#but I know Latin mostly from science

[always-a-slut-4-ghouls]

Why are the Romance languages so much more fun to yell at people with? By comparison Norwegian and English are so clunky Spanish just flows. Maybe I’ll change my mind when I get better at the other two (I phrased this awkwardly. I meant Spanish and Norwegian when I said “other two” because Spanish is my, admittedly not fluent anymore, Second language and Norwegian is my, also not fluent yet but I have more of an excuse with that one, language) but in my experience so far one definitely feels more bulky, if that makes any sense?

[star-anise]

You just posted like ten different things about potatoes in the span of maybe five minutes, and I gotta know your take on "The Martian".

Like, the (fictional) man alone on a planet literally only survives because of potatoes shrink-wrapped in plastic for a Thanksgiving meal. If they weren't slated to be on Mars for Thanksgiving, he would have died.

And Andy Weir (author of the original novel) did such a good job with the science of every other element to the story, I honest-to-god believe that potatoes could actually manage to grow in Martian soil (even if that's not been proven for certain afaik).

Which means..... could potatoes terraform Mars into sustaining life??? Are potatoes the key to the universe???

Haha sorry for going so hard on them! Those were mostly all posts from 2020 when gardening and fantasy worldbuilding were lockdown fixations for me. One of them blew up recently so I wanted to give The People more of the content it seemed they were looking for. I don't actually know a lot about potatoes. I just think they're neat.

I do not want to take apart the concept of "colonizing Mars" as some kind of woke gotcha. I want to take your question seriously and charitably. However, I just am the kind of person who's like "Hmm, 'colonize', we should really stop and unpack that word," so let's do that, without forgetting the potato element.

(What "I don't know a lot" means: Potatoes were a crop my family grew several acres of for a few years on our farm before we switched our focus to sheep. I am about 50% as reliable as a horticultural brochure on various potato diseases and growing condition issues. I have listened to two University lectures and read perhaps four historical journal articles beginning-to-end on how the Columbian Exchange affected early-modern Europe, that and half as much again on medieval and early modern European farming practices and population changes, and perhaps three science/history articles specifically on the domestication and proliferation of the potato. I am a white Canadian who actively seeks out information and training in Indigenous history and culture in the Americas, but that's probably still only equal to like, two Native Studies classes in university. I know more than the average person on this topic, but I am also not an expert compared to people who have devoted serious time to learning about this.)

But I have some intuitions in a couple of ways:

The Martian is probably being wildly over-optimistic about its potatoes. They would probably have been irradiated into sterility before being vacuum-packed, and I don't think you can split and propagate them that quickly or successfully. However, potatoes can definitely grow in all kinds of conditions (including under my sink).

They might not be the world's healthiest or happiest potatoes, tho. Soil quality definitely affects the end product. Presumably Watney, being a botanist studying Mars' soil composition, knew how much he had to ameliorate his soil with latrine compost (which would definitely have needed a LOT of processing, since human waste is generally not good for plants, but maybe he used chemicals to speed that up?) to get good soil. However, we would probably need to add a LOT of shit to Mars' soil (and air, and water) for it to host plant life.

Mark Watney makes a joke about having "colonized Mars" because "colony" is Latin for "farm" and he farmed on Mars so haha, funny joke! And we talk about colonies on Mars partly because that's what science fiction did, and a lot of science fiction has been into that colonialism aesthetic. But colonialism and empires actually aren't great, not just because they necessitate huge amounts of racism, oppression, and genocide—I know, you asked me a fun question about potatoes and did not sign up for this, I'm not here to drag you, hear me out—but because they're also really sucky models for agriculture and successful societies generally.

My British ancestors tried to be colonial farmers in a place that is sometimes colder than Mars (Canada's Treaty Six), and let me tell you: IT SUCKED. Most of the crops and herbs and vegetables and flowers that settlers here brought from home and are used to? DON'T FUCKEM GROW. For the Canadian prairies to become conventional farmland, farmers and scientists had to scramble to find, or produce, cold-hardy varieties of everything from wheat to roses. A lot of flowers and plants that are unkillable invasive zombie perennials in other climates don't survive our winters no matter hard we try. The trees and flowers that hold cultural or sentimental attachments for us often don't grow here. The climate is so harsh and population is spread so thin that we cannot do the 100 mile diet and eat foods we're familiar with, and can hardly even manage the 1000 mile diet. (Not that I try, but, my family did once look into it)

A huge number of colonial homesteads, where the pioneers go out on their little covered wagon and build little houses on the prairie? Failed miserably and got bought up by land speculators. My own family came out to Alberta in the 1880s and moved around from land assignment to land assignment, like, six times before settling at their current place in the early 1900s.

Meanwhile: POTATOES

Potatoes are less than ten thousand years old! I am not any kind of expert on archaeology, please nobody throw things, but humans showed up in the Andes (think: high, cold mountains) of South America roughly 9,000 years ago. There are hundreds of wild potato varieties, but they generally produce fairly tiny tubers. It took active work of Indigenous Andean people around 8,000 years ago around Lake Titicaca to cultivate specific strains of potato, doing oldschool genetic modification to make them bigger, more delicious, and hardier. From that cultivation effort around a single species of wild potatoes, they produced thousands of cultivated potato varieties.

Ancient Andean farmers and botanists also played a big part in cultivating quinoa from wild amaranth, as well as producing modern food crops you probably haven't heard of, like oca, olluco, mashua, and yacon, and also coca, which may get a bad rap because it's what cocaine and coca-cola are made from but you cannot deny it's got kick.

Basically, Indigenous people of the Americas (South, Central, and North) went all in on botany and plant cultivation. Plants that we take for granted now have mostly been developed by Indigenous people in the past few thousand years: Tobacco, sunflowers, marigolds, tomatoes, pumpkins, rubber, vanilla, cocoa, sweetcorn, maize, and most kinds of pepper except peppercorn. These things were not found; they were made, by careful cultivation of the world as it was.

This gives us a vision of the future. Colonization, and industrial agriculture, both lean us towards the vision of a totally uniform end product, with the same potato varieties grown on each farm because we have made every farm the same. Instead we could embrace biodiversity and focus on privileging local knowledge and considering the interactions of environment, plants, microbiota, and people. We could create potatoes that were happy on Mars. We could create Mars that is happy to have us. We could create a society that can accept what Mars has to offer.

A lot of why we dream about colonizing Mars is the idea that the Earth itself is dying, that we are killing it, and we need to abandon this farmstead and seek out a new frontier. I acknowledge that shit is bad, but I don't agree with that framing. I am increasingly persuaded that there is a third path between ecological destruction and mass exodus, and I think we need to reject European colonial mentality that creates the forced choice. I find far more use in privileging the knowledge of people who live on and with land than their landlords and rulers, and I especially find value in Indigenous knowledge of land management practices and food production.

