#spurious

[matureladiesdressedandsexy]

[texasdreamer01]

Per your tags on the reblog of my Trio post: top three SGA episodes you would delete!!!!

Trio, definitely, for all the reasons listed in that post.

Irresistable, because while there are parts of it I enjoyed - John and Rodney doing their schtick, the way it imitates a murder mystery with one person going down after another - it introduces some really skeevy elements and implies a lot of unpleasant things about Rodney that isn't consistent with the rest of the show, particularly outside of when McKeller is being forced onto the audience.

Duet, because all of that could have been handled very differently, and as a whole I'd rather toss it out than attempt to fix what I don't like about it. We also didn't get to see very much of Cadman and Rodney interacting after the solution to the shared body problem, and Cadman shoving Rodney into situations he's uncomfortable with, repeatedly, sets what I think is a bad tone for just a basic lack of dignity. A similar plot device could have been used without the writers' ham-handed gender-based tropes and putting Rodney down.

[audioletter]

7 & 24 for the tattoo asks!!!

Oh hard ones omg thank you @spurious 🧡

7: if you had to remove all your tattoos except for one tell us which one you’re keeping and why

Uhhhh it would be either my memorial tattoo for my grandfather, for obvious reasons, or my semi-sleeve of the cover of The Monkees' album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. This one may seem out of left field, but I love it so much and it means so much to me, as do The Monkees. They shaped a lot of who I am and what I became, as well as my aesthetic and music choices. Sad, huh? 😂 Plus it's BEAUTIFUL and I am always excited when I see it. 24: you have to tattoo the title of the last song you listened to on your forearm… are you ok with this?

'It Gets Dark' by Sigrid (fic writing and all that), and I actually have thought about getting it tattooed on me so, yes. :D It would have to compete with 'Listen to the Band' on my forearm already in my BFF's handwriting, though (I have two Monkees tatts, huh. I never realised).

Tattoooooooossssssss

[pinkoptics]

😄👤 for the Soulmates one!

😄 - Most excited that John and Rodney are arguing and hot under the collar in this one! Rodney’s being an ass, John’s calling him on it and damn if I’m not having fun writing the back and forth (as in, just was writing it, not 15 minutes ago, floooooooow).

👤 - POV is John. And he’s pissed. Which makes him kiss forcefully, apparently.

[realcalorieselfentertainer]

I announce a new book project, for which I plan to provide early to primary elections in publishing by summer of 2024, by Talon 38 Personal Media Sm-LLC

[Titles are planned and changeable, and are © 2023 Talon 38 Personal Media]

Contempt of U.S. Congress, by Shadenactive Deformal of U.S. Acts

by Patrick L. Cheatham (twitter) and of Entropic Front:

The Acts Redeformative Era 1994-2023

Tethered Twenty First Century Planetary Evolvement, to Curtail Spurious Flair

Contempt of U.S. Congress now exists possibly by actions since the 8th of November 1994 when began the aftermath of U.S. Legal Foresight deciders future-reactive replacement by deciders future-preventative, I begin to write on this book. A new hybrid word for what the after 1994 philosophy became in part - is prefences-conprevicted.

[lostmeadowjade]

G - Have you ever had an OTP? If so, do you remember your first one? Who was in it?

Meme Questions Answers.

I have spent the last few minutes staring at this questions wondering if I actually have a true OTP or not, lol. I think I kind of do after like, three OTPs across three different fandoms.

But my very first, not surprisingly, was McShep. It started off as platonic arrangement and then grew to romantic. And while I might have have other ships with these characters, if you give me a choice, it's gonna be John & Rodney.

[nimuetheseawitch]

WIP Wednesday: ⬆️ for gender swap, ❓ for Maine!

I just answered the first line of gender swap here, so I'll do the second line!

"Regardless of your unique skill set Meredith, you are the military's science liaison, and this is a secure base, so you are the perfect person to provide both military escort and science orientation. I'm sure Col. Carter has done the same many times at both the SGC and Area 51.”

❓Share some dialogue with a question in it - Rodney goes to Maine

“Clothes, McKay. Do you have dry ones you can change into, or do you need me to get you some?” John crosses his arms across his chest and glares a little.

[wordsforyourwip]

Writers, some words for your WIP today:

Hint

Spurious

Laughter

Distant

Mountain

[oh-dear-so-queer]

Many scientists' denial that same-sex courtship, sexual, pair-bonding, and/or parenting activities should be put in the category of "homosexuality" are based on spurious or overly restrictive interpretations of the phenomenon (or the word).

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

[wordbot]

spurious

(1) born to parents not married to each other (2) outwardly similar or corresponding to something without having its genuine qualities: false (3a) of falsified or erroneously attributed origin: forged (3b) of a deceitful nature or quality

"he may often be aware that the entire war is spurious and is either not happening or being waged for purposes quite other than the declared ones." (1984, george orwell, p.200)

[prokopetz]

All animals are either Beasts or Creatures. This is usually consistent for a given species, but not always; for example, most dogs are Beasts and most cats are Creatures, but occasionally one will encounter a cat who is clearly a Beast, or dog who's an absolute Creature.

