#HU=16

[nocternalrandomness]

Jimmy Buffett's iconic 1954 Grumman HU-16 "Hemisphere Dancer" at Philly Int'l in 2000

[lunarianscripts]

Can you give a breakdown of Gate 12 and Gate 16 please 🙏

Gate 12 is known as "The Gate of Refined Expression", and doubles as "The Gate of Discriminated Creativity"; Gate 12 is about being very selective with creation, and can lead to perfectionism.

Gate 12 has the potential to become a student that outgrows their master, because their constantly in a process of refinement through creativity.

Gate 12 could excel as professional critics, songwriters, and poet book authors.

The lesson of the 12th Gate is learning to express themselves through their creativity, and use it as their primary outlet rather than a hobby.

~

Gate 16 is known as "The Gate of Mastery" and "The Gate of Skill", similarly to Gate 12, it is constantly in a state of refinement until it reaches the point of mastery.

It's important for Gate 16 to be enthusiastic about the skill that is about to hit this level of proficiency, because their capability can be applied to anything and could easily lead to a misaligned hobby.

The lesson of the 16th Gate is learning to devote their energy to the right skill, since the road to mastery could last a lifetime in certain cases.

~

Both of these Gates are located in the Throat Center, so their purpose is focused on expression and communication, but their differences are that Gate 16 is dedication to their craft's skill and can see it as a method of survival, while Gate 12 is dedication to their craft's expression and can use it to sooth their emotions.

[personified-smol]

CF16 Pre-orders

HEY!! Hey hey! I’m opening pre-orders for Comifuro 16!

Fandoms: GENSHIN, Omori, TWST, P5, String worms :]

📩Pick-up ONLY, no shipping :( 🗓Day 1 & 2 (11-12 March) 📌ICE BSD 🕐PO Period: 29 JAN - 7 FEB

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[lafilleestmorte]

I was SO sure that ccir was going to join my kdrama favourites list but the last two episode were honestly such a fumble. I put it right next to extraordinary you because both shows really had the most nonsense endings possible, given the attention to detail and quality of writing in the episodes leading up.

I henceforth propose a list of things I would have liked to be different:

(spoilers under the cut)

1. WHY DID HAE-E'S BIOLOGICAL MOTHER COME BACK. I literally did not care about her, and we had already explored Hae-e's feelings about having been abandoned in the earlier episodes. This sideplot occupied so much of the last few episodes when that same time could have really been used to flesh out the development of the other side plots so it makes me frustrated. I did end up appreciating the mother's story but it was so last minute and took away from the other stories in a really big way

2. Sua's family. Their endings were so!!! underdeveloped I don't understand how they thought they could get away with that. I liked the scene where Sua tells her mom to get a divorce, because her mom starts to realise that she is mature and not some child to be protected and coddled. At the same time, we don't get to see Sua go to therapy and overcome her anxiety and actually mature emotionally. We don't see her mom face any consequences or revelation regarding all of the BULLSHIT she put so many people through. Including her husband, who she actually did neglect. I think Sua's father had an interesting potential in having been neglected and treated shittily by his wife and acting out in turn. He was quite a socially aware character from the start and I wish they made him out to be more complex than some rich dude throwing a hissy fit. I don't like that her mom got off scot-free and still boasts about Sua

3. Sun-jae's family. what in heck. I don't even understand what happened there. You can't expect anyone with braincells to accept that his mom just GAVE UP on pushing her sons' educations when that's literally been her personality for the entire show. Even if the court case made her realise her faults, it's not enough to warrant a complete 180 with no supporting development. I liked the idea of the parents connecting over the issue and becoming more supportive of each other, but that would only make sense if they spent!!! time!!! showing it to us!!! I would have liked for Sun-jae's mom to realise (like Sua's mom) that her son's actions were coming from a place of maturity and awareness, and for her to apologise. I think Hui-jae going to the military was a good choice, but the vacation was quite forced. I'd also have liked!!! for the mom to have a scene with Hae-e

4. NAM HAE-E (and friends). if the previous point with Sun-jae's mom making up with Hae-e and Sun-jae happened I might have appreciated them getting together a little more. But it feels like they were just shoved together because they didn't have time to give either of them a more fulfilling ending. Sun-jae is sO MUCH MORE than some idiot who is obsessed with Hae-e. Seeing his family issues be solved would have been more important (and satisfying) than seeing his love life solved. When it comes to Sua, I imagined her bursting into tears when Hae-e woke up (because she still doesn't know that it was Donghui that did it) and then trying to become friends with Hae-e. I really liked that it was Geonhu instead that reached out to her!!! He's the friendliest so it makes a lot of sense and I really like the sense of ease between the two of them. I don't know/care about the implied romance though. Finally this last bit. is a tad personal. but we were this || close to getting aroace!Hae-e who rejects everyone and does not date if they had left it at the dinner scene I would have been the happiest girl alive. maybe danji was my aroace queen all along

