No, but I’m going to!117. Do you like chicken noodle soup? OH YES!!!!! YES!118. Do you like Chinese food? Is spring rolls considered Chinese food? I wouldn’t know, but I’d like to try it, I love trying food from other countries!119. Favourite book? It usually changes depending on what I find!120. Are you afraid of the dark? No, I actually like it..121. Are you mean? YES. VERY. I’M GOING TO STEAL ALL YOUR WAFFLES AND EAT THEM ALL BWHAHAHAHAHAH122. Is cheating ever okay? .. I…- … ..is killing people ever okay.. ?123. Can you keep white shoes clean? NOOOO NOT EVEN THE BLACK ONES 124. Do you believe in love at first sight? .. I strongly believe that you need to build a connection with someone to fall in love, but.. love has no logic so I wouldn’t know.. I’ve happened to fall for someone at first sight… I couldn’t compare it to what I feel when I fall for someone after getting to know them though. I do feel that there’s something different. But to me, love takes place between souls and they need to get to know each other somehow. BUT AT THE SAME TIME I BELIEVE IN EVERYTHING125. Do you believe in true love? Of course!126. Are you currently bored? Not really~127. What makes you happy? Philosophy, the universe, waffles, my friends, my girlfriend, my pets, my mother, the sky…128. Would you change your name? Actually, no! 129. What your zodiac sign? Pisces130. Do you like subway? I’ve never been there!131. Your bestfriend of the opposite sex likes you, what do you do? .. Ah.. ah.. ahah… … uhm.. I.. never knew what to do..132. Who’s the last person you had a deep conversation with? STELLA ONCE AGAIN SAY HIIIIIIII but wait, didn’t you already ask this? Or is it my impression??133. Favourite lyrics right now? “At first I thought you were a constellation, I made a map of your stars then I had a revelation”134. Can you count to one million? Aahsdjfg noo135. Dumbest lie you ever told? I wouldn’t know! Perhaps “I’m fine” while obviously having a breakdown136. Do you sleep with your doors open or closed? Open, mmh I feel like this says something about people..137. How tall are you? 178 cm, last time I checked.138. Curly or Straight hair? Wait wait what are we talking about??139. Brunette or Blonde? WAIT WAIT WHAT140. Summer or Winter? WINTER AAAHH WINTER WINTER!! I CAN’T STAND SUMMER IT’S TOO HOT141. Night or Day? Night, and the moon and the stars~142. Favourite month? December!143. Are you a vegetarian? Noope144. Dark, milk or white chocolate? Milk and white chocolate because they’re sweeter, but I just really love chocolate in general!145. Tea or Coffee? Both, but maybe coffee.. 146. Was today a good day? … Ahah not really buuuut147. Mars or Snickers? HA! Snickers!148. What’s your favourite quote? The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.149. Do you believe in ghosts? YEEEEEEEEEEEEEES ALSO IN ALIENS150. Get the closest book next to you, open it to page 42, what’s the first line on that page? ..OH. “Names of stars and constellations were taking the place of a wonderful dream, where me and my parents were having lunch next to a river. Andromeda, Cassiopea, Centauri, and many other names from space were pronounced by his warm voice.” YOU MAY CALL THIS FATE. It’s a book that my girlfriend gave me because it reminded her of me, there’s one of the main characters who’s in love with stars and he talks about them all the time.

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Once, when I was 9, my mother and I were scouring the summer night sky for stars, meteors, and planets.

Suddenly, an object with a light that pulsed steadily from bright to dim caught my eye. It didn’t have the usual red blinkers of an aircraft and was going far too slowly to be a shooting star.

Obviously, it was aliens.

My excitement was short-lived as my mother explained it was a satellite catching the sun as it tumbled along its orbit. I went to bed disappointed: The X-files was on TV twice a week back then, and I very much wanted to believe.

Today that hope is still alive and well, in Hollywood films, the public imagination, and even among scientists. Scientists first began searching for alien signals shortly after the advent of radio technology around the turn of the 20th century, and teams of astronomers across the globe have been taking part in the formal Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) since the 1980s.

Yet the universe continues to appear devoid of life.

Now, a team of researchers at the University of Oxford brings a new perspective to this conundrum. In early June, Anders Sandberg, Eric Drexler, and Toby Ord of the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) released a paper that may solve the Fermi paradox — the discrepancy between our expected existence of alien signals and the universe’s apparent lack of them — once and for all.

Using fresh statistical methods, the paper re-asks the question “Are we alone?” and draws some groundbreaking conclusions: We Earthlings are not only likely to be the sole intelligence in the Milky Way, but there is about a 50 percent chance we are alone in the entire observable universe.

