#human lightning rods

[archivist-crow]

On this day:

HUMAN LIGHTNING RODS

On May 20, 1946, in Kenton, Ohio, Charles Brown was struck by lightning for the tenth time while at the public library checking out a book. Brown is one of a handful of individuals known as human lightning rods.

Roy Cleveland Sullivan, a forest ranger from Waynesboro, Virginia, was hit seven times over thirty-six years. In 1942, while he on duty in a fire lookout tower, a lightning strike removed his toenail. In 1969, lightning scorched his eyebrows and knocked him unconscious. The 1970 hit, in his own yard, burned his shoulder. In 1972 and 1973, lightning set fire to his hair. He began to carry a container of water around after the first incident, and he used it to put himself out after the second incident, which also tossed him from his vehicle and knocked a shoe off. In 1976, a campground lightning strike injured his ankle. Hit while fishing in 1977, he was hospitalized for burns to his chest and stomach. His charred ranger hats are displayed in the Guinness World Record exhibit halls.

Carl Mize, affectionately known as Sparky, has been hit four times. Mize was first struck in 1978 when he was a bull rider in the rodeo circuit; he grabbed the handle of his pickup just as it was hit by lightning. In 1996, Mize explains, lightning "hit the tree and went over into a street light pole and knocked the top of it and followed that cable around to where I was working on it.... It went through my arm and then back out of my chest." In 1999 he was holding onto a swing chain when struck. In 2005, lightning blew a hole in the bottom of his shoe. "The guy that rides in the truck with me, he wants hazardous duty pay now," Mize said.

Text from: Almanac of the Infamous, the Incredible, and the Ignored by Juanita Rose Violins, published by Weiser Books, 2009

[amethystfox4]

I had an idea an I drew it.

Idk if it makes any sense sorry if it dosen't

Heres a part 2 -->link

[thatgenderfluidmonstrosity]

Art for Humanized Cars characters! Not the best of the best, but I like them.

Shout out to Leland Turbo and Rod Redline for being some of my favorite characters despite having less than 10 minutes of screen time 💀

[seagrass-obsessions]

Cars doodles <3

[irisbaggins]

The novelisation of the Phantom Menace has made me so incredibly sad, where little Anakin sees an injured Tusken and decides to disobey Watto to sit by the Raider until he wakes up. Anakin has such a deep, loving heart that he was willing to suffer the consequences of disobedience to make sure a Tusken Raider would be safe, a being he was taught all his life were brutal and cruel. And in this chapter, Anakin admits that the only thing that truly scares him, is of losing his mother. That juxtaposition, that note of I will care for this creature to I fear losing my mother, put so much more weight onto AOTC, and of Anakin's rage. He broke, and he lost himself to his rage. When faced with what he did, he rages against the world and his actions, before breaking down into further sobs at the loss of his mother and the actions he made. His worst fear was realised, and he became the monster that everyone claimed the Tuskens to be.

It'll be interesting to read the AOTC novelisation, to see if this scene is ever called back to. I just find it interesting, and further showcases the depths of Anakin's feelings and compassion, as well as the pitfalls that such strong emotions come with. For if you feel compassion and love as deeply as Anakin does, so will you feel the destructive nature of all of your rage. And that, that is Anakin's biggest weakness; he feels too strongly to ever truly control it.

[blueskittlesart]

these anons concern me so fucking much is it not normal to want the best for link. i spend five hours cooking meals for my boy and riding around on my horses what the hell are yall doing

HES BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH I JUST WANT HIM TO BE HAPPY :( my second playthrough i made him sit by the old man's fire for like 2 days immediately after waking up because he needs REST. if no one in-universe will help the poor kid I WILL.

[dustylovelyrun]

Hey, I just had the oddest thought.

Not like an odd-odd sort of thought, but more along the veins of something that ‘hey, neato, a lot of people might actually do that’ but you, as a person, never quite do, and thus forget is a thing that can happen - 

But how many of y’all know what your ocs look like?

Just in general, or vague pieces?

I’m not sure if it’s just because it’s 6:18am and I’m not a morning person and have thus fallen into idle and very belated realizations as a direct result, but it’s starting to occur to me that when @ieppiq tagged me in a picrew thing in 2020 that it might’ve been because everyone else lowkey might know.

