#Hyper rectangle

[rjalker]

I'm sure I could keep going but I'm too lazy to change the canvas size for all of them since I wanted them all to be the same size. not perfect but good enough.

[ID: Six simple geometric drawings, showing the progression from a single point, to a straight line, to a rectangle, to a 3D rectangle, to a 4D rectangle, an finally, attempt at a 5D rectangle. Each progressive shape is made by copying and pasting the one before it, and moving it, then connecting the two with more lines, making a more and more intricate shape representation. The point is a single black dot on the Left side of the screen. The line is two horizontal dots joined by a line between them. The rectangle is the line pasted again below the first, joined by two vertical lines. The 3D rectangle, or cuboid, is the rectangle copy and pasted on a diagonal, with four more diagonal lines connecting the original with the clone. The 4D rectangle, or hyperrectangle, has the copy of the cuboid dragged slightly down and to the side, with six new lines connecting them. The 5D rectangle has a copy of the hyperrectangle pasted again on a diagonal, with eight new lines connecting the two.

these are public domain because I said so. use for whatever you want.

[gelatinous-globster]

some recent Globby doodle pages, digital this time! found a new brush I like a lot ✨

@drama-glob @enbydemirainbowbigfoot

[r26yz]

[beebisbeeble]

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[novelconcepts]

Anybody wanna go through and meticulously screencap Taivan scenes so I have more drawing material for the coming months?

[mellosdrawings]

Not sure if it can be done but a tutorial on glasses (like with Azul) would be fantastic. Also one on the nightmare that is Azul's hair. Please and thank you in advance.

One tuto for glasses!

I will do Azul's hair in another post :3

Warning: I don't have the vocabulary for glasses at all. I did my best to make it understandable but don't hesitate to ask for clarifications if you need TwT

Here's our two glass boys. I looked for mostly similar glasses online to use as reference.

Azul has thin frames, rectangle glasses. Trey has heavy frames, square glasses with rounded edges.

Glasses have a LOT of different shapes. Don't hesitate to look online for references on round/oval/etc glasses to help yourself. Website that sell them tend to have pics of the glasses under several angles, which is very practical when you draw anything that isn't front facing.

Step 1: drawing zone

The most important thing to figure is where to place your glasses. Anything else can be yolo-ed and still work, but badly placed glasses will make everything look weird (though it can be used for comedic effect).

Simply put: the higher part of your glasses should reach right below your eyebrows (on realistic proportions). Otherwise, use your eyelids as ref. Place your frames a bit above your eyelids. The sides of the glasses will (usually) reach the sides of the face. That's the case for both Azul and Trey.

The bottom part is where you get to choose the size of your glasses. That's where you decide to elongate them to get square/round glasses instead of rectangle ones.

Step 2: Tracing the glasses

Within the drawing zone, simply draw the general shape of the glasses. A rectangle, a square, a circle. Keep about a finger-width size gap between your two glasses.

Step 3: Details

Draw your main shape first (rectangle, square, oval). Then remove space for your nose. The glasses will tend to leave a triangular zone free in most shapes to make space for the nose (except on round glasses). Here you can add the bridge and where the arms of your glasses connect with the actual glasses.

Step 4: Frames width

Now that you have your elements placed, you only need to draw the actual frames. In most glasses the upper side will be slightly wider than the rest. Don't hesitate to only draw one side and simply copy paste and flip it to get the other side. Glasses are symmetrical so it can be a hassle.

Once there you can decide to add the thingies that keep the glasses secured on the bridge of the nose. This step can be optional if you don't go for hyper realistic glasses.

3/4 and side view

3/4: The same steps from before can be used here. Put your drawing zone first, upper frames right under the eyebrows. The side farthest from us should reach the bridge of the eyebrow (for realistic proportions). Otherwise, leave about a finger-wide space between the face and the glasses. The side closest to us will depend on how much the character looks to the side. On regular 3/4 views you can place it right on the side of the eye. For the center part, follow your nose and place the triangular hole on top of it. Part of your glasses will be hidden by the nose.

You can decide to draw your glasses in front view on another layer first to get the symmetry right, and then to move and stretch your layer until it fit in front of the eyes. It's a perfectly valid strategy!

Side view: Here the only thing you need to draw is the side of the frames and the arm reaching to the ear. You can place the arm first, mostly parallel to the ground. The frames should be put right in front of the eyebrow bridge and at least cover the whole size of the eye. For bigger glasses, add volume on the bottom.

