#-to keep doing their research

[peck2neck]

(Crashes into your window ) HI. can ya elaborate on the basic stuff for the Wyatt dies au ? (Stares at you with wide gleaming eyes )

flutters eyelashes and cracks my knuckles. YES

it all starts in 2023

this one joke. this silly little joke is what caused this whole au.

a countdown began throughout the year, counting how many days wyatt had left to live before he inevitably exploded

and then, on new years, 2024

wyatt died

THE AU BEGINS

heres a summary of the 3 allohema logs Smiles

a little while after new years, alloy heads over to the scrapyard to visit him but finds his shack in shambles with no wyatt in sight

they take microwave (wyatts cat) back to their lab/office and call it a day.. but they cant wrap their head around what could have possibly happened. no one had been in contact with wyatt for years except for alloy

so who destroyed the shack?

refusing to believe that wyatt had possibly died, alloy heads back to the scrapyard a week later to search again but finds nothing. they fix up a few things around the wreckage and take any of wyatts belongings that they could salvage back to the lab

alloy tries to form a plan of what theyre going to do from this point on. they know that they cant keep microwave hidden forever, and while thinking back to past conversations they consider running away before deciding that they should wait a bit longer before making any decisions they might regret. so they continue researching into wyatts disappearance in hopes of finding a lead

4 months later, they finally do

despite not being 100% sure that this lead will even change anything in the end, they still decide to pack up their things and leave their workplace. to make sure they didnt get caught, they hung around in the scrapyard and continued their research into finding the one responsible for everything, and hopefully finding wyatt in the process. to help with this, they start making a little robot designed to locate the lead. m.p.

aaaaaand that is all 3 logs and where my doodles continue on from :]

this summary skips quite a few details but its good enough i think. if you reaaaaally want to read the original logs then i might post them

[emjaydoubleyou]

this post is fearmongering. the results of this study are concerning and should definitely be a matter of public discussion, but this is certainly not the conclusion the researchers came to.

the point of the study was to assess the risks of exposure to toxic metals- something one of the co-authors notes are “ubiquitous” fwiw- via menstrual products. Their research confirmed that these metals are indeed present in tampons, but no further conclusions are drawn. it is possible the metal entered into the cotton from the soil, which is a well-known phenomenon; cotton is so good at lifting heavy metals that it has actually been suggested as a part of the solution for revitalizing polluted ground.

the authors conclude with an acknowledgement that the study should be repeated- their sample size was 60 tampons- and a suggestion that further testing ought to be done to indicate whether or not these metals can even leech out of the tampon in the first place, let alone whether or not such leeching could occur at levels deleterious to human health.

there is, in fact, a body of research- too small, for sure, but much larger than this single study- indicating that long-term proper tampon use has no observable negative impact on health. i am grateful and thrilled that more research is being done and i hope that this study is the first of many on this line of questioning, but i am really frustrated at this post and the response it got.

obviously, if this study alters your approach to menstrual health, more power to you. consumers should be informed-risk-takers, and menstrual health is double-obviously a very personal choice. but it definitely wasn't the researchers concluding that you ought to “avoid using tampons at all cost," only this tumblr user did. the lead author of the paper, in fact, specifically says that she hopes people do NOT panic about the results.

(the notes of the post were disappointing. people affirming that they knew they were right to be suspicious of tampons all along, or even recommending alternatives that actually have very little to no research regarding the safety of long-term use, etc. it’s a different conversation, but categorical distrust of tampons is old-school misogyny. you certainly shouldn't wear them if you don’t want to, but there is nothing inherently scary or wrong about them, and people who prefer them are not being reckless or crass.)

((if you're really worried about exposure to heavy metals, you may want to turn a critical eye to fast fashion, as an aside))

[teaboot]

Acab applies to security guards too.

Okay, so there's two basic kinds of security: public and private

Public security is for government employees like police

Private security is stuff like security guards, bodyguards, and bouncers

As a security guard, you need to pass different licensing exams for different privileges. Someone who might handcuff people needs a license to carry handcuffs- someone who might need to carry a weapon needs a license for that weapon.

