#team h2

[jianqies]

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[crosscountryrally]

En la última frontera: El equipo KH-7 Epsilon será el primero en utilizar hidrógeno en competición en el Dakar 2023

El Dakar es una aventura de descubrimiento de nuevos terrenos, pero en los últimos años se ha vuelto también una aventura de probar nuevas tecnologías especialmente de propulsión alternativa. Llegó Audi con su prototipo híbrido, Prodrive y Astara presentaron sus motores propulsados por biocombustibles y a lo mismo se ha sumado Isidre Esteve y Repsol. En este Dakar 2023, el experimentado equipo KH-7 Epsilon buscará romper una nueva frontera al utilizar el hidrógeno para reducir hasta en un 50% su consumo de combustible diesel en su camión de carreras. Es la primera vez que el hidrógeno llega a la competición en el Dakar luego de que un camión experimental de la compañía Aramco completara algunos kilómetros de prueba en 100% hidrógeno en el Dakar 2022.

El equipo formado por el piloto Jordi Juvanteny y sus tripulantes José Luis Criado y Jordi Ballbé manejará un camión MAN 6x6 especialmente modificado para este fin y con un tanque de 420 litros de H2 para entregar soporte a la combustión generada por el diesel. El MAN pesará 11.500 kilos y tendrá una potencia de alrededor de 800 HP donde se espera que el usar hidrógeno no reduzca las prestaciones, claves para salir de los apuros en el desierto.

Si el experimento de este equipo funciona en 2023, se espera que se dé el salto a acercarse a 100% hidrógeno en 2024.

“Estamos en la segunda etapa de este proyecto, que iniciamos el año pasado con el uso de eco-combustibles. En 2023 hemos relevado el GLP por hidrógeno, que es completamente limpio y no deja huella en la atmósfera. Ésta es nuestra forma de devolverle al Dakar parte de lo mucho que nos ha aportado. Además, el planeta nos reclama cambios y no podemos esperar una respuesta exclusivamente institucional. Debemos ponernos en marcha entre todos y desde ya mismo. Nuestro equipo pretende hacer cosas grandes e innovadoras, y de este modo aportar un granito de arena al planeta, que nos lo pide” comenta el experimentado piloto catalán Jordi Juvanteny, 30 veces participante del Dakar y 16 veces campeón de la categoría de camiones 6x6.

Imagen: Prensa KH-7 Epsilon Team

[monstergraffiti]

also props to ageha for being, among everything, the first pink precure who has her own car. hirogaru is the first team who can like. drive themselves places

[leathercollectionus]

Kawasaki Biker Jacket

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Kawasaki Biker Jacket

[who-escaped]

Team HII 5th Anniversary: 张昕 Zhang Xin's Letters to 林舒晴 Lin Shuqing 王奕 Wang Yi and 袁一琦 Yuan Yiqi

TO LSQ

TO: The world’s most adorable Xiao Qing

You are the junior who has joined TEAM HII most recently. Even though I only met you at the beginning of this year, I can see through your performances and outside of them that you really love SNH48. After you made a mistake dancing Qingchun Shandian, you practiced over and over until you became the first member to perform for every unit in Orange Miracle. Everybody can see how much you have improved and you will definitely be popular. Love you~

FROM: Xin

TO WY

Yiyi meimei:

When you first came to TEAM HII, you were shy and didn’t dare to say much during MCs but you now have more and more of your own style. Your stage presence has also improved which I’m glad to see. Even though you are a 01-liner, you’re still a big kid. Why are you able to grow taller than me who is a 95-liner? I hope that you will be able to achieve good results with TEAM HII in the future!

A-xin

TO YYQ

TO: Qiqi didi

I often write your “qi” incorrectly but I finally got it right this time. After hearing your birthday wishes for me, sigh now I think of you when I went out for dinner. Even though you really are a little brother [T/N1], I can still see the more vulnerable side of you sometimes. I feel that the two of us are similar in this sense. In the future, let’s both be a little stronger together. If you have time, come to 342 [T/N2] to play, let’s cook instant noodles. There’s a lot I want to say but there isn’t enough space here so I’ll tell you more later. 

