#do the voidy thing

[dualitysdownfall]

i wish i could just write fics

[elizabethrobertajones]

In my head this is just titled "girls' night"

Frog takes Zero to places with interesting Void connections to do Rituals And Things, we don't talk about it. The important thing is that Frog's reaper DPS is absolutely sick

[nc-vb]

*lays in defeat* I lack a proof reader and I don't know if what I'm doing makes sense. ~ local pocket dragon is put her orc though pain.

Ackkk for a fic?? If you still need it, I might be able to look it over later tonight if you’d want to send it my way?

(I feel your pain; I’ve only recently had a friendo offer to beta my upcoming fic and I’m super grateful to herrrrr ahhhhh)

[galaxygermdraws]

I wanna hear more about the crack brothers skizz and Zedaph design wise

oh my 2 favorite Hermits. And just my favorite MCYTs.

So fun thing with my Skizz design is I recently gave him silly matching earrings with Impulse. I just think it’s cute. Also fun thing: I purposefully misinterpreted Skizz’s suit as a vest so I could give his design more contrast, and also because he strikes me as a vest guy. As a vest enjoyer myself I can say that. I’ve also begun drawing him with fingerless gloves, he used to also have bandages under them but he doesn’t really do that anymore

as for Zed. Oh my beloved. Fun fact I cannot draw: Zed’s hair deflates when he’s sad. Yes like Pinkie MLP. His lil curly hair (the one between his bangs) also changes with his emotions. Another fun detail is his uh. His hooves n horns are space colored. That’s bc I’m a Watcher Zed enjoyer and also a Void Zed enjoyer so he’s kind of both! But also a sheep!! His Voidy Bits actually match Tango’s Void arm. Which Zed gave to him. Also you’ll rarely see me draw Zed bleeding cause if he ever bled out enough he literally would just become separated from his body

[mysticstronomy]

ARE VOIDS ACTUALLY EMPTY??

Blog#285

Wednesday, April 5th, 2023

Welcome back,

This simulated view of the large-scale structure of the universe shows the vast cosmic web of galaxies, as well as the dark, empty expanses of the cosmic voids in between.

At the very largest scales — zooming out from solar systems, stellar clusters and even galaxies — a surprising pattern emerges in nature. When you zoom out far enough that entire galaxies (each one home to hundreds of billions of stars) are just single dots of light, you'll find … a web.

Long, thin ropes of galaxies millions of light-years long. Dense, compact, massive knots of thousands of galaxies — the clusters. Broad, thick walls and sheets of even more galaxies.

The cosmic web is the largest pattern found in nature. It completely fills the universe. It's an immense, vast, almost overbearing structure, yet it appears as fragile and delicate as strands of pure silk.

And sitting among the latticeworks of the web, between the walls and knots and filaments, are the great cosmic voids. Stretching anywhere from 20 million to hundreds of millions of light-years across, these are the true deserts of the cosmos, almost entirely devoid of matter. By sheer volume, most of our universe is simply … nothing.

And when it comes to understanding the universe, "nothing" is very powerful.

Spinning a cosmic web

As vast, complex and terrifying as the cosmic web is, it has surprisingly humble origins and a pretty boring life story.

A long time ago (around 13.8 billion years before now), there was no comic web. There were no galaxies and no stars. There were just the fundamental components of the universe: dark matter, hydrogen, helium and a little sprinkling of lithium just for flavor. All this stuff was as homogenous as the milk you buy at the grocery store: pretty much evenly spread throughout the universe.

But there were tiny differences here and there. Some spots had more density. Some spots had less. And the denser spots had slightly more gravitational attraction than the less dense spots. So those heavier spots would pull on their neighbors, grow larger and develop even stronger gravity — and the process would continue.

Achingly slowly, over the course of hundreds of millions of years, the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. Matter flowed into the dense pockets, where it eventually coalesced into the first stars, galaxies and clusters.

That matter had to come from somewhere, so as the cosmic web grew and evolved, the voids emptied out.

