#psychic functions

[noferrah]

The Function Names are Misnomers

This ties in directly with my last post where I discussed why the functions aren’t cognitive functions, but psychic functions. Here, I’d like to add on a small, but notable curiosity to that in order to not only drive the point home even further, but to also call attention to a certain problem in the way we talk about the functions and to suggest a solution to it. The names of each of the…

[starleska]

i just had an ancient fandom memory unlocked which i need to share with you all 🙈 many of you are far too young to remember the halcyon days of early-2010s-Tumblr...particularly a pre-Once-ler Tumblr. so there may be a good chunk of you who weren't present for the insanity that was the Portal fandom, and specifically the fixation around Wheatley: one of the earliest Tumblr Sexymen 😳 so strap in for a little Tumblr Sexyman History...!!!

meet Wheatley, your companion and later-turned-antagonist in the enormously beloved Portal 2. bumbling and never able to shut his digital mouth, Wheatley is a Personality Core: a type of artificial intelligence housed in a metal sphere, developed by Aperture Science. specifically, Wheatley is an Intelligence Dampening Sphere. he was developed to attach to GLaDOS, the main antagonist of the whole series, to distract her with a litany of terrible ideas 😂

however, Wheatley doesn't remain amiable for long. in a scheme to dethrone GLaDOS and escape the facility you (or your playable character, Chell) are trapped in, you perform a core transfer, placing Wheatley in GLaDOS's chassis. the sheer power of being in control of the entire facility immediately goes to Wheatley's head, transforming him into an evil, sadistic, Machiavellian figure who forces you to perform test after test for his own satisfaction. also, he has a British (Bristolian!) accent. you can see the recipe for obsession, right? 😂💖

however, this was a time wherein fandom tastes were a little different. while today we are delighted to obsess over characters with unusual designs (and particularly thirst over characters of the robot/android/objectum/etc. variety), 'White Twink Humanisation' was rife in the early 2010s. if you've seen humanisations of Bill Cipher and ideas of what Cecil Palmer looked like, as well as the site's preoccupation with pale gangly weirdos (David Tennant and Matt Smith's Tenth and Eleventh Doctors come to mind), you can imagine that the urge to humanise Wheatley was huge.

enter Stephen Merchant: Wheatley's actual voice actor, who just so happens to be a six-foot-seven, gangly, nerdy British guy. fanfic author Wafflestories wrote an extremely well-known Wheatley redemption fic called Blue Sky, wherein Wheatley is able to control a hard-light human version of himself...who bears a striking resemblance to the real-life Stephen Merchant. the Portal fandom unanimously decided that human Wheatley looked just like Stephen Merchant—a design trend we still see today!! 😳 here's where the cursed forbidden memory comes in. we were so goddamn obsessed with Wheatley. we wanted to see him as a human so badly. so we went through Stephen Merchant's filmography, and...

this is Tracy, Stephen's character in Tooth Fairy (2010), starring Dwayne the Rock Johnson 😂 Tracy is a wingless caseworker fairy assigned to the Rock's character Derek, an ordinary man who becomes a tooth fairy against his will. Tracy is...unhinged. bizarrely intense. a delightfully weird and memorable character in a movie that can only be described as a fever dream, played with idiosyncrasies only Stephen Merchant is capable of. i recently found out it was directed by Michael Lembeck, who directed both The Santa Clause 2 and The Santa Clause 3 🙈💖 yes. for some ungodly reason, plenty of us Wheatley simps decided that not only was Stephen Merchant the faceclaim for human Wheatley...but this specific iteration of Stephen Merchant as a wingless tooth fairy. Tracy had his own little dedicated fanbase complete with ask blogs and fanart and extended Tooth Fairy lore. of course Tracy's popularity was helped along by his dapper dress sense and his...interesting personality. there was even a joking trend called 'Tracy Goes Insane 2011', wherein fans made a significantly more yandere, knifemurder-esque version of Tracy after he finally snapped. truly incredible 👏 so there you have it. we all started simping for a silly little metal ball who got drunk on testing juice and went full Joker mode, decided that he needed to resemble his tall, handsome voice actor, and consequently became obsessed with his stint as a deranged tooth fairy. and so it shall be written. thanks for reading 🙏💖

[whateverworkswest]

So, this scene in TSC, where Jean talks about the 16 hour days at Evermore:

Do we know what exactly he means by extracurricular studies? I guess Kevin and Riko did all the interviews and traveling and whatnot but they didn't take Jean with them. We know that after Kevin left Jean had to sit in on his and Riko's history classes - that probably accounts for the time he otherwise would have been practicing. But before that? Does getting beaten and tortured by Tetsuji and Riko count as extracurricular studies??

[sweetestflow3rs]

tw for abortion talk ( fictional ) //

and if i said that i am contemplating the idea of the dr impregnating vanida in the institution and vanida inducing her own miscarriage by eating poisonous herbs in the forest when escaping, how many rocks will be thrown at me?

[grasscore]

theres this thing happening wher e i just keep doing fewer things, being around fewer people, like im literally shrinking away frm life like a lil kicked dog but the kicking its so afraid of is like... drink water. eat food .. say hi

[ariadne-mouse]

If Bell's Hells end up out of Sending range again after walking into the lake, Keyleth's scouts might show up later and... also walk into the lake lmao. they were not told about the carnivorous lake

[noferrah]

The Functions Aren't Cognitive

What is a “cognitive function”? No, seriously. What even are they? Wikipedia defines a cognitive function (the article says “cognitive skill” instead, but a footnote reveals it as a synonym,) as a “. . . [skill] of the mind, as opposed to other types of skills such as motor skills or social skills.” Psychology Today defines them as, quote, “. . . skills involving learning and problem-solving.”,…

[significant-narratives]

'codependent teammates' this 'codependent teammates' that. i don't think that word means what you think it means.

[silvermoon424]

The more I watch Gen I Pokemon challenge runs or videos in general, the more and more obvious it becomes that Gen I was held together with nothing but bubble gum, scotch tape, and a prayer lmao

[snow-lavender]

yeah you would say that you fucking time player

[sundial-girl]

wtf

get out of my fucking spreadsheet you piece of shit left mirror sound bitch

[captainrufflebanger]

I may be having a Bad Time™ with life rn but at least checking tumblr to find I have ruined several people's day with my old long furby Alci art has brought me a moment of solace :)

[gonnahaveabigtalklater]

i think every RCM officer should be able to exchange silly little messages via Esprit De Corps. harry-based cop snapchat.

[the-acid-pear]

Guy who wants to document all bits of their life online vs guy who wants to stay anonymous even to me FIGHT!

[1ore]

man i know its just the ambient stress of juggling jobhunting and graduation and not leaving my house today, but the thought of not being able to do basedt because im too busy with work / because im too exhausted / because im too unemployed / because xyz fills me with existential dread. like this is wrapped up in every other uncertainty but the webcomic? lore? seriously?? the webcomic??????????

thats art i guess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!