#I'm such a nerd

[butch-pilot]

imagine kissing a nerdy butch with glasses and watching how their eyes go wide and their face turns red as they stutter and look away

[wiener-soldier]

Keep it secret, keep it safe.

I hate my brain-

[itz-pandora]

Remembered I have free will

[dinosaurwithablog]

I love Colombo, as I'm sure you know. There are two episodes playing right now. I noticed that Dean Stockwell is in both of the episodes that just came on TV. I love weird little coincidences like that. What are the odds. And yes, I would like to do the math!! 😁🤓😁

[juny-in-the-citycounty]

Me at 5 am lying awake on my bed: Fuck the World Government

[queer-goddess-of-the-hunt]

Based on my recent poll asking people who their favorite is. I find it fascinating that the majority of fans preferred Dan originally. Also love that now phannies are less likely to have a favorite between them

[lady-phasma]

I was last there October 2023, but my vacation spot this week is only an hour and a half drive from NOLA. I didn't see the art museum or Anne Rice's mausoleum last year. I did take a bunch of selfies with my vampire teeth in at various filming locations though because I am that nerd. If I go this week it would probably be just for the day on Wednesday (25 Sept).

Pics from last year:

Anne's houses (and my 30 year old copy of Lestat), Gallier House, and St. Louis's in Jackson Square.

[bethanythebogwitch]

I talked before about fish Pokemon and that was great, but it's not the only mon series I like. So fuck it, fish Digimon time. This will definitely be less analytical and more me gushing about Digimon I like because I may be a bit out of it right now. Also sorry if I missed any.

Starting at rookie/child level we only have one fish but why would we need more when we have Swimmon?

Loot at it, it's amazing! It's some some sort of tropical fish, obviously, but with some embellishments, like the beak full of teeth. I love how colorful and pointy it is. It works great as a rookie for so many aquatic lines. I think some great lines for it would be Swimmon -> Coelamon -> Piranimon -> MetalPiranhimon or Swimmon -> Tobiumon -> DIvemon -> Surfimon. Speaking of which...

I'm going over champion/adult Digimon together and starting with Coelamon.

It's a coelacanth! Coelacanths are amazing as some of the last lobe-finned fish. In this case, the lobes have been exaggerated into proper limbs, like how lobe-finned fish are the ancestors of tetrapods through intermediate limbed fish stages like tiktaalik. Its armor might also be based on placoderms, extinct fish with bony armor.

We have surprisingly few shark Digimon, but one we do have is Tobiumon, and it's amazing.

A shark with arms that can fly with its fins is such a Digimon concept that all it needs are some guns to be peak Digimon. It even has a remora missile launcher on its chest!

The armor Digimon give us several fish, and while I don't think any of them particularly work as armor evolutions, they're fine as Digimon on their own. And before anyone mentions it, Tylomon is a tylosaurus, not a fish. The first is Manbomon, and while it's a terrible armor evolution for Patamon, A mola mola wearing boxing gloves is such a goofy concept I can't help but love it.

Next is Seahomon, which is pretty obviously a seahorse, but its snout is a trumpet and it has a cape that turns into wings I guess? I dunno, it's a pretty weird one.

My favorite of the three is Mantaraymon. Despite the name, it doesn't have a manta ray's face, instead having a rostrum like a shovelnose ray or even maybe a dolphin. I do like how they used Patamon's ears as the cephalic fins.

Mantaraymon also has a more mechanical X-antibody variant that gives it kind of a stealth fighter vibe. I kind of like it more than the original Mantaraymon, which is saying something since I usually don't like X-antibody Digimon.

Moving onto the ultimate/perfect level we have a new mon from China, Huankunmon.

I love this design so much. Its based on the peng, a mythical creature that can turn from a bird to a fish. Fittingly, Huankunmon's line goes from a bird (Xiquemon) and goes to a bird/fish/dragon hybrid (Xiangpengmon). It'a also based on a flying fish since it can fly with a swimming motion. And it can turn invisible. There's nothing not to love about it.

Next is Piranimon, and look at this absolute beast

Some might call it overdesigned, but I absolutely love it. I particularly dig the tail being a fish hook covered in barbed wire. Its based on a red-bellied piranha, but the pop-culture version where they're bloodthirsty monsters that attack everything they see. Real piranhas are not like that. The helmet it wears may also be based on placoderms, some of which only had the bone armor on the front of their bodies.

Finally at this level, we have Divemon.

I'm not as big of a fan of this as I am of the other two, but I do like the Polynesian-style tattoos it has. Its a combination hammerhead shark and professional swimmer.

Maxing out at the mega/ultimate level we have MetalPiranimon.

While I appreciate any fish megas, I think this is a step down from Piranhimon. It's just a red-bellied piranha with a big metal head dragging around a counterweight. I'm not saying its bad, I'm just saying that Piranhimon is better. Fun fact, Metalpiranhimon came first. Piranhimon was designed because someone thought it was weird that there's a MetalPiranhimon but no regular Piranhimon. There are a few examples of that in Digimon, like SkullBaluchimon coming before Baluchimon.