Of course, the voids are not entirely empty. There are some dim, scattered dwarf galaxies floating around inside these mostly empty areas. And dark matter and some hydrogen managed to cling to life inside those empty, parched stretches. But by and large, the voids really are void. And because of this voidiness, ironically, the voids are filled with one thing: dark energy.

This is the name we give to the accelerated expansion of the universe, as well as for whatever's causing it. We don't really know what dark energy is, but our best current guess is that it has something to do with the vacuum of space-time itself; where there's vacuum, there's dark energy. So, technically, there's dark energy in the room you're in right now, hanging out in all the little pockets of vacuum between and within atoms.

But dark energy isn't very strong, so it's easily masked by the presence of pretty much anything else — matter, radiation, dirty socks in the corner, you name it.

You don't get to experience dark energy, because your environment is too full of stuff. But the voids? They're empty. There's nothing there to compete with dark energy, which means these areas are exactly where dark energy gets to play its game.

The accelerated expansion of our universe happens in the voids themselves, and these voids literally push on their surroundings, driving apart the galaxies and dissolving the great cosmic web that took billions of years to construct.

Originally published on space.com

COMING UP!!

(Saturday, April 8th, 2023)

"WHAT IS THE BIG FREEZE??"

[strange-lamp-stranger]

incoherent Aurora reread thoughts

Tess was punching a dragon that is in some way connected to the Paladins and also had a blue-white-and-gold colour scheme. same colour scheme as the Paladins' "Champion", who has dragon-like wings of light?? so this guy is definitely possessed by the Light Dragon a la Erin and Voidy, right? although since this dragon seems... less evil, it's probably got a more collaborative relationship with the Champion. BUT also if it's possessing him, why does it have a physical form entirely separate from him? is the Light Dragon able to split some of its essence into an incarnation and some of it into a human body? WAIT, the Champion's scleras are black, like Erin's when his body is completely taken over by Walter. SO, is the Light Dragon fully puppeteering this guy? sure seems like it. so either the Light Dragon is able to transform the Champion's body, or it's able to create a completely separate incarnation in the form of a dragon. But the Champion's speech bubble isn't the same as when Voidy talks - it's a normal speech bubble, but outlined in pale blue instead of black - we see a similar thing with emissaries of gods, such as the Arenamaster. So the Champion is something between a vessel and an emissary. WAIT AGAIN okay so the dragon Tess was punching likely wasn't an incarnation of the Light Dragon herself, because she refers to it as a "messenger". so it's affiliated with the Paladins but not necessarily a part of the Light Dragon herself. She also refers to Erin as VD's "avatar"; is this the word for an emissary/vessel of a Primordial? meaning it's a different enough situation to warrant a whole new word. VD only referring toe Erin as a "vessel" and not an "avatar" implies one or both of two things: VD doesn't know what an avatar is, or that Erin is not as attuned/in-sync to him as the Champion is to LD.

Erin's family "has had dealings with" the soulshaper monks before?? this supports the theory that Erin's links to the elements weren't fully open and so he had to do some soul fuckery to be able to access/control his powers. this would in turn lend credence to the theory that the Collector is (was?) an Elemental Magus; if only one Elemental Magus can exist at a given time, the Collector's whole... deal in regards to both her magic and mortality makes sense.

EDIT: okay WAIT as of 1.11.11 it's pretty much certain that the Collector is like. a really fucked up Life mage. she says she "healed" the crater (wound in Stone's skin) in which Vash was located. so she likely wasn't an Elemental Magus, because if she was she wouldn't have used such specific phrasing.

[marsti]

you said ask so here I am in the ask box like a good girl u3u but I'd love to hear you talk about seer of void reddit (mostly cause that's my classpect as well~)

ok so seer of void reddit!! the reason why i chose this is because reddit is an information hub, and a lot of people basically use it as a web browser? you can find anything you want by just searching something and appending "reddit" at the end, which definitely puts it in the light/void axis.

so how did i chose void over light? simple. a while back reddit changed their slogan. it's no longer "the front page of the internet", which is HEAVILY light coded, now it's "dive into anything" which at least to me is very voidy. like you know, a deep dive! to the unknown depths of knowledge!

the reason why hes a seer is because:

1) reddit is a very passive site, a lot of it is just sitting back and scrolling through your favorite sub. even then the communities dont like... do much, you know? people on reddit just kinda vibe i feel like. they go on other sites to actually do stuff. for most people, you just kinda occasionally comment on stuff. even when posting... it's a hub but very few things are really NATIVE to reddit, if that makes sense.

