#science is basically magic

[the-name-was-lost]

hello

Today I learned that non-information can travel faster than light, and from certain perspectives stuff can seem to travel faster than light.

[fleshbeast]

YOU want ralsei to put the hat back on because you think he's ugly. I want ralsei to put the hat back on because it'll enhance his wizard powers. WE ARE NOT THE SAME.

[malulurivers]

I don't know if you do crossovers, but if you do, how would viktor react to a spider-person S/O? Spidersonas have been blowing up again since across the spiderverse so it made me curious

when it comes to spiderverse i absolutely do, anon! i've seen some fantastic art of jayce and viktor in the style of spiderverse, i think i reblogged it somewhere, so to say 'i love this idea' and 'i've had a little think about it already' would be two big understatements!

i'll try to keep it succinct though XD

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How Viktor would react to having a spider-person SO

honestly, the word 'fascinated' could tldr this entire post

Viktor is quite a private person, who would absolutely treasure communication and trust in a relationship

so as the Spider of the Runeterran universe, as soon as you had made your relationship official, you knew you had to tell him of your secret identity sooner rather than later

you'd been surprised neither he nor Jayce had worked it out yet, being incredibly intelligent inventors and all

but you'd figured they'd be safer not knowing, so you'd tried to subtly keep it from them anyway, and directed the conversation away from your Spider-alter ego whenever they occasionally came up

so you had it planned out.

you were going to tell Viktor next time he was at home, when you got him in a break day, and it was going to be the just the two of you. somewhere private, somewhere safe.

you would explain everything gently. you'd reassure him that if he wasn't comfortable with being with you because of it, then you'd have no resentment towards him

there were plenty of good reasons to be wary after all

then one night you had a particularly long escapade

trying to uncover a deeply-rooted crime circle, you'd ended up rescuing a group of young people who had gotten in trouble with enforcers for frankly ridiculous reasons

you'd then had to outsmart and deal with said enforcers (who were undoubtedly the worst part) to escape, and they head nothing back in their chase

you'd decided to head to the lab instead of home for safety, as at least that wasn't as incriminating. also there was more spaces to hide

it was so late that it was morning, and even you expected that Viktor had gone home by now

but he had, in fact, not

so you'd entered the lab by climbing through the Jana-knows-what storey window, blood rushing with adrenaline, levering yourself down to the floor cleanly with a web

right beside Viktor's desk, where he was sat, eyes wide and frozen

it hurt to see his expression focused on you. he was hiding it well but there was fear in how he swallowed, in how he clenched his fist on the handle of his cane

it hurt until you remembered that 1. he did not know it was you, and 2. he had just witnessed you crawling on glass, spinning on webs and moving way too fast for a normal human

also 3. you bore a striking resemblance to the description given of a 'criminal' (as described by enforcers) that had recently been reported to be involved in the explosion of a factory in the Undercity

sure, you knew it had been for good: that you had apprehended your target, and there had been no casualties

but it dawned at you that Viktor remaining as calm as he did was inherently a miracle

"can I... help...? you...?"

his thoughts were rushing at 100mph compared to their normal 50, and you could see it in his searching stare, watching and waiting for you to move, speak, do anything

luckily, after a few seconds of stumbled words and a hasty removal of your mask, he was back down to earth, heaving a sigh and almost laughing in relief

"I cannot believe—I thought you were...!"

for a moment anyhow, before the reality sunk in further and you were bombarded with questions

"wait, you are the Spider? the masked vigilante?"

"where did you just come from? were you fighting someone?"

"are you alright? are you hurt? did anyone follow you?"

after some explanation and reassurance, he relaxes a lot

honestly he takes the news very well! despite the unplanned nature of its reveal

he's very pragmatic as a person and very loyal

despite the obvious exhaustion on his face, he perks up with intrigue as you tell him everything—how you got bitten, how you got hold of your current suit, how you chose your identity, what you've been keeping tabs on, who you've fought, what you've lost.

however, he is a scientist first and foremost after all, so even after the basics are out of the way, his curiosity is never going to be quite sated

so later on, he's asking more specifics

he's always very polite when requesting to see your abilities, very gentle and never overwhelming you. he wants to see all of them, if you'll allow him to

the webs, the wall-climbing, the increased agility and strength, the spider sense, no matter what it is, you always leave him amazed

and your abilities quickly become a source of inspiration for his own trajectories into science

he's particularly fascinated with the possibilities of your webs, regardless of whether they're organic or mechanical

he sees this as an opportunity to work with you and that makes him very happy indeed

on top of inspiring him scientifically, your passion for helping others reminds him what he's doing his work for, as well as how much he loves you

he adores your heart, your compassion, even if it worries him that you're putting yourself in harms way

this likely leads to him putting time aside for side projects, where he invents things to help you

he may be more of a pacifist, but he's surprisingly down with vigilante justice

he wants to help and protect people with his own technology, he'd be a hypocrite with his head in the sand if he believed that never fighting was truly an option

just as long as you're careful

because of this, he's not going to make you weapons. not that you would ever ask him to. that's not your style, and you'd much rather have the tools he creates to help you escape extra sticky situations

his main focus first and foremost is to help upgrade your suit, particularly providing more safety for your mask so you can breathe in the Undercity

