#future thoughts

[frogmoisturethief]

It’s over.

Maybe I’ve learned something from this. Maybe it’s that I need to push myself harder to be more diligent.

But maybe it’s that a calculated average does not make a person. Nor does it make a life.

This year has been the first that most times I felt truly unaffected by my grades. It has so far been the happiest year of my life. Naturally I am aware that the fullness of my joy I owe to the most wonderful man I have ever met. Still, I cannot help but believe that part of this positive outlook has been due to not worrying about things that I do not excel in.

Education is important.

I am young. I need to live, or else when look back, the societal shine of my academic achievements will be engulfed by the dark and consuming grief of memories that were not made. Memories of

Love

Spontaneity

Contentment

Peace and

Excitement and

Pre-marital bliss.

I do not know where life will take me, but I am certain I do not want to follow if it leads to riches and misery.

It would be better to know great joy than to know great wealth.

I do not know where life will take me. We shall see.

[legion-transcendent]

@bothsidesofaquestion gets a Starter.

   David sits on the Astral Beach, unblinking gaze staring into the infinite, swirling impossibilities of the empyrean. He is thinking. He never stops thinking. In this moment he contemplates trees and the rot in their roots. He thinks of nations and their decay. He thinks of a future better than this and wonders what he can do to achieve it. David thinks of the inevitability of collapse and whether he can find a way to soften its devastation.

   The rainbow mottled hand of his astral form strokes a thumb across the cranium of a skull that rests on his knee. The skull is his father’s, taken from the remains of Charles Xavier not too long ago. A necessary death to keep Onslaught from causing greater carnage. A death that could not stick in this new, near-immortal mutant nation.

    Not the first time you’ve killed him, comes a thought unbidden.

   His features twitch, his jaw setting. David shoves that thought away, deep, and goes back to the business of rotten roots. An idea is forming in his brain, but he feels uncertain. As much as he tries to project control and confidence these days doubt is always a close companion. Always making him question his ideas and the validity of them. He’s made so many mistakes in his life. Had so many moments of good intention that became tragedy. Makes it difficult to trust that he is walking the correct path.

    David needs a second opinion.

    < Kurt >, David projects his words right into Nightcrawler’s mind. < I have an idea I wanna run by you. >

   The skull beneath David’s hand vanishes, reappearing in a hidden place in the depths of David’s mind. To be seen holding such a thing will do his reputation little good. Better to keep that morbid habit to himself. He too vanishes from his spot on the beach, his body deconstructing itself into shimmering rainbow dust. He coalesces again right in the middle of Kurt’s office located inside the base of the Legionnaires. Technically Legion is a part of this team but often his mind is occupied by greater things than policing Krakoa’s poorly thought-out laws, even if he is always on hand and ready to assist when needed.

    “Do you have time?” he asks, hands clasped behind his back and posture straight. The image of discipline and control. What he needs to be to exist here, and be accepted in his father’s nation.

[blueeagles-world]

This is what I want to see the first day of the rest of my life.

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[dem0nyo]

☆ six hairstyles!!!!1! (no idea what to title this) ☆

a bit random, but i guess the common theme here is micro bangs. suitable for your vampires and darkly-inclined simmies (or whoever really). most of these were wips from last year and the way i make hairs has changed a bit since, but thought i'd still share them.

unedited CAS screenshots and more info under the cut.

BGC

feminine frame

24 EA swatches + 17 extras

teen-elder

hat compatible

all LODS, all maps

TOU

✧‧₊˚ DOWNLOAD: Patreon (FREE) | SFS ‧₊˚✧

thank you so much for the support <3 if there are any issues, please lmk

still not sure if i like render previews so i included CAS pics anyway. renders are nice looking but they don’t accurately preview how CC looks in-game and they can take a long time, at least on my PC still running on 2017 hardware. my GPU is decent but everything else, not so much. anyway...

Maila 🦇 (7377 polys)

named after Maila Nurmi aka Vampira, this is a Chelsea cut with v-shaped bangs and pigtails. this was actually a request i did last year based on someone's OC. idk if they have a Tumblr, but shoutout to them anyway <3

Rosario 📿 (16625 polys)

another older one. i'm thinking about making this unisex but i'm so dejected rn i don't feel like opening Blender for a bit (someday tho). it's not locked to fem frames but it will clip with the neck when put on masc frames.

Odette ⚰ (15485 polys)

based on this one hairstyle i saw on Pinterest, i can't find it for some reason even though i made this fairly recently.

Lucinda ☀ (19814 polys)

wavy jellyfish cut, this is the most recent one i made. it’s for an OC of mine and it's probably my favorite out of all these. maybe.