2) most people who use the site dont even have an account! like i said, it's basically used as a web browser by most people. i dont even log onto reddit 99% of the time when im on it and that 1% is just so i can access nsfw subs. when you need to solve an issue with your computer, or youre looking for a site to stream your animus on, youre not like... actively using the site. in that way it's a passive tool for knowledge, like the seer class!

3) it's a joke because socialstuck reddit? definitely has seen some shit. this guy is so fucking tired. can you imagine what itd be like to be the anthropomorphic representation of reddit dot com?? it would be maddening. you would witness man-made horrors beyond your comprehension every single day. in that way seer of void evokes the idea of "looking into the abyss"!

hope that makes sense ahah

[badlydrawnerisolsprite]

*does the voidy thing, in this case, empowering themselves through void, to be exploited to beat up ArseNon mostly in the form of the grimdark tendrils without the consequence of actually going grimdark, or the mental effects, before walking right up beside the suspended ArseNon*

Alright, Here's your pov Clownnon!

Pov:You're getting your ass beat!

*proceeds to begin giving clownnon a nonfatal yet painful can o' ass whooping*

-pov anon

the more 2tuff ii learn you guys can do the more ii hate myself.

[comicaurora]

Everyone is (justifiably) gonna be focusing on the OTHER thing in this panel (lord knows I'm restraining myself from doing that too) but I just wanna appreciate your dedication to making the Voidy Boy's cloak appropriately Billowy And Badass every single time you've drawn it, especially here. Don't think I didn't notice that it sort of approximates the look of flowing void stuff, and perhaps goes far as to serve as a nod to the wings of our favorite primordial dragon.

Can't breach your planetary prison and consume the sun if you ain't cute

[wolfish-loup]

Wat do u think about allerias new look?

Overall it looks good, but she's almost unrecognizable. I'm sure I'll get used to it, but I associate her with the color green and that's completely gone. All that silver she looks like she took fashion advice from Tyrande lol.

I don't get why changed her tattoo as well, like... why would that change? Was it warpaint? Some voidy thing? Was it a kids temporary tattoo?

I'm sure it will look cool in game though.

[kogglyuffs]

hoooh man me sharing dead plate fics.. fun: ghost au pt. 1

//i will say beforehand that this one was lit my first time writting somethin bout dead plate therefore i may have made some mischaracterizations and probs had foggy memory of the exact lore yaddayadda ok plz bear w me, and lets move on

@aactuallyno (tumblr wont let me tag you idk)

Rody glared down at the pendant in hand, cleaning some stains off. He hesitantly unlocked it and stared at the picture of him and his already deceased love, Manon. He couldn't stop staring at her, he thought back to all those moments they spent together, of all he worked for her, to bring her back to his life, also remembering her words...

"I love you, Rody. I really do. But I can't handle seeing you killing yourself for me..."

"I tried, Manon... I really did..." He whispered to himself, breathing heavily to hold back the tears, leaning forward his seat with his hands holding the pendant on his forehead.

"I... I think a walk will do for me..." He muttered, heading outside for the street.

The town was damp for the drizzle that fell. Rody wasn't bothered to get his shoes wet with the puddles that formed at the street, sometimes letting some drops fall on him. He looked down at the bodies of water underneath him, but he didn't want to focus much, he didn't want to see his pathetic state, he didn't want to see how his whole purpose went all away of his grasp. His life was dark and voidy like the street he walked into... Walking into a single direction, with no further idea of where you're supposed to go, or what to do...

He lifted his face up when noticing a strange spot in the exit of the street. He recognized that figure, but it also seemed weirder. It had Manon's silhouette, but red lines surrounded her, with a spooky, red eye glaring at him. Her hair was messy and down, covering most of her body, with the marks he once had in a nightmare as well.

Rody fell on his knees, "M-Manon... It's that you?"

