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Another ballpoint pen sketch (I'm getting addicted to those…)

This time it's my little baby Clive Rosfield. It's impossible to play FFXVI without falling in love with him. Been there, done that.

I'm thinking about opening commissions for this type of artwork, stay tuned („• ᴗ •„)

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Friend: Don't you want to have a romance?

Me: I'm good, I have romance at home.

Romance I have at home:

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Scientists have just discovered some rocks at the bottom of the ocean can make oxygen... and they do it in complete darkness!

These aren’t magic stones, they’re polymetallic nodules, potato-sized metal lumps packed with manganese, cobalt, and nickel.

But here’s the twist; when seawater flows over their surfaces, they generate tiny electric currents that can split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. No sunlight, no photosynthesis, just deep-sea chemistry creating breathable gas in the pitch black.

This “dark oxygen” could explain how deep-sea creatures survive in low-oxygen zones far from the surface. What's even wilder is that if this can happen on Earth, it could be happening right now in the hidden oceans of Europa or Enceladus, two icy moons that scientists think might host alien life.

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So looking over the staff list for Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers and I'm feeling pretty optimistic.

Per the website:

Original author: Hajime Yatate Director: Yoichi Fujita Series composition and scriptwriter: Shogo Muto Main character design: Yuhei Murota Villain character design: Tsukasa Kotobuki Original Armor Gear design: Hideo Okamoto Animation Armor Gear design: Takuya Suzuki

Obviously it's nice that Okamoto finally got his wish and is back working on Troopers, and together this crew has a very impressive body of work, but the name that stands out most to me is having Shogo Muto as head writer, considering his best-known work to now was 2018's Kamen Rider Build, a personal and fan favorite that gave us the eternal phrase "Heated Drama Between Men."

Now as to the trailer itself:

I am, quite honestly, still gathering my thoughts on it. It's quite obvious that this is not the Troopers we've known and loved for 38 years, and personally I don't see that as a bad thing. Further, it seems possible that the armors themselves, despite the appearance, are entirely different "under the hood" as well - as our new lead, Gai, invokes the red armor not as "Rekka" as "Shakunetsu". Further, it seems to combine aspects of the original, Message, and even Shin Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (third manga, no relation... that we know of) Rekka.

image source: @samuraitroopersfanzine via discord

Beyond that... I have my theories about these new characters and settings, but I'll start talking about those more once I've had a bit to let the hype die down and my thoughts to coalesce... and as we see more.

But for now, anyone want to start betting if/how much Heated Drama Between Men we'll see?

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Bubo's oversimplified geology dictionary

Rock uplift: Rock moves up

Surface uplift: Surface moves up

Exhumation: Rock moves to surface. Also known as: If rock doesn't come to surface, surface will come to rock

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Randomly curious:

Everyone I know would know of these, and many would have some in their kitchens. So now I'm curious how far that knowledge goes.

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A setting isn’t just a place, it’s an experience. Don’t just tell me we’re in a bakery, make me smell the cinnamon and hear the hum of an old fridge. A city isn’t just loud, it’s the honking of taxis, the distant siren, the way conversations blur into background noise. Think about what your character would notice first. A detective and an artist won’t describe the same street the same way.

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Feeling rough lately.

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My personal goal is to try and make fanfic binding as accessible to everyone as possible, so here are some resources on how to make a fanfic hardcover for under $25.

This is a barebones bind for the broke college students and such. Happy to field questions, too!

Here's a proposed budget breakdown:

Loosely organized thoughts:

Fanfic bookbinders often share typesets amongst each other. Never pay for a typeset for a fanfic.

You'll hear a lot about grain direction for your printer paper, but as a newbie on a budget without your own printer, settle for some nice 92 bright paper. If you like the hobby, splurge after but expect to pay at least 2-3x more for short grain paper.

Printing is a pain because some copy shops won't let you print intellectual property smut, and it's very expensive. You are better off bartering instead or looking for a free printer on Buy Nothing.

You know the thick paper wrapping that comes with online orders? It's a good weight for endpapers if you need to scrounge. Paper grocery bags or gift bags (birthday presents) might work, too.