While the findings are helpful for thinking about the likelihood of aliens, they may be even more important for reframing our approach to the risk of extinction that life on Earth may face in the near future.

In 1950, while working at Los Alamos National Laboratory, physicist Enrico Fermi famously exclaimed to his colleagues over lunch: “Where is everybody?”

He had been pondering the surprising lack of evidence of other life outside of our planet. In a universe that had been around for some 14 billion years, and in that time developed more than a billion trillion stars, Fermi reasoned there simply must be other intelligent civilizations out there. So where are they?

We still don’t know, and the Fermi paradox has only strengthened with time. Since the 1950s, humans have walked on the moon, sent a probe beyond our solar system, and even sent an electric sports car into orbit around the sun for fun. If we can go from rudimentary wooden tools to these feats of engineering in under a million years, surely there would have been ample opportunity in our 13.8 billion-year-old universe for other civilizations to have progressed to a similar level — and far beyond — already?

And then, surely there would be some lingering radio signals or visual clues of their expansion reaching our telescopes.

Space is a large place, and the task of accurately estimating the likelihood of little green men isn’t exactly easy.

In 1961, astronomer Frank Drake proposed a formula that multiplied seven “parameters” together to estimate N, the number of detectable civilizations we should expect within our galaxy at a given moment in time:

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The Drake equation was only intended as a rough tool to stimulate scientific discussion around the probability of extraterrestrial life. However, in the absence of any reasonable alternatives, it has remained astronomers’ only method of calculating the probability of extraterrestrial intelligence. This is problematic because while some parameters, such as R* — the rate of new star formation per year — are relatively well-known, others remain hugely uncertain.

Take L, the average lifespan of a detectable civilization. If we look at the average length of the past civilizations here on Earth, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume a low value. If the Romans, Incas, or Egyptians are anything to go by, it seems hard to make it past a few hundred years. On the flip-side, you could argue that once a civilization becomes technologically advanced enough to achieve interstellar travel, it could conceivably last many billions of years.

This enormous uncertainty leaves the Drake equation ultimately vulnerable to the optimism or pessimism of whoever wields it. And this is reflected in previous scientific papers whose results give values of N ranging anywhere from 10 to many billions.

As astronomer and SETI co-founder Jill Tarter eloquently put it in an interview with National Geographic in 2000: “The Drake Equation is a wonderful way to organize our ignorance.”

Sincere attempts to overcome this vulnerability have previously been made via selecting a handful of conservative, medium, and bullish best estimates for each parameter value and then taking an average across them.

In their new paper, titled “Dissolving the Fermi Paradox,” the FHI researchers dispute this method by demonstrating how this technique typically produces a value of N far higher than it should, creating the illusion of a paradox.

This is because simply selecting a few point estimates and plugging them into the Drake Equation misrepresents the state of our knowledge. As an example, imagine three scientists who have differing opinions on the value of L:

If you take a normal, linear average of all the possible integer values from one to 1000, you would implicitly factor scientist C’s opinion 90 times more than scientist A’s because their range of belief is 90 times larger. If you use a logarithmic scale to represent the above so that each scientist’s range corresponds to one order of magnitude, all three opinions will be represented more equally.

Therefore, the researchers represented the full range of possible values on a logarithmic scale and ran millions of simulations to obtain more statistically reliable estimates for N. They then applied a technique known as a Bayesian update to those results. That means mathematically incorporating the information that we have not discovered extraterrestrial intelligence yet (because the absence of evidence of aliens is evidence itself!).

This two-stage process produced striking results: Based upon the current state of astrobiological knowledge, there’s a 53 to 99.6 percent chance we are the only civilization in this galaxy and a 39 to 85 percent chance we are the only one in the observable universe.

This implies that life as we know it is incomprehensibly rare, and if other intelligences exist, they are probably far beyond the cosmological horizon and therefore forever invisible to us.

To be clear, the paper’s authors do not appear to be making any definitive claim about whether or not aliens exist; simply, our current knowledge across the seven parameters suggests a high likelihood of us being alone. As new information becomes available, they would update that likelihood accordingly. For example, if we discover a second instance of abiogenesis — the process of rudimentary life emerging from non-living matter — on a comet or another planet, then this would narrow the uncertainty on the fl parameter significantly.

