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Sustainable Meaning: The Key to a Balanced Future

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[screebyy]

babygirl (affectionate) vs babygirl (derogatory)

[crescentfool]

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[skitskatdacat63]

In true tradition, here are my thoughts on my drawings, because it was in fact: 7 AM

Okay so Fernando I is, as stated, super ostentatious. Why? Because it fits him but also because it's based on the real life guy. In all the paintings I could find of Philip V, in most of them he is wearing at least some kind of armor, and if not, is dressed pretty dramatically imo. And I will not be drawing a full set of armor, but it felt a bit weird to leave it our entirely so. Also historically I do think it's so interesting he was portrayed this way, since he was described as someone who was "only interested in outward decorum and brave only in battle."(again: how fernando coded hahaha)

See! Super dramatic! Also I made this meme that is only comprehensible to me

Seriously, why is he pointing in half of his paintings???? I couldn't find a concrete answer so I will give my personal analysis 😤 I like to think that it's symbolism for how he's always moving forward, like "here's will I go will go next!" ....or the artists just couldn't figure out what to do with his hands, I feel the struggle.

Oh also important to note!! His heels!! I am obsessed with this fashion detail from the time:

Nandopoleon is super important to me, it's why @sweatyflytrap and I became friends in the first place 🥺🥺🥺 so it felt very surreal to draw him because I've been thinking about him for a while. I want to make an actual web weave with quotes lined up with Fernando's career, or stuff comparing their personalities. Or draw him recreating one of the iconic paintings(probably the one with Napeoleon crowning himself emperor, I think it's fitting.) But to draw him in that classic pose, im very happy :)

And as I said already, Hussars are very fun to draw because it is such a general AU. The joy of it is more about figuring out how to incorporate the details of the real life racesuits to the uniform. If I didn't only primarily love to draw Fernando and Seb, i would be like "request a driver for the Hussar AU!" But I don't know how well that would go 😭

Anyways end of post. I think the reason why I've been feeling a lot more creatively driven and passionate is because it's a lot easier to draw so much when you know other people will be interested/want to discuss it with you! I used to have a friend that I would talk a lot about my OCs with, and guess what, back then I drew a lot more of them than I do now. It's not that I need outside validation to draw, I draw plenty for myself, but more that it makes me feel more happy about it, because I know that I'll get to talk about it with other people and see other people's thoughts, rather than just me being the sole participant. As you guys know, I like to talk. A lot. So it's very nice for it not all to be in my head(I am crazy) 😭😭 So thank you to everyone for your continued interest <3 you sustain me 🥺🥺

[faderiftss]

just noticed i havent posted to my art acc in like a month lol.... whoopsiee

[fritsahlefeldt]

Slg0105 UN goals for a better future

[gendertrickster]

i realized recently that vriska's left eye looking the way it is was what felt like an intentionally hidden detail throughout act 5 act 1, like it was a secret she kept deliberately. every appearance of her sans two in hivebent has her left eye obscured, by lack or otherwise

aside from times shown after she loses her eye, where she wears an eyepatch lens, she is ALWAYS shown wearing the augmented lens — a tool that specifically grants her more agency through letting her forcibly access information otherwise kept from her — and part of me can't help but wonder if it was an intentional mystery kept on hussie's part as to what vriska's eye actually looked like under there. there was never any indication that her left eye actually looked like the shape shown on the augmented lens, and it could easily be assumed, based on every troll aside from sollux, that her left eye looked the same as her right. this feels like a very, very defining thing for vriska in particular to hide. and it absolutely bears mentioning that the first time we ever see what her left eye looks like (one of TWO times in hivebent) is the same beat where it's revealed she was a PROSPIT dreamer

(the other time is [s] make her pay, which is the same idea)

and i feel like there's a couple different directions that hussie could've been wanting to take with this. one of them would be insane, because while it's basically entirely improbable in practice it would extend its way into fucking beyond canon if it were true:

it could, at one point in development, have been the case that vriska manifested her eye looking like that, given that we only see her dream self with this left eye in hivebent. at this point it was already established that dream selves can shape their forms manually to a degree (a la jade), and otherwise draw from the subconscious ideal one holds themself to (a la terezi). and given vriska's reliance on her vision eightfold (which to this point had been suggested as being solely possible through the vector of technological augment8ion) and everything that reliance represents in terms of her personal agency (and lack thereof), it would make sense if this were the reason her eye looked like that as her dream self but not her real self until later when she ascended to the god tiers and those two selves became one

this whole idea is already kind of dubious though, because we do see how vriska (allegedly) looked as a child, and she does also have the seven pupils, since there's also no reason to assume her eye didn't always look like that

but if that were true, why would it be kept such a secret in hivebent, especially by vriska herself?