And that is mostly that? Glasses are mostly about where you put them and giving the illusion of symmetry.

After that you can have fun with the shapes (personally I love drawing round glasses), the size, you can decide to draw the thingies that hug the nosebridge or not, you can decide to draw the arms or not, you can add accessories, etc.

You can even decide not to draw parts of the glasses to keep a clear view on your eyes. Yana has a note for Azul and Trey that the glasses should always be full even if they hide the eyes. For me it depends on my mood and what is most important in the current art.

As you might see here, I tend to add a white edge to give actual presence to the lenses and separate the eyes (or hair) from the frames. It's your choice whether you want to erase anything to make things clearer or to keep it all as is to make it realistic.

And I guess the last thing I have to say is... look at refs online. I think that's how I finish most of my tutos lol

[its-ya-girl-phoeni]

@azure-aeon-dragonica + @awesomegamer1

Underpants moments that slay me every time:

Photoshop Flowey repeatedly slapping Frisk, and them becoming buff as hell after the SOULs heal them

"What a miserable, horrifying and NASTY creature, torturing such a poor, innocent youth..."

Frisk rapidly flipping back and forth while Toriel argues with Asgore, and her "Shshsh- NO! NO! No. No :)" afterwards

"HELLO, HUMAN! IT IS I, WALUI-!"

Flowey stabbing Frisk repeatedly

"He was touching my child!" "YOU WERE TOUCHING THE CHILD?!" "No! NOOO-!"

Frisk (and Pelo) being absolutely gobsmacked by the black background turning rainbow in the Asriel fight

The Hyper Goner attack being Asriel just SCREAMING at Frisk in pure frustration

Frisk trying to move when Asriel turns into his final form

Undyne's scream when Frisk punches her (and them getting ready to punch her again right before the scene ends)

Asriel's crying when Frisk SAVEs him (as well as the little fart sound when he reverts back to his original form)

Asriel freeing the SOULs and destroying the Barrier is represented as him throwing a ball of Frisk's friends at the Barrier (which is also just a big white rectangle)

"COME HERE, LITTLE BOY!" "NOOOOOOOOO-!"

Flowey's scream when Frisk scares him

Pretty much the entire Sans fight

"Papyrus... do you want anything?" "WALUIGI!"

Both Sans and Asgore running over to lean on a table and scream after being stabbed

Pelo being terrified of Chara (and them eventually getting annoyed and yelling at him to shut up)

[dapurinthos]

ch 10: normal at just under 6000 words. wonderful. ch 11: *blushing at almost 13 000 words written* PROBLEM CHILD. me: it's fine. it's fine. two of those scenes are written twice i'm sure that's what's making the number like that. ch 11: *acquires 500 words just on sifo's blanket & pillow hoard*

The Hoard, at first pass, can be seen to contain: meditation cushions; lengths of crochet that had bravely attempted to make the leap from scarf to blanket and failed somewhere in the middle; several pillows with needlework cursive on them; a swathe of white wool that must have been part of a Jedi’s cloak at least a century ago; enough of those sausage-like cylinder pillows that you could probably lie on your side and have your skeleton fully, properly aligned by using them to fill in the dips at neck, hip, and waist; fluffy blankets; fuzzy blankets; a duvet that has made its home around the bottom of its covering; and a square cushion made out of an elaborate brocatelle pattern that looks like the top-down view of a closed rosebud with thorns, created by the metal-wrapped threads making up the warp and weft pair of yarns. Whatever material it’s filled with has compacted over the years, leaving it looking deflated. The metallic threads are good to pick at with fingernails, sliding them into the place where nail-bed ends and finger-flesh begins until they’ve been pulled just a little too far apart and begin to hurt. This pillow doesn’t feel like anything else. Not like the other ones. They have presences. Some are hazy, some are like they were filched from someone else’s laundry only yesterday. One of the more scarf-like pieces is permeated by the presence of someone who feels like the type of bubblegum hyper-pop music that drifts out from passing airspeeders with their sound systems up too high. Another, the sort of satisfaction that comes with successful organisation, with four rows of blocks being deleted from the screen when the long one slots into the space saved for it. All of them, even a pillow with uneven seams that stands out even more due to being overstuffed and the distinct impression that it was thrown at people annoying its maker, are infused with enough affection that it has to be deliberate. Even the meditation cushions, one rectangle large enough for two people to sit on or one small person to fully lie on, and the other a normal, circular one that has to have been stolen from the wider temple cushion menagerie, have fading fondness impressed into their being.

