#or flaws

[dreamchasernina]

If they ever make the live action version the Guru episode it’ll go like this.

The guru: so, Aang, let’s start opening up your chakras. What are you ashamed of?

Aang (who never hurt Katara): ummm…

The guru: What do you blame yourself for?

Aang (who never ran away): uuuummm…

The guru: What are the lies you tell yourself?

Aang (who never denied he’s the avatar): ummmm…

The guru: What attaches you to this world?

Aang (who isn’t in love with Katara): ummmmm…

The guru: WHY ARE YOU EVEN HERE?

[shadesofmauve]

Ship design Q&A: subs vs ships and conflict resolution

@crapeaucrapeau said #thanks for the answers !#I'm assuming that the sex and/or hooch nooks are examples from Real Life subs ?#Still curious about conflict resolution beside sex when you're stuck in a claustrophobia nightmare that smells bad for months.#Any sources or recommendations are welcome !

No, sorry, I'd misremembered your question. Anything between the inner-and-outer hulls is strictly spaceship stuff. While I did start this project thinking a submarine as most comparable to a spaceship (because it's a fully-enclosed environment), the sheer size of the Normandy SR-2 makes the situation much different.

Comparison and sources under the cut!

The biggest subs in the US Navy are Ohio-class nuclear submarines.

Ohio-class sub compared to my proposed Normandy

170m long (24m less than my proposed SR-2 hull-length.)

13 m wide (10m less than SR-2)

10.8m tall (7m less than SR-2)

Crew of 155; almost twice my proposed crew

There is so much more space in the Normandy. I ended up using submarines as my lower bound for standard-of-living. And it's very low. I mean, according to my favorite source for shipboard and submarine life, sub crews shower once a week. Speaking of which...

My favorite source for shipboard and submarine life

It's people complaining on reddit!

Dimensions are easy: find the company selling the thing! Navy rack sizes came from a place that sells sheets*. Furniture lists from contractors complete with part #s. No problem.

For questions about what it's actually like, I put my weird question into a search engine and find at least six reddit threads with current-and-former US Navy sailors explaining, joking, and complaining!

A usual sample includes:

Replies that answer the question, sometimes with pictures!

Complaint-brag about how good the questioner has it (thread progresses into comparison of smaller and smaller or older and older vessels)

Complaint about That One Shipmate

Brag about how much ridiculous stuff the writer has gotten away with, with (usually hilarious) examples

Joking complaint about how the actual experience compares to the official Dept. of Defense PR, a la "You think you'll be getting one of those fancy new racks? Those are on like one ship, you'll have the ones from 1960 they pulled out of the last ship they scrapped."

Nostalgia in three flavors ("truly an honor"/"Oh the hijinks we got up to"/"Glad to be done with that but let me go on")

... and if you ask about how clothing, how much you can/should pack, etc] at least one quip about jerking off into a sock.

For a nice little bit of comparative writing analysis, you usually also get at least one official PR blog post or webpage about the same question, but painted in a rather different light. ;)

(Oddly, none of my friends or relatives who were in the military were navy. There are also very, very few to whom I'd be comfortable saying 'Hi, I've got some awkward questions, it's for a spaceship floor-plan I'm working on —" so I haven't attempted that route).

I have thoughts on conflict avoidance (space! rec areas! keeping people busy!) and resolution (depends), but I'm late for a meatspace thing.

*I've had "Sister Suzie's Sewing Shirts for Sailors" stuck in my head ever since, but with "sheets" instead of "shirts."

[chloesimaginationthings]

Would yall pat SOTM Jackie on the head?

[bisexualseraphim]

With how RFK has been speaking about autistic people and his plans for them, I don’t want to hear FUCK against self-diagnosis ever again when shit like this directly demonstrates what formal diagnosis can lead to — and there is worse to come, I guarantee. An autistic person’s choice to not be put on a Eugenics Hitlist is pretty fucking valid I’d say actually

[malenjoyer]

WE'RE SO BACK

[valtsv]

suddenly remembering the time i realised that i was old enough that calling my mother "mummy" felt immature and uncool for the first time and when she asked me why i stopped i went and grabbed the world history encyclopedia off the shelf and flipped to the ancient egypt section and pointed at the bandage-wrapped corpse on the page and asked her "do you want to be this"

[perplexingly]

My favourite Merrill banter

[luna-azzurra]

List of 40 character flaws

Stubbornness, Unyielding in one's own views, even when wrong.

Impatience, Difficulty waiting for long-term results.

Self-doubt, Constant uncertainty despite evident abilities.

Quick temper, Excessive reactions to provocations.

Selfishness, Prioritizing one's own needs over others'.

Arrogance, Overestimating one's own abilities.

Trust issues, Difficulty trusting others.