I am absolutely not saying that Indigenous people were or are wonderful magical ~spiritual beings~ who frolicked in an Edenic paradise that only knew death and disease once white people showed up. This isn't noble savage bullshit, nor am I invoking people who existed once but whom I have never met. I am saying that I have Indigenous neighbours, colleagues, relatives, and elected representatives. I have learned about mental health, leatherworking, botany, and ecology from Metis and First Nations elders and knowledge-keepers. And like. They have good and useful shit to say.

This is about culture, not race. It is not that their biological DNA means that they know more than me about how to get food from this landscape. It's about cultural history and what we learn from our heritages. What have our cultures privileged? Like, Europe has historically been super into things like metallurgy, domesticating livestock, and creating dairy products. If I want to smelt iron or choose animals to make cheese from, European society would have a lot of useful information for me! And what Indigenous cultures in the Americas have historically focused on instead of cows and copper* include 1) getting REAL familiar with your local flora and figuring out how to make sure you have lots of the herbs and grains and roots and berries you need, and 2) how to make a human society where people can live and have good lives, but do not damage the environment enough to impair the ability of future generations to have the same sort of life.

*Several indigenous American cultures did practice various forms of metallurgy. It's just one of those proportional things, about what societies really go for

Conclusion

I think we could use the processes that formed the potato to find and foster forms of life that could survive on Mars. It would involve learning to think that botany is a sexy science, and understanding just how rich and complicated the environment is. To oxygenate the atmosphere, we'd have to get super enthusiastic about algae and lichen and wetlands. We would have to learn to care deeply about the microorganisms living in the soil, and whether the potatoes are happy.

We'd have to create an economy that counts oxygen and carbon dioxide production on its balance sheets. To learn how to wait for forests to grow back after a fire, instead of giving up in despair because the seedlings aren't trees yet. To do the work now and be hopeful even though we might not see the payoffs for decades, or our victories might only be witnessed by future generations.

So yes, I think we could totally plant potatoes on Mars

But I also think that if we ever got there, we'd have turned into the kind of people who could also save Earth in the first place.

Which makes it a good enough goal in my opinion.

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

hello everyone, as your resident annoying spaniard currently playing pokemon scarlet and violet i wanted to make posts talking about references to my culture within the games!! i don't know how many of these i'll make but yeah, i'm just very excited about all of this, i've been playing pokemon since emerald and i've always wanted a region set in my country :)

i'll post all spoilers under the cut but i have yet to make a tag y'all can block (suggestions are welcome!)

the first obvious reference is of course the players house! even though from the outside it feels more latinamerican than iberian to me (gamefreak has fucked up in some extense regarding that, i'll talk about it don't worry), the inside is clearly spanish

everything from the paintings resembling a flamenco dancer and manchego windmills to the mounted plates (my grandma has some very similar ones, they're always white and blue or white and red) to the tiling in the kitchen screams spanish. you can even feel the popcorn walls (funnily enough the walls in my house are also painted in red and white/beige).

the next references can be found in nemona's mansion in the form of paintings:

the first painting mimics joaquín sorolla's style, while the second one does the same with joan miró. also, and i'm gonna say this a lot but i can't get over it... the floor tiling. it's literally that. i've seen that exact tiling irl.

this is a very obvious thing... but bocadillos / sandwiches lol

specifically this scene, of your mum giving you a bocadillo to have as a snack, is something repeated every day in the country; school and high school kids normally pack a bocadillo (or other snack) to have in the playground at break.

the worker trainer class looks exactly as workers in spain do, same outfit!

now we go with more obvious ones, food!!

first pic: paella (not with the traditional ingredients but it's something i guess); the 'juice with fruit' thing is most likely just sangría; escalivada is a vegetable dish from eastern iberia; tortilla de patatas (my personal favourite spanish dish); and finally the last food probably references gambas al ajillo, prawn with garlic and paprika basically.

second pic: patatas bravas can be found everywhere in spain, mostly as tapas or appetizers, and they're incredible. alfajores are usually associated with latin america, but it's true that they're also prepared in southern spain, usually around christmas time. coffee is a must in any spanish bar, it is a coffee country and café con leche is loved throughout spain. about quesadillas... those are mexican. pokemon slipped up with that one.

third pic: coming from the city that's most associated with churros in the country (one of the inspirations for mesagoza lol) i'm so happy they are in the game!!!! i love them and can't wait to get them in december dipped with hot chocolate, as it's traditional (i believe what we call hot chocolate is hot cocoa in other places?) i'm sad that there's no porras tho, that would've been a cool addition.

i imagine there'll be more dishes in other parts of the region, and i can't wait to find them all!!!

this one's very neat, the mailboxes are exactly the same as in spain :)

the academy classes look pretty similar to public high school classes, the distinct green desks and chairs are particularly noticeable

i'm not sure how this will be adressed in the english version so maybe this only makes sense in the spanish one, but it seems that the academy students are divided into sciences and humanities/social sciences/arts, just like irl spanish high schools

once again... floor tiles. the floor game in scarlet and violet is off the charts, the one in your character's room is one of the most common tile design in spain

that's all for my first day playing the game!

here's next post btw !!

[wackyrumble]

Wackiest Character Tournament

does explaining your guy (gender neutral) make other people laugh? go "what the fuck?" "Huh?" personally, i adore characters who's existence sounds stupid and nonsensical. thus... the tournament is born.

send me only your most absurd sounding characters here and let them fight

regular rule applies: you can nominate multiple characters but do not nominate the same character multiple times number of submissions doesn't matter here what matters is their levels of wacky

i'm not checking the things the characters are from for being problematic and i am not well acquainted with what is generally considered to be so be advised. i might do background checks on characters but not what they're from, but if it's like an extreme case, you are free to bring it up to me and argue why a character should be removed i will hear you out. generally, if the character that is being nominated isn't abhorrent themselves (nazi, pedo, etc i will be the judge on that) it's acceptable

no harry potter submissions though fuck you guys

no real people unless it's really funny i'm counting the dsmp guys in no real people mostly because i just do not like that series but also i don't know shit about where it falls on the real people-ness thing but i doubt it's funny enough for me. i guess you can try though

i will accept ocs IF i think they fit and you can provide an image (i will accept a picrew with credit)

characters will be chosen based on highest levels of weird, so feel free to submit your most obscure guys! i also ask people do vote in polls on the basis of which character is more weird (descriptions will be included) rather than actual character preference in the name of science. obviously i cannot control anybody to actually do this but please keep in mind that's what i would prefer

tagging some tournaments i like :) @weirdstrangeguybattle @latine-showdown @miss-latam-sexy-tournament @guess-that-ship @who-do-i-know-this-man @insanepoll @ultimate-word-tournament

examples and such below:

if you're unsure what counts, i'd say follow your heart. basically just assume that so long as it's not realistic and describing them to another person might make them laugh or confused they are a viable fighter, they don't need to have a quirky personality themselves if everything else about them is the utmost quirky. i will dictate what does and does not count at my own discretion

examples

- dark riku from kingdom hearts: a replica of a replica of a guy named riku that time travelled to the future. the guy's deal is so confusing and not explained clearly enough that i think majority of the fandom still don't know what the hell he is. there's a scene where the riku replica is apprehending dark riku and riku is watching them

- denji from chainsaw man: was in debt for like a fuck ton of money and sold one of his balls, later became a devil hunter and all he wanted from his job was to touch boobs. loves dating women who want to kill him, had a whole sharknado scene where he was trying to kill his girlfriend

- don't hug me i'm scared characters probably

- most yugioh characters probably

[euphraisette]

Modern les mis college au majors but I basically almost don’t care about canon:

Enjolras: law and polisci. Wants to go into politics but also holds the view that the modern political system is deeply broken and doesn’t want to contribute to it in it’s current state so maybe he’ll just be a public defender.

