#at least by indis's genes

[scatteredlight1]

Height comparisons - Part 1

Finwe - Ridiculously tall as compared to everyone else, at least until Maedhros is born, at which point his height isn't that impressive anymore.

Miriel - Rather short as compared to the rest of the population. Feanor inherited his height from her.

Indis - Also rather short, although none of her children inherited her height.

House of Feanor:

Feanor - Literally one of the shortest in the family. Constantly curses his height, especially when he's in an argument with any of his half-siblings.

Nerdanel - Tall. Most of her children inherited her height, and Feanor is very glad for it. The two of them look slightly comical when they walk together though.

Maedhros - Tallest elf ever (in his family at least). He's the first one to outgrow Finwe, and then no one ever beats him, though Turgon gets close.

Maglor - Tall, but willowy, so he doesn't look that tall. He does make most of his cousins look short though.

Celegorm - Second tallest of the brothers, and just below Turgon in their entire family. Argon, Finwe and him have had multiple arguments about who was taller.

Caranthir - Averagely tall. Has never stood beside anyone to compare, but he would definitely be taller than most of his cousins.

Curufin - Does not speak about his height, but the main difference between Feanor and him is their height. If asked, he'll admit that he's on the shorter side in their extended family.

Amrod and Amras - Inherited their father's short genes. Have not outgrown the 'baby' stage of their development, and will always remain at said stage. No one dares to tease them about their height, except Celebrimbor.

Celebrimbor - Shorter than Curufin. Has complained about his lack of height to both Gil-Galad and Elrond multiple times (the two are about a head taller than him).

Part 2 (House of Fingolfin) - Here

Part 3 (House of Finarfin) - Here

[kedreeva]

Really debating keeping him. It would be short term, until he is able to give me a purple pied bs male from Indie's bloodline... But depending on who I paired him with, it would ensure that his boys would have Indie's purple genes only. The biggest problem is that I don't know what split he carries, white or pied, and I don't know what splits anyone else carries. So keeping him could also mean 2-3 years down the drain if they all carry only pied, no whites, or only whites, no pied.

I think I'll hang onto him for at least a season, until I see what girls I get next year. Hoping Eclipse, Arcana, and Stella will throw some good bs split leucistic gals for me

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

Here’s what i consider the 411 on Miriel+ Thranduil+ the -We’s parents in my “Miriel and Thranduil are twins au”

Miriel and Thranduil’s parents: Oropher and Cloudryad.

-they were enemies and hated each other at first, but with copious sexual tension that eventually boiled over and they had hate sex, which they refused to acknowledge when they were done. Rinse and repeat a few times.

- Oropher has his insanity and “lets destroy the world” arc, but Cloudryad eventually manages to snap him out of it (beat him). Oropher disapears to lick his wounds and then they reunite at an unfortunate (or fortunate depending on who you ask) time where they’re both in deep shit and they go “i don’t trust or like you, but i hate those other fuckers even more so might as well team up”.

- They win, and it turns out they actually work pretty well together so they decide to stick together bc at least they know what the other’s capable of. Cue hate sex again and hey! Look at that! A pair of elflings pop out of Cloudryad. The entire elf population panics bc they’ve never had sex ed or knew what a child was.

- Eventually the partnership turned to genuine affection turned to love and now they’re like the old couple that bickers (surprisingly good parents considering they were the first).

Elwe, Olwe, and Elmo’s parents: Elya and Felome.

- Elya is a strong independent elleth who can kick ass and take names. Oropher is her brother and she trusts him to take care of her kids when/if she passes.

- Felome is a little pathetic, but like endearing pathetic. Elya likes her ellons a little on the weak side. She thinks it’s charming. Felome is a very curious elf though, so the exploration gene comes from him.

Ingwe’s parents (here’s a doozy): Ingen and Allehalen

- so long story short, Ingwe’s dad (Ingen) is a POS who knocked up Thranduil, but when Thranduil refused to obey or be chained down by him, Ingen went to “get milk” came across Ingwe’s mom, seduced her, knocked her up and here we have Ingwe.

- Allehalen isn’t a baseline bad elf, but she lets her husband lead her around, so she isn’t great. Allehalen knew Elya, and when Elya mentioned Thranduil and Miriel looking after Elwe and Olwe (and later Elmo) when Elya and Felome were busy or else where, Allehalen asked if they could watch Ingwe too, not knowing the fact that her husband knocked Thranduil up and had Lasgen, who’s Ingwe’s half sister.

- They find out when Ingen accompanied Allehalen to pick up Ingwe only to come face to face with Thranduil and Lasgen. Oof. Awkward. Anyway, neither Allehalen nor Ingen are really cut out to be parents nor are they really like, good elves to be parents iykwim. So Thranduil and Miriel legit end up being more of a parental figure than them. Ingew holds it over them to this day. “You know, it’s quite sad that dad’s ex, whome he knocked up and dipped out on, is more of a parent to me than either of you.”

- Indis was born of these two in valinor and she low-key inherited the entitlement from them. She’s not as bad, but still.

Finwe’s parents: Lord. Help. Mori and Fikuwe.

- The most emotionally constipated couple to ever walk the earth. It’s a miracle that finwe is as well adjusted as he is. Mori and Fikuwe teamed up all the way at the start when they awakened, even though they clashed as well.

- Fikuwe is pretty chill (finwe takes after him) but Mori is simultaneous genius level smart and also a goddamn moron. And slightly manipulative. Not even having Finwe managed to get them together. They survived all the way to the 5th age without actually becoming a couple (even though it’s obvious for everyone involved). They partner up, fight and then split. Rinse and repeat.

- They’re not together, partially because Mori doesn’t understand that Fikuwe genuinly likes her (ultra oblivious) but mostly because they can’t emote normally. During the fifth age, they had a one night stand that resulted in finwe having a younger sister, but Mori kept it from Fikuwe because she didn’t find out about the pregnancy until after they fought again and Mori’s pretty sure he doesn’t want to see her for a century. Like i said. Issues.