[burning-academia-if]

Very important question: What kind of houses do the RO's build in Minecraft?

Rook: He's split between 'fuck a house I yearn for the mines' and also being one of those insane people you see on tiktok/youtube who can recreate entire cities. He's probably wasted so much time making ridiculous projects, and he's probably had a week where he just sat down and hyper focused on making a giant castle or something.

Beck: The exact opposite of Rook what is architecture LMAO makes a basic rectangle house with a bed and chests and calls it a day. He might throw a sign over the door or a painting inside.

Rhea: Probably something really cute and cottage core esque. Lots of plant/flower blocks everywhere and she makes a little fountain in front of her house. It isn't anything super fancy, but it feels comfy.

Zoe: Makes something underground or into the side of a cliff. They'd probably scout out different locations and choosing the one that looks the prettiest without needing too much terraforming. Uses a lot of terracotta and stained glass for the walls and flooring. Makes sure to get a cat or two.

Lars: Also makes a basic house. Not because he can't do something better but because he just doesn't care. Going into one of his worlds would be wild actually because he's like "that's my house and there's whatever else I felt like making" and you go from basic house to a bunch of solid and competent projects.

???: They have no idea what they're doing in minecraft. You're going to have to teach them how to even use the basic controls. In a world where they have played video games before, I think they'd make a tree house, preferably in a giant mushroom tree, with a giant farm below.

[stark-som-fan]

Beyond disappointed with The Indie Stone for using AI art in their promotional material for Project Zomboid. The person who made it did a decent job cleaning it up to make it look less AI, fixing hands and small details through photobashing but its still clearly AI.

On the bottom left you can see what the floor is supposed to look like, and then in the middle what the AI messed up. It goes from clear squares to rectangles, the lines are uneven and it turns into smaller squares at one point.

The zombie arm was circled as well to show that there was an artist involved with this at the very least. There's lines outlining a lot of the zombies and characters, but the circled bit shows how the colors aren't contained within the lines, almost as if they drew the lines on top of it to make it look more drawn. The juxtaposition of those lines too against the hyper realism of the clothing folds also screams AI.

Then the Sims. THE SIMS. The image above was leaked and people on twitter said it felt like AI art, one person pointing to the sign with text barely visible in the background. It could(and probably will be) excused as just being simlish, and people pointed out it couldn't be AI because the hands look fine.

AI art has come far from the hands being the giveaway, and it can reproduce hands a lot better than the early days. Also, an artist was likely involved in one way or the other as the case is with the Project Zomboid image. It is FAR FASTER to fix a wonky AI hand than it is to make a whole picture from scratch, and I have seen multiple artists use AI art as a jumping off platform and overpainting to finish the piece.

Here we have Bob's hands. Incredibly strange looking fingers and the varying sizes and particularly the pinky and ringfinger fusing looks very AI generated.

I am disappointed, not only in the companies who published it but in the people who made it. To give the artists the benefit of the doubt its possible they were given an impossibly short deadline, not given enough direction or that they're paid on a basis of per piece, in which it is becoming harder and harder to be a real artist when AI can spit out years worth of art that companies couldn't care less about the morality of. Forcing artists to either have to resort to AI or not have a job is madness.

[thatgenderfluidmonstrosity]

Meme I made about my Tourettes :3

(Specifically because I’ll feel like I’m getting super hyper and/or happy, but in reality, I’ll just start ticking, it’s odd.)

[ID: A man holding his hand out towards a butterfly, with the text on him that says “Me”. The said butterfly is off to the side, a bit in front of him with text that says “The urge to tic”. Finally, white text on a black rectangle at the bottom of the image is a quote from the man extending his hand, saying “Is this an extreme emotion?” Talking about the butterfly. End ID]

[how-to-fail-at-ship-jumping-au]

Hetch tutorial part 2! The rest of him.

Quick Disclaimer, this is by no means valuable information for anyone wanting to learn anatomy or how to draw on their own in any way. Simply my hyper stylized way of drawing my AU version of this character. So some of my steps are probably wrong. Got that? Okay!