Nonetheless, their results have certainly caused a stir, especially after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted them:

This is why we must preserve the light of consciousness by becoming a spacefaring civilization & extending life to other planets https://t.co/UDDP8I1zsS

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 25, 2018

Many reacted to the paper’s findings by calling it anthropocentric and narrow-minded, arguing that any conclusion suggesting we Earthlings are somehow special is simply human arrogance.

This is somewhat understandable because the idea that intelligent life is extremely rare in the universe feels completely counterintuitive. We exist, along with other intelligent life like dolphins and octopi, so we assume what we see must be extrapolatable beyond Earth.

But this alone is not proof that intelligent civilizations are therefore ubiquitous. Whether the true likelihood is as high as one in two, or as inconceivable as one in a trillion trillion trillion, the mere ability to consciously ask ourselves that question depends on the fact that life has already successfully originated.

This phenomenon is known as an observer selection effect — a bias that can occur when thinking about the likelihood of an event because an observer has to be there to observe the event in the first place. As we only have one data point (us), we have no reliable way to predict the true likelihood of intelligent life. The only conclusion we can confidently draw is that it can exist.

Regardless of which side you take, the idea that we might be alone in the universe raises serious scientific and philosophical questions. Is our rareness something to celebrate or be disappointed by? What would it mean for humans to be the only conscious entities in the universe?

This last question matters hugely. Not only are we depleting our environmental resources at an unsustainable pace, but for the first time in the history of mankind, we’ve reached the technological stage where we hold the entire future of our species in our own hands. Within a few years we built enough nuclear weapons to exterminate every human on earth many times over and made these weapons available to our leaders on a hair-trigger. Each decade has brought us novel technologies with ever-increasing potential for both immense good and immense destruction.

As we rang in the new year, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock to the closest it has ever been to midnight. Meanwhile, estimates from various specialists in existential risk suggest somewhere between a 5 to 19 percent chance of complete human extinction by the end of this century — an unacceptably large probability considering the stakes.

Not only does this dark gamble affect the 7 billion of us alive today; if you factor in the moral weight of the billion billions of future people who would also never get to live out their existences, it becomes clear that we urgently need to get our collective act together.

As Carl Sagan famously said in his 1990 Pale Blue Dot speech: “In all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. … the Earth is where we make our stand.”

He’s not wrong, especially in light of this paper’s findings. If humanity really is the only civilization that may ever exist in this universe, then we shoulder a responsibility on a truly astronomical scale.

Liv Boeree is a science communicator and TV host specializing in astrophysics, rationality, and poker.

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Simple/Clean: An Original Character’s Story

Fandom: Kingdom Hearts (1, with mentions of other installments)

Synopsis: There are many worlds, but they share the same sky. One Sky, one Destiny. And when that destiny is threatened, the universe calls on one hero to save the day. Or, more like, five. When the Earth is consumed into Darkness, Danielle Scott and her friends are given the Keys between light and darkness. If they are going to save the worlds and find her brother, they are going to have to go on a multiverse-wide road trip to find the Door to Light. If only they had a better weapon than keys.

Rated: +K for violence and occasional language

Disclaimer: The Kingdom Hearts series was created by Tetsuya Nomura and owned by Square Enix. The Final Fantasy series was created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and owned by Square Enix. The films depicted were created by the Walt Disney Animation Studios and owned by the Walt Disney Company. Any other work mentioned or homaged are property of their respective owners. This is a non-profit fan-based work that only seeks to entertain. Please support the official releases.

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The sloshing noise of walking through water filled the caverns of the sewer system.

“Yoo-hoo!” Yuffie's voice echoed through the walls, too cheerful to ever be perceived as menacing. “We're back!”

She appeared in the gateway, followed closely by Sora, Donald and Goofy. She stopped as she realized that, however cold the sewer was, it was a lot colder around the table.

“Wassup?” Yuffie said. “You're even gloomier than usual. And that’s saying a lot.”

She hopped over the fence without a second's thought. Sora looked surprised for only a fraction of a second, and settled for breaking it open with his Keyblade.

“Maleficent's in town.” Cloud repeated his message.

Yuffie's demeanor broke almost instantly, which told Dani that something was really wrong.

“Cloud?” Sora asked. “How did you get here?”

“I have my ways.” Cloud said, not so much as cryptically as much as he didn't want to get into it.

Dani looked up from her tea. “No, seriously, how did you get here? Cause we have a spaceship and...”

“That's not important right now.” Leon said. “We need to focus on Maleficent.”

“Right!” Katie said. “And...who is she?”

“She's a witch!” Cid snapped. “And things that rhyme with that that I can’t say in front of you kids!”