- That being said, for all that they couldn’t figure out their own relationship, they did genuinly care for and love their son, and they were ok parents.

- Mori is very good friends with Cloudryad, but clashes a lot with Oropher due to similar personalities. Cloudryad and Fikuwe are the pair that sit and drink tea while they’re partners are fighting in the background.

(Listen, ok, the elves that spawned at the lake have the emotionally maturity of a new born, of course they are all messes!)

[msweebyness]

Theater Kid Families

These are the families for my theater kiddos! @artzychic27 @imsparky2002 Enjoy!

Missy:

Axel Rutherford

Raised Missy on his own since his wife died in childbirth

Swimming instructor

Missy's temper comes from him

They argue a lot, but love each other very much

Sees Ondine like another daughter

Jesse:

Imelda Ortega

Possibly the sweetest woman in the world

Except when you hurt her son, ask her ex-husband

Research botanist

Seeing a therapist to work through feelings from her marriage

Good friends with Fred Haprele, Jesse and Mylene ship them

Manolo Ortiz

Massive POS, physically and emotionally abusive

Reason Jesse is blind in one eye

Currently in prison, courtesy of the Tomassians

Involved in a bunch of shady business

Ayesha:

Megan Reynolds

Ray of sunshine gene comes from her

Certified life coach

Talks a bit louder than she needs to

Makes up cheers for household chores

Watches her daughter's cartoons in her free time

Kurt Reynolds

Yoga instructor

Super chill and positive

Serves as a grounding force for his wife and daughter

Likes to doodle with Ayesha

Dot:

Enid Waverly

Could be BFFs with Nathalie, tbh

Event coordinator for a big business

Bun life 24/7, not a hair out of place

Struggles with expressing emotions

Never without her tablet

Orenthal Waverly

Very no nonsense, but more chill than his wife

Prosecuting Attorney for a big law firm

Soft-spoken when not in the courtroom

Keeps fidgets on hand for his older daughter

Dolores Waverly

Much more scatterbrained than her little sister, Dot helps keep her on track

Seriously, would lose her head if it wasn't attached

Deals with some anxiety

Always has at least two books on hand

Petra:

Arlo Markov

Petra's Bio Dad, an old friend was their surrogate

Interior designer, owns a business

VERY energetic, how much coffee does he drink?!

Happy flaps when he's excited

Will smack a bitch for his kid

Dennis Windham

Dad #2, the bear of the group

Junior football coach

Very emotionally intelligent

Usually has his whistle

Preston Manheim

Dad #3, the voice of reason

Very prim, always uses proper grammar. High class boi

Loves him some argyle and tea

Soft-spoken, but people listen to him

Curator of an art gallery

Trent Knapp

Dad #4, the hippie dad

Plays the mandolin, writes songs for his partners

New Age Philosophy teacher

Speaks like a fortune cookie, tbh

Anais:

Olive Ackerman

Celebrated particle physicist

Expects nothing but absolute perfection from her child

Think of Nicole Watterson's parents and Ming Lee, combined

Refuses to believe she's doing anything wrong

Praise is very controlled and limited

Quentin Ackerman

Chemist, very respected in the field

Secretly feels they may be too hard on Anais

Too scared of his wife to say anything, tho

Tries his best to bond with Anais over their shared interests

Roxie:

Richard Richter

Manager of a music store

Gives guitar lessons on the weekends

Actually a pretty chill dude

Good friend of Anarka, they had a band as teens

Can think up lyrics on the spot

Rydel Richter

Contemporary piano teacher

Roxie gets their temper from her

Strong enough to throw a table if needed

HATES Roxie's ex with a burning passion

Mama Bear

Rover Richter

Curious about everything, always has to ask why

Wants to be a drummer, carries around sticks

Has trouble sitting still

Will kick Roxie's ex in the shins on sight

Anthony:

Sylvie Mathis

Diplomat from England

The epitome of a proper British lady

Very supportive of her son, he got her into punk rock

Adores Jesse like her own son

Can play a mean game of foosball

Bradley Mathis

Diplomat from England

A bit more laidback than his wife

MEGA Cockney accent

Knows everything about the Beatles

Makes the best tea ever

Eri:

Hiroshi Tanaka

Screenwriter for an Indie studio

HUGE nerd but also really cool

Has never missed a play by his daughter or wife

Trivia champ, could rival Max

Sasami Tanaka

Celebrated stage actress, has done 215 (and counting) productions throughout her life

Every bit as dramatic as her daughter

Loves to quote plays in everyday life

Dresses to impress, always

Ryuji Tanaka

Eri's twin, just as goth but more subdued

Cosmetology student, attends a different school

Talks with his sister every day

Snark besties with Anthony

Candace:

Laurent Fletcher

Antique dealer, owns several successful branches and establishments

Charmingly British and a bit awkward

Has ridiculously high patience

Loves Candace as much as his bio sons

Sandra Fletcher

Former top-selling musician, now owns her own restaurant

Might spoil her kids a bit

Cried with joy when Candace became head cheerleader

Attends every pep rally

Finnick Fletcher

Ten-year old mechanical genius, looks up to Max

Always needs to have something to do, has ADHD

Always trying to help his stepsister, doesn't always succeed

Very close with his brother

Ferdinand "Ferdie" Fletcher

Rarely ever speaks, and only to his family

Knows FSL and ASL

Artsy kid, always drawing on something

Actually really smart

Soo-Yeon:

Eun-Jeong Park

Professional restorator, has a meticulous eye for detail

Speaks when something needs to be said

INSANELY flexible for some reason

Helps his son practice on their hoop at home, he used to play in high school

Mi Cha Park

Every bit as clumsy as her son, seriously, babyproof that house

Stay-at-home mom who sells her handmade snowglobes on Etsy

Cheering the loudest for her son at his games

Can kick both her husband and son’s butts on the court

Margo:

Leif Jorgensen

Professional contractor

Very jovial and kind to everyone around him

Can have his head in the clouds sometimes

He TALL, but somehow not intimidating

Besties with his daughter

Dagny Jorgensen

Artisan woodcarver, owns a successful business

Loves doing DIY projects with her daughter

Slips into Norwegian when frustrated

Most down-to-earth of the family

Staci:

Bai Kwan

Staci gets her sass from him

Political commentator for TVi, cannot stand Alec. Hates Bourgeois too

It’s a game at the studio to try and get him to laugh

He only laughs or smiles around his family

Yumei Kwan

Owns a local cafe, the fave for quality Chinese food

Takes no one’s shit, but also super perky

A former cheer squad flyer who helps Staci work out

People wonder how they’re related sometimes

Parker:

Col. Levi Beauregard

Big, strong military man

Speaks in all the military jargon

Surprisingly warm with his kids

Does obstacle courses with Parker

Cissy Beauregard

Retired army nurse, now works at DuPont

Meticulously keeps medical records of all students

Rose sees her like an aunt of sorts

Still uses military jargon

Jack Beauregard

Going into the army after high school

Strained, but loving relationship with his younger sister

Very tall and buff

Always trying to impress his father

Taught Parker self-defense

Brecken:

Annie Sutcliffe

Adopts a crap ton of random animals

Owner of a local, accredited shelter

Soft-spoken. Except when animals or her kids are threatened

Queen of the flannels

Rachel Sutcliffe:

Southern Belle with a kickass edge

Pro kickboxing instructor, who slays in sundresses

Will deck you if you call her son stupid

Makes a mean sweet potato pie

Dana & Donna Sutcliffe:

Try to tell these two apart if you’re not their brother. Just try.

Starting at DuPont next year

Have both had crushes on Kim

Aspiring cook and artist

Do the synchronous talking thing

Evie:

Julio Balthazar

Independently successful mosaic artist

His in-laws warmed up to him over time

Proud of his talented kids and boss wife

Always has glass cuts on his hands, poor guy

Carolina Balthazar

Comes from an old Spanish family of wealth

Still the CFO of a Bigshot record company

May put a little too much pressure on her kids, but not maliciously

HATES the stuffy old heiress stereotype

Alma Balthazar

Talented classical musician

Feels like she’s always in Evie’s shadow

Can be a little snippy, but has a soft side

Weak for comedy films

Emilio Balthazar

Snarky and suave lil shit

Can impersonate anyone's voice

Huge prankster

Gets on Evie's nerves 24/7

Jorge Balthazar

The shyest kid you may ever meet

Speaks similarly to Juleka

Loves to put on little puppet shows

Fidgets with his hands a lot

Rosa Balthazar

Baby of the family, and she knows it

Loves to wear her princess dresses

Adores her oldest sister, wants to sing like Evie

May have a little puppy crush on Brecken

Aggie:

Rohan Findlay

Aggie's paternal uncle, gained custody when she was nine, because his brother is a drunk and his sister-in-law is negligent

Mechanic who co-owns a practice

Bought Aggie her first skateboard

Good friends with Aerinn O'Connor

Bit of a jokester

Mona:

Bindi Truffaut

A bit of a helicopter mom to Mona, kinda overprotective

Kindergarten teacher

Has a mild stutter

Will punt an ableist's ass

Darnell Truffaut

Guidance counselor at DuPont

The chill teacher dad, that you don't mind being there

Helps his wife give Mona some space

HATES Damocles with the fires of hell

Cares a LOT about the students

Eloise:

Roerva Matuidi

Teacher of psychology at an elite university

Tutors at a community center on the weekends

Academic mom, but a chill one

SO proud of her daughter's math prowess

Cannot stand Olive Ackerman

Chet Matuidi

Eloise's gaming buddy, has a streaming channel his sister guests on

Really good with lit, but struggles with math

Helps his sister with emotional expression

Has to be forced to sleep

Leave your thoughts in the comments and reblogs!

[random-thought-depository]

Any thoughts on how common sapient life is in your galaxy?

Real world Estimates vary alot , but the 36 estimate that floats around has logged into my brain, 36 civilizations capable of contact within the milky way. It is such a weirdly precise number, and from a world building/lore perspective It is plenty without being insanely large, I feel like a long running star-Treck eseque space opera could get by with only 36 species, especially with on-top of that inter species cultural differences and sapient soft ware /droids and uplifted animals, or even one “species” being multiple closely related sapient species forming one civilization with a shared planetary origin, not trying to pressure you to make 36 species, quality over quantity, and you do whatever you feel like,

Another problem I have with space epics is the why are there so many people in space question, the demographic transition apparently reversing in the far future just so the giant interplanetary setting is sufficiently populated with humans, I’m not sure If you implied if your civilizations have contacted each other yet or not but I don’t have answers to that more satisfying then “ in the far future only the crazy people that wanted a ton of kids passed down there genes” or “companies and governments mass produced lab grown humans so they could get more taxes/ sell more products”

If there were only 36 contact-capable (presumably: radio and/or interstellar travel capable) civilizations in our galaxy, our galaxy would be a very lonely place! Our galaxy has an estimated 2-400 billion stars, divide that by 36 and each of these civilizations would have a volume containing about 5-10 billion stars to itself. It would mean the nearest contact-capable civilization would probably be more than 5000 light years away, as 5000 light years is about 1% of the galaxy's disk. This would be an assumption well-suited to creating a setting similar to that of the Dune or Foundation novels, where it's thousands of years in the future and humans have settled thousands or even millions of worlds but we still haven't encountered any intelligent aliens.

Now, to try to answer your question...