I like to start generally by drawing a little stick figure to help me pose him. Then, I draw the torso and hips. The torso is kind of a mix between a triangle and a rectangle, while his hips are a rectangle. Attach them and draw the head (see head tutorial)

When drawing the limbs I like to draw the calves and forearms first. I don't know, I just like it. This is not accurate to how I draw his arms when he's not wearing a coat because I like to actually define the musculature then. But just making them kind of thicc is enough when I'm putting him in his coat. You don't need to worry too much about how his thighs look because his coat covers them.

Erase all unnecessary lines and start drawing the coat!

Erase the parts of the body covered by the fabric and you can (optionally) begin to sketch out the design on the coat.

As you can see, the way I draw Hetch for this AU is a little different from his cannon design. This is because I was planning on having Hetch's appearance change as the story moved on and his initial design is how he behaves before all of the unpleasantness takes full route and also because it was hard to find references of him initially. As you can see, his coat markings are meant to be similar to circuit board lines, but not so much that it's something you have to pay extra close attention to.

Finally, do the line art and color him in!

What a handsome bbg he is!

[tmiric]

Hello! This is a sort of mini article about lolita fashion! (More of an introduction article) Enjoy!

Lolita fashion-

♡ What is lolita fashion? ���

Lolita fashion is a subculture which originated in Japan in the early 90s, and gained popularity throughout the mid 90s and early 2000s. The fashion is inspired by victorian clothing and rococo period and is a cute, elegant and modest style.a typical lolita outfit consists of a blouse, a dress or a skirt, a petticoat, long stockings and some headresses such as hats, bows, rectangles and many more. The lolita subculture is divided into 3 main styles- gothic lolita, classic lolita, and sweet/pastel lolita. There are a lot of in-between styles such as hime (princess) lolita, punk lolita, sailor lolita, guro(horror) lolita and many more. A common misconception about lolita fashion is mixing it up with cosplay, which is wrong. lolita is not cosplay, it is a lifestyle and a form of self expression through clothes, while cosplay is a form of roleplay, pretending to be someone else using costumes. another misconception about lolita, is thinking that it has anything to do with the famous novel written by vladimir nabokov lolita, which contains depictions of sexual abuse and pedophilia. The fashion itself is very modest and doesn't focus on sexuality. The meaning and reason for dressing lolita is different for each person. Some dress this way because they find it pretty, and some want to celebrate their femininity in a different and more modest way, rather than enhancing their feminine features. Some wear it as a way to rebel against society's pressure on grown people to act and dress a certain way.

♡ history & origin ♡

Although lolita became an established subculture only in the early 90s, its origins date back to the late 1970s. With kawaii culture taking its first steps, and the admiration of French culture being common among the youth, a new type of female street fashion was born, which is called otome (maiden) kei. It is a casual, romantic hyper feminine style, inspired by the European fashion and femininity of the 1960s. As a result, a lot of fashion brands such as milk, pretty (now known as angelic pretty) and pink house adopted this new look, and the style became very popular in Harajuku district in tokyo. During the 80s, the popular magazine olive influenced fashion by featuring those brands, and promoting a "french lifestyle", which paved the way for future lolita brands. The romantic french look of the 80s was a start, and a little later lolita was born! street fashion magazines such as kera and fruits started featuring lolita fashion in their issues, and the fashion became more popular. The 90s were also when gothic lolita made its first appearance, which was created by the visual kei guitarist mana sama. He created a link between Visual Kei aesthetic and a dark Victorian twist on lolita. He also opened his own brand, moi meme moitie which was a refreshing alternative to the classic lolita brands, and has influenced lolita to this day. At the time, lolita fashion became more defined and, by the noughties decade it was at its peak. Kera published the famous spin off magazine, gothic & lolita bible, which featured diy and makeup tutorials, interviews with designers and musicians, street photographs, new collections and many more. By that time, pretty changed their name to angelic pretty, and more brands started designing for specific lolita substyles. the movie kamikaze girls came out, in which the main character, momoko, is a lolita who wears dresses designed by the brand baby the stars shine bright (btssb) and daydreams about the french rococo lifestyle, influenced the style and members of the community and with that the sweet lolita was the new look. During that time lolita gained recognition overseas, with brands opening shops in Europe and the US, and misako aoki becoming the ambassador of kawaii lolita fashion. The livejournal community EGL (elegant gothic lolita)for western lolita was established, and the international popularity developed the style even more, but sadly as the time passed lolita became less popular. moi meme moitie closed all of their physical stores, and magazines like g&lb fruits and kera stopped publishing new issues. with the rise of fast fashion, came the downfall of lolita fashion.

