#clone math

[completeoveranalysis]

I've been re-reading Tsubasa and going through your liveblogs again and I just realized something: if Watanuki and Syaoran share a childhood and little Syaoran (aka Lava Lamp) had some kind of martial arts training, then doesn't that mean that Watanuki did too? And even if he forgot it, he still knows it because the body remembers etc, etc. I feel like it raises interesting possibilities....

Extremely hard to say! Of the naturally occurring clones we see (ie, the ones generated by the universe to fill an empty space, like Sakura and Watanuki) I don’t think we ever see them experiencing either memories or body memories from their other self. 

I’m not sure if there even would be technical memories for them to remember, since “their" body didn’t actually exist during those memories. The body that experienced those memories IS still there (ie, Not!Sakura and Lava Lamp still exist in the universe) and their new body was created after their other self disappeared. 

But! It IS possible, like you say, that the universe “copied” their body to make the new person, which would mean they would inherit the body memories too. I don’t know if we’ve seen any proof that that might be the case. 

The one example I can remember is Syaoran having flashes of movement coming from Lava Lamp in Shura. But there are a couple of question marks about that to begin with - ie, Syaoran being created by Evil Wolverine instead of the universe (though it’s possible he used the same method as the universe for Syaoran, instead of his complicated soul replacement method he used for clones like Kyle), and Lava Lamp having a live connection to Syaoran through their shared eye at the time. 

Syaoran didn’t really inherit any of Lava Lamp’s fighting techniques or magic outside of this one moment, so if I HAD to guess I would say “probably not” to Watanuki having martial arts body memories - with an added “but it’s possible!” since the rules are murky and the timeline is falling apart anyway. 

[stealingpotatoes]

Tbf she has, according to The Lore about Togruta headbands, killed a carnivorous giant predator that regularly decimates entire villages, at fourteen, as her coming of age hunt.

Granted, this is legends, but...

damn. or she found a loophole

(donation doodles! // tip jar)

[off-color-darkrai]

Found this conversation between me and a friend while going through my texts...

[vent-mon-hyperespace]

Anakin: I'm incredibly fast at math.

Mace Windu: Alright, what's 30x17?

Anakin: 47

Mace Windu: That's not even close.

Anakin: But it was fast.

[tattycoram]

Fives: *hits his head* Kix: Keep him talking, he could have a concussion Jesse: Uh, what's 7 x 7? Kix: About something he knows (Echo dies of laughter in the background)

[victoriousscarf]

And it's Commander Bly in the "this took me forever and I ran out of yarn twice" shawl!

Commander Cody * Commander Fox * Commander Ponds * Commander Bly

Pattern: Moorland Shawl

[mrsfeiix]

I am Fox

[rexbalistidae]

Art trade with @moldyfridgee 💪

Fans of niche background characters epic collab 3 am challenge

[starstofillmydream]

Commander Cody being Commander McDreamy 🫶🏻

[echojedis]

Comfy

[pijakofspades]

Lizzie hands of sincerity!! :D

[puppetmaster13u]

Ok, first, love your Meat Marionette AU SO MUCH!

Second, as of 'Batman: The Brave and The Bold' #12, WE HAVE A NEW ROBIN!!!

Meet Mia 'Maps' Mizoguchi!

Oh my! She looks so polite! I need to know more!

[bibannana]

Fives *holding up a fancy set of dice*: Dice are just math rocks.

Echo *shudders in disgust*: Excuse me?

Fives *unfazed, unaffected, undisturbed*: You are excused.

Jesse *catching a dice Fives threw at his face*: Why are you calling them math rocks?

Fives *throws another dice hitting Kix on the forehead, that falls straight into his caf*: Because they're rocks??? With numbers on them???

Kix *ready for murder*: Fascinating.

Pickup *watching as Kix pours hot caf over Fives hand that threw the dice*: Uhhhh what if the dice are made from plastic?

Tup *watching Fives throw a handful of dice from his belt, only to throw them in Kix's face*: I don't really think that matters.

Rex *walks into the room only to slip on the dice all over the floor*: Agh-!