If you're asking about the scale of "known space" in my setting, I'm not sure exactly how many inhabited worlds human space has, but it's probably in the range of 40-50 (more if you count every world that just has some research outposts and/or mining colonies on it). As for number of divergent humans like bearfolk, bonobo-like humans, those desert-adapted hominids in the Delta Pavonis system, etc., I'm thinking there's maybe ten or so species or races or whatever you want to call them like that (they're still closely related enough to be able to make babies with us and each other, so arguably technically they're still all the same species). I'm undecided about whether this volume of space will contain any actual intelligent alien species or whether there will just be different branches of humanity. It's a bit hard to answer this question because the number of worlds and the number of species/races/whatever you want to call them goes up as I make up new ones and I don't want to constrain myself with any firm "final count," at least not yet.

Of course, human space is only maybe around 30-40 light years roughly centered on Epsilon Indi with maybe a few inhabited planets a bit farther out, so it's a very tiny part of the galaxy. If you're asking how many intelligent species there are in the whole galaxy...

Tentatively, my setting has 11 Gaian class worlds (worlds with plants, animals, liquid water, significant atmospheric oxygen, etc.) within 20 light years of Sol (including Earth and the two Gaian class planets in the Alpha Centauri system), and 20 Gaian class worlds within 30 light years of Sol. I think this works out to about one Gaian class world per 15 stars (I went with a very optimistic estimate for how common they are cause I wanted a good number around nearby stars). Extrapolate this to our entire galaxy, and our entire galaxy might have about 13 billion Gaian class worlds. I think it would be lower though, cause this is extrapolating from a sample in the galactic habitable zone; Gaian worlds are probably less common in the less metal-rich outer parts of the galaxy and much less common in the Population II star regions of the galactic core, halo, globular clusters, and thick disk. Let's say maybe 5-7 billion Gaian class worlds in the galaxy (similar to my estimate here).

Next question is how common sapient species are...

This is actually a bit hard to answer, cause I'm still undecided about whether human space in my setting will include any well-known intelligent alien species or whether basically everyone there will be some variety of human with intelligent nonhumans only being known from ruins and other signs of activity in the distant past, radio "leakage" from civilizations too distant to be directly contacted in the near future, and X-Files-ish bump-in-the-night encounters in deep space.

If intelligent aliens evolved independently on one or more planets within 30-50 light years of Sol, that would suggest intelligent species are very common on the galactic scale.

If I go with the "known space is basically just humans" option I might give an estimate like no planets currently inhabited by intelligent aliens within 100 light years of Sol. That would give an upper bound; there are an estimated 15,000 or so stars within 100 light years, so if our part of the galaxy is typical this suggests a maximum of about 10-20 million intelligent species in our galaxy (and the "real" number is probably substantially less).

I think this gives a good sense of how big our galaxy really is; it might be quite empty even if it has millions of intelligent species!

As for impetus to expansion, my setting actually kind of avoids that problem! Most interstellar colonization happened in a single wave a few thousand years ago, and the actual number of colonists involved in this migration wave was small, possibly less than a million total (a few thousand to tens of thousands per colonized world). The planets were mostly populated by natural population growth after the establishment of a small initial colony, and in most cases most of this population growth happened in a low-tech dark age because it turned out establishing a self-sustaining industrial society with a few space arks worth of starting resources was harder than the mission planners thought it'd be. There are more recently established colonies, e.g. the Earth human colony on Mars, but they have quite small population; I think the Martian human population might be something like a few hundred thousand people.

Thank you for your interest!

[busymagpie]

I’m talking about the house of finarfin. All lightskinned and blonde

Well the appropriate question would be why the Arafinweans are light-skinned and blond when Finwe, Feanor and Fingolfin are dark-skinned. At least according to how I draw them.

I haven't drawn Finarfin yet and I still have no set design for all the Arafinweans, but since Finarfin (thanks to his Indis' genes) turned out blond and more light-skinned than his brother and Earwen is also light-skinned and blond, their children would also turn out light-skinned and blond. That's how it makes sense to me and that's how I'd draw them.

The other part of the family is more influenced by Finwe's genes.

[numetalpuppygirl]

WILT 1/8/2024

spotify//youtube

Limp Bizkit - Leech: trying to get some of my friends into lb and this is the song that sold it for at least one of them

Nirvana - Been A Son: may well be my favorite nirvana track. every single lyric is like. owwww

Daniel Johnston - Walking the Cow: i have been on my bullshit about this whole album for like a full month. trying to learn this one on the piano

Daniel Johnston - Keep Punching Joe: i like the slightly more upbeat, almost kind of bluesy feel he put into this one. it feels very character-driven and humorous while still being a... unique exploration of victimhood

Breaking Benjamin - Polyamorous: this seems like it would be soooo fun to sing live. i just love all of ben's little enunciations and syllables here, his unique voice is so dear to me bc of how long i've been listening to bb. also god forbid poly bitches do anything

Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Failure: have also been on my bullshit with this album. i don't really want to talk about this track though, i don't feel like getting too personal

Nirvana - Rape Me: this one also feels weird to talk about publicly. but i've been listening to a lot of in utero tracks, not necessarily the album front to back but just my favs and this is definitely up there. an infamously raw and real record at perhaps its rawest and realest

Gene Wilder - Pure Imagination: i saw the new wonka movie in theaters and was surprised to find i actually enjoyed it a good bit. that nice warm feeling led me to listen to some of the soundtrack of the original and remind myself of how much i love it. i could have easily put the scary boat song on here too

Suicidal Tendencies - Subliminal: i don't really care that much about the actual message of the song pertaining to subliminal messaging in media, i think there are other takes on that subject that have done it a lot better than mike's clumsy rambling. but i do identify immensely with just the feeling of sickening paranoia that the song captures. maybe it's not coming through the television but SOMEBODY is fucking with me. subliminally...