(i can think of a couple reasons, actually.)

as i mentioned before, even now this "manifested vision eightfold" direction would still hold narrative weight, considering developments around vriska in beyond canon:

in chapter 2 of homestuck^2, vriska's new design is cemented, adding an eyepatch with an infinity drawn on it in her own cerulean swill blood over the wound she sustained just past the edge of canon

she wears this eyepatch, with its unique iconography, for eight years in the plot point, with one very notable exception:

chapter 4, where she is belittled into an episode of age regression, sporting again her glasses (which she had long stopped needing), her redoubled total lack of mental agency (which she really hoped would have been easier to leave behind than this), and her augmented lens (which, as established, she used as a crutch).

the parallel drawn all across here, then, is that her augmented lens is to her "vision eightfold"/seven-pupiled eye as her infinity eyepatch would be to her left eye once she could leave the point behind. and depending on how you interpret the existence of vriska's left eye — whether it was always there and caused her active dysphoria (as a mark associated with cerulean bloods, a textually-stated male-dominated caste) and dysmorphia (it made her look too alien, unlike almost all of her co-players), or whether she manifested it as something she had to have to maintain personal agency despite further alienating her appearance from that of her peers and of her preferred ideal for herself (thus also causing her the same dysphoria/dysmorphia) — that can mean different things.

the point as to whether vriska manifested it into existence is only sort of moot, though — homestuck is a story completely steeped in retroactive continuity, where once it's made clear that something is true, it was always true, and things like that can be manifested into truth by its own characters (a la jake). the state of vriska's left eye was a mystery until it was shown how it actually looked, and from then on it was always true, and was thus also true for aranea. but whether it was always true for aranea first banked on it being true for vriska, due to the trickle-down characterization homestuck is built on. this choice was made before aranea even existed as a character, after all.

and because of the nature of these manifestations, that truth had to come from various parts of vriska's arc in hivebent, like what the vision eightfold meant to her as the one thing she could use to get an edge in a world completely stacked against her. and who else would ever be able to metanarratively manifest such a relevant and contentious part of her own appearance (let alone that of an eye, the vector by which light is received) than vriska serket?

sure enough, after years of painful, traumatic work, she manifests it a second time.

vision infinityfold. unbounded freedom.

[serpentface]

Cattle of some of the eastern Inner Seaway peoples.

(Note that these are all landrace types, many have high rates of introgression from other cattle types, and most are not altogether distinct from neighboring cattle or subject to intense artificial selection in general. Each type of cattle here can have tremendous variation in phenotype and may have individuals barely resembling the drawing or description. This post just illustrates the most common/characteristic traits of each type.)

(all cattle are shown in their summer coats)

Ganne, Wardi native cattle

This is the native cattle landrace in contemporary Imperial Wardin and most of its immediate geographic neighbors. It is an ancient population and has been the bedrock for subsistence for the majority of the Wardi peoples' histories, and remains agriculturally central as well as sacred and culturally beloved. It is not truly distinct from most of its neighboring cattle populations to the east, with few geographic barriers keeping it genetically isolated until the you reach the Blackmane mountain range.

This is an all-purpose type used for labor, meat, hides, milk, blood, manure, and fuel.

Characteristic lyrate horns, upward curving horns are common in some populations with recent wild aurochs ancestry.

Long, convex sloping face.

Long body with fairly lanky legs.

Long hanging wattle and fatty hump

Small eyes.

High poll

Significant sexual dimorphism in size

Substantial variation in color and pattern, though small clustered spots like this are notably common.

Long, thick tail.

Typically calm temperament.

Develops a short winter coat.

Strong tolerance to heat, resistant to water scarcity.

Comfortable in typical 40-60F lowland winters, but suffers in sustained freezing temperatures and does not instinctively graze through snow.