Ask your local library to give you covers from books they are throwing out. Ask for outdated textbooks (those covers are built like tanks) or three-ring binders that are too busted to be binders anymore.

Obtain a used book that was mass produced (so your destruction of it does not impede anyone's access) and maybe even become a little vindictive with it.

If you can afford it, I recommend the Olfa SVR knife (~$10)

If you can afford it, upgrade your ruler to a t-square.

I really hope this resource is helpful! I want to stress how possible this is and encourage people to cherish what they love through art.

If you are interested in fanfic binding and have a little more disposable income, I have an affordable Fan Fiction Bookbinding Starter Pack that I carry on my site. I pack them myself and drop them 1x/month on the 15th.

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it bothers me that you often don't really hear about people having a "favorite album" the way they might have a favorite movie or favorite video game

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crazy how every time a female character gets cliche misogynistic writing we have to explain to people again that fictional characters are not real and do not choose things for themselves.

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"Waa why aren't fandoms fun anymore" because you keep policing people's headcanons, make fun of cosplayers,make fun of selfshipers, make fun of beginner artists and just make fun of people for having fun 😐

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friends romans countrymen. that evil twink is NOT going to fuck you

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"Do you ever dream of land?" The whale asks the tuna.

"No." Says the tuna, "Do you?"

"I have never seen it." Says the whale, "but deep in my body, I remember it."

"Why do you care," says the tuna, "if you will never see it."

"There are bones in my body built to walk through the forests and the mountains." Says the whale.

"They will disappear." Says the tuna, "one day, your body will forget the forests and the mountains."

"Maybe I don't want to forget," Says the whale, "The forests were once my home."

"I have seen the forests." Whispers the salmon, almost to itself.

"Tell me what you have seen," says the whale.

"The forests spawned me." Says the salmon. "They sent me to the ocean to grow. When I am fat with the bounty of the ocean, I will bring it home."

"Why would the forests seek the bounty of the oceans?" Asks the whale. "They have bounty of their own."

"You forget," says the salmon, "That the oceans were once their home."

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So do people realize that we aren't building new train tracks when we expand the amteak network, I have multiple times seen people say that we shouldn't expand the network because it would destroy protected lands, which would be a fair criticism but Amtrak doesn't build new tracks, we use existing tracks. We are not destroying protected lands, we are using land that has already been clear for a century

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I'd really love to read a fic where a year past the canon ends, Lan Zhan starts to realise that his dreamed-up perfect relationship with Wei Ying isn't what he imagined it to be.

That what he got is actually a wholeass person with imperfections that will get annoying after a while, with opinions that he doesn't agree with and behaviours he's not prepared to just accept. A human person that will lie to keep him happy, that will leave when any possibility of strife approaches, that sometimes doesn't want to have sex - or that sex isn't a cure-all for their problems. That whatever Jiang Cheng experienced growing up with Wei Wuxian will fall on Wangji too, because love doesn't change you as a person in 100%, sorry.

Because that's what think will be a hurdle for him - he never was in a relationship. He never even had real human friends. Fuck, he doesn't seem to have acquaintances. All he ever had was a made-up image of a boy he knew shortly in his late teens and a sect where he was the lauded Young Master everyone respected. He can't stoically stand a kid talking back to him without a silencing spell and has difficulty expressing the most basic things in useful words. For all the soulmate talk, he didn't even know the boy he dreamed building a life with - that Wei Wuxian never existed outside of Wangji's limited glimpses of him and a lot of forgiving assumption.

Like, when will it hit him that Wei Ying is actually a complex human being that isn't just for him to care about and love, and that he himself isn't happy with some things? Will he one night wake up in cold sweat when he finally understands that the man sleeping next to him orchestrated a horiffic surgery on himself and his brother, and never indicated that he regrets it and wouldn't do it again? That the man sleeping next to him kinda-sorta just looked on as people were murdered in front of him, and didn't really have any strong opinion about being brought back via human sacrifice?

Like, discarding stiff and stifling Lan rules after being burned by them is one thing, but this is a moral quandary that goes way beyond that.