T/N1: As opposed to being more feminine and having all the stereotypically associated traits, eg. being emotional.

T/N2: The dorm room

Source | Twitter | CuriousCat

[dtrghost]

closeness and proximity part.4

pairing: ghost x f!reader

synopsis: callsign is sunshine, because you're anything but. team 141 thought ghost was bad? at least they could crack a smile out of the guy from time to time, you? you were stone faced, all day, every day. until one day you're not, not with a certain someone anyway.

warnings: inaccurate military language and sequences, mega angst, allusions to mental illness (reader has sociopathic tendencies) you get the gist. violence, death (not simon or the mc), sad ghosty because yes. This is gonna be a longer one I think, lot's of gore, lots of torture, be wary of that, not for the faint hearted. Guys, DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE GORE, PLEASE. Also, reminder that again, mc is not a good person, not at all, she's devoted to her job and will do ANYTHING to succeed, keep that in mind. Hey you get to see simon close to tears!!!

part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6

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She awoke with a scowl, the vomit from last night leaving a vile taste on her tongue. She brushed her teeth, gargled mouth wash, and opted to skip out on breakfast.

As if her stomach could handle that after last night.

She hated herself for letting her teammate see her so weak, even going so far as to cry in front of him and confess feelings she couldn't comprehend herself. But now wasn't the time to dwell, she had a mission, and to carry it out she resorted to autopilot, her best friend for years.

Simon opened his eyes to the sound of her getting ready, the cocks of her gun as she checked it twice over to ensure nothing would go wrong when she needed it.

"Mornin' sunshine." He grunted out, his voice deep and raspy with sleep as he sluggishly stood up.

"Ghost." His eyes flickered to her, and the woman he knew was back. The cold, guarded version of her he'd managed to break through the night before had returned. He didn't press, knowing how important it was to get the job done right. He got ready himself as she stood by the cracked open door waiting for him patiently. He noticed how she kept her eyes cemented to the floor, not moving, rarely blinking, because if she looked at him, and he stared back with something that wasn't the look of a lieutenant or a soldier, she'd crack.

And she couldn't let that happen. Not now anyway.

Her ears tuned in to the sound of loud thuds hitting the floor. Her eyes flickered to the smoke entering the room shouts ringing out from another part of the house. She got a small whiff of the smell.

HCN, H2S, and PH3.

Knockdown gas.

They made eye contact, rushing to her bag and pulling out a gas mask, Simon following silently. The gas flooded the room, Y/N pressing her ear to the door, hearing nothing but silence in return. She waited for a moment before cracking open the door and taking a peek out, seeing the hallway flooded with the same smoke but no bodies.

"Couples hours before breakfast, most of em were still asleep." Simon told her quietly.

The one time these bloody fuckers decide to sleep in.

They made their way to the end of the hallway, checking the rooms along the way to see that they were empty. She looked around the corner, finding those very bodies on the floor, blood surrounding them as they trailed to the hallway on the other side of the kitchen. Her hand came up, halting him as she crouched down, pushing a metal ball from the back of her vest and into her palm.

"What's that?" He pressed, never having seen a device like that before.

"It's connected to my coms that picks up audio. Prototype from headquarters." His eyebrows shot up in surprise as she rolled it to the other hallway, and with a tap of her earpiece she could hear quiet voices from the other half of the house.

Clear. Alpha 0-5 move to the other side. Omega team will clear upstairs.

She took out her suppressed pistol instead, listening to the near silent thuds of footsteps going up the stairs.

"They're gonna come this way. I take them out, then we move to the front door."

"Copy that." She watched as two soldiers appeared from the other hallway. With two bullets to the head, one for each, she reloaded and approached the front door silently, taking a moment to grab her eavesdropper (what she calls it anyway) and move back to Simon. Gunshots rang out upstairs, Simon quick to grab her arm before she could clear the front for an exit.