however, whatever upgrade or mechanism it is as time goes on, he always lets you take the lead. you're the hero, not him, and he just wants to support you as best he can

for what it's worth, he'll talk positively of your secret identity to Jayce, hoping it'll get through to Mel

he would even defend you publicly if he was in the council room and the Spider came up

much to your chagrin, as you're worried for his safety just as much as he's worried about yours

when you move in together particularly, you're aware of the danger you're putting him in

you regularly frequent the Undercity and have dealings down there, so returning to live Topside by day has its innate dangers

especially when you're constantly avoiding villains and enforcers alike

but also your identity must stay a secret for his sake as well as yours

he'd be ruined if the fact that he's in a committed relationship with a a vigilante became known

unsurprisingly, Viktor overlooks this part

but as long as the two of you look out for each other, you're certain nothing can go wrong

overall Viktor is a caring and loyal partner, and this wouldn't change in the slightest if his S/O was a vigilante spider-person

he'd be incredibly supportive, though likely wouldn't be able to keep from getting a little excited over the capabilities of your powers. and from asking a ton of questions

you'd become a muse of sorts for him in some of his inventions, and a close partner in his technology in other ways

although, if you have access to the Spiderverse? poor man's going to start fizzing internally

the prospect of portals? already functioning across dimensions? universes?!

he's a reserved kind of person, but I don't think he'd be able to stop himself from trying to weasel his way into meeting someone who knew a lot about how it worked

aka, if you don't know how the Arachnoid Humanoid Poly-Multiverse's teleporting mechanics work, then he's going to try and talk to someone who does

with your permission of course

I think that Viktor would get along very well with Miguel...!

...until he very much doesn't.

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[alteredsilicone]

"So much of what we do resembles magic. No wonder we found demons in the forbidden spaces." "'Arcanes'. The very name smacks of sorcery. Asking for trouble, in my view."

These lines from Loid when browsing arcane dissolution are interesting, considering the fact requiems are incantations which seem to have "sorcerous" qualities.

Zariman Announcer: "Welcome to the Oro Works. Unseal only those Requiems you are authorized to recite."

Heard when entering the Void Armageddon mission, which contains the Reliquary drive.

[musubiki]

this and also she ends every fact with the phrase “verified” or “real science fact” so everyone is like oh shes DEFINATELY full of shit and then its all true LMFAOOOO

[creepyjirachi]

finally started watching fullmetal alchemist and people aren’t kidding that shit is good

[daniel-nerd]

i find it really funny how computers are a bunch of rocks that some people learned how to communicate with, they’re using some weird unknown language that you need to learn for years, and a bunch of symbols that they write on the stones. and then they combine these stones with other stones so normies could see cats from the past. like it’s literally a magic system we just call it “software engineering”. someone need to make a book or a dnd campaign where the magic system is just computers.

[starkitten101]

I like how even when I’m trying to write down spoiler-y worldbuilding in the most simple way possible, it still sound like nonsense to everyone else.

[robotleech]

magic

[arolesbianism]

Every day I mourn the fact that none of my family and friends give a single shit abt oni lore, I don't wanna keep repeating shit I've already said before on here but every now and then I just remember the horrors™ and nearly explode not being able to scream abt it again

[thetriggeredhappy]

working title for my original comic is “and furthermore, in conclusion” which is nice because that means technically speaking i’ve started the comic. if i’ve decided a title for it

[softichill]

Alchemist Cookie is so funny to me. She is a sentient cookie baked by a witch who came to life inside of an oven, knows a literal zombie, has a brother who was literally made a vampire that has to survive on wine instead of blood, knows multiple wizards, and knows mythology about a city populated solely by wizards. She lives in a world made entirely out of desserts and food. She's met fairies and gods. And yet she insists that there has to be a scientific explanation for everything and that nothing is magic at first glance

[crownedpuppet]

People think magic in fiction is so ... unique and only a thing of fantasy, but if you think about it, it's fucking wild that we all have these little devices that display and relay messages and other content across the globe-- like including sounds, video, pictures...

And there's all this technology that goes into it, but if you took someone from a fantasy world and put them here, it would absolutely seem just as much like "magic".

Literally what system/fictive life is like sometimes LOL

[ineffablejaymee]

so im a dinosaur nerd, and i love science fiction. its not hard to guess that i love jurrasic park movies

however i also happen to study biology

that means whenever im watching the movie im torn between loving the sci-fi aspect of cloning dinosaurs, and the fact that i can tell every time something sciency they say is a load of bullshit

if i hear "we found dinosaur's genetic code in the blood sample" onE MORE GODDAMN TIME-

[jack-daww]

As both a writer and someone interested in science, I would like to remind you that you can use any random knowledge you have for writing.

Use what you know to make your world more interesting! Use it to fill that world. Purposefully change things in worldbuilding.

The more you know, the more you can choose to keep or change when building a world.

This especially works for science, but any other field as well! There are so many things in the world too weird and/or crazy for it to be real. Use that.

So take a random bit of knowledge you have and put it in your story. Maybe you can even make it a prompt!

[mcgruffthecrimedog]

I feel like evolutionary algorithms and self-modifying code are the wizardry of computer science