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imagine how is touch the sky

I'll be sure to note that in my log. I've had twelve years to think about it. And if I had it to do over again, I would have grabbed the phaser and pointed it at you instead of them. Earl Grey tea, watercress sandwiches... and Bularian canapés? Are you up for promotion? Worf, It's better than music. It's jazz. Commander William Riker of the Starship Enterprise. In all trust, there is the possibility for betrayal. Then maybe you should consider this: if anything happens to them, Starfleet is going to want a full investigation. 

Congratulations - you just destroyed the Enterprise. They were just sucked into space. I suggest you drop it, Mr. Data. About four years. I got tired of hearing how young I looked. Some days you get the bear, and some days the bear gets you. Maybe if we felt any human loss as keenly as we feel one of those close to us, human history would be far less bloody. Not if I weaken first. I think you've let your personal feelings cloud your judgement. Wait a minute - you've been declared dead. You can't give orders around here. 

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hey @mickleburger @glitzandshadows @lizziestark did u know this is even More live

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While ripping the music from Inquisition, I found this mysterious, beautiful arrangement of the theme song from Origins that I’ve never heard before.

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in love with cities: sagittarius, capricorn, scorpio, gemini

in love with trees: virgo, taurus, libra, leo

in love with stars: pisces, aquarius, aries, cancer

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NASA scientists have reported that they’ve successfully tested an engine called the electromagnetic propulsion drive, or the EM Drive, in a vacuum that replicates space. The EM Drive experimental system could take humans to Mars in just 70 days without the need for rocket fuel, and it’s no exaggeration to say that this could change everything.

But before we get too excited (who are we kidding, we’re already freaking out), it’s important to note that these results haven’t been replicated or verified by peer review, so there’s a chance there’s been some kind of error. But so far, despite a thorough attempt to poke holes in the results, the engine seems to hold up.

Continue Reading.

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“Imagine that the world is made out of love. Now imagine that it isn’t. Imagine a story where everything goes wrong, where everyone has their back against the wall, where everyone is in pain and acting selfishly because if they don’t, they’ll die. Imagine a story, not of good against evil, but of need against need against need, where everyone is at cross-purposes and everyone is to blame.”

Richard Siken (via evercuriouspanda)

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Said the Raven

@ neil-gaiman

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I think we need to normalize the idea of marrying friends. I don’t mean in a “the best romantic relationships come from the best friendships” type way, though I do believe that’s true. I mean in a “I have zero romantic feelings for you, but I would totally spend the rest of my life committed to a future where you are my primary partner and maybe even raise a family together” type way.

Like, I don’t think it should be an aromantic-exclusive option, or a plan B when you and your best friend are still single at 40 and want to take yourselves out of the dating market.

I’ve heard it mostly as that backup plan, that “if I don’t find anyone, I’ll just marry Trish haha”, and I don’t think that’s even what I’m talking about normalizing. That’s a secondary outcome, seen as “giving up” on finding “real love”, and even if a pair of friends go for it, it’s plagued with this general feeling of “sub par”.

What I mean is that marrying a best friend (or having a committed intimate or emotional platonic relationship) should be seen as just as worth doing as marrying someone you’re in love with. It should be normal for teenagers to try as many committed friendships as they do romantic relationships. It should be normal for someone to say “this is my best friend and if everything works out, maybe we’ll move in together later” or “Trish and I have been roommates for two years now. We’re considering adopting soon, or Trish might carry a child!”

And as an aromantic person, it shouldn’t be strange for me to say “I prefer friendship to romance”. People should hear that and nod their heads like “that’s understandable. John feels the same.”

Hell, I see so many people expressing that they prefer their friends’ company to their romantic partner’s. “My friends understand me better and I think treat me better” and they’re expected to go home to this person, to marry and have kids with this person. It’s bizarre to me. Your platonic feelings for your friend aren’t inferior to your romantic feelings for your boyfriend, and if one of them treats you better than the other, I think you should probably rethink which one is your primary partner.

I also find it strange that it’s not more common in poly spaces for a friend to be considered a legitimate “partner”. In a world where friendships were just as likely to bloom into life partnerships as romantic relationships, I think polyamory would be much more commonplace. “I committed to Josephine about a year ago and now we own a home, but I fell in love with Joe about six months ago and we’re all trying to make it work.” Josephine shouldn’t have to worry about her partner leaving her for Joe just because their bond is romantic and therefore the “sensible” relationship to choose over the other.

I’m just ranting at this point, but I reiterate: committed friendships should not be seen as strange and “sad”, but as a legitimate option for a lifetime commitment. Not just for aromantics like myself, but for everyone. It should just be normal.

And not to be presumptuous, but I don’t think I’m alone in this thinking

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My favourite thing about Darkest Dungeon is how the narrative isn’t really scripted, but the mechanics are so wonderfully built you make your own out of the events, and you end up getting so attached to the people under your watch as you keep making an endless, desperate march into your family’s estate

Nothing is gonna be funnier to me in video games than the tale of Riviere - a grave robber who got sent to the brothel to work out a serious case of masochism (through some light BDSM or something, I’d guessed), and getting kicked out and branded as having ‘deviant tastes’ after a four week long bender.

Or how awful it felt when Raynauld (who I renamed Bartalan because I had a name generator and a dream) became viciously selfish after watching Dismas (renamed Fabian) die. “I give and I give, and what do I get in return?” is a pretty fucking apt reaction to losing a friend on the battlefield when he’s being sent to die for my family’s fuck up. 

As for Masi, my leper, getting so masochistic he let himself bleed to death - well, I have no idea what to make of that, and I am left to ponder.