#fixed-ish now

[ominouspuff]

GUT. PUNCHER. PLEASE. Ö

(also I see the Plo Coon WIP and I’m in the microwave)

In an instant CC-2224 sees the blue on the other clone and recognizes his enemy — knows it is CT-7567 and knows the name he took and the color of his hair.

All that is in him that is screaming — was (always?) screaming — quietens. His finger does not depress upon the trigger. His hand does not twitch towards the backup blaster on his hip.

An instant, a moment, a breath, and a single thought—

I’m no soldier.

CT-7567’s finger is as quick as he knew it would be. Between one moment and the next, Cody is free.

———

Re: Plo Coon — huehue, yess get microwaved (affectionate) (I’m very excited to show you)

[kyurochurro]

exploring the woods with some little buddies!!🌿

[falconfate]

Hello ranger’s apprentice fandom can we talk real quick about the stupidest thing Flanagan ever wrote

It’s about the bows. Yanno, the rangers’ Iconique™️ main weapon. That one. You know the one.

Flanagan. Flanagan why are your rangers using longbows.

“uh well recurve arrows drop faster” BUT DO THEY. FLANAGAN. DO THEY.

the answer is no they don’t. Compared to a MODERN, COMPOUND (aka cheating) bow, yes, but compared to a longbow? Y’know, what the rangers use in canon? Yeah no a recurve actually has a FLATTER trajectory. It drops LATER.

This from an article comparing the two:

“Both a longbow and a recurve bow, when equipped with the right arrow and broadhead combination, are capable of taking down big game animals. Afterall, hunters have been doing it for centuries with both types of bows.

However, generally speaking and all things equal, a recurve bow will offer more arrow speed, creating a flatter flight trajectory and retain more kinetic energy at impact.

The archers draw length, along with the weight of the arrow also affect speed and kinetic energy. However, the curved design of the limbs on a recurve adds to its output of force.”

It doesn’t actually mention ANY distance in range! And this is from a resource for bow hunting, which, presumably, WOULD CARE ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING!

Okay so that’s just. That’s just the first thing.

The MAIN thing is that even accounting for “hur dur recurves drop faster” LONGBOWS ARE STILL THE STUPID OPTION.

Longbows, particularly and especially ENGLISH longbows, are—as their name suggests—very long. English longbows in particular are often as tall or taller than their wielder even while strung, but especially when unstrung. An unstrung longbow is a very long and expensive stick, one that will GLADLY entangle itself in nearby trees, other people’s clothes, and any doorway you’re passing through.

And yes, there are shorter longbows, but at that point if you’re shortening your longbow, just get a goddamn recurve. And Flanagan makes a point to compare his rangers’ bows to the Very Long English Longbow.

Oh, do you know how the Very Long English Longbow was mostly historically militarily used? BY ON-FOOT ARCHER UNITS. Do you know what they’re TERRIBLE for? MOUNTED ARCHERY.

Trust me. Go look up right now “mounted archery longbow.” You’ll find MAYBE one or two pictures of some guy on a horse struggling with a big stick; mostly you will actually see either mounted archers with RECURVES, or comparisons of Roman longbow archers to Mongolian horse archers (which are neat, can’t lie, I love comparing archery styles like that).

Anyway. Why are longbows terrible for mounted archery? Because they’re so damn long. Think about it: imagine you’re on a horse. You’re straddling a beast that can think for itself and moves at your command, but ultimately independently of you; if you’re both well-trained enough, you’re barely paying attention to your horse except to give it commands. And you have a bow in your hands. If your target is close enough to you that you know, from years of shooting experience, you will need to actually angle your bow down to hit it because of your equine height advantage, guess what? If you have a longbow, YOU CAN’T! YOUR HORSE IS IN THE WAY BECAUSE YOUR BOW IS TOO LONG! Worse, it’s probably going to get in the general area of your horse’s shoulder or legs, aka moving parts, which WILL injure your horse AND your bow and leave you fresh out of both a getaway vehicle and a ranged weapon. It’s stupid. Don’t do it.

A recurve, on the other hand, is short. It was literally made for horse archers. You have SO much range of motion with a recurve on horseback; and if you’re REALLY good, you know how to give yourself even more, with techniques like Jamarkee, a Turkish technique where you LITERALLY CAN AIM BACKWARDS.

For your viewing enjoyment, Serena Lynn of Texas demonstrating Jamarkee:

Yes, that’s real! This type of draw style is INCREDIBLY versatile: you can shoot backwards on horseback, straight down from a parapet or sally port without exposing yourself as a target, or from low to the ground to keep stealthy without banging your bow against the ground. And, while I’m sure you could attempt it with a longbow, I wouldn’t recommend it: a recurve’s smaller size makes it far more maneuverable up and over your head to actually get it into position for a Jamarkee shot.