Yesenia 🕷 (10869 polys)

just a little edit of the L&D updo, nothing too special. made this when the pack just came out. i could’ve done more with it and added more strands because i like to suffer but it’s fine.

Valentina 🖤 (17332 polys)

idk honestly. this was meant to be for personal use but i thought it was cute enough to share.

[healingcreationspnw]

The Sound of the Storm

[jiliannerosecady]

CONT: Twitter (“X”) is using technology and dark energy to perform mind control or at the very least, destroy the collective mind of the mass population. This advanced AI technology predicts a user’s future reactions regarding events and tv, and then posting them with bot accounts onto your timeline. To simplify, you’re seeing your own future thoughts ALL down your timeline. Even “hit” tweets are fake and those that are posted by real accounts (no algorithm is perfect!) these tweets will continue to get lost in the X abyss, unsearchable for anyone to reference. Even the majority of accounts replying to these posts on your timeline will be bots. People will essentially be having conversations with their future selves. The most dangerous tweets are those asking for others to share their thoughts about specific trending shows. The worst will be posts where everyone (mostly bots) will share their thoughts on ANY show currently trending. These posts which will be “top” posts and contain a large amount of the dark, technological energy which fast tracks the effect it has on your mind.

Some will recognize this pattern in the algorithm and see this as an advantage, like they can control or predict the future, or that their fate is already decided for them and no action is needed on their part except to exist and scroll to see a preview of next week. This is intentional by the creators, and will be true but only for a short time. Once the mind has become used to this pattern, it will become dangerously easy for those behind the scheme to load your timeline with bias, ‘fake news’ and extremism opinions but the problem will be that people won’t see the difference - they will believe these are their actual thoughts in effect manifesting the desires of the people in charge. Soon the human brain will become so ‘infected’ with this virus it will be mush and have an incredibly difficult time determining what is real and what is fake in all areas of life. A brain like this is in perfect condition to mold. I’ll explain how to recognize “infected” media in later paragraphs.

As mentioned before, the bots on your timeline will be curated to your specific data set. This data is collected from your voice notes, messages, purchases, any login account with an email, tv shows and movies you watch, your search history etc. The data collected will be used to create a holistic profile of you in the digital form.

Towards the end of the year, enough people will have downloaded the MGM+ software that those in charge will have a large enough test group (most of the population) to push their production forward in full motion. Pitches will then be made to the larger streaming companies offering them unlimited data on a silver platter. If they agree to “join the team” (*cough* the dark side) they will receive access to ALL data gathered by the technology on ANY platform and device. Through this and the ability to read and steal information from devices just nearby, the technology will infiltrate almost every facet of the internet infecting the population as a whole. When the truth comes to light, those who joined after will make excuses and claim they didn’t know the extent of the technology’s power/influence but do not believe them. They are fully aware of the consequences on humanity and will know what they’re doing is morally wrong. They will see the profit potential and sign everyone’s data over. Phone applications will join the team as well. The effect is limitless and disastrous.

In a couple years, people will realize what X and TV shows are doing as they share their experiences IN PERSON and realize it’s not in their heads and that everyone is experiencing the same phenomena. But because all timelines are curated, many people will just call themselves crazy and brush it off never mentioning it to anyone. Around this time legal teams will read the fine print discovering gaps that will allow the ringleaders to avoid conviction and continue their project but the courts will not be able to convict because the technology is SO advanced and complex the current legislature governing technology will rule they aren’t doing anything wrong (legally). Lawmakers will realize the disastrous consequence its having on the country and it will scare them into trying to pass laws that would allow them to take action. However they will be gridlocked for several years, there will be a LOT of resistance from hired lobbyists and it will take many years until they pass but they WILL pass. In the end, select people will go to jail but by then the damage will be done and irreversible for many.

This virus also affects the human mind visually. The first effect experienced is the timeline scrolling box. This “hallucination” (it’s real so I’m not sure if there’s a better word to use, maybe “vision”?) will be the first concerning signal to many that something is wrong. When interacting with media posts on X, users will already be scrolling the timeline aimlessly just continuing to train the brain and take in the effects. When consuming this media off X, infected minds will see a small window of a timeline. It will be transparent-ish but clear enough that can see tweets as you experience it in the 3D. The window will scroll until you experience a thought or reaction that you saw previously on your timeline days, weeks or months ago. The brain will usually pause on this post trying to figure out what the eyes are seeing and why. The brain will recognize these posts as having been seen before and the individual will experience deja vu as the mind points them out. Many of the posts mimick the format and verbiage of “top posts” leading you to believe this was a post you’ve seen from a ‘real’ account. The box will stay in your vision like a black spot when you stare at a bright light for too long, and depending on how often you sit down to consume media using this technology, the longer the box will stay. A few people will realize this pattern and remove themselves from all media. Those who took a break from media consumption and then come back out of boredom or sheer addiction will be able to recognize which shows contain the technology. After a few days the box will become more transparent maybe disappearing if you’ve held out long enough. Once your brain comes back in contact with the diseased media the scrolling box will be back.