Excellent and highly adaptive forager, needs virtually no supplementation to their diet if sufficient pasture is accessible (aside from sedentary populations during winter).

Can fare well in a variety of habitats ranging from semi-desert scrub to open woodland, though best suited to grassland.

Meat of a healthy animal is relatively rich, moderate fat content.

Saungri, Ubiya cattle

This is the primary cattle type used by Ubiyan peoples along the northeast, east, and southeast of the Viper seaway, and is vital to the subsistence of Ubiyan nomadic pastoralists. Of the cattle listed here, it is most closely related to the ganne. The saungri is also likely the oldest of all types here.

This is an all-purpose type used for labor, meat, hides, milk, blood, manure, and fuel.

Tall, athletic build, fairly compact in length.

Long legs.

High poll.

Long hanging wattle and fatty hump on back.

Short, bristly tail.

Fairly large udder.

Curving horns are most common.

Significant sexual dimorphism in size, cows usually have forward-curving lyrate horns while most bulls have upward curved horns.

Typically calm temperament.

Color variation is tremendous, but bright red patterns like this are culturally favored.

Tolerant of heat, but not particularly resistant to water scarcity.

Develops a short winter coat.

Comfortable in typical 30-60F winter temperatures, though cannot handle sustained sub-freezing chill.

Excellent and highly adaptive forager, needs virtually no supplementation to the diet if sufficient pasture is accessible (aside from sedentary populations during winter).

Meat is fairly lean.

Ashyu, Yuroma cattle

A cattle type native to the contemporary Lowlands Yuroma city-states. These societies have a very long history of settled agriculture and have never been deeply reliant on their cattle, though it is still highly valued livestock and important to agriculture and the diet.

This is a multi-purpose type predominantly used for meat, hides, milk, and manure. Khait are favored for most labor, though the ashyu is invaluable for the tending of rice paddies and as a pack animal in marshy terrain.

Small, fairly delicate, and erect in build.

Long legs.

Long, thin tail with flowing hair.

Short, sloping face and big eyes.

Most have a mid-length wattle and a fatty hump.

Naturally polled horns or upward curving horns are most common.

Wide hooves amenable to uneven surfaces and marshy ground.

Very sure-footed.

Medium sized udders.

Typically energetic temperament.

Tremendous variation in color and pattern, but 'color-sided' patterns such as this are notably common.

Very tolerant of heat and humidity, but has very high water needs.

Develops a very short winter coat.

Winters in most of its native range are extremely mild and rarely dip below the mid 40s, sustained freezes can be deadly for ashyu.

Developed from mostly settled populations and not the greatest forager, does not range widely. Needs to be sustained almost entirely on feed during the sparsest couple winter months.

Meat is fairly tender.

Kulustaig

Cattle type indigenous to the Highlands northwest of Wardi land. This breed began as a population merger of approximately 1/3 proto-Finn native cattle 2/3 proto-Wardi native cattle, though most kulustaig are highly distinct from the descendants of the latter due to intense environmental selection and Relative genetic isolation. Its ancestors fully split from those of the taigrej finnek (below) about ~1800 years ago and shares the taigrej’s origins as a cattle-bison hybrid, though the last instances of bison introgression are negligibly distant. It happens to retain a few bison-like traits its cousin does not (notably muscular necks with high thoracic vertebrae, and the shape of its winter coat) due to environmental selection.

This is an extreme all-purpose type used for labor, meat, hides manure, fuel, milk, textiles from its winter coat, and occasionally riding. Shows particularly intense selection for milk production.

Stocky, long, low-slung and muscular

Fairly small.

Thick, blocky skull with a wide poll

Characteristic thick v-shaped or straight horns

The apparent hump on the back is highly arched thoracic vertebrae, which attach thick neck muscles.

Most have a short neck wattle.

Very large udders on average.

Develops a thick, curly winter coat.

Short, thick tail with very long, curly hair at the tip.

Typically docile, placid temperament

Very sure-footed.

Larger heart and lung capacity than lowland counterparts, tolerant of high elevations.

Genetically isolated kulustaig types are typically shades of black, white and grey, but most contemporary herds come in a variety of colors.

