#Semantic field

[lapokinanaz]

[owleyesisaslay]

Landscapes melted by rain

Blurring edges

Gravity overcome by water

Soundless waves 

Cardboard melting in fire

Bubbling flames

Smoke rising to heaven 

Earthbound air 

[chudesnymalchik]

Palavras no meu campo semântico

Sapo, rato, ouro, doce, cafezinho, budista, Amazônia, Etruscan, sun-kissed, evergreen, woolen, healing, hotteok, acupuncture, natural, R&B, peixinho, dulce de leche, omija, airbag, citizen, Casio, arugula, coral reef, monsoon, boudoir, Parma, reddish, Lamborghini, John Deere, iced latte, pitaya, pink drink, excellence, minimal, ethereal, elucidate, veranda, wisteria, hydrangea, pulp, acolyte, sealed, salad, silo, diploidy, spice, Porifera, exquisite, honeydew, Peugeot, Tinashe, Kyobo, saeujeot, boricha, salsa, Saigon, bleary, primrose, agreeable, irradiating, mossy.

[youcantmisstheabyss]

[defectivegembrain]

Happy flapped looking at the historical development of words for "body"

[sophiamcdougall]

aaaahhh I just listened to a Magnus Protocol episode and it looks like the Critical Role misunderstanding of "compatriot" is spreading.

It does not mean companion/colleague/friend! No it doesn't!

[steorran]

however take all my opinions with a grain of salt bc i have not been in a relationship since the obama administration

also i would date a dead fish / big truck guy over a guy who described himself as a "gaymer" tbh

[idanit]

tfw your native language doesn't differentiate between a valet and a butler... *shakes fist* let me be precise and correct!

[lapokinanaz]

[dkniade]

heartcanon for a media you like?

I admit I don’t remember I reblogged that so I read it as headcanon before thinking “what’s a heartcanon”

Definition of a heartcanon by @/prokopez: “I don’t have a particular rationale for why this ought to be the case, I just like to imagine it’s true because it gives me the warm fuzzies”

Or as I might explain it, “a belief about an aspect of a fictional story not of one’s own, typically about one or multiple characters in it, that one holds because they enjoy it, regardless of the amount of evidence or rationale that one would need to support their claim in an argument”

To my knowledge, in Genshin Impact, al-Haitham is a student of the Akademiya’s “Haravatat Darshan”, right…? According to the wiki, Haravatat specializes in semiotics (in real life it’s the study of signs and symbols and their interpretations, I believe) and includes both linguistics and ancient runes studies. Well, in real life, linguistics is the scientific study of language, and semiotics—which includes the study of ancient runes, I’d assume—is a sub-field of linguistics. So I wonder if it’s better to say, “Of the Six Darshans in the Sumeru Akademiya, Haravatat specializes in linguistics, specifically semiotics, and includes disciplines such as ancient runes studies.” Nope, never mind, semiotics is not a branch of linguistics since it includes non-linguistic signs too, which would make sense since Haravatat also does ancient runes. (I must’ve mixed up semiotics and semantics, the branch of linguistics and logic that studies meaning.)

With that being said—

Al-Haitham is jokingly referred to as a god of syntax by uhh Haravatat syntax students of the Sumeru Akademiya

based on the al-Haitham redesign by @/peonycats

[a-personiftranslator]

Human Torch AU: General Power Logistics

I don’t plan on creating anything resembling a further plot in this AU, so I’ll post what I have and let all of you run wild. Everything here is just a suggestion.

Going through each of the powers in a single post would take way too much time, so have this instead for now. I’ll be elaborating on the individuals shortly.

First of all, the strength of a statespirit’s power is dependent on their ranking on this list:

The top three just HAPPEN to be Texas, California, and Oklahoma, which I think is a sign that Nature’s fucking with us. While California ranks highest on this list, pretty much every other site I checked had Texas as top. It’s your discretion.

Strength overall is measured by stamina, not intensity; individual powers will vary in their metrics, but while Vermont, for example, could as the strongest snowstorm user create a blizzard outmatching anyone else’s, he would only be able to sustain it for a few minutes since he’s so low on the overall scoreboard. Sphere of influence also falls under the individual powers.

Users can go beyond their stamina, but it’ll lead to temporary loss of consciousness and more disasters the next year or so in their state. The edge of safe casting is called the baseline.

Most abilities have some collaborative capacity, or temporary mind-meld, that allows the users to pool their power. They require someone leading and guiding, either the one drawing the others in or the strongest (scoreboard or power, depending on the circumstances) of the group. A notable exception to this is fire.

Statespirits must be granted permission to cast outside themselves by whoever they’re casting in, though this can be waived if metaphors take precedence. Peacetime external casting automatically ensures a mind meld between the two parties, and the host can stop the cast at any time. Internal castings (a statespirit casting within their boundaries) gone awry, most common with fire users, will always remain within state borders.

Each major power generally has fifteen or so practitioners, except for hurricanes and earthquakes; only around five users for them each. On the other hand, the entirety of the West has fire capabilities because of the association, which is also what keeps California as the strongest of the bunch.

Some states have special abilities; these don’t fall under the ranking system. Florida has sinkholes, California and Wisconsin have fire tornadoes, Hawai’i has magma. Alaska’s ability to hide fire castings under snow counts as a special ability and a subpower of fire, as it emulates ‘zombie fires’—fires that burn underground through all of frozen winter and resurface in the spring.

To cast, users draw upon memories of the disasters that have already occurred, and their power is augmented if the disaster they’re trying to cast is actively taking place in their state. In that case, they can transfer some (negligible amounts—statespirit conceptual power alone won’t replicate the scope of Nature’s disasters, all abilities that can truly reproduce the scale rely on outside sources of power or power pooling) of the energy from that disaster into their casting. This only works when casting inside their state, at least fifteen miles away from the edge of the disaster; users can’t take control of disasters they didn’t cast themselves.

The memory factor and stamina requirements stops users from casting constantly.

Powers lock when the user is panicked, though this can also be waived if metaphor/the narrative takes precedence.

Major cities and those with a strong enough association to a particular disaster also have abilities.

Questions in comments or reblogs?

[verysaxyberry]

Actually, I think gen psych should no longer be a basic required course for all degrees, you people didn’t learn anything.

[firelise]

I do enjoy that semantic error is giving me college realness. Late night trips to the vending machine. Stress over laptop aka baby breaking (been there, happened to me three times). Leaves changing colors. Starting homework at midnight. Not sleeping. Naps on the campus couches. Hungover in the studio. Being absolutely fucked over by the existence of a morning class. Its all very pleasing.

[torotits]

tell me something interesting about your day

umm i got a poetry essay back and i got 29/30 bc im the smartest boy in the whole wide world!!!!! my teacher was like there’s some really great ideas here and i was like ‼️‼️ i know i thought them in my brain ‼️

[kr1g]

Cabbage fields (:

[bsahely]

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