#principle of specificity

[eternalgirlscout]

i adore being confronted with the staggering breadth of what individual people can get obsessed with. there's nothing better than having That One Mutual with an advanced degree in ancient greek tragedy who writes minecraft youtube fanfiction to remind you that anyone can love anything

[g0ldmedal]

Mimicry Learning

‘If you build it, they will come’; might work for fans but it doesn’t work for learning. You need to go find it or get pointed in the right direction. Swimming is very different from every day life. It exists in a strange horizontal plane. Gravity pulls us down in the air realm but our bodies make us buoyant in the water world floating us on the surface. How to move whilst between the water and…

[aroaceleovaldez]

i had a thought of "do people not know what AUs are anymore?" and then i remembered nobody explains fandom stuff to new people anymore so it is entirely plausible people genuinely don't know what AUs are and nobody has explained it to them, so for today's lucky 10,000:

"AU" stands for "Alternate Universe" or "Alternative Universe" (same difference) and is basically any thought scenario for a fandom that isn't canon and can't fit within the canon universe. If it takes place in the canon universe but something is notably different, that is typically what's known as a "Canon divergent AU," because it diverges from canon.

an AU can be absolutely anything. There's a couple of widespread pan-fandom au scenarios that often get thrown around, like coffee shop aus, genderbend aus, hanahaki aus (hanahaki is a whole thing in itself i'd recommend researching on your own), etc. One you might hear sometimes is "crossover AU" which is when you have characters from one fandom interacting with characters from another.

You can have as many aus as you want. They can be whatever you want and you can do whatever you want in them. It's a sandbox for you to play around in and explore how things would be different or how the characters would act in those circumstances or environments. Maybe they have different relationships with each other. Maybe they behave slightly differently. Or you can just say "Okay, [x] is true. How did they get here? How would things have to be different for this to occur?" which can also be fun.

If you are ever confused about why people ship something that seems completely out of the blue or doesn't make sense to you in the canon setting, there's a good chance they like it in an AU setting! Not everything everybody is interacting with is necessarily the canon! Not everybody wants things to exist in canon and just want to explore playing dolls in a different sandbox and that's okay. And their sandbox might look a lot different than yours, and that's also okay. You have the freedom to make your sandbox whatever you please. Do whatever you want forever. Get funky with it. AUs are fun.

Okay that's my schpeal. everybody go have fun and play nice now.

[ariadne-mouse]

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[bixels]

tarpit site.

[aingeal98]

Batkids and their last words

Jason Todd: "What's wrong?"

Cassandra Cain-Wayne (first death): "Ready."

Stephanie Brown (first death): "I think I need to rest now."

Cassandra Cain-Wayne (second death): "I win."

Damian Wayne (first death): "... Mother."

Damian Wayne (second death): "Go!"

Stephanie Brown (second death): "I c-can't... see you..."

Damian Wayne (third death. Seriously someone please stop this kid from dying so much): "But... I'm..."

[descendant-of-truth]

Y'know, it occurs to me - Movie!Sonic has a lot more in common Shadow than any other version of Sonic that I know of, and that creates a unique storytelling opportunity that wouldn't have been possible before.

Because originally, Shadow having a dark and traumatic backstory was what separated him from Sonic. Their similarities came out more in their confidence, their playful attitude, and even their withdrawn demeanor (though Shadow's is more extreme). Sonic's genuine ability to be carefree and optimistic was his biggest difference from Shadow.

In the movies, Sonic is... not nearly as put-together. Just like Shadow, his personality is shaped almost entirely from the result of tragedy. Both of them had to watch their closest family member get shot trying to save them from raiders (who were specifically targeting them for their powers) by sending them to Earth. The difference here is that, for Shadow, this event is fresh in his mind, while Sonic's had ten years (give or take) to accept what happened and move on.

Except, there's more, because losing Longclaw is itself not the main thing informing Sonic's character - it's the fact that he spent those next ten years in near-total isolation. Also similarly to Shadow, he took the last words his family said to him very seriously, and she told him to stay hidden no matter what. Combine that with the natural fear of what being found did to Longclaw, and the majority of Sonic's life has been spent hidden away, looking out at the world but unable to participate in it.

Remind you of anyone?