Daniel Johnston - I Am a Baby (In My Universe): okay i won't lie this one is kind of funny. like openly funny and ridiculous rather than the more layered playfulness of the rest of the album. oOoOoOoh i'm only 22........ i'll live forever ^_^ idk. it's still real as fuck though, i feel like a dipshit baby all the time

Kurt Cobain - Rehash: when you listen to home tapes like this, i feel like it really gives such greater dimensions to who kurt cobain was as an artist. in a way, it feels not dissimilar to something like the scrappy brilliant work of an indie pioneer like daniel johnston, which makes sense considering kurt was a fan of the guy's work. at the same time, this particular track is kind of silly and has him doing that voice that i hardly even recognize as his. i've been wanting to watch montage of heck, and this one is here as a marker of my love for the sounds of these home recordings more generally

Korn - Faget: there's a lot of discussion to be had around when it's okay for artists to use this word, but in general i tend to find that alternative artists who use it in a way that identifies with it is something i can't really be mad at. korn, and more specifically jonathan davis, is a freak show of alternative music that appealed to other freak shows. the fact that jd chose to identify himself with the word "faggot" in this song due to his experiences as an outcast and victim of bullying is at worst misguided, and i bet it made a lot of other outcasts and victims in 1994 feel seen, feel less alone. i think that's worthwhile. however it is also funny that a few years later korn would release "all in the family" which is like if someone decided to drag out the meager concept of a homophobic slur into a full album track

The Romantics - What I Like About You: was rewatching pat finnerty videos and got this stuck in my head from the bit where he talks about this song in the dani california video. not much to say except it's a tune! also goes in the file of songs that seem very fun to sing live

Metallica - Wherever I May Roam: oh yeah now we get into the rock adn roll babey 🎸🎵 i mentioned in an audio ask that i've been really indulging in the dumb rock music and 90s metallica is like the prototype for all meathead rock that followed. it's solid though, there's a reason why it got so popular. this is a good track, i really like the prechorus

Puddle Of Mudd - Blurry: possibly the dirtbaggiest of all the dirtbag rock. that's not true actually there's still shit like theory of a deadman and fuckin buckcherry and whatever, stuff that even i don't touch. but idk puddle of mudd just hits now and then with the scratchy yucky vocals and stupidass riffs and this is hands-down one of the best songs off the album. it's at least kind of about something. and ngl everything is pretty blurry nowadays

Tom Petty - Love Is A Long Road: shoutout tom. was listening to full moon fever again and realized how much of a tune this was. big chorus with the good good blend of new wave and americana rock that he always brought

Muscadine Bloodline - Me On You: with country being as big as it is right now and me trying to connect with that sort of honest and grounded feeling that rock and roll gives people, it seemed natural that i would make another attempt to properly get into country. i came across this one on a country rock playlist i was exploring and took to it because of the nice growl in the singer's voice and the rapidfire delivery of lines with some tasty internal rhymes. nothing special but it rips. i am a little wary of the "bloodline" part of these guys' band name but i looked them up and couldn't find anything that immediately sent me running? idk i hope they aren't shitheads

The Offspring - D.U.I.: the drunk driving fandom is dying, can't imagine why. discovered on the soundtrack for "i know what you did last summer" which i picked up on cd at a thrift store

3 Doors Down - Kryptonite: okay these guys actually do suck major shit. and so does this song actually. but it's on here bc i've heard it a million jillion times and have been listening to it a lot again, after watching the pat finnerty video about this. man i feel like i'm cheating on todd this month or something wtf. anyway i discovered not long ago that i've been mishearing the lyrics to this song my entire life in a pretty major way. honestly it's overdue for its own installment in my little series where i explain my misheard lyrics and the much better implications i derived from them. basically i always heard the chorus as "i'll keep you by my side, you're my superhero man/my aching kryptonite" which is WAY more words than are actually in the chorus. the singer just chews on the syllables so much that i always heard them as separate words. but i always thought it was a song about a kind of shitty guy who was trying to be better and act like a superhero for his partner who he viewed as his own super savior, as well as his weakness (kryptonite) because of how much he loved them. i thought it was a really sweet song. but it's just about a douchebag guy who acts like a douchebag to his partner who he doesn't seem to actually like very much. it's not a good song. but again, butt rock. sorry

[unsupervisedrat]

Short Review: Clean, the New Science of Skin

The book "Clean" was a disappointment. I went in expecting for arguments that showering is superfluous, or at least should be done without soap or other substances that deplete oils.

And it delivers this mainly by examining the health industry. There are chapters devoted to the history of soap, the current marketing of said soap, the difference (or lack thereof) between major brands and more "indie" takes. It speaks of purveyors of boutique bacterial sprays to replenish skin microbiome, and ponders the implication of their medicinal uses creeping into mainstream skincare marketing.

The book spends far less times on the far more interesting aspects. How did dermatologists find out that Staphylococcus Aureus is implicated in eczema? How do patients inoculated with saline/other bacterial blends react? Does this work on atopic dermatitis? Does it help with hay fever? Is there a difference in treating adults and treating children?

Are there studies on not showering? It'd be hard to blind, but if the effect sizes are large, then it'd be possible to gain some useful signals.

Are there disproportionate tradeoffs between those with the gene for oily apocrene secretions (non East Asians) vs those without (some East Asians)? How does this affect their skin microbiome, and whether they should shower?

The book reasons about its recommended course of action, less showering, less soap use, with an alarming lack of focus on the object level. It only does so in passing, to establish that we know something of how the skin works, and that soap is likely unnecessary except for our hands. And then spends five times as long looking at the insides of companies or industries.

[zackieboyo]

I would love to hear any and all edd and/or tom headcanons you have :3

I have a few headcanons for those two separately + their friendship/dynamic

Edd:

Edd is absolutely toxic and I love him for it, he's the physical embodiment of gaslight, gatekeep girlboss. he's such a smug little twat I would hug him til he pops(affectionate). he's a memer, loves quoting memes and probably has a tiktok tbh. he's like a theatre kid and a band kid in the body of an art major. he's a cat person, though he loves dogs too, he's afraid of spiders, bugs and rodents.