Excellent forager that tolerates nutrient-poor graze, instinctively digs through snow to access grass. Only needs minimal dietary supplementation in typical winters.

Tolerant of a wide spectrum of temperatures from about 20-80F, but suffers in very hot conditions without access to shade and cannot survive in (rare) sub-zero temperatures for long.

Meat is very lean and tough.

Taigrej Finnek, Finn native cattle.

This is the cattle type native to Finnerich. It can be considered a naturalized hybrid, derived from domesticated bison and cattle ancestors and gradually (largely unintentionally) backcrossed with cattle to create a fully fertile population. Major instances of bison introgression have been rare in most of its history since, but it occurs occasionally. The taigrej is highly valued for its strength as a pack and plow animal and its hardy, independent constitution.

This is an all-purpose type used for labor, meat, hides, manure, and milk.

Short, thick bulbous head shape

Low slung and thick-set, overall build is relatively sleek.

Fairly large and muscular.

Mid-large udders.

VERY wide poll.

The characteristic horn type is downward-curved.

Short tail with long curly hair at the tip.

Typical headstrong temperament, notably assertive towards predators when it has confidence in numbers.

Lots of color variation, though brindling is a particularly unique quality of this population.

Short winter coat.

Tolerant of the typical hot, dry summers and mild winters of its native range, though suffers in heat without access to shade and cannot withstand lasting sub-freezing temperatures.

Good forager and mostly self-sufficient when adequate pasture is accessible, but usually needs to be supplemented during winter months, will not instinctively dig through snow.

Moderately lean meat.

Tepang, Burri cattle

A broad category of cattle types from the contemporary Burri Republic, with numerous subtypes across the variable environments of its range. This one stems from a separate domestication event of aurochs than others shown here. In the Burri creation story, the first of the gods used a tepang ox to lift the land out from the ocean on its horns, and built the world atop it.

The tepang derives from an entirely separate domestication event of aurochs than the rest shown here.

This type is predominantly used for meat, hides, manure, and labor, though some tepang populations show selection for milk production.

Slight, lean looking build, but deceptively strong.

Fairly large size

Big round eyes

Delicate concave sloping face.

Characteristic forward facing horns

Narrow, pointed poll.

Long ear hair.

Most (but not all) tepang types have very small udders, owing to lesser selection for milk production by human populations with lower rates of lactase persistence

Typically docile temperament, a little skittish.

Massive variety of coat colors and patterns, impossible to determine a standard type. All-white coats with black spots around the eyes and nose are culturally favored for beauty.

Short winter coat.

Not an instinctive forager or roamer, as most populations have developed in settled conditions with limited pasture. Requires at least some dietary supplementation with feed year-round, especially during winter.

The Grajyi Steppe tepang is a significantly hardier variant of this type, which develops a thick winter coat and forages efficiently.

The meat of a healthy tepang is relatively rich and fatty.

[evannamari]

Distribution of Paid Custom Content Is Harmful

Speaking about the eternal topic of paid access, I’d like to share my opinion (even though no one asked for it).

I want to note right away that I’m talking about permanently paid content — I have no complaints about early access.

I saw that a certain person wrote that hoping to get custom content from certain paid authors for free is impudence, because they put a lot of effort and time into creating it.

That sounds fair, but do free creators put in less effort? Let’s say this is a debatable issue. There can also be long discussions about what counts as high-quality content.

But I want to draw attention to something else: these creators do not exist in a vacuum. They didn’t gain their knowledge on their own. Everything we and they know about modding in The Sims 2 is the result of intellectual — and not only intellectual — work done by many people.

I also see that paid creators tend to form closed, elitist groups and do not share their experience with the rest of the community, even though they benefit from its collective knowledge.

For example, would these paid creators be able to make their content without SimPE? This software is distributed for free. Or didn’t they learn from tons of tutorials published absolutely for free?

Programs, plugins, resources — all of this helps our community thrive around an old game abandoned by its developers (don’t tell me about Legacy).

It’s the players who openly share knowledge about their favorite game who prevent it from being forgotten and keep reviving interest in it again and again.

Let’s imagine all custom content for The Sims 2 were distributed for a fee. This would cool interest in the game — not only because obviously not every player could afford to buy everything. It would also make content creation less sustainable: access to resources would be more difficult, and competition in the creator market would split the income so much that it would become negligible.