5. JI DONG HUI. genuinely what the hell. He was my FAVOURITE character for the first ten episodes, even after I started suspecting him of being the killer. My friends thought that it was a cop-out to have him commit suicide, but I disagree, because I genuinely cannot imagine him having to go against Chi-yeol so it was either that or him being dragged into prison screaming 'i did it to protect you!' while Chi-yeol watches in complete shock. But if they were going to go down the suicide route then WE NEED TO SEE CHI-YEOL GRIEVE. Dong-hui was genuinely a huge contribution in getting him this far in his career, and Chi-yeol must have really loved him. I mean, that was the only person he felt close to and had contact with for almost SIX YEARS. I was interested in seeing Chi-yeol process his grief and betrayal and regret in a more prolonged way, because they spent that long making the audience attached to and invested in Dong-hui's character. idk when I saw Hyowon driving the car something in me broke.

I have a singular positive, which is that this was the first show where I never got bored or annoyed with the leading romance. They were so cute and loveable until the end and I really enjoyed watching them

[usaac-official]

An HU-16 Albatross at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, 1951-1952

[lunar-fey]

:( i was so close to finally getting my sleep schedule fixed but for some reason my alarm didnt fucking go off so i slept a full 8 hours instead of taking a 3 hour nap. i was supposed to to to bed in like. 5 hours. not gonna happen now 😔

[mythicalmagical-monkeyman]

@hyperfixation-tangentopia (i need smth to do, and I gave u a lot of asks soooo)

Who swears more?

What types of sodas are Chikao and Tongbi??

if Chikao got her hands on video games what would she be obsessed with?

If tealstars had pets

Tealstars in the dragon prince universe

If Tongbi could shapeshift

Tongbi plus ocean

other than rain/thunder storms what other types of weather does Chikao like?

Chikao and tongbi's favorite types of junk food?

where would be tongbi's go to place for vacation?

Chikao vs bees?

Tongbi's favorite fruit?

would Chikao and Tongbi ever get matching items like mugs or sweaters, etc?

if Tongbi ever went viral on the internet for some reason what would he think?

do Chikao or Tongbi create things?

tealstars vs baby?

[airmanisr]

Grumman Albatross by Willard Womack Via Flickr: The caption indicated this may have been smuggling Narcotics. The left engine has one prop blade feathered, with the other two are not looking normal or feathered.

[mangywayway]

(Totally random thought I'm having at 6am)

Why are people so afraid to write older characters? Why if it said that someone achieved something in young age it always need to be <18, barely 18 y/o. 20, if you're really lucky (when there is no canon age for the characters). Achieving stuff at 23, 26, 30, +30 etc is still impressive af bc you're young jeez.

Even when the characters have a canon age I see a lot of people making them younger just because. Why. Let me have my canonical 40/50+ "old" men/women (and I'm using quotes bc there is a huge difference btw being and adult and being old).

I dunno if it's something recent or not, but I have been in fandoms and reading fics for the last 6-7 years, and only recently I started to notice this

[nocternalrandomness]

Albatross departing Coolidge, Az

[nikonstudio]

A glimpse of Mobile Alabama in 2023, with her "New Orlean" architecture and some classic cars. Did not linger any longer than I should, not wanting to keep friends waiting.

The half flag then was for Rosalynn Carter, wife of the 39th president Jimmy Carter, who recently passed away at a good old 96 years of age.

[candiedapplez]

SIXTEEN VOTES ON THE OW POLL. WHAT THE HELL.

[aeroloversone]

Grumman HU-16 Albatross Aircraft

The Grumman HU-16 Albatross is a seaplane equipped with two star engines, which was used by the armies of the United States of America (Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard).

[fellhellion]

Is Chris Winter’s wife in RCD3 the hollywood u mc I need to understand the chonces cinematic universe lmao

[usaac-official]

A USCG UF-1G Albatross on display during Armed Forces Day, 1954

[fandom]

Genshin Impact Characters

BREAKING: Paimon still hungry, still looking for treasure.

Albedo +6

Zhongli -1

Childe -1

Xiao +1

Kaeya -2

Diluc

Arataki Itto +16

Venti -4

Scaramouche +16

Kaedehara Kazuha +1

Thoma +17

Aether -3

Tighnari

Kamisato Ayato

Yae Miko +25

Lumine -8

Gorou +8

Raiden Shogun +2

Hu Tao -7

Pantalone

Cyno

Shenhe

Ganyu -8

Paimon -8

Il Dottore

Shikanoin Heizou

Arlecchino

Beidou -14

Klee -10

Ningguang -13

Chongyun -18

Eula -2

Kujou Sara +15

Pierro

Mona -9

Yelan

Keqing -16

Il Capitano

Xingqiu -21

Qiqi -11

Xinyan -3

Dainsleif -15

Sangonomiya Kokomi -1

Rosaria -7

Bennett -23

Yanfei -11

Columbina

Sandrone

Alhaitham

Yoimiya -31

The number in italics indicates how many spots a name moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded names weren’t on the list last year.