Grantaire: art. He doesn’t really care about it but he’s really, really fucking good at it and got into college on a full ride scholarship and his folks were really pressuring him to go to post secondary so he went. His professors are reaallllyyyy trying to get him to be more engaged because they think he could be great but he’s got his own stuff going on.

Combeferre: History with a minor in entomology. Moth combeferre has my heart till the day i die. He’s going to work a museum and really pushes for ecological preservation.

Courfeyrac: MUSICAL THEATRE COURF. He always gets the lead in all of the shows and is something of a local celebrity for his turn as link Larkin in hairspray. He’s getting a philosophy minor but has no plans to use it.

Jehan: classic lit + poetry, duh, but with a minor in botany or something. In another life they’d like to be a dancer and realistically they COULD do that now, but they decided to go with the safer option and wants to work in a library or maybe with combeferre at the museum after school.

Joly: again pretty obvious, he’s pre-med and his minor is history. He’s insanely passionate about making healthcare more accessible and might not go to med school proper and instead focus his efforts on the HR side of things (though he’d make a really good doctor).

Bossuet: elementary education or adolescent psychology!!! He really wants to work with/help kids, which is wonderful because kids naturally just love him, he’s funny and kind and easy to talk to and always keeps a little stash of candy and juice boxes on him when he works.

Feuilly: design. Maybe a minor in war history or religion. He’s pretty interested in knowing where he and his family came from but doesn’t really know how to utilize that career-wise, so he goes for design as his main thing because he’s pretty good at it. He’s only a part-time student and works construction.

Eponine: either psychology or criminology. Yeah i just think. Yeah. I’ve gone in depth about my ideas for how Eponine wants to use her life to be better than her parents and wants to understand why people are sometimes terrible and how to help their victims.

Marius: languages, mostly German, Latin, and English (and maybe Hebrew bc of my Jewish Marius hc). His minor is in music composition. He’s very much a romantic and loves the fine arts but he hasn’t unhitched his life from his grandfather’s ideals enough yet to dive into pursuing that full-time so he studies languages and might work as a translator.

Cosette: also law. She wanted to study it before she met enjolras but when they met he really encouraged her to pursue it and he’s a really big role model for her. Like him, she wants to be a public defender, because right before she went off to college valjean finally told her the full story of fantine and this really lit a fire under her and she wants to help people who the system has turned it’s back on. She’s minoring in theatre with courf.

Musichetta: chetta didn’t go to a traditional college, she went to cosmetology school and works at a salon and is the most sought-after stylist in town. Ideally she’d like to go back and get a bachelors in social justice or something but right now she’s happy where she is.

And Gavroche, well. He’s the best science student in his 6th grade class.

[snifferish]

What electives are best for highschool, I'm having trouble choosing which are good and will take me somewhere good in life/nfta. That's all! Have a good day!

To Sniff

From Mr Tabbypaws

(not sure why I of all people am being asked this but you know what slay)

Of course it all depends on highschools and stuff, electives differ from place to place. I will say, my school had a few electives surrounding the study of media, (news and film mostly), those are helpful because while literally analysis is good, knowing how to analysis what you see on television and on the news I think it more applicable to the average person. Personal financing is another good one if your school offers that, and normally it's a business credit or something like that. I didn't take it, but I wish I did lol.

This is more science-y but if your school offers anything like botany, natural resources, etc. Take it. It's fun, plants are all around us, they are good to know about. Take creative writing if you like writing, seriously, it's stupid sometimes, but man, it felt freeing in some ways. If you aren't a very creative person though, and are thinking about taking creative writing for an easy credit, don't. I watched too many people do that, and then get screwed over lol.

Any cooking class possible. Please.

WOODSHOP! Not all highschools have this, but mine did I regret that I didn't take the official class everyday. I ended up befriended the woodworking teacher because he was friends with my latin teacher and would visit our class, and he helped me with a lot of skills I still use today. Most of them have saved me money, as I now thrift most of my wood furniture and fix it up instead. Also, dude helped me make my first frame.

I know languages are hard for some people, and I know some places they are required credits and others elective, but if you can, take it. If you struggle pronouncing words, take latin, no one can correct you on how to pronounce a dead language.

That's the best I got for advice lol

[greencheekconure27]

Bro how many languages you know? That list in the tags is crazy

Six

Ukrainian, Russian, Dutch, English, French and Spanish.Spanish and French a bit rusty because I mostly use them passively these days.

Consequences of moving from one bilingual country to another as a kid 😆

Got a year's worth or so of Latin in highschool before I decided I want to switch to the Science& Modern Languages curriculum instead.Mostly forgotten by now.Studied Ancient Greek for a year in uni too, passed the exam and then promptly forgot almost everything unfortunately.Also made a very unsuccessful attempt at Japanese years ago. ( Very unsuccessful I don't know shit anymore)

[arthur-r]

on my way to academic advising appointment and i’m so scared. cause like i am NOT good at being a history major, like it’s the most applicable major to my goals i THINK but i’m not like a lyndon b. johnson nerd if that makes sense?? like i’m interested in history on a lot more of a local and personal level, or at the same time a holistic and universal level?? i would do anthropology if it weren’t for not actually fitting anthropology either and hating their classes worse too. i’m looking at minoring in folklore which is kind of getting there, and i’m interested in the history classes my school has to offer but i just kind of know that i’m doing it wrong. like public history classes in curation and presentation aren’t really the point. history of librarianship is supposed to be supplemental to NORMAL history. i want to major in historical identity. i want to major in how history is preserved and engaged with and identified with or rejected. and that’s what a fucking history major is but it’s just not quite right. and i don’t want to talk to some weird old white man about why i’m looking at latin + folklore + queer visual culture + geographic information systems as potentially being my four classes next semester which are NONE OF THEM HISTORY. if i take history next semester it will be history of technology or history of education. WHICH IS FUCKING HISTORY. i guess i just feel so guilty for not actually being that interested in political economy. and like come ON i’m actually so fucking engaged in the real kind of history too, i’ve been studying immigration history and being so fucking invested. i HAVE OPINIONS about lyndon b johnson (i fucking hate that man like thanks for passing civil rights but that’s a bare minimum and he used it as a way to sneak in the permanent existence of an undocumented labor class of latin americans to uphold capitalism through exploitation and fear. so FUCK YOU LBJ) but anyway the point is the intersection of everything i want to do with my life all branches off of history. but it’s just not really that simple. i’m glad i’m at the school i chose and not in colorado but it sure would be handy to be getting a fucking BACHELOR OF INNOVATION in museum studies and heritage management. instead of just hanging around the in-between, taking the most incredible classes but living in the unfortunate reality where they all count for different, tangentially related fields of study. anyway the stupid advisor man is probably a really good guy. i just feel so embarrassed showing up to his office like “yeah i’m studying history. i don’t know what years were the french revolution” you know???? anyway next semester i’ll be taking a class about public folklore (coolest thing in the world) and third level latin, and then maybe something for science breadth, maybe a history class about education or technology or MAYBE the history of the american west, which just might not be very relevant to me if i stay in the midwest shdhdf like i’m so interested in mexican-american history but i’m centralizing pretty heavily in midwestern migrant experiences which are less studied and more personally relevant, and “the west” is mostly like the gold rush and stuff anyway. which i’m supposed to be INTERESTED IN as a history major but i’m not really!!!! and i might take a class about making websites and databases because i want to, and maybe a class about the history of textiles because that’s so fucking cool. but this isn’t what they WANT from me so i’m really anxious. somebody just looked at me weird for walking out of the women’s restroom and it made me think about how the problem is that my academic interests are nonbinary i’m fucking careerqueer or something AKA indecisive and weird and unemployable. but also the coolest in the world. ANYWAY wish me luck and i got this. but spooky scary!!!!