I passed my BST exam something like five years ago and stopped there, so I am allowed to carry: A radio

And as private security, again, there are two basic kinds: in-house and contract

Contract security means a company or a person or a location like a park can pay my boss' boss money to send powerless scarecrows in uniforms to walk around and provide what is called "visible presence"

which is, essentially, a life-size cardboard cutout of a guy wearing the classic Spirit Halloween costume, "Black Slacks Law Professional" in size L

So if the entire chain of authority, from a toddler at the mall food court all the way up to whoever happens to have access to the majority of the planet's nukes at this time, you should know that someone like me currently ranks somewhere very slightly above Janitor, but still definitely below Cinnabon Assistant Manager

Which means that if I chose to go rogue and use my powers for evil TOMORROW, I would maybe manage to punch a Cinnabon employee and shoplift half a dozen chocolate bars from the gift shop before I am fired and in jail being sued off my ass with my licenses revoked for life, unable to leave the country or apply for a job at Walmart with my new shiny criminal record

Security guards and mall cops ain't police. We're dressed like police so you don't try and do something illegal in the area, but the vast majority of us can't actually do anything.

Calm down

[shadelorde]

I think a part of ART that is so underrated by the fandom sometimes is how much affection it shows for the people it loves. It's big and intimidating and mean sometimes and has no sense of proportionate retribution, but it's also very open about how much it loves its crew and Murderbot. It's not really just a hair-trigger angry ship, it's deeply protective of the people it houses in its hull.

And I wonder how much of that is informed by, or contributes to, the fact that it's a research transport that also goes directly into corporate territory and it and its crew protect and shuttle slaves and indentured servants and other disenfranchised people out.

And to do something like that, it's no wonder that it's so willing to take down anything that challenges it.

I mean. Imagine if your job was to protect your humans and you lived in a universe where everything is being slowly eaten by massively imperialistic mega-corporations who want you and everything you stand for wiped off the face of existence. You have to learn how to Fight the Hell Back.

[enbyofdionysos]

glimpses of Thorin’s pigtails

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Started a new book series, and has been a journey...an Odyssey, if you will.

[afterthelambs]

i adore Maruki as a character because he's simultaneously the most relatable depressing character that will make you cry with empathy, and the goofiest wettest cat loser in the game like what do you mean youre a licensed therapist and your first response to trauma is to brainwash a girl, project ur relationship issues onto a 17 yr old boy, and then rule the world in a golden leotard? bro went from 0 to 100 so fast??? anyway he's like 30% of the reason why p5r works as well as it does

[sableeira]

You know how “the moon is beautiful tonight, isn’t it?” is used as an expression for love confessions? It’s said that Natsume Soseki came up with it after overhearing a student translate “I love you” to Japanese in a very literal sense. While there is no source confirming that this exchange actually happened, I still think a scene referencing the expression with Natsume randomly appearing would be hilarious

[viktorarcanedeservesbetter]

tbh I don’t think therapy would have fixed Jayce and Viktor lmao. maybe would have softened their self-destructive tendencies but there’s no fixing that co-dependent relationship. Heimerdinger Mel and Sky are told “yeah, I can help treat their individual depressions but nothing is gonna reduce their co-dependency. I’m pretty sure separating them makes it a lot worse for not only them but much worse for everyone else. for everyone’s safety I suggest they’re not allowed to be more than a buildings length away from each other and even that is pushing it.” That therapist then quits on the spot cause now they’ve literally seen everything.

It’s like that scene in Brooklyn nine nine where all the physiatrists are observing and talking with Gina but instead it’s a whole crew of therapists and neurologists and physiologists trying to find out how these two men literally mind-melded together. They go to couples therapy but it’s literally just individual therapy held together because why tf not it’s the only way to get them to go.

[fatedroses]

This entire thing kinda spiraled from Zenos and him struggling to remember names, so I decided to give Adventurer!Zenos a section of his journal that basically ends up as his own version of the codex lol

[a-dragons-journal]

Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm actually kind of obsessed with the recent trend of definitions including not only "therians are earthen animals" (not true, but understandable misconception considering how long people have been saying it) but also "otherkin is for mythical creatures only", which has never been true and which I've only seen popping up in the last year or two. Where did that come from? Is it just a function of people wanting these to be neat, divided boxes instead of the messy, overlapping Venn diagram they actually are? Is it an assumption being made that if therian is for earthen animals otherkin must naturally be for the other option? Is it the fact that mythical species are the most common kintypes you see using the label otherkin leading to an assumption that that's all it's for? Who was the first one to spit that definition out and why?

[bonefall]

a while ago you said that Starclan cats design kittens and customize them with patterns and colors from their parents genes. So, do the clan cats raise any eyebrows when it comes to people who know cat genetics? Is there a geneticist who is holding their head wondering how these two cats have this colored kit while their starclan designer was just playing around? Or do the Starclan designers still have to stay within the rules?