"What about the rest of em?" He hated, no. Loathed, leaving teammates behind when he could do something to help. She stopped, sighing deeply. She had to make a choice, save the two of them, or risking the death of everyone trying to save the rest.

"They're out. By the time we get up there they'll be dead and we'll have to face the firing squad." She argued, disagreeing with the idea to play search and rescue.

"You don't know that." He shot back, narrowing his eyes at her.

"I'm not risking our lives. We have a mission to complete, and we can't do that if we have a bullet in our brains." They were both growing irritated. He thought she was being selfish for not wanting to even try to help her squad. She found him idiotic for not seeing that there wasn't a chance that they'd pull anyone out alive.

"I'm not leaving until we try." And he knew she wasn't leaving him on his own, she cared too much. He didn't mind using her feelings for him for his own gain in the moment. Right now he cared about his team, and when he moved to clear the house, she begrudgingly followed. They checked every body they came across for a pulse, finding none for the first few. It pissed her off in a variety of ways, the fact she was right and he wasn't letting up, and the fact that she didn't hear it sooner.

She blamed her herself. If she hadn't let herself deteriorate, she would've heard them come, she could've saved them. But she didn't, and she'd now have to remind herself of that every day for the rest of her life.

She moved to the front of him, taking initiative and peaking around the hallway. The gas had since cleared by the windows they opened, the traces left not being enough to knock anyone else out.

"Clear!" Ghost's heart sank. She was right. He heard her exhale slowly, her anger peaking as she waited for them all the walk out of the rooms and putting a bullet in their heads. All but two. She shot their hands, then their legs, moving through the hallway and yanking them both off the floor with one arm each.

"Sun-"

"Shut it Ghost. How the hell did you find us." He had never seen her so angry. Her tone was spiteful and full of hatred as she threw one his direction and directing her rage to the bigger guy.

"Fuck you." The man replied, smirking at her tauntingly. It was silent for a beat, and it would only get worse.

"Alright." With a quick movement his face smashed into her knee, letting his body drop as she began searching rooms with an order for Simon to keep an eye on them. She found rope, feeling the heaviness of it as she threw it on her shoulder and came back out.

"You can watch this time if you want. Maybe you can learn a few things." She grabbed the man by his vest and dragged him into the nearest room, Simon taking the other one with him.

"Put him in the chair and tie him up." She tossed some rope to him before tying her guy down to the bed. The chair the other one sat in was facing the bed, and there was this awful feeling that he couldn't shake. Everything told him to step outside, to not watch what she was going to do to them, but his need to know what she was truly capable of was just that much stronger.

"Kinky. I like it." He teased, though the sweat sliding down his temple was evidence enough that he was scared. She didn't reply, grabbing a knife, taking off her gear, and rolling up her sleeves.

"Call for evac." She ordered, waiting for him to finish with it before sitting next to him.

"Let's get started. How did you find us."

"I had a nice cup of tea with your mother before she-" He cried out in pain, squirming as she pressed her knife into his abdomen and cut a line down the middle. The ropes were too tight, too thick for him to rip off as he desperately pulled at them.

"This is how it's gonna work. Wrong answer, one organ he-" She jabbed her finger towards the guy sitting in the chair who had just been shouting at her to stop.

"Has to eat." Everyone's eyes blew out of the sockets at her words. She couldn't be serious, she was bluffing... right?

"You're full of shit." She snickered, burying the blade in his thigh, her eyes boring into his own.

"You just murdered my team. I promise you, the last thing I value this morning is morality. So, tell me what I want to know, or shit's gonna get ugly."

"Sunshine-" Simon's words never left the tip of his tongue. The glare that faced him was enough to cause him to step back and keep his mouth shut. He didn't move, didn't try to stop her.

"Let's continue shall we. How did you know that we were here."