“She is the one that controls the Heartless.” Aerith said more helpfully. “We lost our world, thanks to her.”

“Oh.” Dani said.

The sewers, if possible, grew colder. Dani shifted in her seat as she tried to think of something, anything that could fix the problem.

“Hey, Miss Aerith, this tea is great!”

It didn't work.

“It's possible she's looking for Ansem's research.” Leon said. “But we haven't had those for years.”

“Sorry, who is Ansem?” Sora asked.

“He was our ruler,” Aerith said. “Back in the word we had before Traverse Town. He dedicated his life to studying the Heartless. If anyone knows any weaknesses, it's him.”

“We lost them when the world was destroyed.” Leon said, bitterness thick in his tone. “She probably has most of them back.”

“Well, then let's get them back!”

All heads turned to Dani.

“Why not?” She continued and stood from her seat. Cid’s eye twitched, but she couldn’t figure out why until much later. “It can't be too hard!”

“Right!” Sora said.

They continued to stare at her, as if she had grown a second head, grown a third head, and the third head ate the other. Still, Dani didn't flinch.

Finally, Cloud broke his gaze. He buried his face lower into his cowl. “I don't know why I expected anything different from you seven.”

Dani thought that was a compliment. She took it as one, at least.

“I don’t know. I mean, she’s perfect, you know? Why would she want to go out with someone like me?”

“Well, if you keep putting her on a pedestal like that, definitely not.” Katie said.

“She's right.” Nadine continued. “If you keep thinking she's some unattainable goddess or something, you're never going to get enough courage to ask her out.”

“Yeah...” The man said. “Yeah, yeah! You're right! Thanks! It means a lot to get that off my chest.”

“No problem!” Donald said. “Now, can you GET US OUT OF THIS QUICKSAND!”

The man's eyes shot wide open as he realized the situation.

“Oh! Sorry!”

Just as the sand was going up to Katie's chin, the man dug out an oddly shaped lamp from his pockets.

“Come on out Genie, and save these guys from the quicksand!”

Sparks of blue and smoke spilled from the tip, forming a great creature.

“AND A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO TODAY'S CONTESTANT, A-LA-DDIN! RUB-A-DUB-DUB OF THE LAMP AND HAVE YOUR DEEPEST WISH GRANTED!”

“WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOUR INTRODUCTION!” Dani shouted before her mouth was filled with sand.

“Oh, alright!” The creature sighed.

It snapped its fingers, and Katie found herself collapsed on the very solid ground.

“Thanks,” Sora said as he scrambled back to his feet. “You're a life saver.”

“You're lucky we came by when we did.” Aladdin said. “Caravans almost never come out this far.”

“Yeah,” Nadine said. “What were you doing out here again?”

“It wasn't entirely optional.” Aladdin said. “But hey, I managed to get this pretty cool lamp out of it.”

“Not to mention the prize inside.” The blue creature said. “Anyone of your deepest desires granted; three wishes courtesy of the one and only, GENIE OF THE LAMP!”

It leaned in close to Goofy, but Katie could make out the words anyway. “Somerestrictionsapplyofferwhilesupplieslast.”

Maybe Katie imagined it, but she thought she saw its eyes light up a little when she and the others laughed.

“So you're a djinni?” Nadine asked.

“No, didn't ya hear me, kid? G-E-N-I-E.” The djinni said. Letters appeared next to him as he wrote it.

“Yeah, but djinni is spelled D-J-I-N-N-I in a Latin alphabet.” Katie said.

“Yes, but that's not my name.”

“So you're a djinni named Genie?” Sora asked.

“Sure, let's work with that!” Genie said.

The djinni shifted the nebulous blob it had of a body to sprout a second head, and turned its attention to Aladdin. “So, what'll be wish number 2?”

Aladdin hummed in thought. “Well, you said I could have any wish I wanted?”

Genie shifted again getting rid of his second head.

“But of course! Well, you can't force anyone to love yourself, and ooh—whatever God you believe in help you if you try to wish for infinite power--”

“No love...” Aladdin mumbled. “Well, let me think about it for a minute.”

“Not a problem!” Genie said. “Gives me more time to enjoy this fresh Agrabah air!”

Katie wasn't an expert, but she could tell that the fresh Agrabah air smelled a lost like camel poop and felt a lot like dying. “Don't get out much?” She asked.

“Oi, kid, I'm lucky if I get out every century or so.” Genie said.

“Sounds rough.” Sora said.

“No kidding. INFINITE COSMIC POWER! Itty bitty living space. Completely at the mercy of whatever smuck finds the lamp. Like you, Al.”