♡ lolita lifestyle ♡

Many lolitas think of lolita as a way of living, and not just a clothing style. Some sweet lolitas choose to live like princesses at the court of Versailles, surrounding themselves with beauty, while goth lolitas like to be mysterious, hang around gothic churches and graveyards and read gothic poetry. each substyle has its own typical activities and lifestyle, although this way of living is optional and depends on the person. you don’t have to indulge in such activities to be considered as lolita. Some popular hobbies among the lolita community are baking, drawing, sewing and embroidery. Those who live the lolita lifestyle wear coords daily, participate in lolita meetups and interact with the lolita community regularly. Usually, lolita meetups take the form of tea parties or picnics in which the members of the community hang out and discuss the latest trends in lolita fashion. Each meetup has its own dress code. Some lolitas feel more comfortable hanging out in groups rather than alone, because the style drags a lot of unwanted attention. Many lolitas get catcalled and harassed simply for dressing a different way than what's considered as mainstream or "normal".

Metamorphose 2010 spring catalog

♡ substyles ♡

As I stated before, the lolita subculture contains lots of different substyles, but the main 3 and most popular are gothic, sweet, and classic.

♡ classic lolita -

a lolita substyle that is highly inspired by historical fashion. This style is more mature and elegant than other styles, as it focuses on capturing the elegance of the Victorian era. common motifs among this style are solid color pieces, florals, and stripes along with prints featuring crowns, fleur de lis, crests, antiques, animals, architecture, and reproductions of old master paintings. Animals and fruit prints in classic lolita tend to have a realistic or antique look to them, as opposed to the more cartoon or fantasy-like styles favored by sweet lolita. Unlike other lolita styles, flat shoes are very uncommon. There are many higher heeled shoes with straps as well as Victorian style boots. As for the hair, it's usually kept pretty neutral. common colors are brown, black and blonde. it can be styled in any way but nothing too extreme. The makeup is usually neutral looking to give off a mature elegance.

Metamorphose 2015 catalog

♡ gothic lolita -

a lolita substyle that takes its inspiration from Victorian clothing and the gothic subculture. This style was popularized by the visual kei guitarist mana sama. common motifs in gothic lolita often include crosses or religious themes, bats, skulls, vampires, coffins, chandeliers, deep red roses, and castles. Darker colors, such as black, navy and royal blue, maroon, crimson, and deep purples are all common in gothic lolita. popular hairstyles are straightened or curled hair left down, or put into pigtails. sausage curl pigtails are popular as well, but are usually styled with more over the top coords. As for makeup, dark lipstick ( red, wine, deep purple and dark brown) and smokey or neatly defined eyes are common. some may add a light blush.

Although mana sama was the one who popularized this substyle, he often wears a unique, dramatic, doll-like makeup look which is not very common among the community, but is well loved. common shoes are mary janes, rocking horse shoes (originally designed by vivienne westwood), boots, and platform shoes.

Alice doll magazine 2001 | Mana sama for Gothic Lolita Bible 7

♡ sweet lolita - a lolita substyle inspired by victorian and rococo period clothing, with a cute twist. common motifs in sweet lolita are puppies, bears, cupcakes, ice cream, cherries, strawberries, bows, hearts, stars, cakes, flowers and kittens. common colors are pastel colors (pink, blue, yellow, purple, etc) light shades of pink, pearly white, and mint. Sweet lolita accessories are usually very over the top, in order to reflect the fantasy theme of the lolita subculture. common accessories are crowns, stuffed animals, star and heart shaped bags as well as fruit shaped bags. shoes are usually flat, common ones are mary janes and tea party shoes in pastel colors. hairstyles in sweet lolita are very diverse. Some wear their hair curled, some wear pigtails and braids, and some prefer their hair left down. makeup is usually very light and neutral.

Baby the stars shine bright 2010 autumn collection

♡ lolita today ♡

Although lolita isn't as popular as it once was, it still exists. There are large lolita communities, online and in real life, and some of the brands are still open to this day. In recent years there has been a rising interest in japanese culture in the west. Whether it be through anime or manga, a lot are diving deeper into Japanese culture and fashion. I see lots of people online (typically young people) talking about Japanese street fashion, taking inspiration from fruits and other street fashion magazines, kawaii fashion, gyaru fashion and many more. I think that a part of our generation is trying desperately to go back to slow fashion. I see a lot of teenagers encouraging the consumption of second hand clothing and making things yourself. Maybe this mix of embracing Japanese culture and slow fashion will result in a lolita comeback. I feel like it's happening slowly, with the revival of Japanese street fashion as a whole.