This is why I believe that custom content locked behind permanent paywalls is harmful to our community.

[autemis]

I couldn't take it any longer and decided to check out the romance scenes with Rosa and Katherine in my game. And I really have to say something about the clear atmospheric differences between all three romance outcomes! (Pls keep in mind, I'm not talking about the whole romance walkthrough – I'm just focused on the "bed" scenes.)

Let’s start with Rosa:

Her scene take place right after she and Henry have cleared out her old home from some bandits. Everything is chaotic and most of her belongings are gone – it’s no longer the safe place she grew up in and everyone she knows and loves is missing. She’s sad but not hopeless. She’s a strong and smart woman who doesn't easily lost her strength to move on. It’s a “if you fall, you have to stand up again” situation and you can really see this willpower in her. What starts as a somewhat depressing situation develops into something playful and lighthearted. The way she hugs the book that she and Henry finished, how she swings around a bit with a little smirk before they kiss and her light chuckle when Henry picks her up and carries her to bed all contribute to this. Finally, the main act is also filled with laughter and some lusty but still playful passion.

Now, let’s move on to the first of the two end-game romances: Katherine:

Rosa's romance strikes a great balance between lust and emotion in a very lighthearted way – just as it should be for a mid-game romance. It’s not impactful enough for something bigger, but it’s perfect for what it is. I absolutely love Rosa and I think this quick outcome with her suits her character perfectly. She still has so much to achieve, and her path and goals are not the same as Henry’s. So their paths must part, which is why it can’t be more than a little rendezvous between them – at least at this point in the story.

After her tearful talk with Henry in the yard, she meets him by the wall, where he’s waiting for Sam - because “she can’t sleep.” Clearly, she’s not up there just for that, but expressing those emotions isn’t easy for her. Katherine is a victim of her own past, a broken woman who never received the help she desperately needed. At this point, it’s irrelevant whether Henry romanced her or not - she will have feelings for him, but are those feelings genuinely what they seem? Katherine seems to believe she loves Henry romantically, but it’s likely fear that drives her. Fear of losing another important person in her life - anxiety about being alone again. She wants to keep him close, struggling against this overwhelming fear, which ultimately leads to a lustful act born from desperation.

Last but not least: Hans:

It’s not about romance or deep emotions; it’s just anxiety and desperation that draw these two to each other that night. Neither Katherine nor Henry looks happy because it’s not a cheerful moment. They are simply searching for comfort in one another due to the dark future they are facing. I’m deeply convinced that Katherine loves Henry, but not in the way she thinks. It’s more like the love you feel for family or a very close friend. Henry, on the other hand, is still young. It’s exciting for him to engage with an older, wiser, and more mature woman. It was lust that drove him, and it was lust that made that night happen. There are no deep emotions or a sustainable love affair.

Hans’s romance scene is significantly different from Katherine’s. It begins with no music at all. The scene that follows the little story Hans just told Henry about two knights starts mostly in silence, much like the Rosa scene. You just can hear their voices and some background noise, like the crackling of the fire. The atmosphere is filled with a mixture of hope and fear as Henry takes Hans’s hand. A smile on Hans’s lips - hope filledwith fear. Henry hurriedly stands up, seemingly wanting to leave the room - perhaps because he can’t bear the tension any longer? The fear he feels, as well as the fear he sees in Hans’s eyes? After that, things happen so quickly - there’s no time for thinking, just pure acting based on real emotions.

I’m truly biased towards the Hans romance, but please understand that this post is not about saying “this romance is better than that one” – that’s not the case at all. Each of these three is unique in its own way and beautiful for what it is. Rosa’s romance is light and fresh, like a wink of hope. Katherine’s is lustful and deeply melancholic in a realistic and truthful way. Hans’s is filled with big emotions, many feelings, and an uncertain outcome for a long and deep relationship – like the beginning of a new chapter or the next step.

The kiss itself clearly confuses both of them – Hans is unable to comprehend what he just did and Henry is completely overwhelmed by his own emotions. Shame, joy, curiosity, anxiety – both of them are clearly experiencing these emotions right now, but in the end, true desire wins. Henry’s hurried movements, the music kicking in, the big steps back to Hans and his direct consent to Henry’s actions show the heavy emotions that have been hanging over them. The lusty act itself is just blurred in the background, as it should be. This night is not about lust, it’s about emotion and connection.