Aladdin tilted his head in thought. “Well, what if I fixed that?”

Genie, for the first time in possibly his life, froze. “What?”

“Can't I use my last wish to set you free?”

“A-Al...you would really do that for me?”

“Sure. But let's focus first. For my second wish, I want you to make me a wealthy prince!”

“You've got it!”

“Alright, alright, Prince Ali is getting' ready for his walk down downtown Agrabah! LET'S DO ROLL CALL! 75 golden camels, 150 golden camel carriers, 53 peacocks, 10 peacock gurls, 95 white Persian monkeys, 95 white Persian monkey carriers, 60 elephants, 10 drum camels, 24 bell carriers, 18 swordsmen—CAREFUL WITH THEM SWORDS!--5 dancers the original animators had a little too much fun with, 12 flag carriers, 4 fanning gurls, 12 carriers manning the giant gorilla balloon, 20 guys ta carry the needless plates of riches, 3 llamas, 3 bears, 3 lions, 6-piece brass band, 40 fakirs, 3 cooks, 2 bakers, 4 bird carriers, 40 tropical birds who warble on key...alright that's all of us! Ya sure this is necessary, kid?”

“Of course!” Aladdin said. “Gotta impress her somehow.”

“Yeah and nothing impresses a girl more than needless plates of riches.” Genie muttered under his breath.

However, Genie was not going to break character that easily. It was too long since he was able to practice in front of an audience, and even if the kid from fantasy land Persia would not recognize a modern worker from Queens, he wasn't going to lose his chance.

“Alright then! Just like we practiced, people! Abu, you're an elephant now, act like one. LET'S MOVE OUT!”

Aladdin left the palace with a grim look on his face. The once proud Ali Abagwa now stood with his shoulders hunched in and his eyes cast to his feet. It was easy to remember him now as someone who wished for all these riches.

“So,” Katie said in a near sing-song, smiling widely. “How'd it go?”

“Terrible.” Aladdin said. “She hates me.”

Genie conjured up two office chairs and a long plush couch. Aladdin flopped head first onto the couch, not at all concerned that it was not there two seconds ago. Hanna, sensing where this was going, left her game of chess to sit on the second chair.

“Now then, Mr. Din,” Genie spoke in a thick German accent. For just a second, he changed his form to have a white beard, balding hair, and thick glasses. “Tell me about your mother.”

“Oh, she has nothing to do with it.” Aladdin said with a dejected laugh. He rolled over onto his back, so he was watching the sky. “Jasmine doesn't want to talk to me. Apparently she hates the rich princely type.”

“So this was completely pointless?” Hanna asked.

“How else was I supposed to talk to her?” Aladdin asked. “Only a prince can marry a princess.”

“Wait, this was about marriage?” Nadine asked. “How often have you talked to her, again?”

Aladdin legitimately had to think about it. “Twice?”

“Don't think too much about it. These things always happen here.” Genie whispered in close to her ear.

Hanna wasn't sure if she wanted to believe him.

“Listen, Al.” Genie said. “I'm gonna put this as simply as I can.”

He removed the therapist décor, causing Aladdin and Hanna to fall. He conjured up a chalkboard, already written on, and graduate cap for himself.

“Tell, her, the,” He read along. He flipped over the chalkboard, where a neon sign hung. “TRUTH!”

“What, and make her hate me even more?” Aladdin said. He beat the illusion away with his hat. “She's never going to fall for some...street rat like me. She'd laugh at me.”

“And what's wrong with that?” Genie asked. He morphed his face onto Aladdin's hat. “Who doesn't appreciate a little bit of humor in a guy? Look at me!”

“He has a point!” Hanna said. “And if you do marry her—which is very unlikely and kinda dangerous—but it you do, you're going to have to be honest with her eventually. Why don't you try to be yourself?”

“That's the last person I want to be.” Aladdin said.

Hanna didn't know what to say to that. Neither did Genie, apparently. The flying carpet might have, but he wasn't equipped to do so.

“I'm heading out.” Aladdin said. “Try to make another impression on her. How do I look?”

Genie sighed. “Princely.”

That was exactly what Aladdin was looking to hear. It wasn't what he needed.

Aladdin flew off on the magic carpet. The two left waited until he was just out of sight.

“He's an idiot.” Genie said definitely.

“I'm rooting for him.” Hanna said defensively.

“Oh no kidding, he's the best master I've had in the last 500 years by boy does he need some serious help with the ladies.” Genie said.

“Well, why don't you try to stop him?” Hanna asked.