References~

Gothic lolita- lolita wiki

What is Japanese kawaii culture?- the japanese shop

Lolita lifestyle- alternative fashion wiki

The Blog “Lolita tips” on tumblr

What is Otome kei- devilinspired

Classic lolita- lolita wiki

The history of lolita- the comm

History of sweet lolita-rebels market

Lolita fashion- wikipedia

Lace & petticoats by vysanthe pn YT

For pictures-

Lolitahistory.com

[iantimony]

tuesday again!

many problems … turning on the gravity check box did not, in fact, fix my simulation. woe.

listening: I saw Sammy Rae live last weekend and it was. fucking phenomenal. thank you random stranger from [redacted] who sold me her tickets. literally one of the best shows of my life. I am still reeling from it. they did a cover of Amy Winehouse's 'Valerie' as part of the encore and it was so good too.

in other news, Cascada has released a new album and it's a cover album and it bangs.

Call Me - Cascada: a brainworm of the week for sure.

I also listened to some The Reign of Kindo because they're an opener for The Dear Hunter tour rn and while I'd listened to them before I had forgotten what they sounded like. (wanted to go to one but it didn't end up working out, that hurt to miss, I'll have to do their next tour for sure)

Sing When No One's Around - The Reign of Kindo: just noticed the comments on this video are turned off ?? weird.

reading: Break-up of Steinger, Iscoe & Greene reads like a Grisham novel: GOD I love weird hyper-local drama.

agnito by Raxheim: tlt fanfic. symbolism, TM.

watching: newest monster factory … some Stephanie Lange who mostly does, like, beauty standards bad style content but makes for good background noise

The Men Who Promised the Impossible: Unlimited Energy by BobbyBroccoli: academic drama!!!!!!!! this one is truly wild, I had heard of it before I think but I love a video essay about shit like this.

We Get Grabbed By A Ghost At Trans-Allegheny Asylum by Watcher: I mostly stopped watching buzzfeed unsolved after their whole streaming service debacle but this got put on as crafting background and I enjoyed it! might start watching more of their stuff again. (I just noticed that I called it buzzfeed unsolved still even though they're their own thing now, oops,)

playing: fallowwwwwwwww. unless we count french horn. I got a new mouthpiece (it was half the price of the futon I got) (it's a cheap futon and a slightly expensive mouthpiece) and I am shocked and embarrassed by how big a difference it is making in my playing. you're telling me the dogshit no-name mouthpiece I stole from my band teacher in high school isn't cutting it??? crazy.

making: I made my cat a cat bed :) it's just two rectangles sewn together with a long rectangular strip as the side. I used some random canvas that I bought at some point for ? tote bag purposes ? I don't remember. the best part is I was FINALLY able to utilize the frankly ridiculous amount of fabric/thread/yarn/etc scraps/old clothing that's too fucked to get donated/etc that I've been saving specifically for stuffing pillows. worked really well, also put some plastic bag scraps in there because she loves lying on plastic bags and so far she definitely likes the crinkles of it. pictured in the photo is the weird I-think-polyester that was wrapped around my walmart futon when it was mailed that I shredded and used as stuffing.

my bird bowl emerged mostly victorious from the kiln!!!! I say 'mostly' because there's a weird spot on the rim where the clear glaze just didn't stick? so I daubed a little more on and put her back on the shelf. but yay. glazed two shallow planters that I'm not super sure what I'll put in yet because they are quite small but we'll see.

eating: made this NYT recipe of sheet pan miso chicken with radishes and lime but also added sunchokes with the radishes and no lime because I forgor. very yummy. will sustain me for the week and now I have more raw chicken thighs in the freezer for future cooking.

after the Sammy Rae concert we stopped for bubble tea for the drive home and I got a "mango pomelo sago" that was really just a smoothie with boba bits in it, it was very very tasty.

misc: speaking of academic drama: one of my friends is dealing with some frankly insane academic drama rn that I am soooo popcorn dot gif over. I can't ever say anything specific about it on here because it will immediately doxx me but if you want tea send me a DM it's so wild

[113-degrees-of-separation]

(Part 3) Bullets: A Last Stand of the Wreckers story.

