#answered asks;;

[heliacalxrising]

Do you love your friend? The cute little red cat~

"BE QUIET IT CAN HEAR YOU!" Said in the most intense whisper, obviously. Can't risk it.

[thedreamparadox]

Voice headcanon for theKaren sibs?? Different or same as the voices from jod?

Reala's voice from JoD is pretty on point imo, plus or minus maybe adjusting the pitch up to be a little bit closer to their handful of voice lines in NiD. NiGHTS' is okay? I couldn't tell you an alternative voice actor, but there's someone that pitched down some JoD cut scenes and it sounds better imo. I think the accent could work, but it is entirely dependent on keeping to the accent of the closest Dreamers they're in proximity to. To be honest, up until I started working on my longfics my headcanon was mostly mute!NiGHTS. Or functionally mute at least, where Marenspeak was completely incomprehensible to humans and they couldn't speak any human languages, so they opted for primarily ballet mime supplemented with various forms of sign language and leaning on speaking while dualized, since how much that is 'voiced' is wibbly.

For Jackle, back when I used to lurk on the old NiD.com forums, someone suggested Carnage from one of the old Spiderman animated series and I'm inclined to agree, though at a higher register/pitch to be closer to Jackle's voiced lines from NiD.

[yamujiburo]

clothes shopping!

[ineed-to-sleep]

Collection of memes with mostly my tav/astarion to keep myself sane

[bixels]

Baffled.

[carlyraejepsans]

When I was like 15 I dated this guy named Wes and we would roleplay Soriel so then when we broke up it made me have a vendetta against the ship for a few years. You made me like them again though so thanks. Also I'm a lesbian now.

[samble-moved]

post itself

false flags

trans/adjacent tags

accessibility features

tumblr live post (thanks for the link, @problemnyatic)

flashing / strobing / lights

unblockable flashing ad

buying ad free

staff @/macmanx guilt trip

list of staff + more issues

[ao3commentoftheday]

do you know where "no beta we die like x" comes from and how it is used?

The term "beta" in this context is short for "beta reader" - a person who reads a fic while it's still in the editing stage and helps the writer get it ready to post. Some betas check grammar. Some check canon compliance. Some are sensitivity readers. There are lots of things that betas can do.

So functionally, saying "no beta" means that the writer didn't get this checked by a second person before they posted it. It's a warning that there might be errors or typos etc. It's mostly used when an author has written something quickly and is posting without doing a lot of (or any) edits first.

As for where it comes from? It all started with a bumper sticker.

This image was an internet meme at one point, and it got meme'd on in the form of "no ___ we ___ like men"

Here on tumblr, one of the versions that got really popular was from now-deleted user @grec1a who created this version:

From there, it migrated to AO3 as the "no beta we die like men" tag, and very often the word men is replaced by the name of a character who dies in canon.

[evilwizard]

what is the difference between a witch and a wizard

wizards are mathematicians and physicists. witches are chemists and biologists

[heliacalxrising]

you might have more people to write with if you allowed non mutuals reply to your starters. aren't you lonely isolating yourself?

And this right here is why I'm mutuals only for my own comfort and boundaries, because you seem like someone who would constantly cross boundaries to get your own way :)))

I've been mutuals only in the RPC since 2017, it's hardly been an issue in the past. Maybe do some self reflecting? That could be good for you, thanks so much, and have the day/night you deserve ^-^

[thedreamparadox]

Me: *explaining how I use endoscopy equipment to steal snacks from the vending machine at work*

NiGHTS, nodding: what's an endoscopy

I'm not gonna lie anon that's a brilliant method of getting around how vending machines are engineered. A little evil, but brilliant.

NiGHTS absolutely does not need to know what an endoscopy is. They probably do at least a little but honestly I think the less they know about human biology the happier they are.

[fluffydancer618]

Have you ever partaken in the flesh of another?

[thenon-fictiondays]

lmao he looks so smug about this

[deep-space-netwerk]

What do you mean by Venus floating cities?

I'm hoping to write a science fiction story about visiting Venus as part of the space race and I would love your input

Alright so the thing with Venus is that we're all very familiar with her horrible hell-death clouds and 900°F surface temperatures. We all understand the surface of Venus is not a fun place for humans to be.

But, nobody ever talks about the fact that ABOVE the hell-death clouds, Venus is a paradise. The most Earth-like environment we know of in the solar system, beyond Earth itself, is actually in the skies of Venus.

About 30 miles above the surface, the pressure is ~1 atmosphere, and the temperature ranges from 30 - 100°F, which is Happy Human™ standard pressure and temperature.

What's more, a breathable mix of oxygen and nitrogen provides over 60% the lifting power on Venus that helium does on Earth. In other words, a balloon full of human-breathable air would float to the habitable range of Venus's atmosphere. We could float a ship with the very air we breathe.

The other great thing about this is that it avoids one of the big problems with Mars colonization. On Mars, any habitat on the surface full of breathable air is vulnerable to leaks and explosive decompression, a la the Martian.

Floating on Venus, a balloon full of breathable air doesn't have a significant pressure difference between the inside and the outside. Which means, any leaks or tears would be very slow and manageable. You could fix that shit with duct tape!

Similarly, because the environment outside the balloon is so Earth-like, humans living there wouldn't need any big fancy pressurized suits for extravehicular work. We'd need air to breathe, maybe some heat protection, and protection against the acid rain. That's it. 

Venus also provides the tools to keep us fed! It's atmosphere is made primarily of carbon dioxide, even above the dense horrible clouds. What likes carbon dioxide? Plants from Earth!! Lets grow FOOD on FLOATING PLATFORMS in the SKIES of VENUS.

This whole idea actually came out of a NASA effort exploring potential Venus colonization. The program was called HAVOC - the High Altitude Venus Operational Concept.

It hasn't really gone anywhere, and as far as I know there are no real plans to revisit it. Unfortunately, from a practicality standpoint, Mars is a much more viable target for human colonization. Not only is it better poised for outer solar system exploration, being farther away from the sun, but living on Venus would come with too many complicated contingencies. In the event of a major failure on Venus, you'd need to fly to another base, or fuck off all the way to orbit. I understand why people aren't really in a hurry to live somewhere where landing on the surface means certain death.

But that doesn't mean I won't be forever and always enamored by the skies of Venus. Here's one of the artist concepts to come out of HAVOC.

I want to be there.

[singlethread]

I just learned today that Blorbo is a made up term and NOT the main character in the Hobbit

Anon I’m obsessed with you

[decolonize-the-left]

As a fellow trans person, do you by chance have an up to date map of "safe states" in the US? bc as someone who lives in florida and is getting Very Concerned about my health and safety, i can't seem to find any that are more recent, and i don't trust trying to google that shit rn.

This is up to date as of April 2.