"Go to hell-" She dug her knife back into him, and Ghost watched in fear as she cut out his spleen. No amount of hatred for the man was enough to get him to watch the process, he kept his eyes cemented to the floor, attempting to tune out his wails and cries. He watched her turn to the man in the chair who stared at her in terror as she held the bloody organ in her hands.

His hand grabbed her wrist.

"That's enough. We'll find a different-" Before he could finish she slammed his against the wall, her arm pressing hard against his trachea as the knife pointed inward to his jugular.

"Stay. Out. of my way. That's an order lieutenant." It was a reminder that she had operational command. She took notice of the betrayal, releasing him with a push against the wall. This is what she was, a monster, and part of her was glad he likely realized that by now so he'd stop trying. She didn't deserve his help, and it was better he put his time towards someone more worthy than someone like her. With one last look at him, she turned back to her victim.

"So, would you prefer i cut it into pieces for you? Or do you wanna be a champ and chew it yourself." Simon's stomach lurched, and it took everything in him not to leave the room, or to spill his dinner from the night before onto the floor.

"You should be thanking me, you're getting the breakfast my team didn't." The man from the bed sobbed and watched her cut a piece off, a second away from forcing it down his teammates throat before he broke.

"Alright I'll tell you!" He yelled, listening to her 'tch' and turn back to him, tossing his organ off to the side. She sat next to him on the bed, her eyes piercing into his soul.

"If you lie to me. I'll go for your dick next, and your buddy won't be the one eating it." The sheer horror in his eyes almost made her laugh, flipping the knife in her hands as she looked at him expectingly. Turns out he was a mole, hidden inside the operation and feeding intel back to his home country's base with the promise of a perfect life for himself, where he could live in a luxury that even some of the richest people couldn't buy.

She could understand if it were to save someone he loved, she might've spared him if that were the case. But for wealth, for greed, he was willing to murder, and she couldn't stand for that.

"He told you what you wanted to know!" The other man cried, watching as the life in his friend's eyes faded, the metal sinking into his heart.

"I'm doing you a favor. People like him, who trade lives for material wealth, are never good to keep around." She shrugged, pulling the knife out and leaving him there before moving back to him.

"Anything else you think I need to know? You're gonna die anyway." Her unbothered attitude made Ghost question whether she had feelings at all.

Was the person he met last night real? Was it a lie, a facade for some underlying goal he didn't know?

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" The man sobbed, still struggling against his restraints in a feeble attempt to escape the inevitable. Her hand landed on his shoulder, giving it a squeeze in false comfort.

"People like your buddy. Ever heard of the Тюлень project." His eyes met hers and she snickered at his confusion.

"It means seal in Russian. They'd kidnap elite soldiers, most happening to be navy seals to brainwash them and sell them to ally countries through an underground black market system. Now a number of things occurred during the process." She rose back up, twisting the knife in her hands as she thought back to that time with a smile that held nothing behind it.

"But I think the most memorable part was when they'd castrate the men and sterilize the women. No meds either, awake for the whole thing." Simon's head snapped up to her, both of them in shock and terror.

"ECT was one thing, but god that was a whole other experience. But the wounds healed up nicely so I guess I can't complain." The humor behind her words fell on deaf ears. They couldn't tell if they should've felt sympathy or fear.

"Well whatever. I'll put you out of your misery now." She pulled out her pistol and within a second he was dead, the both watching as his body went slack and his head fell forward.

"Evac should be arriving soon-"

"Is it true?" He interrupted, staring at her.

"No I lied to the poor guy about getting my organs ripped out so he'd pass on peacefully. Of course it's fucking true."

"Watch the fuckin' attitude Y/N."

"What the hell is your problem now. Someone shove a stick up your ass when I wasn't looking." The next thing she knew she was slammed against the wall, suddenly the one in front the knife as it pressed against her neck, just as she did to him before. She took his emotions in, seeing his rage, the hurt from her treachery. She strained to adjust her neck to a more comfortable position, smirking up at him. She felt the sharpness of the blade dig into her skin a bit, the warm crimson dripping down her neck as she flashed her jugular to him.