“Kid, there's a hierarchy to all this. Master makes his three wishes, I grant them. No room in-between for debating or interfering.” Genie said. “Now, do I have any relationship expert impressions? Ruth Westheimer, maybe? Nah, too obscure…”

“Okay, why do you keep doing that?” Dani finally asked.

“What, my impressions?” Genie asked.

“Yeah! You're from this world, so why do you know so much about Earth pop culture?” Dani continued.

“And while we're on the topic,” Nadine continued. “Are other worlds like Earth, or are we just projecting?”

Genie shifted. “Well, you see kids--”

“Guys!” Sora burst through the palace gates. “We have Heartless trouble!”

“Oh thank Allah a distraction!” Genie said. In a rush, he conjured up an entire 100-piece Civil War-era cavalry. “TALLY HO!”

Nice of you to come.

Ugh…I’m going to die anyway.

I won’t have to be afraid anymore.

But I’m not going to die alone. You’re all coming with me!

His skin was white as snow. Tendrils of muscle fibers covered his body and held him in place. Yet he still looked humanoid. A chill ran down Dani’s back when she saw him, the same kind she saw when she saw the other mysterious Heartless.

It was another ghost Heartless.

Hanna looked around the crowded streets of Agrabah. “Maybe this isn’t the best place to get involved in a fight to the death—”

The ghost Heartless raised his hand, and a set of fireballs hurled themselves towards the group. Dani and Sora jumped up and batted them back.

“Do you think any of you can use your cool Keyblade bonus powers?” Sora asked.

Katie thought for a minute, summoning her other keyblade and batting another fireball back.

“Yeah we’re good!”

More spells came flying their way. Spells that weren’t quite fire and weren’t quite Darkness, but looked and acted enough like it that Dani did not care for specifics. Hanna raised her Keyblades and reflected them back.

“I’m going to try and get close.” Nadine said. “It shouldn’t be too hard if I hover like before.”

“I’ll keep you covered.” Hanna said.

It took Nadine few steps before the magic took effect and lifted her off her feet. Hanna ran right beside her, blocking the incoming magic spells with her Keyblades and her shield.

“And what do we do?” Dani asked.

Katie looked around the narrow streets of Agrabah. “I have an idea!”

She jumped onto the awnings covering the shops. It bounced under her, giving her enough of a boost to get onto the building’s roof. The others followed.

Katie jumped from rooftop to rooftop, until she stood just above the ghost Heartless. She jumped down, dragging both of her Keyblades through the thing’s face. Dani came next. Sora was right behind her.

Dani caught herself on the next awning. It gave under her weight like a trampoline. It let her bounce back and attack the ghost again. The others followed suit.

The ghost Heartless tried to bat them away with more spells, but it was hard for him to focus with three humans in front of his face and stabbing him in the eyes. He hardly noticed the other humans and the large Fire spell they sent straight towards him.

When the smoke cleared, he was gone.

“That was quick.” Katie said. She remained bouncing on the awning, unsure of where to go from there.

“Let’s be thankful for that.” Nadine said. “The less time we spend in a life-or-death battle, the better.”

Katie hummed in thought. Her jumping didn’t stop.

“Oh!” She called. “Hi Donald! Hi Goofy! Where were you guys!”

Donald was only momentarily distracted by the destruction caused by the magic. Goofy hardly noticed it, and gave Katie a wave.

“Never mind!” Donald said, mostly to himself. To the rest of the group, he said “Genie’s gone missing!”

“My first wish, djinni, show me the Keyhole!”

“Hey, Al, what's the big deal, I thought we agreed on the last wi--” Genie froze as he saw who he was talking to. “Oops. Uh...wrong guy.”

By some miracle, the magic carpet had managed to drag all nine of them through the desert toward the opening of the Cave of Wonders.

It was kind of hard to miss.

“Key-bearers...Diamond in the rough...” A booming voice came out of the mouth-shaped opening. “You know why you are here. Save the Princess, and seal the Keyhole. Take nothing but the lamp.”

The cave opened wider, allowing the passage.

“Wow.” Katie said. “Our caves don't talk to us. And they're much less impressive. The best we have is that mountain carving shaped like a bear in California.”

“Let's not waste any time.” Aladdin said as he led the group.

The second Dani took a step into the Cave, it became clear that it was big. It was a lot bigger than the opening gave it credit for. However, it also appeared very small due to how much stuff was in it. Piles upon piles of gold and treasure were stacked through the cave, reaching as high as the ceiling. Only a few small paths had been carved out through the floor.

And it stretched on for literal miles.