In the end, nothing about any of these romances is very clear – they all ended before they could truly begin. No one knows if that night meant anything more or had deeper significance. This makes it somewhat frustrating on one hand, but also deeply intriguing on the other. Rosa is the one who somewhat breaks this pattern a bit because Henry was able to talk to her and say goodbye – at least for now. But Katherine and Hans? Everything is still open for them. It’s up to us to decide what we think the truth is – at least for now, until we hopefully get some answers in the future.

[reasonsforhope]

"In drought-stricken areas, communities facing water shortages, or even in residential and commercial buildings eager to improve their environmental footprints, atmospheric water generators represent a new frontier in water production.

While it might sound like a tidbit from a science fiction movie, even the driest places on earth have moisture in the air that can be extracted and used for everyday necessities like plumbing and drinking. 

Unlike traditional dehumidifiers, which also pull moisture from the air, AWGs utilize filtration and sterilization technology to make water safe to drink. 

And while there are plenty of AWG companies out there — and the science itself isn’t novel — AWGs are becoming more efficient, affordable, and revolutionary in combating water scarcity in a myriad of communities.

Aquaria Technologies, a San Francisco-based AWG startup, was founded in 2022 to help provide affordable and clean drinking water in areas most affected by climate change. 

Using heat exchange and condensation, Aquaria’s generators draw air into their systems, cool that air below its dew point, and as it condenses, capture that water and filter it for consumption. 

As the cycle continues, the generator’s refrigerant vaporizes and goes through a process that cools it back into a liquid, meaning the heat transfer cycle repeats continuously in an energy-efficient and self-sustaining system.

“I’m sure you’ve had the experience in the summer, you take a glass of a cold drink out of the fridge and then water droplets form on the side of the bottle,” Aquaria’s co-founder and CEO Brian Sheng, said in a podcast episode. “That’s actually condensation.”

Sheng continued: “The question is, how do we create condensation? How do we extract water out of the air in large volume and using little energy? That’s what our technology does. We have created both active and passive cooling methods where we use special materials, and we’ve created heat exchange and recovery systems and airflow design, such that we’re maximizing heat exchange, and then we’re able to extract large volumes of water.”

Aquaria has created a number of generators, but its stand-alone model — the Hydropack X — can replace an entire home’s dependence on municipal water, producing as much as 264 gallons of potable water per day. 

Other models, like the Hydrostation, can provide water for up to 1,500 people at parks, construction sites, or other outdoor public areas. The Hydropixel can make 24 gallons of water per day for a seamless at-home application, requiring a simple outlet for power. 

“Atmospheric water generators present a groundbreaking solution to the global challenge of clean water scarcity, leveraging the humidity present in the air to produce potable water,” the company’s website explains.

“This technology is versatile, functioning efficiently across diverse climates — from arid regions to tropical settings. From rural communities in developing countries to advanced cities facing unexpected droughts, atmospheric water generators have a wide range of applications… transforming lives and providing secure, clean water sources.”

Considering an estimated 2.2 billion people lack access to clean water globally — including in American cities like Flint, Michigan, or Modesto, California — innovative solutions like AWGs are vital to maintaining the basic human right to clean water. 

The World Economic Forum has begun to dip its toes into this technology as well, implementing public and private partnerships to introduce AWG units in Arizona’s Navajo Nation, where the machines produce about 200 gallons of clean water per day.

“When combined with an appropriate level of community engagement and triple-bottom-line business (people, planet, profit),” a blog post for WE Forum said, “this model can be a powerful stopgap solution where few exist today.”

Similarly, according to New Atlas, Aquaria has a partnership with developers to supply its technology to a 1,000-home community in Hawaii later this year, relying entirely on atmospherically generated water.

The company also has a “Frontier Access Program,” which partners with water-related NGOs, community project developers, and sustainable development groups to deploy this technology in areas most in need.

Regardless of their use cases — in homes, in communities facing water shortages, or at aid sites navigating natural disasters — AWGs have a minimal environmental impact. Sourcing water “from thin air,” requires no plastic bottles, no large-scale plants using up loads of energy, and no byproducts that can harm the environment."