Ironfist looked around Room 113, with its white walls and its featureless surfaces. Buried in the depths of Kimia, it couldn't have been more ordinary - far removed from the high-octane adventures of his beloved Wreckers, with their battles atop disintegrating star freighters and their skirmishes with The Anguished.

And yet as he took his seat in front of the Ethics Committee he knew that it was in nondescript rooms like this one that the important battles would be fought: heated discussions about pacts and treaties, sanctions and reparations. Forget vast armies of heavily-armed robots tearing into each other until the last one standing surrendered to his mortal wounds; the Autobot/Decepticon war would only reach its end when two robots sat opposite each other in a room like this one, forgot about the color of their badges, and started to talk.

"Thank you for your patience," said Xaaron from a table at the front of the room. Seated next to him were Animus and Trailbreaker, one each side. "Sometimes the Committee can reach a decision quickly, but on this occasion it was necessary to examine your submission from several angles. I will summarize the case before delivering the Committee's verdict."

Ironfist reached into his waist compartment and pulled out his trusty data slug; a black rectangle of metal stamped with a white Autobot symbol, he only needed it when nervous. As Xaaron began reading from prepared notes he flipped the slug between his fingers and took another look around. When the Ethics Committee had finished for the day, Room 113 would no doubt play host to another tableful of bureaucrats with glassy eyes and a thousand ways of apportioning blame.

The rush to convene committees was symptomatic of life after what had become known as the Surge. After a betrayal within the Autobot ranks, Megatron had acquired the access codes to all of the major Autobot outposts. Waves of Decepticons had attacked on multiple fronts, gripped by a terrifying desire to win. Prime, as always, had turned the tide, but the Autobot army that was left to pick up the pieces was decidedly ill-at- ease with itself. Now, every sullen soldier was a potential turncoat; anyone who raised their voice was a another one to watch; you'd loiter in a doorway to avoid a ranting comrade-in-arms before quietly passing on their name to Someone Higher Up. Plagued by mutual mistrust and desperate for ideological certainty, for fixity of purpose, the Autobots looked to those in charge to lay down some ground rules. And if that meant extra scrutiny, extra checks and balances, so be it.

Ironfist refocused as Xaaron held up a bullet.

"Your testimony, Ironfist, was crucial in helping the Committee decide whether to sanction the use of these 'cerebro-sensitive bullets' in general combat situations."

Ironfist was tired of the sterile language, the qualifiers and caveats. Everything was carefully considered these days: tactical decisions were made only after month-long strategy meetings, while official pronouncements were equivocal and gently shaded, lest they be undermined by unforeseen events. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that the hunger for accountability had begun before the Surge. It had begun, in fact, the moment it stopped raining on Babu Yar. There was horror at what Gideon's Decepticons had done to Flame's Autobots, but after the horror came the questions: just what was it that had fallen from that bright, cloudless sky and all but eaten the Autobots below? A few days later an anonymous informant had alerted High Command to the similarities between 'Gideon's Glue', the nickname given to this ravenous chemical weapon, and a hyper-toxic vesicant allegedly being developed on Kimia. Prowl had ordered an inquiry and all of Kimia's weapons engineers, from Brainstorm down, had given evidence before a panel appointed by Chief Justice Tyrest himself. A panel, chaired by Ultra Magnus, that had sat in this very room.

To Ironfist, who - like everyone else - had denied playing any part in the creation of the vesicant, the Magnus Inquiry had felt like a trial. Skyfall had been a tremendous source of strength; a confidant and a trusted advisor, his best friend had sensed the depths of his anguish and arranged for him to be ferried away from Kimia so that he could start a new life elsewhere. In the end that hadn't been necessary: Magnus ruled that it was impossible to establish a definite link between the massacre on Babu Yar and any chemical weapons developed on Kimia. But the seeds of suspicion had been planted, and the Ethics Committee was just one of several ways of keeping tabs on Brainstorm and the rest of them.

Xaaron continued: "The Committee understands that, when fired, these bullets exhibit something you describe as 'cranial bias.' They abandon their natural trajectory in favour of the nearest… well, the nearest head."

"Yes," said Ironfist, sensing that he was expected to elaborate. "Each bullet has a simple onboard computer which is activated when the bullet is fired. The computer immediately locks on to its target's neural processor."