[roboyomo]

yomo my friend yomo haaiiii hihi so like. im never really sure where t start w asking setting questions so im placing this down as a free pass for u specifically to talk abt whatever u want about your funny guys :] tell me your favorite bit or concept! or a character you really wanna get to but Havent Yet! or little fun facts! maybe all of the above if youre feeling spicy 👀 free pass to infodump, go crazy!! o7

EHEHAHSHEHEHRHEHAHRGWKRHWKEH THAMK YOU. THAMK YOU SO MUCH I AM ABOUT TO EXPLAIN MOST OF THE SETTING AND THE MECHANICS BEFORE I EXPLAIN ABOUT THE LITTLE GUYS AS BRIEFLY AS POSSIBLE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW AND I WILL. GLADLY ELABORATE ON THEM MORE :33 (big rant below the cut) (ALSO WARNING THERE ARE LIKE. MENTIONS OF BLOOD AND STUFF. IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE BY THAT I AM SORRY)

So if we are are talking about the setting- It is more a fantasy world set back in 800s to further into the 2000s (not like our world 's history but i can't name any of the fantasy locations on Earth itself as i am not focusing on that so expect pretty much the exact same country names). And the focus is actually on the Afterlife itself, and how it works, what worlds exist out there and etc etc. The original timeline crew (Yaku, Amor, Apollo and others) are all from the world of "Ortu Lunae" (Translator's note: It is Latin for "Rising moon"), the world that is supposed to be what mortal people would perceive as Hell. Aside from Ortu Lunae, an another world exists that is supposed to represent Heaven, called "Descensu Solis" (Translator's note: It is Latin for "The Descent of the Sun"), and the other third world being "Cruix", a forgotten third thing. Both Ortu Lunae and Descensu Solis have their own perspective god - Ortu Lunae having Achlys, the Moon God and Descensu Solis having Nahara, the Sun Goddess (Which is why the worlds are named after the sun and the moon). There is something else that is not a world, which is the Outskirts. Outskirts are unclaimed, unexplored and unstable lands, that are able to heavily affect the mental state and sanity on everyone who steps into them unprepared.

The worlds exist because the humanity still believes in their existence, and the people still keep the concept of their worlds "alive", but unfortunately Cruix was more of humanity's first "prototype" for what lies beyond death and with the existence of the two other worlds representing Heaven and Hell, Cruix had no more believers. Therefore Cruix had no reason nor right to keep on living, so it is only a forgotten land below everyone else (with none of its residents making it out of its borders)

To be quick, the company the crew work at is responsible for most safety of the entirety of Ortu Lunae, hence why they are "Warriors" and are "Company's most valuable employees". They are fighting and working for their own existence, for the existence of everyone in the Afterlife and their right to keep on walking on the ground, despite never being let outside back on Earth by will, even with their new physical bodies. Amor and Apollo even became the creators and the founders of the laboratory branch of the company to utilize science to create technology and innovations for the company, creating bionic gear and etc, being originally mostly the lead scientists and not all that much of fighters. All of this work the warriors do is why the company itself worked on how to make them "immortal" as to keep their employees to keep protecting the world. And that is where God's Blessings and "Sanguis Vitae" come in

Quick explanation of the two: God's Blessings are specialized powers, usually having origins from an element or something specific (Example: Thunder and Lighting for Yaku, Void for Amor, Time for Yi Dal/Ken and Kenix and etc) that are granted to the warriors by Achlys himself. There is an equivalent of that made by Nahara, where she lends her powers of the Sun and the Light to her soldiers, but the main difference is that it is but fraction of her powers and therefore her element, so every of her soldiers is pretty much set with the same skills, only differences being how they utilize the powers with their own weapons.

While "Sanguis Vitae" is an unknown liquid that is a back-up for God's Blessings, as it is the most essential part for preparing the warriors. It is an incredibly toxic and acidic magical replacement for the insides of the warriors. It is everything - for blood and organs that make the human bodies a functional thing, the skeleton and pretty much everything on the inside. It is also a massive to the warriors' starter strength as to help them get on the level of their comrades faster, and it also eliminates the basic human requirements for living. Which is eating, drinking, the hygiene needs, breathing and ,,,, only technically sleep but they still pretty much sleeping from time to time (Not Apollo anymore though, but that's for when i get to his character). As Sanguis Vitae replaces everything in their bodies, it also replicates some of the functions and fluids our bodies make (and by that i mean saliva for example, because i cannot imagine living with a dry mouth for all eternity, i am not that cruel to them)

Last thing would the Curses that i have mentioned when last talking about Kenix! Curses come from Cursed relics, that have originated from the Alternate timeline, and they oppose God's Blessings. Cursed relics and curses have originated exactly from AT (abbreviation for Alternate timeline, as to make it easier for me to write all of this) and they don't have an exact origin, all that is known is that the Cursed Relics are either manifested into being by twisting one's wish into something more of "an unachievable desire" that exactly requires the help from the above to get while tricking them into committing sins, or they are manifested into being after the death of one who has been cursed - someone's history of despair and sorrow being shaped into a physical object as their "legacy", that could resonate with someone once they are physically weak enough to have their own wish be twisted into something more disturbing and force them to turn into something strange and horrific while scarring their mind if they do break free. Originally the curses were opposing to the blessings because they had the same concept in theory, but the main difference is tha the curses not only grant the powers to the user, they exactly twist the user as a person, they are denied remorse for their actions and are constantly forced to look out for more violent and cruel ways to achieve what they wanted originally, while also depleting their sanity to the point of no longer having any control over their actions, turning into all sorts of monsters. There are 7 (known for now) cursed relics based on the Seven Deadly Sins and they all belong to the AT crew that consists of Kenix (Lust, but not THAT kind of lust because there are specific interpretations for each of the character), Azrael (Envy), Maude (Wrath), Aridam (Pride), Liliosa (Gluttony), Artemis (Sloth) and Agatha (Greed). Since all the timelines exist within this one universe, the curses and the cursed relics seep into the OG timeline right into the Outskirts where new relics are created into being with the the lost people who have lost their sanity and dying, leaving behind cursed relics made out of their desperation and madness.