The Manon figure didn't reply, nor move, standing still at the other extreme.

"No... It's just my mind and broken heart messing with me, isn't it?" Rody chuckled, "You're... You're not here... Right?"

He leaned forward and yelled, "Are you still mad at me?"

She didn't reply.

"Is it because I was too overwhelming? That I kept insisting on keeping it all together, even if you said otherwise?

She didn't mutter any word.

"Or is it because... I didn't save you?"

Rody clutched his fist, "I'm sorry, Manon! Okay!? I'm sorry for everything, I didn't mean to make you feel guilty, I didn't want things to go like this! You're special to me, you're the one I love, and then... then..." he sobbed, "I... I don't know what to do... I wanted to be happy with you.. But now, you're gone and..."

Rody looked down at the puddle under him, tears flooded in his eyes, "...Well, you have the right to be mad at me, it's completely understandable you left this fool..."

He noticed a change on the silhouette. From a spooky, dark one, to a bright one, showing Manon's face. She stepped forward with her sweet and kind face, kneeling and hugging a wet and messy Rody.

"Oh, Rody. I'm not mad at you.. Really..." She spoke out, "And remember, that I will always love you.."

Rody shakily wrapped his arms around Manon's back, she suddenly felt so warm, yet so angelical, like she was here, she is here. He started sobbing and having hiccups, "I missed you so much, Manon!" he cried out loud

"I miss you too, Rody... I miss you too"

He smiled, calming himself down with Manon's lovely warmth. But there was a strange noise coming from somewhere, near to his head-

And then, he found himself at his couch, covered with his blanket. The side of his head was ringing, it was still hard to get used to not having an ear available, he also noticed a bit of his pillow being wet, along with his cheeks covered in a stream of tears.

[cincreblog]

Would independent Plants have any kind of ability they want, or would it be limited to the type of Plant they were born from?

There was a scene in TriStamp where Conrad was explaining things about the Plants to Meryl, and I saw this:

I’m guessing those are the types of Plants that exist & what they can bring/create via the High Dimension (though considering how they also provide food, I’m guessing this is just a simplification).

Which makes me wonder if, depending on what kind of Plant an Independent is born from, their powers are based on heat, water, electricity, or gravity. For example, when I made a Plant OC I decided to give them the ability to create/control water (though I hadn’t exactly considered this discussion before I did).

Then again, Nai is able to create knives and Vash can do whatever his voidy powers are, so this might not apply to any (if at all) potential independent Plants. Still nice to think about it though considering the vague lore surrounding the Plants XP

[natstolemysocks]

What type of villain are you? <Quiz

Been thinking about a possible villain arc for Yo'a to do with how he uses arcanima. I guess the result of the quiz would fit, because he's a good lad, and when push comes to shove he definitely does things that aren't always seen as right, but never to harm for harm's sake. What I do see him become later, is a bit drunk on infusing himself with or into various types of aether in a not so controlled way. A little slippery slope...

Stole the link from someone appearing on my dash that unfortunately I can't find back right now. I keep scrolling but the post doesn't show and I forgot the name of the character. I do know however that the character looks amazing and is a fulltime villain and voidsent. Should I find the post again, I'll update this one so you can all say hello to their voidy self. From a safe distance, of course.

[hms-no-fun]

I've been really enjoying your take on Girlboss Jane which I don't see people run with very often. What drew you to digging into that angle on the character as opposed to going another route with her?

jane's turn towards fascism in the epilogues was quite controversial in the fandom (despite the fact that it's entirely in-character, i mean literally the first thing we see her do in the comic is threaten to buy and privatise the us postal service), so as with a lot of character choices around the periphery of the truly *central* cast of godfeels, i wanted to play with that tension.

should be plainly obvious at this point i wrote godfeels to be sort of a distorted mirror of the epilogues. early on i was asking myself a lot, how can i do something *different* with these characters that doesn't come across as a fix-it of the epilogues, but rather as something that adds to them in some retrospective sense. so in the candy timeline you've got fascist jane and bolshevik-lite revolutionary karkat at war with each other... my thought was, okay, what if the universe conspired to match them up together at an early enough age that they could have some kind of influence on each other's politics? and janekat, i dunno, it's such a cursed ship, it's like scientifically engineered to annoy a particular subsect of homestuck fans who think davekat is sacred. no one in this fandom appreciates divorce fever enough btw, that's why i made sure to shatter rosemary. death to endgame ships!!!