I also hc he has ADHD, he's medicated but forgets to take his medication places in case he needs it so is almost never on it. he drinks cola because it seems to help him be able to focus when he needs to and it tastes good. lots of his stims are vocal and are memes, but some others include ruffling his hair, hand flapping, foot tapping, jumping, and snapping his fingers.

he's pansexual and possibly polyam though he's more of dipping his toes in the water, not fully sure yet. it took him a while to figure out his sexuality, he went from thinking he was straight, to questioning being bi once Tord came out as such, to finding the term pansexual and feeling it fit him much better. he's got no gender preference though he loves muscle studs all around.

he has super messy curly hair, he never brushes it though he does wash it, in fact he feels uncomfortable with being dirty and washes every day, sometimes even twice or three times depending on the activities he does that day. he has two moles (that I almost never draw cuz I forgor), one on the side of his neck and one on the back of his thigh. he's insecure about both of them but pretends not to be. he is quite confident otherwise, thinking he's the best and putting himself on a pedestal while pretending he's "super down to earth". though one other thing he's insecure about is his weight, he's naturally chubby from genes from both sides of his family but was bullied for his weight for years. he's not super insecure because his ego is ginormous but he likes to imagine himself with a more muscular body(mostly cuz he thinks muscles are really hot). he likes to make fun of his friends(especially Matt) because it makes him feel better about himself. definitely the friend to force hug you when you tell them not to and do stuff like punch you really hard on the arm for no reason.

Tom:

Tom is non-binary, first of all, with they/he pronouns, they mostly use they/them but are cool with and some days exclusively use he/him. they don't necessarily hate being called masculine terms(man, boyfriend, gentleman, etc) but don't exactly love it either, they prefer androgenous terms(person, partner, etc). they're also demisexual, only being attracted to those they have a close relationship with, of any gender really with no preference. they make indie ska music with their own little covers drawn by him in marker. they don't look amazing because he's not exactly an artist but they like the style of them. I obviously headcanon Tom as black and usually I draw them with their canon hairstyle but recently I draw them with their natural hair more, they bleach and straighten it to give it his canon look but takes little breaks Inbetween to let his scalp breathe a bit. Tom is rather short for an adult, being 5"5, at least shorter than all their friends who are at least average height. everyone obviously makes fun of them for this.

Tom definitely goofs off more than the fandom believes, they're a total goofball, a silly goose, a funny lil fella, they just take a more negative and pessimistic approach to situations. they have major self doubt about pretty much everything and make it everyone else's problem. they probably enjoy a good walk around the London streets with their headphones in, taking in the sights and window shopping. Tom is a dog person but Ringo is his favourite animal, she's too cute to resist. they're afraid of taking things too far and being unloved, also geese because geese are horrifying.

their relationship:

Edd worries about Tom, Tom worries about Edd, though they'd never admit that to each other, they both know the other cares about them. Tom does show Edd more affection and open compassion, more than he ever would with Matt or Tord, than Edd does with him. it's not that Edd doesn't like Tom, he just feels sometimes that their drinking can get in the way of their friendship and make things a lot more stressful for Edd. though it could be said Edd takes advantage of Tom's kindness in their friendship, they both poke fun at each other and mess with each other a bit. a little prank from Tom to Edd, a stab in the arm as payback from Edd to Tom. totally fair and balanced (/s). Edd and Tom have been friends since they were incredibly young children, about 4 or 5, since their parents were friends, Edd knows pretty much everything about Tom and Tom knows pretty much everything about Edd. most of their fights aren't serious and usually end in laughter, though the ones that are more serious are usually dropped pretty quickly. they totally gang up on Matt all the time, especially after Tord left and it was just the three of them 😭 dude picked the wrong life to be ginger tbh but secretly they both acknowledge Matt's really hot lol they hate him so much for it. Tom probably also loves cuddling on Edd's stomach while they watch TV, they're very physically affectionate and almost act like a couple, even going to fancy restaurants together, though at least for the time being, they're just friends.

[palaceofpassion]

Tempverse question out of the arc siblings who’s the biggest higher besides Rua

Height wise its.

Rua who is by far the tallest, she got most of their father's genes, at least the height ones.

Jaune.

Verdel

Indy

Saphron

Lapis

Then the twins.

Poor Saph is shorter than her younger sisters.

[wc100playlist]

5. Oasis - Wonderwall

I'm not sure when the "Anyways, here's Wonderwall" joke died out exactly. I haven't heard it in years--not from other people, I mean. Even I don't reference it as often as I used to, for which I'm sure my friends would thank me, though it does lessen the quantity of openings through which to dunk on me. I happen to like "Wonderwall," and like many other white men w/ acoustic guitar, I've (tried to) learn it.

For the uninitiated, "Anyways, here's Wonderwall" came from the stereotype of men being able to play it and nothing else. In my defense, I can play other songs, insofar as I can "play" guitar. I still can't play "Wonderwall."

Men--like me--who enjoy Oasis--the British band behind "Wonderwall," "Don't Look Back in Anger," and "Champagne Supernova," notably--tend to be grouped under an unfortunate category alongside male fans of The Kinks and The Clash and anything vaguely like music from the British scene. This category is the wide umbrella of Male Manipulator music. The British punk-pop-rock genus is related to but distinct from the 80s-woman-pop genus, as well as the jazz-but-mainly-white-artists and the indie-alt-boygenius geni. Despite their differences, the MM family gene permeates each genus and compels the individual male to Manipulate, Mansplain, and Manwhore with an even greater efficiency than unmusically inclined contemporaries.

At least, so the theory has been explained to me. My first lesson in this taxonomy occurred in my Sophomore year of college in the basement apartment I shared with a girl I knew from high school. She and an ever-present mutual friend spent quite a bit of time in the living room most evenings sifting through the fine sands of the internet to find gems, one of which was a devastating meme list of the worst possible bands a man could enjoy. When Oasis came up, the two of them turned in unison to burn a hole in my head with their collective gaze--my frontal lobe was never the same.