(I swear if the movie doesn't make a point about this parallel specifically I'm gonna lose it)

Normally, Sonic is a silly and upbeat character because that's just how he is by nature, and the feelings he keeps to himself are rarely detrimental to his health. In the movie universe, Sonic is silly and upbeat because he needed to be that way in order for his life to be bearable.

His constant chatter isn't quirky for the sake of it, it's a habit he developed out of necessity because there was no one else to talk to. He compulsively needs to fill the silence because not doing that would only reinforce how alone he was, and it's something he can't shake off even when he's not by himself anymore. His primary method of handling his feelings is to ignore them until they literally explode out of him with lightning firing everywhere.

All of this to say, a Shadow meant to be a foil to this Sonic is going to look very different from the Shadow we're used to. From what little about the movie's events have been described as of writing this, I'm inferring that Shadow's actually going to be a lot more open about his motivations for revenge than he was in the game, and that puts Sonic in the very interesting position of being more closed-off than Shadow.

Because sure, he might try to connect with Shadow's pain like he did with Knuckles. But because Sonic and Knuckles's history was so directly connected, they didn't really have to... talk that much about it. Sonic could acknowledge that they both lost their families a long time ago without having to go into detail about it or the aftermath. And because it had been so long since it happened, it was a lot easier for them to put it behind them and move on.

Shadow can't do that, because for him, Maria was lost very recently. He's not going to accept "you can move on and find new people to care about" as an option, and Sonic can't very well tell him to just ignore it like he did, either. Shadow isn't going to do the whole repression shtick.

For the first time, getting through to Shadow may just depend on Sonic being able to acknowledge his own pain, first. After all, how's Shadow supposed to interpret Sonic, if not as some random guy with a perfectly happy family and an obnoxiously happy attitude telling him that he needs to just, get over what happened to him? How can that come across as anything but naive and shallow without understanding how much Sonic suffered to get to this point?

(It's still a little naive and shallow even with that in mind, but the reason for that isn't because he has no perspective on what experiencing a violent tragedy is like - it's because his only known way of handling it is to leave it in the past and Not Think About It)

Though I do wonder if there's room for Sonic to initially clam up on his emotions even more after meeting Shadow for a bit? Like, he learns to some extent what happened, and is like "aw jeez if this is what could happen if I let myself be more upset about my lot in life then I REALLY need to reign it in" which is the exact opposite lesson he needs to learn but would be really interesting to watch

Point being, I think Sonic and Shadow are being set up as even more like mirrors to each other than usual, and I can't wait to see what they do with that potential

[strialternatives]

thinking about mementos mission's biblically accurate strength build joker once again. what a staggeringly weird guy (affectionate)

[hypokeimena]

i misread your name as hypokalemia at first and accepted without question that your online identity was defined by lack of potassium

i love this. hell yeah i can lean into that

[theonevoice]

I'm too biased to say anything, so I'll just say this: I really like the state of law, I think the state of law was a great idea, and my favourite thing about the state of law, among all its other features, is that it allows these two principles to coexist:

1. grant justice: which means that we do not dismiss allegations and as soon as anyone denounce any wrongdoing we investigate

2. innocent until proven guilty: which means that nobody can be forced to suffer the consequences of an accusation that has not been proven yet

This is where I'm at today, I feel I had to put it into words for the sake of my sanity.

As for me personally, I make GO fanart because it is the only thing that has actually helped alleviate my major depressive disorder (which in the last 7 years has caused multiple severe episodes that resulted in hospitalization twice and seems has proven treatment-resistant, unfortunately), and I will keep making it until something will change the positive effect it has on me.

[wackywatchdotcom]

gives u a banan

im a little confused!!! but i appreciate it nonetheless :]

[screambirdscreaming]

There's something funny that happens when the locally familiar version of an animal is different from the stereotypic one. And you don't really realize until you see one of the stereotypical species for real and realize how uncanny valley it feels.

I saw a photo of a hermit crab the other day - one of the more terrestrial species - and realized ooooh that's the one people are always drawing! That thing with the eye shape wasn't just a funny stylistic choice bouncing around in an echo chamber. And they actually hold their claws like that!

It's not like I really thought that everyone had just collectively exaggerated and cartoonized the features of the noble tidepool hermit crab into something that looks just, vaguely like an alien version... except on some level I did kind of think that.