Holyshit how did i write the concept of the Curses and the Cursed Relics before knowing about the Abnormalities, E.G.Os and Distortions from the projmoon universe HELPP. Also quick note that the cursed relics and the curses play a big part in the story as they are. a huge part of each of the character's Peak Insanity chapter, which a story chapter focused on them where they resonate with an existing relic that basically fucks them over for the rest of the narrative and they learn how to deal with it and how to heal from their trauma (ALTHOUGH INSPIRATION'S AND ARAI'S PEAK INSANITY CHAPTERS REALLY FUCK BOTH AMOR AND APOLLO UP FOR LIKE. A LONG ASS TIME BEFORE THEY REACH THEIR PI CHAPTERS TO FINALLY HAVE A RESOLVE TO THEIR PROBLEMS)

I think this might be everything for now, but the again, it is the shortened version of the lore so if you want to find out all the details (Like how the worlds' societies live, more about the curses and the cursed relics, specific stuff about the blessings for the crew and etc), you can freely send an ask or ask more questions anywhere else as i am free to answer them i enjoy answering them so much :33 i am. very normal about my ocs and their lore they definitely did not cause a 2+ years long brainrot for me

[ghostly-cabbage]

Title Challenge:

Two Steps to the Left

Ooo! I really like this title! Thank you so much for sending something!!! Hmm...

Honestly the vibe I get from this right away is maybe like a summoning fic... I think that’s super fun! Also how about a college!AU?

Black magic is often referred to as the left-hand path. I think witchy Sam is delicious so I’m imagining... Sam convinces Tucker late one night to have fun and try this ritual she found in some grimoire from that bookstore she likes.

I love more realistic AU’s but keeping Amity Park weird as hell, so I think I’d keep Amity a thin spot with natural vortexes and portals and plenty of entities and things that go bump in the night. Maybe this particular spell is a protection spell of sorts. Written in latin which Sam knows the basics but isn’t fluent. (i.e. She doesn’t read the fine print.)

Tucker is reluctant of course, but Sam is like, “Come on, Tucker, It’s just for fun. Quit being such a stick in the mud. Plus, are you saying that it wouldn’t be nice to have some protection from all the crazy shit happening lately?”

Tucker begrudgingly agrees, because... yeah. Shit’s been freaky.

So, they do the ritual.

And well. It doesn’t go exactly as they planned.

( Nitty gritty of my thought process for the spell itself, feel free to skip: With left-path magic, intention is the most important, secondary is the objects and components you use to further refine it. Despite the bad rap, satanists that practice left-path magic don’t believe in sacrifice or blood offerings. Emotional energy and intention is far more powerful. That being said, I think I would make the spell be an invocation of compassion, and be something adjacent to spells from the Book of Leviathan. Leviathan, serpent of the black abyss, usually related to evil or the fight of good and evil and blah blah blah. I’m also thinking about the Feathered Serpent, or Quetzalcoatl, from Aztec religion. Quetzalcoatl is a supernatural deity that was said to be able to pass through different planes of existence, like life and death. ANYWAY. These are the places I’d draw inspiration for the spell!)

Sam and Tucker’s desire for protection is real; I think for more things in their life than just the ghosts in Amity. Regardless, the spell works.

Because I’m terribly predictable, I would change Danny’s design from canon and have him look way more creature and entity like. Maybe have him be all black/mostly shadow figure, save for his eyes. And the long tail ovb bc I love Danny being snek.

The “Two Steps” from the title, I’d want the “two” to represent Sam and Tucker. Because they performed the ritual together, Danny (or Phantom) is bound/corded to the both of them (for life or until they break the spell if they wanted to). Again, bc I’m predictable, I would make this an everlasting trio fic because I love the them.

Sam and Tucker, who were not expecting THIS, are rightfully freaked the hell out. That scene would be so fun, because Phantom would look like THAT and yet he’s there to protect them from any and all manner of ills within his power.

I don’t actually like fics where Danny is fully dead, but for this idea to work the way I’d want it to it’s unavoidable I think. To remedy this I’d have him still be able to assume a human form. People can still sense something very... off about him, but he’s able to pass as human.

HOWEVER, the other side of the coin! The fun of Danny being dead, but not knowing who he was or how he died. Leaving the story to Sam and Tucker to pick up and assemble the pieces. A good ‘ol mystery fic heh heh! 

Sam would be an enviornmental science major and Tucker would be computer science and engeneering. Danny is... Well. Dead.

Cue Sam and Tucker now trying to keep their new overbearing ghost hitchhiker a secret while still also being normal college kids. For fun I’d throw in some A-listers but make them chill now. Maybe some of them are in the same dorm hall heheh. 

This idea is also HEAVILY influenced by Loveless’ cover of MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. That song has the vibe that I would chase for the fic.

[spacefinch]

A few of my headcanons for Shellington!

Based on his accent, I’d say he’s Scottish. (Also: a lot of the fan base seems to agree on this.)

Multi-lingual! The languages he knows include, but are not limited to:

English

Scottish Gaelic (his first language)

Spanish

Latin (he mostly uses it for science stuff)

Hawaiian (learned it from Dashi)

French

Chinese

Japanese

Greek

Russian

Various sign languages

Vegimalese

In true European fashion, he calls math “maths” and sports “sport.”

Never goes anywhere without his comfort items:

Special satchel that Dashi made for him

Magnifying glass

Field journal and pencils

Seashell

Favorite rock

Sometimes gets so caught up in his research that he forgets to eat at the proper time. Same goes for getting a good night’s sleep.

Pretty much an older brother figure to Peso. He’s very gentle and patient with him, as well as protective. A few headcanons for them:

Peso is constantly reminding Shellington to get more sleep, and “eat some food, for the sea gods’ sake!”

They love going sledding together! And in true sea otter/penguin fashion, they never use actual sleds. They just slide down the hill on their bellies.

They also love playing music together! Peso plays the xylophone, and Shellington either plays the electric keyboard or the bagpipes.

Whenever Peso gets nervous, Shellington will hold his flipper to comfort him. He also gives Peso lots of hugs!

Scared of heights. This is already canon, but I forget what episode established it. Whenever traveling long distances, he prefers to travel by sea.

Normally, he’s the reasonable member of the friend group, but if you put him and Kwazii in the same room with no supervision, the two of them share but one brain cell.

An actual conversation they had:

Kwazii: Do you know what time it is, matey?

Shellington: Hand me my bagpipes and I’ll find out.

Kwazii: Okay, here ya go.

Shellington: *plays bagpipes*

Captain Barnacles: Who in the seven seas is playing bagpipes at 2 AM?!

Shellington: It’s 2 in the morning.