-via GoodGoodGood, August 27, 2024

[agrocomp0sites]

Sustainable Development

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[cripplecharacters]

hello!! I am making a rewrite of a. Very very bad comic. Now, my MC is a disabled trans woman (knee chronic pain sustained from a pretty mundane highschool track injury, im not one to do tragic disability storylines, seeing as I’m physically disabled and that trope sucks). This ask isn’t about her, though. I’m planning to add a sort of cameo of a main character from the original comic, Shanzay (the comic spelled it Shanzey but no ethnic group actually spells it that way, so… white ass comic writer). Her original disability is caused from. Ableist trope after ableist trope. It’s not gonna come up how she was disabled, since it’s a cameo of my MC helping her and her girlfriend with furniture around their house, basically a plot device for her to tell her about the club the MC and her friends are gonna visit, which causes the main inciting incident of the story. I would, however, like to change how her disability happened, even if it comes up, because it’s REALLY handing itself over to the ablebodied gaze (essentially, perfectly vertical eye scar and cataract caused by abusive father doing unspecified thing to her eye that only her mom is traumatized by, not her apparently). If y’all can come up with either really stupid mundane accidents to cause it or a way to draw the scar so that it’s not stupid and unrealistic lmk 😅 to clarify my physical disability is POTS, and very likely but undiagnosed reproductive disabilities, so I don’t have the experience that people with half blindness or other eye related disabilities might here

Hello!

So the perfectly vertical scar is unrealistic for a couple of reasons. Main one is that very few scars are perfectly pointed in any direction, especially not traumatic ones (surgical ones might be but I'm not familiar with any procedure that leaves a vertical scar through someone's eye). Second, for the eye specifically, it just doesn't make sense anatomically (?) since eyes tend to be set deeper in the skull so that this exact thing doesn't happen - they're sitting in two big holes surrounded by bone. The third is that if someone did actually get slashed in a face with enough force to make the second point irrelevant they'd likely either die or have something much more significant happen to them (behind eye is where the brain is stored, so...). Or at least lose the eye, since the globe just got cut in half.

With this in mind, you have a few options.

A: Leave both the monocular blindness, scar, and backstory in and just make it make more sense. For example, maybe she was hit (can fit the original cause) and had an orbital fracture (can leave a scar or just general asymmetry in the area), it got infected and she started having eye problems (endogenous endophthalmitis). I'm honestly not sure how probable cataracts would be here since it's really mostly a progressive condition, but if she was to receive some sort of trauma to the lens then a cataract could form there. Just keep in mind that other things would probably happen as well, it'd be impressive to hit only one specific eye structure (whilst doing it hard enough to cause a permanent problem).

B: Leave the cataract and scar. Hell, they can be unrelated. Maybe she developed the cataract as she grew older and also had a scar from, IDK, (there really isn't anything that results in that kind of scar so cut me some slack) a laceration from some machinery that she had when she was younger and had to get it stitched up, which left a more-or-less vertical scar. Keep in mind that if she has an eyelid scar, that will affect its functioning - for example, if it sticks out, she might not be able to fully open the eyelid.

C: Leave the cataract and give her a more common kind of scar instead. This is easy since literally any scar will be more common. Some ideas; hit the forehead on the roof of a car while getting in, had a tumor that had to be removed, born with a facial cleft, got a really bad skin infection, had meningitis, boiling water fell from a stove top, needed brain surgery, born with (anterior) encephalocele, minor injury that she kept picking on and it healed poorly, family dog bit her, broken nose from getting accidentally elbowed in the face by someone, car crash where she hit the dashboard with her head, part of skin had to be removed due to skin cancer... The choice is yours. Literally anything would be more realistic and interesting (since the vertical eye scar is just treated as a visual quirk the same way a mole is rather than a Thing caused by Something most of the time and a Thing caused exclusively by swordfighting the rest of the time).

As to drawing it, you probably could make the scar either less extensive with the same severity (e.g., only shows on the brow bone and cheek) or make it more severe with the same extensiveness (it does show up on the eyelids and general eye area, but there is visible asymmetry, skin/bone indentation, ptosis, etc.).