Next is Regalecusmon, which might be stretching the definition of fish a bit, but it does have an oarfish for a head.

I really like this design, especially it using Zudomon's horn as a sword and what looks like Ebidramon's claw as a shield. I think it would make a great villain for an aquatic episode or storyline of a show. Maybe like a more modern version of MetalSeadramon from Adventure.

Finally, we have Surfimon.

It's a mechanical shark man riding a rocket-powered hammerhead shark surfboard with a buzzsaw on the front. We have reached peak Digimon, people. And even better, it was created by a fan as part of a contest. Frankly, it's a shame that it hasn't gotten any appearances in the anime or games. I don't get why some fan-made Digimon can go onto have major appearances like Dobermon, Cyberdramon, and SoundBirdmon while others get ignored. A lot of them don't even have art. I'd be pretty bummed if I was a kid who won a contest to have my design become official and then it was never used. I think Surfimon should get an anime appearance and the English dub should make it talk like a Californian surfer dude.

[aurora-rose-draws]

Did some very self-indulgent art of Dingo working out.

Also, I've said it before, and I'll say it again: muscle tees are hot as hell.

Shirtless version under the cut.

[all-of-sarahs-whatever]

Verb conjugation be weird.

[gabe-dasha]

Announcement

I have come to the conclusion that I will now be taking suggestions as to what to translate to Circular Gallifreyan. Not comissions, suggestions.

What's the difference? It's free, but I can always just refuse to do it.

I just need ideas, because I'm running out myself, but I really want to keep doing it. It's fun!

So take your shot, I guess. If there's a quote you want to see in Gallifreyan, my asks are open (they might not sound inviting, but they're open). I might just like it enough to do it. Please, feed me ideas :)

[starrycourtss]

TONIGHT:

JAY&JUICE VS PAGE&CAGE IS GONNA CURE MY MENTAL HEALTH 🔥🔥

[traveltherightroad]

Bruton Gaster makes me laugh EVERY time hahahaha

[gingers-emotes]

little known fact about me:

i can count in hexidecimal

it's annoying but not that hard once you get used to it

i can also estimate the colour of something based on a hex code

going more into it after the cut

how to estimate the colour of something based on its hex code:

let's take #ffb485

that's probably about . a lightist yellow or orange i'd estimate? (no I haven't looked at the colour)

how to figure this out :

if you know rgb settings, you know that you have three options:

R: 000-255 G: 000-255 B: 000-255

meaning there are 256 colour options for each number

funny thing about the number 256: it's 16^2

in a hex code, there are 6 digits; split them into three pairs

# __ / __ / __

NEXT: how hexidecimal works

you need to know how it works to get colours without having to look it up

soooo. basically... hexadecimal means that we're in base 16. you know how, in base ten, there's ten numbers ?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

then, once we get past 9, we add a digit, set it to the next number up, and restart. same in hexadecimal- but we restart when we get to 16, not 10. we don't have numbers that represent the numbers 10-15, so we replace that with letters. counting in hexadecimal looks something like this:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c ... etc

a = 10, b = 11, c = 12, ... etc

soo, I wanna show you how to get a number based on a hexedecimal code

take f9a. we can split those apart first into three different numbers - f00, 90, and a. as we established before, f is equal to 15. so, that means we have cycled through the full 16 cycle twice (15 * 16 * 16). that gives us the number 3840. now, the next number- 90. no, 90 does NOT equal 90. the 9 means that you've cycled 9 times, which means 9 16s (9 * 16). this gives us 144. now , we have 3840 + 144 . then, the last digit- a. a is equal to 10, so now we have 3840 + 144 + 10 . therefore, f9a = 3995 in decimal. go ahead, check my work!

(a good formula to figure out what to multiply stuff by is this: [first digit] * 16^[amount of digits - 1] . so, if you have like. b039, to figure out b000, you'd do b * 16^(4-1).)

NOW, to turn this into solving hex codes for colour:

remember this bit from before?

this is important. see, the first two digits in a hex code control the RED, the second two control the GREEN, and the last two control the BLUE. you effectively control the RGB settings with it.

for example: let's take the hex from before; #ffb485

# ff / b4 / 85

we learned how to read hexadecimal earlier, so just quickly solve for the numbers (and add 1 to your ending amount!)

that would give us R:256 G:181 B:134 . that's your RGB code from the hex code! that colour is about..

this

so i'd say my initial guess wasn't too far off!

so yea now you know how to count in base 16

[dinosaurwithablog]

A Die Hard Advent calendar!!! And Hans Gruber is falling off of it!! I want one!! This is a perfect gift for a die hard Die Hard fan like me!! 25 stories of chocolaty fun!! 🍫 Merry Christmas and Happy holidays to everyone, except Hans Gruber. Oh, what the heck, Happy holidays to Hans, too!! 😁😍

[kinun]

I am re-rewatching tmnt 2003 after nearly a year and now also taking notes just like I did with Next Mutation.

Why do I do this?

My creative brain beckons me.