Likes to pick up rocks, seashells, sea glass, and other small objects. Most of these he keeps for his collection, but occasionally he gives some to his friends. It doesn’t even have to be a special occasion. Whenever he feels like it, Shellington has a present for any of his friends.

Headcanons for him and Dashi:

They’ve known each other since college (or maybe high school.)

They’ve collaborated on research papers many times.

They both love watching movies!

Sometimes Dashi calls him “Shel” for short.

They often act like an old married couple, even though they aren’t.

Chaos duo, but more chill.

He/they and she/they solidarity!

Whenever they haven’t seen each other in a long time (this can be a few hours to a few months), they get SUPER excited. Dashi tackles Shellington in a hug, often catching him off guard. There’s a lot of hugs/cuddles and happy stimming.

Shellington is either an excellent cook or he almost burns down the kitchen. There is almost no middle ground. It’s canon that the Vegimals are good cooks, but someone had to teach them!

Tunip and the other Vegimals aren’t the only creatures who have imprinted on Shellington. He’s also become the (accidental) parent to several birds, including guillemots, plovers, and ducks. Not to mention several sea creatures. Kwazii is the only crew member who’s accidentally adopted a similar amount of critters.

Headcanons for him and his sister Pearl:

They try to keep in contact with each other, but it’s not easy! Shellington has lots of science research to attend to, and Pearl is preoccupied with her own research— and being a mom.

When he was little, Shellington caught a sea urchin and kept it as a pet. A few days later, Pearl ate it (not knowing it was her brother’s pet). Needless to say, he was very upset when he found out.

He’s definitely lied to the crew about some “fun facts” just to be funny. And unlike Kwazii, he knows how to make his tall tales believable.

To cheer his friends up, he will use his magnifying glass to make observations and compliments about them. For instance:

Complimenting Peso on his thick coat of feathers. “It must keep you very warm while you’re swimming! And what beautiful countershading!”

“Dashi, your hair clips perfectly coordinate with your outfit today! And I see you chose the sparkly ones! They remind me of these shiny rocks!”

Drinks lots of tea. Usually earl grey tea or seaweed tea. He and Inkling meet up a few times a week to drink tea and play board games. And discuss marine biology.

Sometimes he makes tea for the entire crew!

He has autism and OCD. The first one is pretty much canon (and @octoagentmiles explains it better than I could). The second one is just me self-projecting. Anyway— Shellington has to have things just so, or else he can’t relax.

He has befriended clams before, despite the fact that he frequently eats them. This causes a lot of moral dilemmas on his part. Every time he is about to eat raw clam, he prays to the sea gods for forgiveness before smashing the clam open.

He likes experimenting with different food combinations. Someone tell me the episode that confirms that he puts hot sauce on his kelp cakes!

He, Dashi, and Tweak send each other lots of memes.

He’s definitely posted several versions of “do you love the color of the sky,” much to his crewmates’ annoyance.

He chirps and purrs when he’s happy! Whenever he and Kwazii are excited about something, both their purr motors are going at full speed. He will also instinctively purr whenever he’s snuggling anyone.

He spends a lot of time in the sick bay with Peso, and helps him treat patients. If he wasn’t a marine biologist, he probably would have become a doctor.

On the rare occasion Peso is sick or injured, Shellington is the one who takes care of him.

Peso: I’m fine, really! *looks like he’s about to collapse*

Shellington: No you’re not. You’re going back to bed and I’m going to make you some hot tea. Get some rest, or so help me…

Sometimes switches from English to Scottish Gaelic when excited or angry or otherwise feeling strong emotions.

He seems like the kind of guy to enjoy Star Trek. His favorite characters are Data, Scotty, and Uhura.

Favorite video games:

Animal Crossing

Minecraft

Pokémon (mostly the older pixel style games)

Samorost 3

Signs all his letters with “best fishes.”

[juliusthedressmaker]

hi Julius,

Just a quick question my friend was wondering about, do you speak in Gaelic with Killian or in English? Also, do you two have more of a strong or less strong accent or non?

-☆anon

Hello again ☆anon :'333 you always send me such interesting questions! The answer might be a bit surprising though.

Killian actually prefers to speak Latin, and at home he pretty much always speaks in Latin. I can understand the language perfectly well and can speak it to an extent, just from being around Killian.

He taught himself the language as a young child and was already quite good by the time I met him. He's very intelligent, he never was able to attend a day of education but taught himself to read, write, mathematics, languages, sciences...the list goes on.

It was Killian who taught me all these things as well, he forced me to learn English once we immigrated to Boston, though he could hardly speak it himself at the time. Killian picked it up much quicker as he just has a knack to learn incredibly easy and fast, you know?

We speak in English to each other more often than we used to now, just out of habit. But it's still usually Latin or Gaelic.

As for our accents, mine is certainly much more noticeable than his is. Killian does still have an Irish accent but his Boston accent is very heavy and mostly obscures it. Not to mention, he's got a very loud, deep, and gravelly voice which obscures his Irish accent further. I love his voice....(⁠◡⁠ ⁠ω⁠ ⁠◡⁠)

My Irish accent is very noticeable from what others tell me, though Octavian described my voice as "the stereotypical coked up east coast gay boy" .... whatever that means. I think my voice is cute! Though I've often been told I sound different than people thought I would...hmm

I'm rambling now, but when am I not, you know? I have a tendency to do that... probably all that powered go-fuel I just took straight to the dome...heh.

:)<3

[eyes-of-the-fox]

Meet The Artist Request

(The chibi is very quick and low effort, sorry. Not to mention tumblr's upload quality what the heck? It blurs the second it's loaded. How rude...)

Entire subject of post under read more...

Url meaning: I share my eye colour with a relative who went by “The Fox.” Nickname: Dok/Doc Age: 31 Gender: You can call me whatever as long as it isn’t “We’re out of stew.” Orientation: Ace Relationship Status: Single Ethnic: Muddled but mostly German Cherokee Nationality: American Art Experience: 28 years and counting. Pry this pencil from my cold dead fingers. Preferred mediums: Mechanical pencils, coloured pencils, brush pens, charcoals, oil paints. What I art: A little of everything but I seem to prefer portraits. Originally one of the things I wanted to do was draw for Marvel but then Disney bought them and the thought of selling my soul to Disney wasn’t appealing. I lean towards keeping things black and white, which may come from my dad specializing in black and white photography. I tend to prefer it. Notable things: I had some paintings from a class on public display and for sale one year. I had one piece on public display in a shop before they moved. Education: Broad education in humanities and social science, including an art minor amongst various others. Currently studying acoustics and physics. Languages spoken or read: Basic German, Dutch, French, Italian, ASL, I know first year of a local indigenous language but I’m not telling you which because then you’ll know my location, quite a bit of Latin, I’ve dabbled in Romanian (I need to study this more), played with Punjabi, Russian, Mandarin, Turkish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and am looking at Sanskrit and Hungarian now. I wish this was more impressive and less convoluted than it sounds. Music theory also counts, right? It's just the adhd... I am in hell... Past jobs: Stage tech and media communications tech, campus journalist. Current: Library assistant Future: Teaching, I hope. Features: audHD, hypermobile/EDS, hyperacusis

[alpaca-clouds]

Whatever you know about Medieval Europe is probably wrong

Okay, technically this is something I am talking about all the time, but let me make me this much clear: If you are not a historian or really deep into history... whatever you think you know about medieval Europe is very probably either wrong or massively simplified to a degree that is misleading.

