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idk man i think being 12 was pretty fucked up

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Out of all the Final Fantasy summons Alexander is by far my favourite and I wanna know how it was pitched because it is a buckwild concept

It is a massive steampunk robot the size of a castle

The robot can be summoned by magic for some reason

The essence of the robot has multiple times been summoned directly into existing fortresses which then turn into the robot

The robot uses "holy" type magic for some reason

Its signarure attack is called "Divine Judgement" implying it has a code of ethics it enforces

The robot can sometimes control time for some reason

The robot has no legs except sometimes it does

It is sometimes depicted as having four giant angel wings

It was named after Alexander the Great for some reason

Just look at it

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Irina Kolpakova, 1933, in an early Bluebird Variation with the Kirov (now Mariinsky). 

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Here's another example.

The Romans, technically, had steam power, in the form of a little gadget called the aeliopile. It was basically a party trick to demonstrate the laws of physics, for them-- as far as I know, no one made a serious effort to use it to power locomotion.

This was partly because The Tech Just Wasn't There Yet (TM)-- even in the early days of steam power, boilers tended to explode, because it takes a huge amount of metalworking knowhow to make a boiler that can hold enough steam for thousands of tons of metal.

But it was also partly because... it wasn't necessary. During the Pax Romana, when communication between different parts of the empire was easiest and collaboration between scientists would be most possible, the best way to send things from point A to point B was by ship. Sailing was, by the standard of the day, easy, fast, and safe. Sure, sometimes you'd sail into a storm-- but there were no pirates, because the Roman navy took care of them.

Steam power only made sense as a technology you'd even want in an age where the ocean was too dangerous to travel. No one ships goods overland, pre-steam, if they can avoid it-- it's a lot of danger and effort for not much benefit. But in the early 1800s, when the steam engine was invented? The oceans weren't safe to travel anymore, and hadn't been for centuries. Piracy was rampant, both from independent bandits and agents of various European countries. Wars were constantly breaking out between great naval powers. It would be easier, and safer, to transport goods overland, if there was a good way to do it.

So, who didn't invent your wheel? Who didn't invent your steam engine? Why didn't they do it?

Casually asks ‘who domesticated grain in your fantasy world?’ but while ripping her shirt off with a WWE stage and a roaring crowd just behind and slightly to the left. 

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Now that I've got your attention...

Howdy, Tumblr! I'm a queer disabled writer with Some Stupid Problems! Namely: the government decided that, because I made A Small Amount from my writing for two months in 2023, they need to cut my benefits by A Large Amount for an undisclosed amount of time!!

So yeah, I'm suphering from a tiny amount of suksess. Obviously, I'm trying to get off benefits. I have been for years. But to do that, I need your help!

Please buy my books. If you've bought them, please leave a review at your favourite digital storefront. If you've bought them and reviewed them, please tell your friends- word of mouth is the only way tiny queer indie artists can survive these days.

Thank you so much, and I hope you guys have a wonderful day!

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I've publically gone on record telling folks not to work for ValNet (the company that owns ScreenRant, GameRant, TheGamer, and CBR, among many other terrible nerd/media "news" outlets). They mistreat their workers badly even by the standards of Internet Media Outlets.

Here's another reason not to work with them or engage with their content- they're silencing independent journalists with ridiculous, fictitious copyright claims.

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I don't know what tenth circle of hell my YouTube algorithm fell into, but I really wish it would stop showing me videos of 5 a.m. morning writing routines.

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In these parts, they say, if you are lucky when wandering the wastes between city and town, you may encounter a truly exemplary creature. Its skin, like that of the rhinoceros, plates its body in geometric folds; its feet are like four enormous sand-dollars, pleasing to the eye and rapid in their movement. Its snout is broad with the same placid strength as a great ox and its breath is heavy and warm as the same, but its eyes flash so like those of a lion at night that no traveler could believe it truly tame for long. The name of this beast? Toyota Corolla.

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I’m so emotional about dinosaur stuffed animals,,, there are these creatures, extinct long before any of us were alive, but we found their bones and their eggs and their footprints. And we made drawings and models of what they could’ve looked like. And we made them into stuffed animals so we could hold them. We made them soft so we could love them. I’m sobbing

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This video has not left my mind since I saw it… thank u tiktok user golblinforeva 🤲🩵

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IRL patch notes: the list of things that can run Bad Apple now include "eighteenth century Germany"

Touhou fans stay insane.

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This album is one of the best examples of musical storytelling of all time, covering some incredibly dark and heavy topics in a way that will make you stare at the wall for a while after you finish it. It's the album that convinced me that Listening To A Whole Album is important.

Tracklist:

Do You Love Me? • Nobody's Baby Now • Loverman • Jangling Jack • Red Right Hand • I Let Love In • Thirsty Dog • Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore • Lay Me Low • Do You Love Me? (Part 2)

Spotify ♪ YouTube

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Responses to the most frequent comments on my Dungeon Meshi/TAZ crossover doodle

Laios and fair food

2. Taako cooking for real

3. Encounters with plants

bonus

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Now that I've got your attention...

Howdy, Tumblr! I'm a queer disabled writer with Some Stupid Problems! Namely: the government decided that, because I made A Small Amount from my writing for two months in 2023, they need to cut my benefits by A Large Amount for an undisclosed amount of time!!

So yeah, I'm suphering from a tiny amount of suksess. Obviously, I'm trying to get off benefits. I have been for years. But to do that, I need your help!

Please buy my books. If you've bought them, please leave a review at your favourite digital storefront. If you've bought them and reviewed them, please tell your friends- word of mouth is the only way tiny queer indie artists can survive these days.

Thank you so much, and I hope you guys have a wonderful day!

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