Hardcase and Coy *keels over wheezing from laughter*

Taglist: @soliloquy-of-nemo @nekotaetae @staycalmandhugaclone @jiabeewrites @sexy-rex

[noperopesaredope]

Do the Star Wars Clones Age at 2x Speed? Yes, and Here’s the Math

I recently decided to look up the canonical developmental ages of the clones while working on an AU concept, and while most sources said they age at twice the speed of humans, I saw a few others debating this notion. So I decided to do some research based on the time when each of the events happened and the realistic developmental age the clones could be during these periods when we see them.

Has someone probably already done this? Yes. Do I care? No. I’m autistic and can do what I want. Also, I spent a weird amount of time on this and want to share it to confirm once and for all.

So, the Kaminoans began creating the clone troopers about 10 years before the Clone Wars began. This means that by the start of the war, the oldest clones would be developmentally about 20, which makes a certain amount of sense. We also see the relative age clones are deployed, what with the Domino Squad, and they both look and act like people in their early 20s.

The war lasts for about three years, meaning the oldest clones were developmentally around 26 or so when the war ended, something that makes a certain degree of sense based on how the older clones act. They do seem a bit older than 26, acting and looking more like they are entering their 30s, but that could be due to the experiences of war drastically aging them in terms of maturity.

Rebels takes place 14 years after the war ends, but we only see the clones again in Season 2, 16 years after the war. If the clones do develop at twice the speed of humans, then the clones would have aged 32 years. Adding that by how old they were when the war ended, they would be developmentally 58.

The reason the clones appear to be older than this is likely due to their white hair. However, white/gray hair usually starts to appear during your mid-thirties, and many go full gray around 50. The clones would be developmentally almost 60, which is when plenty of people are fully gray. So it wouldn’t actually be all that unrealistic for them to be 58, and becomes more obvious when you actually take a good look at them and take into consideration their health and fitness levels.

While this isn’t actually any proof, I would also like to quickly mention how old the clones would be for the rest of the overall movie series. A New Hope takes place 19 years after the end of the Clone Wars, so the clones would have developed 38 years. Adding that by 26, it would have been 64 years for the clones. So the oldest clones would likely be developmentally 64 by the start of A New Hope. A New Hope takes place over the course of either a week or 3, which won’t affect my calculations that much.

According to a couple sources, The Empire Strikes Back takes place 3 years after A New Hope, so 22 years after the Clone Wars ended. The clones would have aged by 44 years, so they would be developmentally 70. The Empire Strikes Back likely takes place over the course of about a few months (mainly due to the Yoda training), so again, it still doesn’t affect my calculations that much.

Return of the Jedi takes place roughly a year after The Empire Strikes Back, and over the course of a week or so. The clones would have aged 2 years, so they would be developmentally 72 by the end of the 2nd trilogy. This means that a clone could have lived through both the Clone Wars and the reign of the Empire. They could have seen the Empire’s rise and its fall, depending on whether or not they died of old age. And chronologically speaking, they would only be 37.

Sadly (or perhaps luckily), they would not live to see the rise of the First Order, as that rose to power 30 years after the fall of the Empire, which would be 60 years for the clones. And that would make them developmentally 133, which is not likely.

But it’s still fascinating to me how the lifespan of a clone trooper works in the Star Wars universe. I’m currently writing up the outline of an AU about clone troopers, and I was thinking about this and how it affects them and their lives. IDK, just wanted to get all this math out of my system after doing Star Wars math for a couple of hours (for the AU).

[waywardsou2]

I'm on the mood for some art...so when I have the free time what should I draw instead of doing my assignments? :D

(Ive been reading Shakespeare ok draweth is what I could come up with)

(Edit: I have drawn the Cadet batch, My sona as a cadet and assaj ventress so pick something else from the list)

(edit: I should have only made the time a day long but I'll look at it at the end of the day instead)

[locusustus]

i have yet to make a real lineup of these guys but i did have 6 hours of train travel for this to rot into my brain. modern DMS AU where everyone is some flavor of frumpy compsci person