And bullfrogs! I can never see a bullfrog without thinking "wow you look JUST like a rubber model of a frog." Like excuse me sir, you are a lawn ornament. Very nicely detailed and all, but that's just not what real frogs look like.

[g0ldmedal]

Nose Blindness In Swimming

If you have been taught how to swim correctly but constantly swim without thought, then the nuances of your stroke can change unknowingly back to your ‘normal’ and lazy stroke. A swimmer will be lost in a type of nose blindness. They may unintentionally swim poorly without feeling their error by being blind to how it feels. On a pig farm, you will immediately notice the horrid smell. Most farms…

[alukaforyou]

im trying to draw a desktop bg for my new imac uhh 💀🔫

it verrrrry very vaguely reminds me of an old hanbok girl drawing i made

i should draw it like that, add the pink flowers because f it i love pink flowers?? and put a MOON in there too cuz i love da moon 😍🌙💖 like the theme of the pic can be "all the stuff im obsessed with" what the hell maybe creamy & crunchy should be there as well 💀 PEAK DESKTOP BG FOR ME 👍🏻 and we all kno i am all about hanboks in this shape from late joseon era 19c

the itty bitty crop top and the super high up skirt 👌🏻 but im getting into the looser boxy tops too from earlier like 16-17c?? artist cred for the illust

ooh waist skirt + loose top yeah its growing on me 😳 also i have this hanbok and im like in love with the bigger sleeves sooo 😭💖 IM IN MY BIG SLEEVES ERA

also the ladies from 16-18c with the. big wigs 😭 ouch neck. older kr dramas loooved to put royalty charas in these huge wigs omg i always thought it looked kind of unnatural with how neat and even it was 😭

no way ur relaxing at the palace home with that on ur head 😩 neck problems speedrun???? the only show i've seen this look good in was the saimdang drama it looks rly pretty and not over the top here v believable v natural 👍🏻

i feel like if i lived in kr my dream job would be a stylist for period dramas / movies or for when ppl do hanbok traditional wear for weddings / photos etc i literally can make this hairstyle irl plzz ㅠㅠ i am qualified looooooolll

[qoldenskies]

Okay I know it’s when the curse is at its peak and they’re being tremendously awful to Donnie but there was something darkly funny about that one line of dialogue in the family meeting that just.

“You can’t tell people to kill themselves that’s rude.”

“Okay I’ll never do it again. Me when I lie.”

Like at least certain parts of them being complete douchebags to Donnie were darkly funny I guess 😔

tbhhh it was like the ,,, normalcy of it that i really wanted to get across. even when they turn into unrecognizable, hateful caricatures of themselves, they're still startlingly themselves. they still bicker like siblings do and take the piss out of shit-talking someone they all collectively dislike. it's a big reason donnie wasn't put off completely by the behavior, they're all talking like themselves. i actually heavily based a lot of the dialogue there from the way i talk to my own siblings (the speech patterns/vibe of the banter, not the viciousness) and i think it also lends to donnie feeling like he's unreasonable, because they're so calm and unbothered while he's literally losing himself and breaking down sobbing. it makes him feel embarrassed and ashamed.

honestly the final fight where mikey and leo bicker and quip like he's any old villain of the week still kind of gets me, especially in comparison to raph's reluctance and how terrified donnie is. this is the kind of thing they do when they're going after someone they genuinely find evil, not hunting down their beaten and starving brother for fun. its reached a point where it looks like he's just nothing to him (which is wrong, they despise him to obsessive levels and they werent even going to let him leave the lair alive no matter what, but they were good at feigning that kind of disinterest and annoyance)

[oacest]

I don’t normally trust Noel but Liam’s history of drunk tweeting makes me believe the texting stories 100%. It’s the same stupid impulse, and I bet what he types in private is a hundred times worse. I would also bet actual money on him making the most unhinged weepy drunk phone calls on planet earth LOL

agreed lol. and he is a Known obsessive texter/caller, on the phone with his wives and his mother eight thousand times a day "from the moment he wakes up" (so said nic). like im sure he mastered t9 back in the day in a matter of hours. he was born to text. "clingy" is the fourth cousin of a word that hasn't even been invented yet for what he is. god love him 💕