[flower-power1968]

Updates self insert sheet :3

(Click for better quality)

[grunge-mermaid]

I should not have checked twitter one last time before bed jesus fucking christ people the whole fucking purpose of the CN Tower is to be a lightning rod that is literally what it was built for calm your tits about it being struck by lightning

[knuppitalism-with-ue]

A recent #paleostream sketch showing the giant pterosaur Thanatosdrakon being scarred by lightning strike. These branchung scars are called Lichtenberg figures and can also appear in modern animals and humans

Images like these below were an inspiration for this piece. Pterosaurs are best known from being able to fly, but azhdarchids appear to be very active on the ground and with their held up, long necks you can imagine that they made pretty good lightning rods. Some might have survived it.

[incorrectbatfam]

How do the bats spend a rainy day?

Alfred: It's raining quite hard. Master Bruce, where are the children?

Bruce, getting up: I'll find them.

[outside]

Duke: *rolls out a tarp*

Bruce: What are you doing?

Duke: An environmentally friendly slip 'n slide.

Duke: *starts sliding*

Bruce: *scoops him up halfway through and slings him over his shoulder*

Jason, yelling at the sky: I WAS READING HERE!

Jason: *starts shooting the clouds*

Bruce: *confiscates the gun and grabs Jason by the scruff*

Tim: *standing in the garden with a lightning rod*

Bruce: Why— never mind.

Bruce: *makes him put the rod down and picks him up*

Steph: *surrounded by buckets*

Bruce: What are you doing?

Steph: Collecting free water. Do you have any idea what utilities cost these days?

Bruce: One: it's Gotham, the rain has a pH of 2. Two: you don't have to wait out here.

Steph: Fair.

Steph: *climbs onto Bruce's back*

Bruce: Where's Dick?

Jason: Showering behind the tree.

Bruce: Does anyone have a towel?

Duke: *offers the slip 'n slide tarp*

Bruce: Close enough.

Bruce, tossing it to Dick: Put this on and go inside. And where's Damian?

Dick: Bathing Bat-Cow.

Bruce: *walks by the barn and picks Damian up*

Damian, squirming: I demand to be transported like a Robin!

Bruce: Sorry, son. Best I can do is the human duffle.

Bruce: *finds a makeshift shelter*

Bruce: What the—

Cass: *pops out brandishing her stick*

Bruce: Did you make this?

Cass: *nods*

Bruce: What for?

Cass: Survival.

Bruce: The house is right there.

Bruce: *carries her over his other shoulder*

[inside]

Bruce, putting them all down: Everyone go dry off.

The kids: *leave*

Alfred: *hands Bruce the mop*

Alfred: You tracked water all over the place. Next time, don't fool around in this kind of weather.

[mischefous]

Hello!! LU requests? 👀 With your outstanding art??

Hmm (I have many ideas, choose one if you want)

1- Someone uses a lightning rod/tool and it somehow hits Sky too. His right hand and arm hurt so much he faints, the others take off his glove and roll up his sleeve and notice how it is gull of lightning scars

2- Twilight gets hit where Dink got him last time. The cut reopens, Time brings him away again but this time Twilight is human and Time can't hold the tears

3- This time it's Time that gets hit and Twilight brings him away

4- Four. Corrupted. :) Bonus if Legend fights him to prevent him from hurting the others

5- Wars gets hit by Dink (hw reference?)

so many choices! I went with #2 hehe. the ANGST

OK I KNOW I said I wasn't gonna do comics for these requests but AGH this one had a hold on me. But at the same time, this took longer than expected T3T . ALSO I LOVE those other ideas too! might come back to one of them later hehe

I hope ya like it @bluesdesk!

CW! blood

sorry yall don't get to see the other boys engaged in the battle around them, I have trouble with drawing too many characters on screen. it looks over-crowded when I do😅

OML i just realised theres a spelling mistake. Bruh

edit: fixed it.

[niqhtlord01]

Humans are weird: Minecraft

Alien: What is the point of this game? Human: It doesn’t have one; you can do whatever you want. Alien: Can I burn this world and leave nothing but ash? Human: Disturbingly specific but go ahead.

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Alien: How do I get wood? Human: Punch some trees. Alien: ……….. Alien: Punch some trees. Human: Yup. Alien: Are you mocking me? Human: What? Alien: Do you think I’m some sort of joke? Alien: An object of ridicule for your amusement!? Human: Okay, before you over react let me just show you. Alien: *Starts reaching for sword when they see the human literally start punching trees for wood* Alien: Oh. *Puts sword away* My apologies. -------------

Human: Why aren’t you playing? Alien: There is a monster in my home. Human: Is it an ender man? Alien: No. Human: Skeleton? Alien: No. Human: Creeper? Alien: Nope. Human: ………… Human: Zombie? Alien: Thwarp no. Human: *Takes controller and goes inside the house* What could it possibly be- *Sees creature* Human: That is a pig. Alien: It is the stuff of nightmares. Human: What the hell is scary about a pig? Alien: Look into its eyes. Alien: It has no soul; no remorse. ----------------

