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Last Song: Bitter Medicine - The Crane Wives

Favourite Colour: Purple

Last Movie: havent watched a proper movie in forever, mostly shows, but probably Stargate as a primer for showing some people Stargate SG-1 (Carter is great and Teal’c is a treat, but they don’t show up until the show)

Last Book: Somebody Stop Him

Last Show: Killing Eve

Sweet, Spicy, Savoury: Why isn’t bitter on here? Either way, a perfect balance of all 3 is superior, just gotta know how to balance out the flavours with cooking theory.

Relationship Status: Polysaturated

Last Thing I Googled: Anahita spawn conditions, wondered if calamity mod did an update that removed her pre-hardmode spawn as a statue in the ocean, thankfully not otherwise my infernum run (as it is) would be cooked.

Current Obsession: Path of Exile 2 tied with Rimworld (courtesy of a friend)

Ten people I'd like to get to know better

Ahhh thank you for the tag yippee @miyamiwu

Last Song: To Ashes and Blood by Woodkid, from Arcane (I use it to daydream a Lu Guang-Vein confrontation LOL, but in general I just like to replay the scene in which the song plays, in my head. These two are not mutually exclusive)

Favorite Color: Pinkk

Last Movie: I...can't remember, either Inside Out 2 or Singapore Dreaming, or something else. It's been a while

Last Book: This Is How You Lose The Time War (veryy slowlyy getting through it)

Last Show: Link Click(s1ep1 & some chibi eps), but watched to completion would be Arcane

Sweet, Spicy, or Savory? Depends, though "sweet" is definitely safest for me, sometimes I crave savoury more. I can't take too much spice but I do like some of it in certain foods!

Relationship Status: Single

Last thing I googled: "twitter" (to lurk around link click twt) (edit: after that last paragraph, it was "hopefully synonym")

Current Obsession: Link Click, layered over Arcane. Epic the Musical will likely re-enter the mix soon

Looking forward to: Link Click Yingdu Chapter!! Other: epic the musical livestream hopefully at a reasonable time later today, building my not-Lego christmas tree a friend got me, maybe getting the weekend internship said friend hopefully remembered to recommend me for, hopefully getting back into reading

That was a lot of hopefullys

Tags(no obligation): @steamsamurai @jpuff9 @catguangcorner @xxene @snifflebunny21 @cormbrerb @romeoisalesbian @salmisalar @luguangssandwich @anulithots + anyone who happens to see this

(some of these are more of a check-in so feel free to just like the post even if you aren't up to it ^^)

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Over the years of extensive cybernetic augmentation you installed various artificial alternatives to your organs and even added some implants to your brain. You’ve just been informed that your organic components have all been dead since last week.

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*doom music starts to play* I actually kindof like scheduling these kinds of appointments now...

but seriously Fellas, don't forget to schedule a pap smear every couple of years just in case. If you still have a cervix you can still get cervical cancer. ilu

this has been a psa

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There, down the hill, I saw a human. I waved an arm at her, in the manner of their species, but she did not respond. Making my way over to her, I realized why: she was dead, and had been for a long time.

I knew humans tended to be uncomfortable with the handling of dead bodies, but I was curious and figured that no one was around to complain. I wiped some of the thick layer of dust that covered her flat elytra, revealing the familiar dark tint of old semiconductor leaves; she must have been some sort of exploration drone, from back when humans were uncomfortable sending their organic caste off-planet.

Taking a step back, I looked at the human’s wheels, and noticed that some of them were sunken into the ground somewhat deeper than others. I cautiously probed that patch of soil with a leg which, sure enough, immediately sank into a hidden sand trap. I understood what had happened: that poor human must have gotten stuck; unable to move to a windier area to clean herself, she then probably starved to death the next winter.

As I marked coordinates and kept moving, I wondered how she must have felt.

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Once again randomly remembered this story about a couple who had a small parrot - pretty sure it was a budgie - who didn't talk but learned to communicate with people in its own way. Once it figured out that people always turn to check their phones when the notification sound comes on, it started making the text message notification sound to request human attention. The parrot also liked to follow people to the door whenever guests were leaving, and would use its wings to pantomime the motions of a person putting their coat on. A very clever, charming bird.

And every once in a while it just randomly hated some people. Not for any real reason, or even reason to suspect bad vibes, but by deciding "fuck this person in particular" for shits and giggles alone. And one time when the owners had invited a new friend to their home, the bird decided that it Did Not Like Her.

So in the middle of polite conversation, the bird - who was free to roam around the apartment at the time - hopped onto the living room coffee table, right in front of the unwanted guest. And in that moment, the owners put two and two together and understood that whatever mischief the bird had decided to do, it was now too late to stop it.

But instead of unleashing the absolute hell that even the tiniest displeased parrot could be capable of, the little budgie made its little "may I have your attention please" cell phone notification sound, and once the guest was focused on the bird, looked at her dead in the eye while doing the putting-my-coat-on wing motion.

The guest did not recognise the pantomime for what it was, but she was nonetheless delighted that the parrot would do a little wing-roll dance for her. And the host couple were at first too stunned and then too polite to tell her how impressive that gesture truly was. Their bird had shown both remarkable restraint and cleverness by using its entire vocabulary of human communication just to say

"I have an important announcement: I think you should leave."

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Snippet from my garbage bag test, also currently known as the mer-leech! 

Longer, more detailed video is on my Patreon! 

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*wiggle*

*bites you anonymously*

*bites you back <3*

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The Lobster Nebula, where complex interactions b/w interstellar winds, radiation pressures, magnetic fields, & gravity have produced some really cool patterns of gas & dust. The nebula is massive, spanning ~400 light-years. It is also forming some of the largest known stars. 650 megapixel

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*bites you anonymously*

*bites you back <3*

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I just reada really good fic but halfway through I realized "oh shit this is really familiar.... didn't I write something like this once?" And as I kept reading I kept predicting what happened next and the further I went the more convinced I was that they'd ripped off my story-

like, copied the ENTIRE plot and re-written it, just better than I had? The characters were more fleshed-out than mine were, and the POV was more interesting, and the pace made more sense- but it was MY STORY?

So close to the end I was like "holy shit.. do I message them? Ask if my story inspired theirs? Should I be angry? Flattered?" Cause their tags and description didn't mention me AT ALL, which, sure, it's fanfiction to begin with, but if you're using my work than at least credit me as inspo, right? Just to be courteous?

But I get to the end of the final chapter, and it's not finished, and I'm kind of disappointed cause I never finished my story and I was really immersed in their version now and had been looking forwards to seeing how they tied up my loose ends- so I scroll to the bottom to leave a comment, and.

It's MY URL.

IT WAS MY STORY THE WHOLE TIME.

THE ONE *I WROTE*.

In *2013*.

And FORGOT ABOUT

BECAUSE I WAS SO INSECURE ABOUT MY SLOPPY, SHALLOW, AMETEUR WRITING

And I'm just sitting here now staring into space thinking about every shitty story I've ever written now like

IT WAS ALL GOOD?

IT WAS GOOD THIS WHOLE DAMN TIME??

I'M A GOOD WRITER?????

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Trying

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*CHOMP*

*Wiggle*

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Fuck this one hits home.

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