"Tell me, Ironfist," said Trailbreaker, picking up the bullet and guiding it in slow motion towards his own head. "Are you proud of what you've done?"

Ironfist dropped his data slug. "I'm sorry?"

"Most weapons can be used to wound. To disarm. To neutralize a threat. Your weapon kills. Every time. And I wondered whether, in your world, that counted as a success."

"Trailbreaker's question will be struck from the record," said Xaaron.

"The moral issues raised by the existence of these bullets are for the Committee to consider, not you." He raised a hand to silence Trailbreaker's objection. "And the Committee has reached a decision. Ironfist, please stand.

"This Committee is charged with upholding Section 19 of the Autobot Code, and to that end we have considered whether to sanction the use of this ammunition. We have decided that to use cerebro-sensitive bullets against enemy combatants would in all but the most exceptional cases constitute a war crime. The manufacture of these bullets is henceforth banned under Protocol III of the Non-Conventional Weapons Act. You have 36 hours to surrender the bullets and any specially adapted firing mechanism." Xaaron and the others walked out, leaving Ironfist standing and staring into space.

"Hey."

He jumped as he felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Skyfall holding up his hands apologetically.

"Relax, buddy, it's me. How'd it go?"

"Protocol III." "Aw, no. I'm sorry. Who was chairing? Xaaron? Well, that explains it. The guy lost his bearings decades ago. He's older than most mineral deposits."

Skyfall detected a smile behind Ironfist's faceplate. "See, that's where you're better than me, Fiz. If I'd just been humiliated by a bunch of pacifists - if I'd just seen months of work go up in smoke - I'd be mad as hell."

Ironfist shrugged, stepped into the corridor and closed the door behind them.

"Room 113, of all places," said Skyfall. "I still get flashbacks to the Inquiry. Sitting there in front of Magnus, listening to Nightbeat talk about scar patterns and droplet craters."

"Let's not go there."

"No, you're right. I know I had it bad, but it was nothing compared to the grilling they gave you. I'd have buckled. After the third day of questioning, I'd have buckled." Skyfall steered Ironfist towards The Exit Rooms, a warren of recharge booths next to the shuttle bays and the one place where Kimia's staff could take a break from their duties and ingest energon or engex. "But you, my friend, are made of sterner stuff. The strong and silent type… A little bit Impactor-esque, if you don't mind me saying so."

"Stop it," grinned Ironfist, struggling to contain a spark surge.

"Uh-oh, here comes Perceptor's brainier spark brother," said Skyfall.

"Hi, Brainstorm. Don't tell me - Room 113?"

Kimia's foremost weapons engineer lifted up a slim case that was handcuffed to his wrist. "How'd you guess?"

Brainstorm was a legend among Kimia's engineering community, mainly because his weapons were so horrendously over the top. More often than not, whatever exotic gun Ironfist or Crosshairs or Tripwire unveiled,

Brainstorm had not only developed a more extreme version but had seen it rejected by a scandalized Ethics Committee who had found the weapon so morally reprehensible that to even contemplate its use in all but the most extreme combat situations (such as the imminent destruction of Cybertron) was utterly unconscionable. Brainstorm rather gleefully referred to these weapons as the Unmentionables.

"What's in the case?" asked Skyfall.

Brainstorm leaned forward conspiratorially. "I call it an MCP. Malevolent Counterintuitive Pathogen. It's based on the Uncertainty Principle. When you open this case you'll find whatever you least expect. And then it'll kill you."

"Very funny," said Ironfist. "You are joking, right?"

Skyfall tugged his arm. "Come on, Fiz. Exit Rooms."

"I'm going to need that cerebro-gun back, Brainstorm," Ironfist called out as he was dragged away. "Don't worry about giving it the once over."

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Hii I just came back from the fair and my dad bought me this cute 3d printed final fantasy keychain

I was hoping if anyone knows a way to make it last more bc it's literally just a sticker on top of a 3d printed rectangle, and I'm scared of wetting it and ruining it, specially because ff merch is hyper rare over here 😓

Clear nail polish won't work bc it would just mess the tint(I learned that 4 years ago when I tried to make a handmade pin) and I don't have things like epoxy or any resin, I'm also scared of using clear tape bc if I mess it up when placing it I could rip the sticker off, does anyone know any way I could make it "waterproof"/protect the sticker??