Shows that haven’t yet adopted the technology will not trigger a scrolling box and you will not experience the Deja vu effects. You will have no thoughts just focusing on the show itself just as it’s always been, up until now. This is how you can discern high media the technology has infiltrated. Of course it will come to a point where the technology has spread to all content so this discernment between media items will no longer be an advantage. The gap between the tech eras will be too wide to overcome. If an individual hasn’t taken a break from infected media, the brain will have an extremely difficult time recognizing that something is wrong as the box occurs subtly and becomes more familiar to the mind as it continues to be exposed to technology. The sooner someone leaves social media the better - unfortunately the mass population is addicted to either scrolling, watching TV or both resulting in the majority of people unable to see the effect it’s taking on their mind until it’s too late.

For those who recognize the sickness in themselves and or others, they will limit their media consumption and turn to print media. Print media will make a huge comeback and books will become scarce. Podcasts will be 50-50, depending on the host and their guests, but this won’t be a part of the technological virus expansion. It’ll be more so ‘fake news’ and trying to influence bias opinions on society like the general internet has been doing.

Things you can do to take action:

1) Remove phone numbers, emails, birthdays, ANY from ALL apps and websites on every device (phone, laptop, tablet, TVs, etc.). DELETE the app, not just remove it from your home screen. The software needs to be uninstalled.

2) Remove your information from streaming services, cancel your subscriptions, and delete/uninstall the app. If you can’t quit cold Turkey you MUST delete Twitter and MGM+. These are the co-conspirators and the foundation of this plan.

3) Delete ALL online accounts and create a new email for things you absolutely NEED it for (like a bank) and never get it out otherwise or save it digitally. Emails are what is going to link your accounts together combining all the data under your digital profile.

4) Remove all saved passwords and make new ones for each thing you ABSOLUTELY need it for. Don’t save them to your phone, write them down.

5) Remove face ID and Apple Pay.

6) STAY OFF SOCIAL MEDIA.

[plutonicbees]

save a horse (the sequel) 🐎

[prlssprfctn]

Bruce: I never got to see Dick's first reaction to the alcohol, because he tried it before as a kid. Same with Jason, he drank it without me being around. Tim got on his first party with alcohol behind my back.

Bruce: But at least I have Damian. Can't wait for his 21st birthday.

Dick: Yeah, I bet he would have a funny reaction, too!

Jason, sweating nervously, because he made little Damian sip on beer back when they were in the LoA: Y-yeah. C-can't wait.

[ao3commentoftheday]

Get his ass 🗡🗡 - an Ides AO3 skin

Get the code (and instructions for how to use it) on github

(note: when scrolling, works written by other people will have the same cream background as the site, but works written by you will have a yellow background)

[fehck]

[saphstories]

"If this date goes well we could get married and have a baby girl MUST PROTECT NO BOYS ESPECIALLY NO FAKERS oh Chaos WHAT IF if she's anything like Amy then OH NO not a Faker-In-Law with his TINY-FAKER SPAWNS oh SWEET GAIA SPARE ME nah youre overreacting Sonic just chill no way that could happen faker's been gone for a long time you got nothing to worry about..."

Working on My Gal and I love his stupid face in this panel.

Please reblog or comment with a caption for his thought bubble, I want to be entertained! ψ(｀∇´)ψ

[laddersofsweetmisery]

I don't see enough people mourning over the slow death of physical media. And I don't just mean TV shows, video games, or movies--which don't even get me started about how we don't really 'own' anything anymore. It includes notes, journals, and letters to one another...so much of our history is lost when we lose a password, a website goes down, a file/hardware is corrupted, or a platform disappears. History that doesn't seem important until you no longer have access to it. Physical media does a lot for memory recall. How many memories will we lose because we don't have something tangible to tie it back to? Something to hold in our hands and stir up those memories we thought were once lost? Sometimes I wonder what the difference between burning a book and losing access to physical media is when someone can pull the plug and remove your access so easily.

[nidbaesenpai]

Happy one year anniversary ISAT! To celebrate I wanted to share the lil strips I made for my friends when they reached the end of the game! They're all meant to be snippets of life post game and a glimpse into the world I'm making for Loop.

[technically-human]

You've got so much to learn

[almondw23]

me and whoooo </3