And again, it is not really your fault, because the truth is that you were probably never taught much about it and got most of your knowledge through media, which was either unintentionally or willingly misleading. This shows in a variety of factors.

For once, when we talk about medieval history, what we actually talk about is specifically the history of England, Germany and France. Partly because we have a lot more historical documents from there - and partly because of a certain racist bias. Like, we don't talk about the Iberian peninsula partly because the history was very much defined by Muslims, especially Black Muslims.

But we also tend to ignore in general the parts of Europe that had not yet converted to Christianity until they did. And in the end a lot of the history of Medieval Europe focuses very much on the cultures that later would become the central colonial powers.

Which is not a big surprise, because mind you: The general telling of Europe's history is that those powers ARE EUROPE. And everything that was not conforming to those cultures is therefore not European and hence gets mostly ignored in the idea of "medieval Europe".

There is also the fact that in most depictions of medieval Europe the influence of the church gets overstated. Like, don't get me wrong: Yes, the church in medieval Europe was fucking powerful... But strangely enough the medieval time period could almost be considered secular compared to the 16th-18th century. (Which is part of the reason why the Witch Hunts did not happen during the middle ages, but AFTER them.)

People also tend to depict the middle ages as a lot more sex negative than they were. This is partly because a lot of the historical documents we have from the time are church records. And of course, the church was very sex negative. But again, it was all a bit more complicated in terms of how much it influenced people. The other reason for this idea we have about it is, that... Well, it is the Victorians. Because those were prudish as fuck and tried to project their ideas onto earlier times.

The entire idea of the middle ages being super backwards comes from the Rennaissance, of course. When they were like "OMG! Ancient times were so cool!" and then were very salty that the ancient times were over now - so they were like: "Oh, yeah, the middle ages and their backwardsness are to blame."

But the middle ages were not that backwards. There was scientific advancement. Yes, it was slow - but the same is true for the ancient times.

Oh, yeah, this reminds me: No, the church was not anti-science. Quite literally the opposite is true. Most science that was done at this time was done supported and financed by the church.

Now, of course, illiteracy was a big issue during the time. While this, too, gets overplayed (most people could do some reading and were at least able to write down stuff like what they have harvested and their name), especially a lot of peasants were not really literate. And hence had not proper access to science and knowledge. And given that traveling was hard and books were rare, this was not easy to change.

Of course, here is very much were the church hindered scientific progress. Because yes, they were the main financiers of science - and because of that most scientific research was written in the official church language, Latin, which was basically only accessible to clergy and some nobility.

And there are so many other strange ideas people have about the middle ages. Like, enough for me to basically blog about this for the rest of the year. I don't know, whether I should, though? At least for the week. But yeah...

[mindful-of-ideas]

Preference: Dead Poets Society

- Studying With the Poets

Characters: Charlie, Neil, Todd, Meeks, Knox, Pitts, Cameron

A/N: This is the first time I’m writing preferences so I hope you like it and I’m open to any feedback! I tried to keep this strictly friendship but you might see stuff that could pretty well turn into flirting if you want it to (:

Charlie:

Charlie is the kind of person who needs a loud environment to be able to study. Otherwise, he will find his own distractions. That’s why you were surprised when he agreed to study alone with you. When it’s only the two of you, he mostly fidgets with pens or paper instead. Which you really don’t mind except when he steals your pens. You could have a pen on your ear or one holding your hair and he would snatch it without notice pretending he absolutely needed that one. One time he even took the pen from your hand as you were about to write with it.

“I was using that…”

“Sorry, here!” he said giving you another pen from his breast pocket.

“Will I ever see my own pen again?”

“Maybe…”

To keep him from getting bored you ask him loads of questions and he’s always happy to answer. And he’s actually really good at explaining. He will put it in the simplest terms and make really far-fetched links between things but it does help in understanding and memorizing the subject. When he doesn’t understand something and you don’t either, you will think about it out loud, debate it, bounce ideas off of each other, and most often you get to a satisfying answer.

You’re also the first public to all his presentations. And god knows he needs help with those.

“What… what was the subject,” you asked once he was done.

“The industrialization of England in the 1800s.”

“So not the last King of France?”

“How did you even get that?!”

“You’re the one who brought it up!”

That also means you’re the first one to hear the poems he writes.

Neil:

He’s the one to ask you to study with him and very quickly it becomes a weekly thing. You always study together on the same day at the same time. Still, he always asks you first and makes sure you want to be there. If you ever say no, he doesn’t pressure you or question your decision.

“How about today, Y/N?”

“Yeah, today’s fine, sorry about last week.”

“Don’t worry. Still, I hope everything is okay.”

Because he genuinely cares about how you’re feeling.

This boy is a disaster when it comes to science and math. So he’s always asking you questions, even if you’re not the best either. He prefers asking you over Cameron or Meeks because he likes the way you explain it. While he struggles with those subjects, he’s good at literature and Latin.

At some point, Todd got really sick and couldn’t help him learn his lines, so he asks you instead.

“I’m sorry, Todd must be better than me at this.”

“It’s okay, you’re really good actually. Don’t worry about it,” he answered flashing you the biggest smile.

Turns out you’re not half bad and you actually enjoy doing that with Neil.

“How come you can remember all those lines, but not the 20 first elements of the periodic table?” you asked when you were revising for an exam.

“Maybe there should be a play about it.”

“Presenting ‘The Elements of the Periodic Table’, featuring Neill Perry as number 8, oxygen, and Y/N L/N as number 19, potassium!”

He chuckled.

“That would make an ok play I guess,” he finally said.

Todd:

You asked him many times to join you when he’s studying but he always refused politely. So one day you decided to just sit right on from of him, take out your textbooks and wait for him to say something… and he never said anything. So you studied with him in silence for a while, not sure if you were making him uncomfortable (hopefully not), until you had a question.

“I’m not sure I understand what Mr. Keating wants us to do for the analysis?” you asked out loud.

“I… it’s… it’s not too com-complicated,” he finally said, “I can show you what I’ve done for my poem.”

“Yeah, that could help.”

And just like that, a silent agreement passed between the two of you. You would study together, mostly in silence, but would always be there for each other whenever you needed help.

“And that’s how you can figure out how many moles of acid you have left. Does that make sense?” you said, looking up at him.

“Yeah, yeah I think I get it now,” he answered lowering his head and smiling.

“What are you smiling for?”

Seeing he wasn’t answering you went on.

“Now please explain to me this,” you said pointing at some Latin from today’s class.

“Sure,” he said pulling his chair closer.

And he’s super good at explaining things.

He would also let you read the poems he’s written.

“That might be my favourite so far!”

“You always say that.”

“Is this the one you’re going to read tonight?”