[globalcourant]

Two Dead, One Seriously Ill After Consuming Spurious Liquor in Dry Bihar

Two Dead, One Seriously Ill After Consuming Spurious Liquor in Dry Bihar

Last Updated: August 16, 2022, 23:58 IST The deceased have been identified as Vikram Kumar (21) and Rahul Kumar (22) of Bakhtiyarpur village. (Representative image: Twitter/File) The deceased have been identified as Vikram Kumar (21) and Rahul Kumar (22) of Bakhtiyarpur village. Another person Munna Kumar (19) has been admitted to a government hospital in Samastipur and his condition is…

[texasdreamer01]

For WIP Wednesday: L for Theorems!

"He, um," Lorne swallowed roughly, only continuing when nobody interjected, "He asked me something. Before we got to the gate room."

[sixohsixoheightfourtwo]

I actually love glass onion being set deep in covid times but where's the post that was like . Glass Onion should have ended with benoit blanc getting home and testing positive for covid . I really think that would've tied the whole thing together

[journeytothewestresearch]

Can you please tell me what abilities sun wukong have because am always confused about it i even hear some people says that sun wukong is omniscient and omnipresent and can control time or that he is is a boundless character

At no point in JTTW is Monkey ever depicted as a boundless character with omniscience, omnipresence, and control over time. Anyone claiming that has never read the novel. Never ever trust any online claims about Sun Wukong unless a cited quote is provided.

Having said that, I am slowly compiling a comprehensive list of all of Monkey's magical abilities and skills, complete with corresponding Chinese terms and citations. However, I am nowhere close to being done (and won't be for years), so I can only give you a general list at this time. But I will link to my past articles where applicable.

The following is based on a list I wrote a few months ago for someone looking to make their D&D campaign more authentic.

Immortality - He has six layers of immortality. But these are more like layers of invulnerability. As a "bogus immortal" (yaoxian, 妖仙) he is still susceptible to injury and death because he hasn’t yet achieved Buddha-nature and broken free of the wheel of rebirth (see note #1 here for an explanation).

Invulnerability - He has an adamantine hide that can't be pierced or hurt by earthly or heavenly weapons and elements (this doesn't count the times that he allows himself to be cut). This is thanks to all of the immortal foodstuff he had eaten in heaven being refined within his body by his samadhi fire, giving him a "diamond body" (jingang zhi qu, 金鋼之軀). Sometimes he uses this invulnerability to freak out demons by blocking a sword strike with his bald head. However, he can still be hurt. For example, he is twice wounded by special elements born from spiritual cultivation, samadhi fire and wind (the book treats cultivated and heavenly elements as two different things). Also, one villain, a scorpion demoness energized with Buddhist dharma power, is able to successfully penetrate his skin by stinging him in the face with her tail.

72 changes - He can transform into anything. The only flaw is his tail, which doesn't always change the way he wants it to. Or, a character recognizes him because of his red butt.

Cloud somersault - This allows him to fly 108,000 li (33,554 mi / 54,000 km) in a single leap. The skill is actually a metaphor for instantaneous enlightenment, for those who achieve it will immediately arrive in the Buddha's paradise.

Magic hairs - He can change any one of his 84,000 hairs into anything he wants (tools, random objects, living creatures, etc.) These include hair clones, which are autonomous copies of himself that can range into the tens, hundreds, thousands, millions, or even billions. However, he only deploys these on a small scale in the novel. He never uses the power to its full stated extent.

Super strength - His greatest feat is carrying two mountains while running "with the speed of a meteor." But there are characters physically stronger than him. For instance, Monkey cannot escape the grip of the Great Peng bird once he is caught in his powerful talons.

Martial arts - He is proficient in armed and unarmed combat, being able to go toe-to-toe with deities with centuries more combat experience than him. "Short Fist," a historical style, is listed as his preferred boxing method. But he mainly relies on his magic iron staff for fighting.

General magic - Monkey is shown capable of calling forth gods and spirits, growing or shrinking to any size, parting fire and water, creating impassable barriers, conjuring wind storms, casting illusions, freezing people in place, putting anyone to sleep, unlocking any lock, bestowing superhuman strength, bringing the dead back to life, turning invisible, changing someone's appearance, traveling to and from heaven and hell, etc.

Magic Eyes - He can see through illusions. But this isn't always portrayed consistently, for I know of several times where Guanyin fools him, and even a god of the soil, a lesser deity, is once able to do the same thing.

Medicine - He can diagnose maladies and concoct medicines to solve the issue.

You can see that omniscience, omnipresence, and control over time are not listed. I think the problem is that people are confusing Sun Wukong at two different points in his character arc. The powers listed above come from the journey itself (ch. 13 to 100). The omni-level powers would come after he achieves Buddhahood at the end of the novel (ch. 100). However, it's very, very important to know that the story ends before Sun Wukong, now the "Victorious Fighting Buddha," performs any feats (i.e. he has no feats as a Buddha). I'm sure people could assign him powers ascribed to other Buddhas in religious literature, but what happens after the story ends is beyond canon.

I hope this helps.

[skaruresonic]

(Pat Boivin voice) "yes, Woolie, you can win any argument if you just change what words mean"

This literally could not be any simpler. Mega Mack is a chemical. The level is called Chemical Plant. The Egg Poison boss ("Water Eggman" in Japanese) drops this chemical on Sonic with the specific purpose of killing him, thus classifying it as a chemical weapon.