Alien: What are you making? Human: A doomsday device. Alien: Are you allowed to build that on a public server? Alien: Surely the admins would seek to stop you. Human: They can’t stop it if they can’t find it. Alien: What did you build? Human: I placed a claim block, fifty blocks down, and started a cow farm. Alien: That doesn’t sound so bad. Human: There are currently five hundred cows in a four block pen. Human: I have seen the amount of lag it generates drive men to madness. Alien: You are the worst of your species. ---------------

Alien: How goes it? Human: I’ve created a massive creeper farm. Alien: Dear gods why?!?! Human: I want to see what happens when one of them is hit by lightning. Alien: Why? Human: I heard that it turns them into a super creeper. Alien: Why would you want to make the sentient explosive even deadlier? Human: To leave as a surprise for that griefer who blew up my chicken farm last week. Alien: Ah. ----------------

Alien: What are you building today? Human: A nether portal Alien: Is that the purple doorway thing in front of you? Human: Yup. Alien: What does it do? Human: It’s a portal to this world’s version of hell. Alien: WHAT?! Alien: Is that not dangerous? Human: I mean, I want glow stone for my city; and the only place to get glow stone is in the nether. Alien: I weep for this world that has you as its caretaker.   ---------------

Alien: Why is all the sand from my beach gone? Human: Needed it. Alien: For what? Human: Copious amounts of TNT. Alien: Do I even want to know why? Human: Remember that village that I defended only for the golem to attack me? Alien: Yeah. Human: Good. Human: Because that memory of yours is all that is left of it. -----------

*stumbling down extensive mine network to find human friend deep underground.* Alien: You ever coming topside again? Alien: I just found these things called “Pandas” and they are adorable. Human: Not until I find a diamond. Alien: Oh gods, here we go again. Human: There’s only fucking copper down here! Human: What the hell can I even use for copper!?! Alien: I think you can make lightning rods out of them. Human: Oh yeah, sure, lightning rods. Human: I’m sure those will be useful SIXTY BLOCKS UNDERGROUND!!!! ------------

Human: What’s this? Alien: I’ve created an elaborate rail system that will allow me to transfer the citizens of one village to another village to make it a super village! Human: Isn’t that considered kidnapping and human trafficking? Alien: ……….. -------------

Alien: I have created these five iron golems to protect my home. Alien: Nothing shall destroy it while I am away! *Alien leaves into mines* *Returns after an hour of mining to find the entire home destroyed by creepers* Alien: What the flarp! Alien: Where are my go- *Turns to see all five golems distracted by some flowers* -------------

Alien: Something just occurred to me. Human: What’s that? Alien: If you can use the portal to this nether, why can’t things down there use it to escape? Human: Pfft. Human: That’s impossible. Alien: Is it? Human: *Dramatic pause before sprinting over to portal with alien behind him* *Both arrive to find legion of pigmen pouring out from the portal* Alien: Congratulations, you created the end times. Alien: I hope that glow stone was worth it. Human: *draws sword* It really was.

[cassettemoon]

Ninja squad line up!

Notes under the cut

Lloyd's oni/dragon features are fluid! His eyes are usually, as mrsnaildood said, Spotify green but they'll turn red the more tired he is. His fingers and toes are smudged but not as dark as his dad.

Jay is completely blind in his left eye, and has a lot of Lichtenberg scars up that side of his body. He could probably lightning bend like ATLA and pass the lighting through his body instead of being the lightning rod. He and Nya have the most actual metal armor of the group! His straps are attached to like, a little backpack or something.

Kai has poor vision in the eye opposite Jay! He still has light perception and near sight, but far sight is blurry and his depth perception isn't the best. Half of his shirts have low necklines because he paid for this flat chest and he is going to make it your problem. He has burn marks up both arms. He usually has eyeliner! I forgot it! Just realized that now!

Nya has a tiny bit of sectoral heterochromia after Seabound in her left eye. Her armor and outfit lean more towards her Samarui X look than they do her water ninja look, and she's got red accents to tie in with Kai. The gold-blue helps separate her from Jay's silver-blue and is intentional.

Cole's rift mark makes his left eye green! I like heterochromia, I can't help it. His arms, legs, and chest have stretch marks, and his earth punch ability follows the lines of it. I don't have a lot of notes for Cole, he's perfect as is honestly. He's got an allergy to sleeves (finding clothes that actually fit him problems).