It's not that "Wonderwall" itself prompts an MMM mutation; rather, the music is a symptom of the underlying condition. Speaking from a personal theory--because everything else stated has of course been peer reviewed by the most prestigious personal friends of mine--Male Manipulator Music typically embodies aesthetics of emotional integration and vulnerability which the typical MM understands, if only in a rudimentary way. Male Manipulators are empathetic persons who utilize this sense to affect the emotional landscape surrounding them for their own benefit.

A cynical author would point out that big label artists--especially punk and alt bands--follow a very similar playbook, performing complex and potent emotionality to profit from an ever-growing fanbase. A carefully-crafted album that rages against capitalist alienation can result in the same cycle of obsession which love-bombing prompts--at least in my experience. I don't mean to imply that all artists--Taylor Swift; Matty Healy--who release emotionally complex albums--evermore, Folklore; The 1975, i like it when you sleep for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it--or very nostalgic music--1989 (Taylor's Version)--intentionally write that sort of music to mask their unethical actions as multi-millionaires and "21st century rock stars"--owning eight homes during a housing crisis, topping the celebrity personal flight carbon footprint leaderboard in 2022; being generally unpleasant about women and non-white people despite in theory advocating for both groups.

But I never said that Male Manipulators manipulate, mansplain, and manwhore consciously or intentionally. Having manipulated, mansplained, and manwhored myself, I can say that I rarely thought about what I was doing while I was doing it--else, I hope I would have conducted myself better. Empathy is a skill, yes, but it can be a deeply intuitive skill, enough so that one needs only a basic grasp to perform it for one's own gain. A basic grasp is, in fact, preferable for the Male Manipulator: it allows them to actually care about women well enough to feel good about themselves and poorly enough to still extort them for all the affection they can wring out.

They don't need to know the full album to do it; they just need to know "Wonderwall."

[miamigrandprix]

dts s3 e7-8

e7: -HI LAWRENCE BARRETTO -romain's new indy team need to lean into the taylor swift thing i need to know what his favorite era is. its important -i think. it would be so fun. if fred hired gunther as an advisor. backmarker clownshow to frontrunner clownshow would be such a beautiful upgrade for both of them~ -i always forget about antonio sorry. he is simply a bip in time to me -drivers asking if there teammates are ok after crashes always makes me BONKERS but i do think kevin & romain are so so so interesting and rly underrated as a ship. i heard that before kevin got his seat back he was asking romain how to get into indycar and i think id like that parallel universe where they're still racing together :') -every time gunther calls gene i think of that post that was like. 'i like to imagine that gene is gunther's imaginary friend so when he goes i need to go call gene its just to go in a room alone and talk to himself.' might as well be from how poorly gene runs his business lmao -as much as i don't like gunther i do think a lot of his career was just. having nothing but shitty options and trying to pick the least shitty over and over and over. i wouldn't want his job in a million years. it really feels like while they say "oh we want to try something no one's tried before with two rookies!" it very much seems that if they didnt take mick and nikita, they'd be bankrupt. thats at least the narrative dts is spinning i'm curious to know if there was more context at the time. but can't blame him for his choices at all!! (can blame him for treating his drivers like shit tho!!!! that we CAN do) -fred would've treated mick fucking right btw

e8: -it feels sorta goofy how they drop the carlos ferrari news. i suppose just like w/ daniel since it happened before all the races start there's not much to say in buildup but i do find it jarring -spa in the rain is simply too dangerous its gonna kill someone sooner or later -i always think team orders are so so so silly like i GET it but also bro overtake him if ur that much faster bro. prove it. (i GET it tho i promise) -carlos being annoyed about preference seems silly when it is a predictable and understandable consequence of switching teams -i WILL say (lewis news came out the morning i started watching this lol) it does make me wonder how that'll affect george v lewis this year in merc....but that is unrelated to the episode soz -will buxton marriage counseling aldjfalksdjfalksdjfklsdj -i will say its not JUST dts that plays up driver rivalries--a lot of drivers are very much able to not let what happens on track seriously affect relationships w/ other drivers -that being said some drivers are just COWORKERS and i need that all to be seen as acceptable. ppl shouldnt have to pretend to be friends -ppl make fun of will buxton saying "the gloves are off between these two" but i dont think its wrong to recognize that a rookie/veteran relationship will inevitably shift in the second/ongoing years, and i wouldn't be surprised if we start to see more friction with lando and oscar in the coming years -i MISS mclaren rainbow halo stripe bring her back -it is funny watching carlos lament mclaren bad pit strategy & car failure knowing whats to come (ferrari bad pit strategy & car failure) -GOING TO FERRARI IS SOMETHING THATS IMPOSSIBLE TO REGRET i dont even like carlos but man i wanna cry for him BRO

[dried-deep-sea]

I added new music to the gene pool and it’s fucked everything. Spotify now thinks because of two, FUCKING TWO, songs from big pop artists means I’m suddenly in the mainstream. NO GIMME BACK MY INDIE ARTISTS CROONING ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD AND FANMADE SHIP SONGS. If your gonna give me pop at least make it hyper pop so I can support some trans femmes 😭😭

[catfoxposts-blog]

This Indie series recently got funded called NOXP. It’s about a team of JRPG heroes who having  vanquished a great evil now live mundane lives. Or at least they try to fit in. It’s made by Gene Goldstein who made Nickelodeon’s Planet Panic pilot and did work on show’s like Adventure Time Distant lands & Aqua Teen. There’s about 20 shorts on his YouTube channel & I’m eagerly awaiting to see this fully fleshed out.