Basically, do the humans notice that some of these clan cats are sparkle cats lol

I try to not get too "lost in the weeds" since the humans aren't the focus of the story, just taking care that they DO have real motivations behind their actions rather than construction crews materializing out of nowhere to Do A Chaos, but...

First, the genetics of cats in Albion are different than humans in equivalent Great Britain.

Partially, this is because I honestly just don't really enjoy learning about in-depth genetics or applying them realistically. I like drawing anime characters and writing anime battles, so they have anime genetics. But more than that, off-screen, the intelligence of cats has altered the timeline of this world.

If cats really were capable of higher thinking, that totally would have had some butterfly effects. I like dropping crazy alt-history and then not elaborating on it, because it's funny. Archimedes' cat helped him invent a death ray, btw.

On that note of genetics though, you guessed right. StarClan designers DO have to work with what they have. Whatever the genetics of this alternate universe of cats are, every kit born still abides by the laws of nature.

Which brings me to...

Second, the researchers do notice that the Clan cats are special. In fact, there is a "study of magic" in this universe-- Thaumatology. "The science of wonder."

(There's no world where magic actually factually exists that science isn't all over it lmao)

Thaumatology facts I haven't shared so far since it's all offscreen and just Bonus Worldbuilding;

It is a "soft science," not a hard one.

It has a LOT of problems with replicability. Thaumatologists and Quantum Physicists have a lot of in-jokes.

The most well known (to the point of being a cliche) is "magic and quantum particles both hate being watched."

Magic is highly variable based on a bajillion very personal factors, like emotion, environment, culture, personal background, etc, so it's severely difficult to re-create it in controlled environments.

Thaumatology has a lot of overlap with sociology, archeology, and theology, so people from these fields work together a lot.

There was absolutely not a dedicated Thaumatologist working in the Research Team early on, sadly.

It was probably discovered when the Battle of the True Eclipse blew out a bunch of field cameras.

It's pretty common that photography equipment fritzes out a bit during "supernatural" times like eclipses, but the damage was extensive enough to be noteworty

The Clan cats were initially notable just for the fact they had advanced culture.

Cats are usually comparable to crows and monkeys, in this universe. So cats with fire and a crude writing system were enough to SHAKE the field of zoology.

The fact they're cats helped a lot. The public loves cats, enough that since their discovery after Speckletail attacked a bulldozer, massive outcry has secretly helped the Clans several times.

The discovery that the culture also has Thaumatological elements is more of a goldmine for a scientist than the public, though.

It's common knowledge that "animals are magic," because humanity projects traits onto them. "Of course they do, they're cats...?"

The Thaumatologist is freaking out because "THE CAT IS PROVABLY DOING ITS OWN THAUMATURGY"

Most people don't know the difference between Thaumaturgy (the functional work it does on the world) and Thaumology (the study of that as a whole), so this particular scientist is going to have a hard time explaining WHY this distinction is so special.

(And possibly even offensive to certain groups, who would insist only humans are capable of this)

In any case, eventually there would be Thaumatological interest in the Clan cats, but they weren't there in the mid to late 2010s when BB!ASC takes place.

[essektheylyss]

CAN WE SEE THE CAPE

YES in my efforts to avoid doxxing myself I have only managed to get terrible bathroom selfies but alas, it'll have to work

I did wear it to work and it is very comfy and I do hope someone I passed recognized The Vibe. For devil's sacrament reasons.

[baseketballer]

BASEketball (1998) trading cards, found on liveauctioneers

[blueskittlesart]

is detcon actually good

no <3 hope this helps

[suusoh]

ya girl is ovulatinggg! Which means something something pre-rurenhein bastard johan and post-rurenheim loser johan tag teaming you.

something something about hiccuping and sobbing to post-rurenheim loser johan about how pre-rurenheim johan is so mean, and you don't like him, and he's nothing like the caring best friend you have right now. and something something about post-rurenheim johan saying he knows, he knows angel, he doesn't like how he used to be too :(( he didn't want you to see this version of him ever if he could help it.

And something about pre-rurenheim johan rolling his eyes at how soft his future self has gotten, but also knowing that he couldn't have changed that much did he? there's no way he's gotten a change of heart out of nowhere and gotten all squeaky clean with morals.

To which pre-rurenheim johan gets his suspicions confirmed, because even as you hiccup and writhe out of his hold and keep looking to your "friend" to help you... post-rurenhein johan can't do anything but just mutter apologies as he starts to kiss the inner of your thighs, promising that he'll make this feel as good for you as possible... Okay?