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johnschneiderblog · 4 months ago

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Form and function

The lagoons of Hilton Head soothe the human soul and provide a cozy habitat for all manner of creature, but their primary purpose is drainage.

The 11-mile-long Palmetto Dunes salt-water lagoon system - the second largest man-made lagoon system in the U.S. - winds through 2,000 acres of residential neighborhoods, golf courses and live oaks.

It was built in the 1970s to address two problems - shallow waterways on the island and eroding beaches. Before the lagoons were dug receding tides and the seepage of ground water made the island's 150-foot-wide beach too waterlogged to use.

The lagoons were an elegant and effective solution.

#John Schneider #Hilton Head #lagoon system #beauty and function #elegant solution

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beebfreeb · 1 year ago

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(it's like kisses to them)

Drawing of my regular laptop who is so normal!

#My beautiful wife she loves nail polish and stickers and tape so muchhhh #And um. Doesn't. Doesn't have functional hinges.#beebfreeb art tag #robot #object head #objectum

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fictionadventurer · 1 year ago

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How did Treasure Planet manage to come up with the greatest aesthetic in all human history? Victorian elegance plus space-age flair, with just enough dirt and grime and wear and tear to make it feel real? A combination of traditional and computer animation that perfectly embodies the movie's blend of old and futuristic? How does it get any better than that?

#treasure planet #turned it on on a whim #because sylvia's lovers put me in the mood for sailing ship vibes #and it turns out it fits in really well with the north and south space opera i've been thinking about again #it's really hard for me not to give thornton a giant beautiful space sailing ship #(no you can't do it! the point is that they're industrial and purely functional!)#also i've got another post brewing about how treasure planet is an excellent boy's adventure coming-of-age story #and we need more of those because i feel like the genre doesn't exist in the same way these days #but i'm not sure i could say what i mean without getting folks up in arms #so i'm keeping it to the tags

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ladeaeveld · 4 days ago

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Is there a better place to display a model of your flagship?

#perhaps its beautiful little lights will leave people wondering whether its beautiful little weapons are functional #some unfortunate aristocrat might find out #i've spent a ridiculous amount of time on this one #even for myself #certainly love the result though #rogue trader #von valancius #wh40k #warhammer 40000 #warhammer 40k #fanart

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 2 months ago

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MDZS x Firefly AU: A ragtag crew.

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #mdzs au #firefly #wei wuxian #jiang cheng #lan wangji #jiang yanli #Wen Ning #Wen Qing #nie huaisang #xue yang #A-qing #That's right! this month's flavour of MDZS AU is Space Western!#I recently rewatched the show and forgot that the lore essentially made everyone bilingual in Mandarin and English.#It's fun to hear characters talk in mandarin and now understand a little bit of what they're saying!#A Firefly AU fits them so well and I need to talk about it.#I have strong thoughts about my placement for all of these characters. Let's start with the most likely to be contraversial:#I think a less thought-out AU would pitch Wei Wuxian as the Captain or a Companion.#But there are a several reasons why that would simply not be the case:#Wei Wuxian is smart! He's good at what he finds a passion and interest in! Piloting is a complex skill that grants him a freedom to explore #He wants to kick back and chill! He would hate the responsibility of being the captain! That's JC's job!#In my heart he's also second in command - which does make WWX essentially Zoe and Wash smashed together.#Companions are also persons of high rank in this universe. Something WWX is very...not defined as.#Someone beautiful of higher social rank...someone who yearns for someone they want to explode in their mind...It was no contest.#I think there are a lot if really interesting things to explore with LWJ as a companion. Functionally they are similar to Courtesans -#But it isn't always about the sex - A Lan Wangji who sees himself only through the wants and needs of others -#is a really interesting angle I have been pondering a lot about.#Final thought to close up this long ramble: Yes. It is so essential that every space crew have a 'Weird Teen (girl optional) on board'.#Will I post more of this? Maybe! If people want to see more!

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skybson · 9 months ago

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My Top 25 Costumes from Star Trek : The Original Series

18. Dr. Miranda Jones' Sensor Web Dress

#fashion and function also the gems in her hair clip match #star trek tos #tos #star trek costumes #miranda jones #is there in truth no beauty #tos25*#originalposts*

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aspiringwarriorlibrarian · 3 months ago

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John Gaius is really the stupidest motherfucker on the planet cause he was working in cryogenics to save the Earth and the Earth gives him magic to Make People Survive Long Term Cryogenics and then he spends months faffing around with his two pet cadavers and live-streaming and building cow walls and wondering “what am I meant to do with these awesome powers” gee if only there had been some context clues, JOHN.

#the locked tomb #tlt Alecto #john gaius #tlt spoilers #like fuck I can’t believe the whole time that the necromancy was a side effect #YOU WERE NEVER MEANT TO RESURRECT ANYONE JOHN #JUST PUT THEM ON ICE FOR A FEW THOUSAND YEARS #HELL YOU DON’T EVEN NEED THE SPACESHIPS FOR THAT #the trillionaires want to fuck off to Sirius? Let em! They can live miserable lives in sterile space environments #you’ll be healing your beautiful functioning planet while most of humanity sleeps away #hell you could probably terraform mars as a side project

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swampybogg · 7 months ago

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