“She could be anywhere at this point!” Donald complained.

“This way!” Sora called. He was already halfway through a path.

“Where are you going?” Dani asked.

“I don't know why...but I know to go this way!” Sora said. “I think they Keyblade might be telling me!”

“Well I also have a Keyblade and I have no idea what you're talking about!” Nadine called after.

Sora turned over his shoulder. He was giving them a look. On any other person, it would look almost childish. Sora, precious ray of sunlight incarnate, on the other hand…

They ran off after him. The Cave of Wonders turned out to be even bigger than the last room, alternating between rooms of treasure, rooms full of death traps, and both. Just as Dani was beginning to doubt Sora, she started to hear something.

Maniacal laughter. “Excellent work, Genie! If you keep this up, we can rule the world together!”

Genie muttering under his breath.

“Why Jafar, are you intending to strike out on your own?” This voice was a lot different. Feminine. Cold. Sinister. Dani fought the feeling of the hairs on the back of her neck rising.

“A-ah! Maleficent! I was only--”

“Try me. I can easily find a replacement for you.”

Very awkward silence followed.

“Never mind. I'm taking the Princess.”

They were getting close now. Dani turned the corner, and found herself in another room. Three people—or at least one person, one djinni, and someone...thing else—stood at the far end of the room, right in front of a large Keyhole.

“Where's Jasmine, Jafar?” Aladdin demanded.

Jafar sneered. “I'm afraid I can't tell you that.” His attention turned to the...person standing next to him.

Genie conjured up as many neon signs and arrows as he could to point toward the jar.

“Wait a sec...” Sora said. “You're Maleficent, aren't you?”

The person sneered towards them. In a blink of an eye, she and the jar beside her were gone.

“Djinni!” Jafar turned his attention towards Genie. In a flash, the arrows disappeared, and Genie whistled inconspicuously. “Crush these sewer rats for me!”

“That's a terrible waste of a wish!” Katie said.

“Sorry kids.” For the first time, Genie was unnaturally quite. “The one with the lamp calls the shots.”

Genie grew. The big hall suddenly became very small as it was filled with all-powerful djinni. Power and magic crackled about Dani, causing her to grip her Keyblade a bit more.

“ALRIGHT, FIRST BLAST OF LIGHTNING COMING THAT WAY!”

Genie pointed vaguely. A bolt of lightning hit nothing.

“OAKIE DOKIE, NEXT BLAST COMING TO YOUR...RIGHT!”

Katie had to jump out of the way of that one, but just barely.

“NEXT UP, ON YOUR LEFT!”

That one hit Goofy dead on. Nobody worried, because they knew he would be okay.

“What are you doing, djinni!” Jafar demanded.

“Why, sir, I'm fighting them just like you asked.” Genie said casually.

“That is not fighting! If you won't fight them, Djinni...”

Jafar seemed to think to himself. His eyes lit up in a wonderful, awful idea. “Djinni! My last wish! Make me an all-powerful djinni just like you!”

Genie made a face Dani couldn't read at Jafar. He and Aladdin exchanged a look.

“Yes.” Aladdin and Katie said in near unison. “Do that.”

“You've got it, Master!” Genie said. He snapped his fingers.

The power Genie had imposed was nothing compared to Jafar's. The air grew thick with magic. Red smoke filled the room, sending sparks flying erratically at them. Through shadows, Dani saw Jafar's body shift; from one of bone and blood to one of magic and smoke. He grew, nearly twice the size of what Genie had been at his most menacing. Dani felt the Keyblade slip from her grasp, too afraid and distracted to keep it summoned. The djinni laughed manically. The room shook with the vibrations of his voice.

“NOW YOU'LL ALL SEE….JUST HOW--”

Aladdin dove to grab the newly formed black lamp that had appeared in the confusion. The smoke, including the djinni inside, was pulled inside. And in seconds, all signs that Jafar had been there at all were gone.

“The one with the lamp calls the shots, Jafar.” Aladdin said.

“Well that was anticlimatic.” Dani grumbled.

“Hey! Gift horse! Mouth! Less time we spend in a battle to the death the better!” Nadine said.

Genie snatched the lamp from Aladdin's grasp. “Man, I've never been more happy to get rid of a master than that one! I'm gonna take this lamp and...BURY IT! IT'LL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY AGAIN!”

Dani watched Genie conjure up some gardening supplies for himself for a minute before she realized the room was now being filled with a bright golden light.

“Sora!” Donald called. “The Keyhole!”

“Right!”