The thing below is something I drew really quickly right now for reference, IDK how helpful it is but just be aware that the way eyes are placed in the face is designed to specifically avoid things getting into them. So if you're bypassing that, the actual structure of the face has probably been changed.

Hope this helps!

mod Sasza

[yellydany]

SOLARIS PANTHERA 🐯 ☀️ (Solar Panther) Also known as Tonalincelotl (daylight panther)

"The solar panthers are solitary felines with photokinetic abilities. Thanks to the specialized light-absorbing cells in their tissue they possess the sinister ability to draw all of the thermal energy of an area (including other organisms) into themselves and instantly kill everything in the surroundings out of a sheer cold shock, this being their main source of sustainability- to consume energy be it heat or light.

As such, they are big threats to the environment and civilization so they are (while not advisable) hunted down and the suspected places are marked so no one steps any closer into their territories. Since they have developed fins —not to mention they have a very aquatic appearance overall— and fantastic swimming skills it isn’t rare to find them wandering around water masses." *Creature design from a dream I had a few years ago! one of my favourite🐆

[vamptizm]

this whole thing is annoying the actual fuck out of me so let’s actually talk about it

not saying one is much better than the other, but the comparisons are annoying ASF and if i was petty enough i’d pull the NATTY card, but that’s silly

caitlin’s WNBA debut game was may 14th against connecticut where she played 32 minutes and did score 20 points and 3 assists, yes. but ALSO set a record for the most turnovers in a WNBA debut with 10 turnovers. they lost the game 92–71. by 21 points. as a developed team.

paige had 10 points, lead in rebounds with 7, 2 assists and 1 block. only 2 turnovers the entire game. played 29 minutes. whistle wasn’t pretty, but i’m sure that’s something they loveee to ignore. they lost 99-84. by 15 points. as a new team, with only 3 old players on the roster and a whole new coaching staff. they played against minnesota.. a team that lost the 2024 championship by 5 points only.

so there’s your fucking wnba regular season debut comparison. not much of a fucking difference.

but if you wanna compare FURTHER, which is so dumb because cc and paige don’t play alike—we can do that.

CC

strengths:

• great shooter, especially from deep

• great at creating her own shot and pulling defenders out.

• very flashy passer with high court vision.

• can change the momentum of a game with quick scoring runs.

weaknesses:

• is turnover prone ( she tries a lot of stupid high risk passes).

• her defense is a work in progress to say the LEAST. not always consistent or physical on that end.

• heavily ball dominant. she thrives best when the offense is built around her just like in college

bottom line: She's a high volume offensive weapon, gets compared to steph for her range. BUT she still needs to improve a lot in terms of decision making and defense

PB

strengths:

• very smart decision maker. rarely forces shots.

• clutch in late game situations.

• strong on both ends of the court. offense AND defense.

• can shoot, drive, facilitate, defend, and rebound. definition of all around player.

weaknesses:

• injuries have definitely slowed her momentum and exposure compared to cc.

• less flashy than caitlin

• might not be as dominant from three point range.

• passes the ball a lot

bottom line: paige is more of a complete guard. efficient, tactical, and quietly deadly. she’s the type of player that can slot into any system and make it better. can also play different positions and HAS done so successfully.

if you want a high scoring player who draws in fans and stretches defenses, go with cc.

if you want a balanced, winning guard who can run the floor, score, and lock in defensively, paige is your girl.

right now cc has the louder game but paige has the quieter dominance. and that might be more sustainable longterm.

one is a flashy shooter, and one is a do it all guard.

[mindblowingscience]

The air around us contains a powerful solution for making agriculture more sustainable. Researchers at Stanford University and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia have developed a prototype device that can produce ammonia – a key fertilizer ingredient – using wind energy to draw air through a mesh. The approach they developed, if perfected, might eliminate the need for a century-old method that produces ammonia by combining nitrogen and hydrogen at high pressures and temperatures. The older method consumes 2% of global energy and contributes 1% of annual carbon dioxide emissions from its reliance on natural gas. The study, published Dec. 13 in Science Advances, involved the first on-site – rather than in a lab – demonstration of the technology. The researchers envision someday integrating the device into irrigation systems, enabling farmers to generate fertilizer directly from the air.

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