#is their theory correct?

[akanemnon]

Theory time with Chara

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[arowitharrows]

I fully support Pluto as an aro symbol (x) but as a space scientist I cannot support any arguments that claim it's because Pluto should be a planet. The true reason Pluto is an aro symbol is precisely because people tie the amount of love and care this wonderful celestial body receives to which label it has. Just because a relationship with someone is not labeled as romantic should not mean that this relationship has to be treated as less worthy of time and care and effort. Just because Pluto is not labeled as a planet does not mean it is less worthy of our time and care and effort.

Here is another reason Pluto is aro: Pluto has a heart shaped region called the Tombaugh region:

[ID: an image of Pluto and it's heart shaped Tombaugh region, with the moon Charon in the background. End ID]

Now, Pluto and it's moon Charon are tidally locked, meaning they always face each other with the same hemisphere. Pluto's heart is always facing away from Charon. Some articles have phrased this as being tragically romantic, but I disagree! Here are two celestial objects orbiting each other for billions of years, and they are doing this while Pluto keeps it's heart hidden. Because in this case, love is not part of the equation that makes up their bond, romance does not play a part in their gravitational pull towards each other. That's aro as fuck, in my humble opinion.

[botslayer]

It's a canon feature in Ghostbusters that some ghosts are not, in fact, the spirits of the dead. Some of them are left over residue from various emotional things. For example: A seven car pile up that kills a few and traumatized enough of the people there could plausibly spawn both undead ghosts and ones who embody the anguish of the survivors.

It is therefore theoretically possible that if a convention goes bad enough, say DashCon, Las Pegasus, or Rain Furrest 2015, a ghost could have been formed from it.

[kateeorg]

Misinformation Watch: Matpat

There's been a recent misconception about Matthew Patrick/Matpat that I desperately have to correct.

NO. Matpat is not a politician now.

He is not in Congress.

He did not win any elections.

Matpat (and Stephanie Patrick, for that matter, let's not forget her) are actually working WITH a couple of actual Congressional reps as part of a bipartisan group called the Congressional Creators Caucus, or the Creator Economy Caucus.

They are trying to educate lawmakers about online content creators and their needs, as a couple of long-running creators themselves, as this is an economic space that affects a significant amount of Americans on all sides. They are aiming to influence policy, but are not actually creating policies themselves. Considering the mess that the TikTok "ban" created, this could be such an amazing help.

But NO. Matpat is not in Congress and is not running for an election anytime soon.

Please reblog, pass this around, because I don't want to spend hours correcting every single "Matpat is in Congress now?" posts, especially since I can't tell which ones are just jokes and which ones genuinely believe it.

[perplexingly]

I kinda genuinely don't understand this fandom tendency of interpreting things a Certain Way and believing that all else is incorrect

You guys really need to get into some 500 year old theatre play, watch 50 different performances and understand that even the "set in stone 100% acknowledged by scholars" interpretations can be disputed

[v-vain]

I have an awful angsty jrwi theory brewing in my mind and I need to put it out there

Upon finding Drey Ferin, he's lost his ability to use his arms and his (likely dominant) eye, meaning he can't shoot anymore, which was the most important thing to him.

In the same vain, Finn Tidestrider lost his intelligence and wisdom with his decaying brain, the most important thing to him.

I have a really bad feeling that Arlin, upon discovery, will have lost his humanity, the most important thing to him, and the riptide pirates, specifically chip, will have to kill the shell of his father figure, because in reality, Arlin's gone.

It would be awful if that happened (I NEED THE ANGST) but it's my running theory for when we finally find Arlin ^_^

EDIT: @saltedcaramelreblogs SAID THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ARLIN COULD BE CHIP AND THATS EVEN WORSE.

Also @kyoodledoodle said that this could be foreboding for the riptide captains and I'm not okay. The most important thing for them collectively is eachother :(

[adaines-furious-feast]

I feel like, while "I'm going to the South Pole" is a joke, the South Pole will be where they end the season

A popular part of the Hollow Earth conspiracy theory is that there's a hole at the South Pole leading to the inside of the planet (although iirc the conspiracy theory seems to mix up the North and South Pole a lot).

It's not quite what I imagine Zood is based on. I think Zood is like "oh you go into the Bermuda Triangle and you end up on Zood". However, I think at least some of the crew will try to get back to the ordinary world at the end of the season, they'll fly up, up through a hole in the sky and then appear... at the South Pole.

Wealwell will make it to the South Pole

[stillsurfacequietpond]

Why Aziraphale really calls Crowley:

[brennan-lee-mother]

You ever think about how the Rat Grinders represent what the Bad Kids could have turned out to be if they hadn’t found each other freshman year?

Fig, the depressed rocker, all performance

Riz, the highstrung control freak who never found Penny

Fabian, the asshole jock who looks down on dancers

Gorgug, the uncommunicative loner

Kristen, the chosen

Adaine, the unwilling participant in her rich evil family’s plots

Because I do, and now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go scream into my pillow

[kindgreenape]

[yourstrulynobody]

I HAD A THEORY FOR TODAY'S EAPS EP (yesterday when it was just a premier/trailer) THAT HE WAS PULLING OUT HIS KIDS AND I WAS CORRECT SO AKHWBSJWBANBJABJAHWNQ AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Lyrics from: "No More Birthdays" by Sophie May (0:36)

[odetokeons]

how the past few days (especially YESTERDAY) have felt

[the-great-horse-cocktail]

Alternate timeline where Stanley doesn’t accidentally ruin Ford’s project but he still doesn’t get into Geek Life University bc some kid showed up with a baking soda volcano

[bbbbbbbbatman]

you know that post that's like the best way to deal with conspiracy theorists is to suggest an even wilder conspiracy (ex. "did you know the moon landing was faked?" "you believe in the moon?")?

well that but with tim and bernard. every time bernard gets a little too close to the bat secret, tim suggests something insane and then goes to great lengths to find (or occasionally manufacture) evidence for his stupid theory.

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bernard: okay hear me out, what if the second robin came back to life and is now red hood

tim: okay but what if red hood is actually joker from a different dimension where he didn't go mad and his life of crime escalated?

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bernard: i think the youngest robin might actually be blood-related to batman

tim: maybe the youngest robin is a literal demon that batman summoned and bound to him

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sometimes he goes a little too deep down the rabbit hole and manages to convince himself of his theories. And, on one notable occasion, one of theories actually turned out to be true and helped solve a case.

[todayis-snowy]

i will place money on this i swear to you