A recurve just makes so much more SENSE. It’s not a baby bow! It’s not the longbow’s lesser cousin! It’s a COMPLETELY different instrument made to be used in a completely different context! For the rangers of Araluen, who put soooo much stock in being stealthy and their strong bonds with their horses, a recurve is the perfect fit! It’s small and easily transportable, it’s more maneuverable in combat and especially on horseback, it offers more power than a longbow of the same draw weight—really, truly, the only advantage in this case that a longbow has over the recurve is that longbows are quicker and easier to make. But we KNOW the rangers don’t care about that, their KNIVES use a forging technique (folding) that takes several times as long as standard Araluen forging practices at the time!

Okay.

Okay I think I’m done. For now.

[some-creep]

Dancing with Myself

[chevalperd]

hi guys i made a person!! an alien stage person, possibly for season 40!! her name is clementine and in my free time i imagine deconstructing her sanity brick by brick :D

thank you @/shakingparadigm for the templates!!

this is probably going to be a wall of text...please bear with my ramblings lmao

she/her pronouns, probably pan? who knows. she certainly doesn't

outwardly very silly with a childish attitude that most people think she should've grown out of by now, always smiling, class clown kind of vibe. dad joke generation machine. names and mentally befriends inanimate objects. gives good advice and knows how to be serious in dire straits, but generally seems to take nothing seriously

her guardian is an erratic type who bought her seeking to make money off alien stage, and when she's not at the garden they fluctuate between pushing her aside into isolation for weeks so she won't bother them, lavish generosity after she does something that makes them money, and taking out their anger on her through extreme temperature torture. so.

stemming from that kind of "upbringing," clem's internal thought process is a bit more—not exactly calculating, but more careful than she appears, always monitoring other people's emotions and motivations to brace herself for their reactions. if someone shows the slightest sign of anger, she'll keep talking and smiling, but in her head she's in fight or flight mode, planning escape routes for herself and the people she cares about

on those lines, she's very much an empath and generally is good at reading people (unless they are specifically unreadable people. then they kind of scare her, but in a "wow. can i be friends with you, i would like to get to know you better mostly because i like you but also a little bit because i will not feel safe until i know you better!!" kind of way). her biggest strength in singing is her emotional quality, regarding both her emotions in her singing and the emotions she arouses in her audience. she expresses emotions in music that she doesn't let herself express otherwise, and she has so much of those emotions bottled up that it adds to their potency when she's singing

she generally loves other people and wants to be friends with everyone which is a little stupid but maybe she wants to be stupid

ultimately her false optimism and "silly >:3" presentation is less a façade and more a coping mechanism. she's perfectly aware that staying positive means nothing towards her survival in this system, but it's the only thing keeping her sane and insanity is honestly scarier to her than death is. (also maybe it'll make someone else happy, and then her existence will mean something)

her hair is a genetic modification to make her stand out, implemented by her owner a year or so after she came to the garden. she was a little kid with an attachment to her pretty dark hair and cried about it for about ten minutes (that was probably the most recent time she let herself cry) but decided it was cool and a dumb thing to be so sad about, especially when the choice never belonged to her. nobody else remembers her dark hair, anyway

likes to be called silly nicknames like clem or clemmie but never asks for it, obviously

TL;DR: the ">:D!!!" is but a shell for the paranoia within.

no friends (yet...looks at you with giant eyes)

this is a lot longer and more revealing than i wanted it to be already, so um. the rest of her lore must be unlocked through tortuous side quests!!

i hope you like my silly repressed daughter :D

[blu-ish]

This is how the game went right? (Played some Sonic Forces again on my Xbox cuz i'm super cool.)

[moonwoodhollow]

meet-cute with the local vampire police officer at the harbor diner

[b4kuch1n]

genre of chillin

[sorivii]

You know my Raph peepaw AU, no? Okey anyway, Shelldon being able to carry a older Raph will never not be funny to me. Like he did NOT expect them to carry him without a problem, Donnie made them sturdy for sureeee.😂😂

[sunlightfeeling]

Boku no Ikiru Michi: Episode 2 (2003)

[skullzy20]

Boo, fursona jumpscare

Full body markings under cut

[prince-aegon-targaryen]

Would anyone care for a fic where it’s 16/18 years later into Aegon’s reign (no dance of the dragons) where the next generation is all grown up. Either from Jaehaera or Visenya’s pov?

[tobythetrashyartist]

hey, do yall remember how this reigen panel was being redrawn a couple months ago- 🫣

[fiendishartist2]

today i bring you random tma doodles. tomorrow? who knows.......

[bigothteddies]

you’re not gonna become a better person by finding new friends who tell you it’s not your fault btw

[mobblespsycho100]

t4t laios toshiro exactly the same relationship but toshiro realised young that she was a girl n has never met another trans person so seeing laios transition after meeting her just continues to perplex and frustrate her (she wants to Fix laios so bad but by god she's annoying. kabru can do it instead ig)

HELPMe yeah yeah truly a t4t love story for the ages