Perfectionism, Setting unreachable high standards.

Fear of change, Avoiding changes.

Haunted by the past, Old mistakes or traumas influencing the present.

Jealousy, Envious of others' successes.

Laziness, Hesitant to exert effort.

Vindictiveness, Strong desire for revenge.

Prejudice, Unfair biases against others.

Shyness, Excessive timidity.

Indecisiveness, Difficulty making decisions.

Vulnerability, Overly sensitive to criticism.

Greed, Strong desire for more (money, power, etc.).

Dishonesty, Tendency to distort the truth.

Recklessness, Ignoring the consequences of one's actions.

Cynicism, Negative attitude and distrust.

Cowardice, Lack of courage in critical moments.

Hotheadedness, Quick, often thoughtless reactions.

Contentiousness, Tendency to provoke conflicts.

Forgetfulness, Difficulty remembering important details.

Kleptomania, Compulsion to steal things.

Hypochondria, Excessive concern about one's health.

Pessimism, Expecting the worst in every situation.

Narcissism, Excessive self-love.

Control freak, Inability to let go or trust others.

Tactlessness, Inability to address sensitive topics sensitively.

Hopelessness, Feeling that nothing will get better.

Dogmatism, Rigidity in one's own beliefs.

Unreliability, Inability to keep promises.

Closed-offness, Difficulty expressing emotions.

Impulsiveness, Acting without thinking.

Wounded pride, Overly sensitive to criticism of oneself.

Isolation, Tendency to withdraw from others.

[miss-americanbi]

so glad that gravity falls is back so we can finally discuss how ford sees himself as the protagonist of every story while stan can’t see himself as anything but the antagonist

[zorangezest]

switcheroo part 3 (starscream edition)

part 2

part 1

this was originally going to be included in part 2 as a short segment, but it was getting too long so they ended being posted separately!

why is this one high quality. why did I put so much effort into this. why have I drawn so much of this blucking au

[one-selective-bitch]

We know that Ivan's THE yearner that has always his eyes on Till and is convinced that he doesn't care about him

But every time that Till has his eyes on him without being provoked first Ivan has always his eyes closed

[vileidol]

what if u were a sacrificial lamb who died and died again and again until it was nothing more than a joke to you and everyone around you but someone loved you so so so much that whenever they could (which isn’t often, but it is every single time they could) they sat with you and sat with the reality of the ugliness and the grief and the pain even though you were made to die and made for nothing but dying

[opens-up-4-nobody]

The 1st time I watched all of tos Turnabout Intruder was my favorite episode. Despite the pretty intense sexism and crazy shatner acting, I just find the idea really compelling.

[bennetsbonnet]

Two statements about characters can and should co-exist: Pride and Prejudice edition

Mr Bennet has a close relationship with Elizabeth and provides amusing observations on the folly of human nature BUT he is a terrible husband and father who consistently neglects the women who rely on him for absolutely everything; Elizabeth and Jane turned out so well in spite of him, not because of him.

Mrs Bennet's behaviour is understandable given the era in which she lived and the subsequent pressure she was under to get her daughters married well, which wasn't entirely for vanity reasons given that Longbourn was entailed BUT she was still fundamentally vain, ridiculous and rude; such pressure, even combined with an absent husband, still does not make her behaviour justifiable, nor her a sympathetic character, as she enabled Lydia (whose subsequent elopement with Wickham almost ruined the family) for far too long.

Mr Collins is unfairly portrayed as a middle-aged sycophant in most adaptations, rather than the young clergyman who sucks up to his patroness in pursuit of a more lucrative living that he was BUT he is still a ridiculous character who you are not meant to feel sympathy for when Elizabeth rejects him; he is rude, hypocritical and thinks of himself far too highly considering how vapid he actually is.

Caroline Bingley is often too harshly judged as a 'pick-me,' even though her relentless pursuit of Darcy is understandable given his wealth & status and how important it was for women to make a good marriage BUT she was still rude, vain and treated Jane terribly; plus she was a hypocritical snob, given the manner in which she looked down upon the Bennet family's relations despite the Bingleys' own background in trade.

Elizabeth is incredibly witty, courageous and endearing and instantly likeable which makes Darcy's slight of her at the Meryton assembly all the more of an affront to us as readers BUT, while it explains her dislike of him, she is no means perfect herself; she had far too much misplaced pride in her ability to successfully read others' characters and consequently ignored positive accounts of Darcy in favour of believing the deceitful Wickham, given her prejudice against the former.

Mr Darcy was harshly judged by Elizabeth, even though there are many more sympathetic elements to his character than immediately meet the eye BUT he was not shy or innocent; he was always a haughty rich man who had never been told no, thought far too highly of himself and, ultimately, thoroughly deserved to be rebuked and subsequently made to reform his character.