anyway janekat is so obnoxiously cursed i saw it as a challenge. because the thing is that the epilogues have several VERY cursed ships. difference is i find they lean a bit too hard into a sort of meanness about them, so the most important thing for me was to do it in a way that felt GENUINE. blackrom forced-communization janekat has some gas. but it can't be easy, you know? it goes so much deeper than just whether or not jane has money or is a CEO. because capitalism on earth c is a weird superfluous ghost that i don't think functions in any meaningful sense? when she says it's a cultural thing i don't see that as entirely ingenuine. ideology runs deep, and what makes jane perfect for this role at this particular moment in godfeels is that we can peel back her layers with karkat before things get too far-gone for that to make a difference.

but all that aside i just think girlboss jane is fun to write. it's actually amazing how far i've come from early godfeels, when the prospect of writing the alphas TERRIFIED me. i think my earliest roxy shows that in a big way, though i also think that's metatextually quite fitting given her voidy thing. now i LOVE writing the alphas! jake and jane especially have become treasured inclusions, precisely because they're just so fucking obstinate. they put up such a Face and refuse to acknowledge that it's performance. it is a really gratifying challenge as a writer, just overall, trying to keep all of these goddamned characters feeling unique and themselves. i don't know if i always pull it off but it's so much fun to try!

[maeskia]

Todd

Todd was never hopeless.  He was the creature of the Mistress Maeskia.  Everyone always asked about him, talked to him, and even tried to hold his hand.

Todd was powerful like Maeskia.  Even more well-loved than her.  Loved like Navar loved his pickles.   Todd would keep those pickles warm in his belly for Navar.

Tonight however the man with two voices had gotten too close.  He stood too close to Maeskia and the man of pretty words.  So close that the two voices could be heard by Todd.

So Todd ran, ran far, fast, and even missed grabbing the rat for dinner.   

Without the Mistress to boss him around, he did not know how to do things.  When he needed a bath, she tossed him in the water.  When it was time to go outside, she tossed him out the door and locked it.  

Now he ran but did not know where.  Pickles and Navar did drift into his voidy murloc mind.  His new friend lived in the home of the man who created Maeskia’s spawnling.  He knew the Mistress often talked about burning the place down.   “GRULP LLP RUP”  Todd roared on a mission.

He would not show fear, he would not be helpless.  He would burn down the apartment.  Then the mistress would be proud.

@navarr-esthelian Aey, and Sczar

[agrumpylonelyhome]

What Hermit got for his family

~Beatrix~

-Of course he got her something space related outfit wise

-Bee plush

-Honey and candy

-Honey scented perfume (she asked)

~Sakura~

-A kimono and fan (she wanted)

-Some other outfits

-Stuff to decorate her room how she wants

-A big surprise waiting outside

-Some dolls (you guessed, she wanted)

~Voidy~

-Things to swirl his hair with

-A wally plush version of himself

-Appols

-His own room

-Some colored inks to do stuff with

~Wanderer Wally (from his duo)~

-Appol

-Lava hot tub so he takes a flipping bath for once

-A planner so he has to write down times to eat and such

-A fancy night robe (simp)

-A blue void flower with red speckles in a pot

~Wanderer Home (also from his duo)~

-Chew toys

-A flower like Wally's but it's red with gold speckles in a pot

-Chocolate dipped strawberries

-Also a robe but maybe in different colors

-Hermit, Wally, and Home figurines made out of glass

~Greenie~

-Likely also a flower from the void

-Sugar water (she needs to drink that she just doesn't want to)

-One big surprise waiting at her world (yes, an actual bed)

-Flower and butterfly pillows

-Flower books

~NB~

-A schedule where she has to take breaks

-New outfits

-Comfy sleepwear

-Makeup

-A new pair of shoes

~The eggs~

-Baby toys for when they hatch