Zane's got some different metal colors for some fun visual design. It's just for that. His human cloak is optional like Lloyd's but it's something he actively has to do as opposed to his natural form. Subscribes to the Nindroid one tit out look. His "heart" is mostly just for aesthetic purposes, like all the other glowy bits of his skin. His hair is probably some form of like, silicone? Like stim brushes texture.

And that's all my notes! Probably

[666writingcafe]

A Lesson in Demon Anatomy (NSFW)

Asmo has made a huge mistake.

Okay, maybe "huge mistake" is a bit dramatic, but there's no doubt that he messed up in his calculations. He thought that everyone was out of the house and wouldn't be returning for quite a while, so he felt okay walking around in his birthday suit.

It's something that he used to do nearly every day, but when the exchange program was in the works, he agreed to put a stop to it in order to create a good impression on whomever was going to stay with him and his brothers. However, when he got the opportunity to be alone, he couldn't help but resort back to old habits.

So, one could imagine his surprise when he strolls into the sitting room to find MC stretched out on the couch. They were reading a book, but of course they looked up when they heard footsteps heading their direction, and now...

"I'm so sorry, MC!" Asmo exclaims. "I had no idea that you were even in here! I thought you were studying at the library, but if I'd had known you were coming home, I would have put something on so that I would be presentable and---"

"It's pretty," MC murmurs, interrupting Asmo's train of thought. In that moment, he realizes that his beloved human has their eyes directly trained on his nether regions.

That's odd, he thinks. I didn't think I had that effect on MC.

"Oh, this ol' thing?" Asmo asks, gesturing downwards. MC nods their head, failing to look up at his face.

"Would you like a closer look?"

Why am I so nervous? Millions of individuals have seen me naked before. I should be used to people's reactions.

"If you're okay with it," MC responds. Gingerly, Asmo walks over to them. MC sits up as he approaches, and when he's standing in front of them, they finally look into Asmo's eyes.

Asmo nearly falls backwards from the sheer amount of lust that suddenly surges through his body. Avatars of Sin are like lightning rods in that way; they are attracted to the energy of their sin, and the energy is attracted to them.

Usually, Asmo is able to mitigate the effects of someone's lust with his own, but he hasn't felt this much of it from another individual in a long time. And the fact that it's coming from MC of all people, one of the only beings he's ever known that has been able to resist his demonic charm...

"Can I touch it?" MC asks, forcing Asmo to focus on the present moment.

"Of course you can!" he answers, trying to hide the fact that he's starting to hear the sound of his heartbeat in his ears. MC gently wraps their hand around the underside and runs their thumb over the skin.

"Is there a reason why it's bumpy?" A part of Asmo is relieved by the question, because it means that he can put aside his feelings for a bit and focus on the answer.

"It's part of a defense mechanism. As you might have learned, a demon has different levels to their form. You've seen the first and second, but I'm not sure if you've witnessed anyone shift above that. Anyway, our appearance significantly changes in the third level, and things begin sprouting in all sorts of places."

"Including dicks?"

"Especially dicks. Mine sprouts stringers. They become poisonous in the fourth level."

"Like a scorpion."

"Exactly."

"Have you killed anyone with it?"

"There was a period of time where that was my weapon of choice, yes."

Why is MC staring at me like that?

"Is it safe in this state?"

"It better be, or a whole lot of people would be coming for my ass." MC's hand moves to the small of Asmo's back, and the Avatar of Lust allows them to guide him closer to them.

"May I?" they ask. Asmo can only manage a nod. He shouldn't be this nervous; he's received plenty of blow jobs before. Why is this one any different?

Perhaps it's because it's been a while since someone's been this...enthusiastic.

What Asmo is unaware of in the moment---and what he doesn't learn until after the fact---is that MC's discovered that they derive intense pleasure from sucking dick. However, once he knows that this side of MC exists...

Let's just say that he sits back and watches as his brothers fall prey to MC's wild side.

[felassan]

Matt Rhodes on Image 1: "Mage props from Inquisition. While I don't believe we ever made the Strange Orrery, I'm glad we could make the Dangerous Apparatus (we built it first, and then found a use for it as the "face melter" to change your character's appearance)." [source] --- Matt Rhodes on Image 2: "Some more Inquisition props. These were the victims of the Chantry explosion from the beginning of the game. We wanted to make it clear that the explosion was magical in origin, supercharging the lyrium in the area, which was attracted to life like lightening seeks the ground." [source] Text in image 2 reads: "Explosion sent a massive pulse through the Lyrium under the mountain. Humans acted like metal rods attracting lightning. Make sure that the crystals always point away from the blast site."

Art credit: Matt Rhodes.