[fitnesschallenger]

Weight Loss MYTH

When it comes to weight loss advice, myths abound, and distinguishing fact from fallacy can be difficult. It helps that many weight loss myths have been the subjects of scientific studies. Here are a few common myths, along with the facts.  “People who have difficulty controlling their weight often have naturally slow metabolisms.” Although some earlier scientific studies incorrectly reached this conclusion,¹ more recent and better-designed studies have generally found that obesity-prone indi- viduals have resting metabolic rates as fast as those of other people with similar muscle and organ mass.¹,² Studies show that even in infancy and youth, excess weight gain generally results from excess eating rather than slow resting metabolism.³,⁴ The faulty conclusions of the earlier studies were at least partially due to the tendency of overweight study participants to underestimate the number of calories they consume by 20 to 50 percent.⁵,⁶,⁷ Gaining weight actually increases your metabolic rate. When you gain much fat, 

you usually gain some extra muscle as well to help move the extra weight around. Both the extra muscle and fat increase your RMR, and more energy is required to move a bigger body. If you are overweight, therefore, you probably have a faster metabolic rate than people of similar frame size who are not overweight. This in- crease in metabolic rate works against additional weight gain and stabilizes your weight unless you eat even more daily calories than before.  “Some people are genetically fat.” In fact, we are all “genetically fat” when we are in a fattening food environment and live a physically inactive lifestyle. Just as a squirrel is genetically programmed to pack away nuts when they are available in order to survive a hard winter, we are genetically programmed to pack on fat when surrounded by high-calorie, highly palatable food in order to survive times of food scarcity. Weight gain under such conditions is the result of normal genes functioning correctly.⁸ The only problem is, the highly palatable food is always around us, and the slimming times of food scarcity never come. If squirrels were always surrounded by nuts they would be overweight too.

[marsgod]

Hi! Congrats on your milestone. can i request twisted wonderland matchup?

I'm female, she/her pronouns. I'm fine with any gender. My horoscope is leo and my mbti is Istp. I'm from Eastern Europe [specifically Caucasia]. I'm brunette with pale skin. I'm 5'9 [i have to thank my family genes, we're all tall shortest person in my family is 5'7] i have beauty mark on tip of my nose both of my cheeks [one is slightly more closer to mouth second one towards my eye.] And small one on my chin. I have short hair in layered haircut. I have ear piercings [6 on each ear] and I'm planning on getting few more

Personality:

I'm very laid back but sometimes come off as ego-centric and domineering. I have to admit I’m a lazy person who prefers having a leisure more than anything else. I mostly spends my time as a stoic and a calm person and i might even come off as apathetic towards the world around me [even tho I’m not]. I’m usually perceived as being insensitive because i generally prefer to deal with emotions in my own head rather than openly [and somehow I'm still well liked?!] tbh I often think I’m above others, yet I am always willing to acknowledge that I’m a total piece of shit [sometimes] Sometimes i have fantasies and ideals that I want to start creating or becoming but i give myself a reality check and let the dreams fade away. I’m very innovative but still choose the practical route a lot. It’s easy for me to create goals and envision the end results but it’s ridiculously hard for me to remain committed to the process. I'm not really a straight forward person but I also try to not sugarcoat things [because personally i find that annoying], I try to be kinder [softer?] If i know you get offended easily or are simply sensitive. I consider myself to be mature but i get mad about such small and petty things you'd be surprised. I like to think that I'm a fair person and i don't take sides but in reality I'm very biased. I'm independent and reliable [i may think of ditching you and make a whole plan about it but i won't actually do it💀]. Small talk isn't really my cup of tea i find it awkward and boring but if you want to gossip I'm up for it i have very entertaining neighbors. Despite every negative traits i listed I'm actually really polite [towards strangers and elders, i care about my reputation and image] or at least i try to be.

Hobby: i love music especially indie and alternative rock. I'm really interested in mythology [Greek, Egyptian, Norse, Slavic and etc]. I love horror [especially psychological horror] and fantasy genre. I usually listen to true crime or watch movies [mainly horror genre]. I love books and reading especially psychological and horror genre [what a surprise]. I love Colour red I'm obsessed with it i even used to gatekeep it. There really isn't anything I'm really passionate about because i get bored and loose interest easily.

What i find attractive:

I find Intelligence really attractive. I want my partner to be able to hold a proper conversation with me. I'm really attracted to people who are confident and comfortable with themselves, Someone who enters a room without constantly second-guessing themselves and who are confident in their masculinity. Tbh as long as you keep me entertained I'm fine with you.

Dream date:

I don't really have a dream date but i really love going shopping and going to movies, cinemas and watching theatre plays.

【Ａ　Ｔｉｍｅ　ｏｆ　Ｃｅｌｅｂｒａｔｉｏｎｓ】 - Matchup for Twisted Wonderland!

I’d match you with… Lilia Vanrouge!

Boredom? No more! Lilia’s intelligent and highly entertaining, he’ll rant about some lost war or trend that happened 4 thousand years ago and talk about some shenanigans and pranks that he and his best friend at the time would do

sometimes he’ll talk about boring stuff, but the way he says it is easy to remember and fun

He’s confident, mischievous, and overall just wants to look out for his loved ones

He can recount any plays, or any drama within a play, between actors and actresses and whatnot

Lilia is a living slight vampire aesthetic fae fantasy character, so good for you

He doesn’t mind if you prefer to think through your emotions in your head, he encourages you do whatever helps the most but it also might be good to share? but if you don’t want, then what’s he gonna do? Not force you!

Lilia doesn’t like small talk either, he has so much to share and talk about you and you choose to talk about weather? How boring…

petty things aren’t anything he thinks about often, if he did then he’d be stuck in a constant state of agitation with how much stuff that happened, but he does pretend to be petty for humor reasons

He doesn’t get offended easily (lines are drawn when making fun of family), but he’ll reciprocate it, so Lilia won’t expect you to be offended if he says something too

“Ha, this reminds me of the swap scandal between the two famous actors Michelangelo O’Neil and…”