Sora turned toward the large keyhole at the end of the building. A tip of light expelled from his keyblade. A soft click noise filled the air.

Then the room started shaking.

“What's going on?” Katie asked.

“The Cave doesn't like to stay open for too long.” Genie said. “The whole thing's gonna collapse in on itself!”

“Then let's not talk about it and get out of here!” Nadine shouted.

Ten people scrambled to the magic carpet. That left Aladdin.

“Al, did you not notice the building's about to fall apart?”

“Jasmine's still missing!” Aladdin said. “I don't want to leave without her!”

“Aladdin, she's gone!” Dani replied. “You're not going to find her here!”

“I have to try!”

“She's probably on a different world by now! If you stay here, all you'll find is death!”

Aladdin froze. Dani only kind of realize what she was saying but was distracted by the bits of ceiling falling out of the ground. Genie settled on grabbing Aladdin by the collar and snapping his fingers.

The next breath Dani took was one of fresh Agrabah air. They were back in the desert, just as the sun was rising up. All eleven of them watched in silence as the Cave of Wonders closed its mouth and submerged itself in the sand again.

Genie broke the silence first. “Congratulations Katie, you got your first wish of not dying.”

“Hooray!” Katie said.

“What do you mean she's on another world?” Aladdin asked. It took Dani a minute to realize his attention was on her.

“Way to go.” Donald said.

Dani opened her mouth to defend herself to Donald, but thought better of it. “About what I said, honestly. Maleficent probably took her to another world. We can try and find her for you, but...”

“Take me with you! Let me look for her with you!” Aladdin said.

Dani tried to avoid making eye contact on that one.

“We can't.” Donald said for her. “We're already interfering enough as is.”

Aladdin took a shaky breath. His shoulders slumped. Dani was fairly certain that if she didn't do something now, he would start crying on her.

Fortunately, she didn't need to. Genie got back up and hovered closer to Aladdin. “Earth to Al? You still have one last wish!”

“But I thought--”

“Hey.” Genie's cheery disposition hadn't faded, but the smile seemed unnaturally forced. “Just say the word, Al. Ask me to find Jasmine for you.”

Aladdin was lost in thought. After what felt like a very long time, he picked the lamp back up again.

“Alright. Genie...I wish for your freedom!”

“Alright, snap of the fingers and—wait what?”

Magic swirled about him again. Blue smoke filled Dani's line of vision, obscuring Genie from view. Unlike Jafar, however, this felt almost pleasant. They were breezes in the otherwise scorching desert. The magic flashed, and the smoke faded…

All that had changed about Genie was his gauntlets were gone and he now had legs.

“Al!” He exclaimed.

“Hey! A deal's a deal!” Aladdin said.

Genie looked to be at a loss for words. He settled on pulling Aladdin in a tight hug.

“Ah, heck! All of ya! Group hug!”

The group hug was crushing but Dani couldn’t feel quite bad about it.

“Oh man, do I have a multiverse I wanna explore!” Genie said. “Sorry Katie, but you’re two wishes are up! I serve no man!”

“Dangit…” Katie mumbled.

“Don’t worry about it kid.” Genie said. He took the lamp from Aladdin and handed it to Genie. “That place’s still my home, you know? Whenever you feel like you need the help of an all-powerful djinni, just give me a little rub and I’ll come running!”

Genie continued to ramble about his trip preparations, but Dani didn’t listen. Her eyes were on Katie as she carefully pulled out crumbled pieces of paper from the lid.

“The Reports of Ansem the Wise…” She read aloud.

“How are you feeling?”

He was pretty sure that was meant to be a rhetorical question. Nobody answered, at any rate.

“It's pitch black in here. Why don't you turn on the lights?”

“I feel more comfortable in the dark.” The other one in the room said.

He shrugged. If it made the other comfortable, he could bear it.

“I see...then are you ready to become a member of our team?”

That one really did not want to be answered.

He decided to speak. “I'm just here to find my sisters. If you can help me do that...then sure.”

Author’s Note: Aladdin will always be one of my favorite Disney movies. What really sold it to me was that my copy came with the Diamond in the Rough special feature; a 2 hour long panel with the animators of the film talking about how the movie was made and the animation process. If you are an animation buff, try and hunt it down. It is absolutely worth the watch.

Cid just wants you to sit your ass down and drink your goddamn tea. Why won’t you listen to him?

#Fic #OCS #Simple/Clean #Dani Scott #Hanna Scott #Katie Williams #Nadine Anderson #Sora #Donald Duck #Goofy #Squall/Leon #Yuffie #Aerith #Cid #Maleficent

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