“I- I don’t think I’ll read.”

“Can I read it for you then? I’ll tell everyone you wrote it obviously.”

“I’m not sure, Y/N.”

“No pressure, you can say no. I was just offering,” you said, squeezing his hand reassuringly.

Meeks:

He is good in basically every subject so he can help with anything. He was actually the one to come up to you and ask if you wanted to study with him.

“Hey, Y/N?”

“Yeah.”

“I was wondering if you might want to study with me sometime?”

“Sure!”

“It’s just I saw the face you made after we got back the physics exam and I figure… maybe I could help… not that I think you’re not good or that…”

“You’re okay, I could really use the help honestly.”

He tries so hard to not make it seem like things come easily to him so that you don’t feel like you’re ‘slowing him down’. He answers all your questions and takes the time to make sure you understand. He’s not the best at explaining but he does it differently than your teachers do, and that’s what helps you the most.

He also is the most patient of all the poets and puts up with everything you do.

“You realize you’re under the table. Table which you could use to write your homework on,” he said, not even bothering to look at you.

“The world is calmer down here,” you answered.

“The world is…”

Not even a second later he is sitting by your side.

“Yeah, I get what you mean… it’s like we’re under a wave. You did forget about the normal force, however.”

“Goddammit!”

Knox:

When you two are studying alone, no one actually believes work is getting done. It always seems like you’re doing anything but studying. But you are getting work done. You could be blasting music so loud that no one else except you two could concentrate. Or you could go on bike rides while quizzing each other the whole time.

But mostly you just gossip while doing homework. You gossip so much. No one gets how you can talk and study at the same time. You can even study different subjects yet still understand what’s happening.

“Ok, but is Chris okay with that?”

“Yeah, she is, that’s the best part! Did you get x=3π for number 4?”

“3π + 2nπ, so when are you going, next week? ‘Rosam’ is accusative right?”

“Yes. No, the one after. When are you going to find someone for yourself, we could make this a double date?”

You blush.

He’s also the mastermind behind every mnemonic trick you’ve ever used. Some of them only make sense to you two and Meeks hates absolutely all of them.

“So, you know the greatest integer function?” he started.

“Yeah…”

“Overstreet, don’t” shouted Meeks from across the room.

“No, go on,” you said.

“So, when it’s regular you have these parameters we call ‘a’ and ‘b’, right?”

“Yeah…”

“So if you’re confused about which one does what, just remember that you can only hit your foot on the step height so that’s your ‘a’!”

“How is that…”

“Because when you hit your toes on something you go ‘ahhhh’!”

“That’s brilliant,” you said smiling at him.

Pitts:

You started studying together by accident. One night, all of the poets were studying together when one by one they left, leaving the two of you alone. At first, it was awkward. You would basically sit in silence and occasionally would ask each other questions. But slowly he warms up to you and you start getting more comfortable. As you spend more time together, you start sitting side by side instead of in front of each other.

“Fu…” you started saying.

“Y/N, don’t,” he said giving you a disapproving look.

“But the science won’t science!”

He burst out laughing.

“What is it, you don’t understand?” he asked.

“The science… just all of it… I’m so dumb.”

“Alright, look at me,” he said turning to face you, “wait, I need to lower myself, I want to see your eyes… ok that won’t work, get up.”

You complied, curious to see where this was going.

“Still too tall,” he continued, “here get on the chair.”

Once again, you complied.

“That’s it, now we’re eye to eye. Y/N L/N, you are not dumb. Now come down, I’ll do the problem with you.”

He gave you his hand and you jumped down smiling. This is one of the few moments where you can see his goofier side and you’re not complaining. He always makes sure you feel confident and happy before continuing his explanation. 

That’s about the only time he looks you in the eyes. When he reassures you and wants to make sure you understand what he’s saying. Otherwise, he’s often doodling while explaining stuff, so your notes are covered in flowers and mushrooms and stars.

Cameron:

This boy writes down EVERYTHING during class. So whenever you missed something you just go and ask him to see his notes. And he’s always happy to help you out. Even if he writes everything down, it doesn’t mean he understood everything, so he often relies on you to explain it.

“What does that mean?” he asked pointing at something in his notebook.

“What does it even say? Cameron, you’ve got the worse handwriting!”

“There is a parallel to be drawn between magic in Julius Caesar and religion in Ancient Rome,” he said grumpily, “that’s what I wrote.”

“Oh,” you said chuckling, “I think it’s simply that the way magic is presented in the play is similar to what the Romans thought of magic. At least in the beginning of Rome and the empire. Didn’t Shakespeare actually use like an Ancient source about that?”

“The main source for historical details was Plutarch’s Parallel Lives,” he said reading from his notes, “your right!”

He is also really stubborn. He wants to understand things by himself and find a way of studying that will work perfectly for him. He won’t go to the next problem until he solved this one even if it takes him hours.

“We could just ask Meeks,” you said.

“Absolutely not!” he answered, “Meeks won’t be there at the exam, we need to understand on our own.”

[hollowsart]

Concept: I get yeeted to the TSSM-verse and have a heck of a time trying to figure out how to get back with Peter's help while processing my overall mental state in realizing I'm not in my world anymore and actively fighting my emotional health when I encounter the Sinister Six, especially Doc Ock, Vulture, and Mysterio. Especially Mysterio (cuz he looks n acts so much like my own, even tho the Mysterio costume is different, man they do share a lot in common).

And poor Peter has to deal with my grown adult butt and drag me away from attempting to befriend/rationalize with his rogues gallery and potentially getting my stupid butt hurt.

I'm sorry for the way that I am, Peter 😔

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Peter, coming to the realization that I only have 1 braincell to my name: ..How are you fighting crime against these super genius super villains when you don't even know basic computer science, chemistry, and math??

Me: ..Usually I would have Otto's help.. so..

Peter:

Peter:

Peter: Wait a minute, Otto? As in Otto Octavius? As in Doc Ock?

Me, nodding: mhm.. yeah?

Peter: Isn't.. he like.. your mortal enemy, though? Wanting you dead and all?

Me: ? Why would he be? He's a really sweet man. He's also my partner.

Peter, getting flashbacks of his encounters with his Doc Ock: ..Did you just say 'sweet'? ..Now I'm starting to wonder just how different your world is from my own.

Me: I could say the same for yours. There's so much different, but still some things remain mostly the same.. or at least similar enough.

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Mysterio: -spewing Latin and dishing out a funny quip back at Peter-

Me: -trying and failing to hold back laughter, basically interrupting the fight unintentionally-

Peter: Will you please, stop laughing! It's really distracting!!

Me: I'm sorry!! I'm trying!! I can't help it that you and him keep saying the funniest things!!

Mysterio: no, no, do continue, it's helping me out a ton :)

Me: H--

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Me: You never tried to talk to them about their problems? To get them to calm down and stop?

Peter: No one ever listens to me!! I try to get one word in and already I'm nearly being squashed or I'm being thrown around like a hackey sack!

Me: ah.. I'm sorry. I feel that, though. Being ignored. Sucks.