"Do it Simon. I won't stop you. I can see the dying urge somewhere in there." The hairs on the back of his neck stood tall. She was right, a part of him wanted to. The part that felt threatened by her previous actions, that didn't trust her for a second as she flipped from person to person, cold and warm in fleeting moments. She watched him lower his knife, getting in her face, their noses almost touching through their masks.

"You're a sick, selfish bastard. You don't give a damn about anyone but yourself, you kill for yourself, you hurt everyone you meet. And I don't want something like that on my team."

Something. Not someone. She wasn't even a person to him now.

"You'll be off Task Force 141 by the morning, you hear me?" She swallowed thickly, nodding, only for his arm to push farther into her throat causing her to choke.

"Words soldier." He spat, the anger gleaming in his eyes. He could see the small traces of hurt and guilt in her eyes. But she knew it was only a matter of time, She was unlovable, and she was foolish to think she could have something she wanted.

"I'll be off Task Force 141 in the morning. I'll call HQ myself." She forced out. He searched her gaze for falsehood before reluctantly releasing her, facing away as she gasped for air, hunching over and taking deep breaths. She couldn't deny his strength, and it was evident with her short coughing fit.

They were silent as she put back on her gear, and he knew that was the last time he'd ever see Y/N, the woman he met last night, likely forever. He watched as she picked up her gun, her eyes empty and nonchalant.

"We need to head to the landing zone. You ready?" She kept a light tone that surprised him a bit. With a curt nod she approached the door, only for it to be kicked in as she jumped back in shock. The uniforms matched the ones from the men she killed, so she began taking shots, Simon following. But as more filed in, they quickly lost, both of them ending up on the floor with knees on their backs, their hands being tied up.

They were forced to comply, being pushed and shoved to a helicopter waiting outside for them. They had been gagged and stripped of their gear, sitting on the hard floor with guns pointing at them. Ghost tried to meet her eyes, nudging her foot to look at him for a silent meeting to make a plan, until the barrel pointing at him was suddenly digging into his skull, ordering him to stop in Russian.

Then they began to shout, people standing with their guns up and ready as the radar with the control up front beeped, a red blinker appearing to be approaching them from the back.

Evac followed.

The helicopter door opened with a machine gun pointing at them, only for them to scream as she kicked their knee in, sending them out of the chopper. The duo couldn't speak, but a silent confirmation was given as they got themselves up, fighting with their hands behind their back as the evac helicopter appear just below them. With the door still open she made eye contact with Price, her head gesturing down.

The aircraft lowered enough for them to jump in, and she went back to help out Ghost who she pushed in front of her before two men looped their arms around her. She spit out her gag after leaning over with them and trying to shake them off with vigor, but she wasn't strong enough, not after the several blows her body had already taken.

"Get your fucking hands off her!" Simon yelled out, having gotten the gag out of his mouth and seeing her restrained. She stepped back, causing him stutter for a moment in confusion as she told him to stop.

"I'm sorry." For everything, but she didn't have time for that last piece. Before he could help she jumped, her feet making hard contact with his chest, sending him out of danger and falling into evac who turned the chopper to let him fall in. She fell back onto the floor, her capturers' grips loosening and her head spinning as she crawled to the opening.

"We've got to get her out of there!" Simon yelled, only to be held back by Soap and Price. She felt hands wrap around her ankles before she looked back at her team.

"GO." She screamed as loudly as she could, knowing there was no way for her to get out alive either. John saw her for a moment, truly. He saw the girl he met 6 years ago. Her eyes were begging, pleading with him to save themselves, to save him, and leave her behind. He gave her nod, tearing his look away before wetness could pool in his eyes.

"No! Price! Don't you fucking dare!" His eyes burned involuntarily as he looked back at her, desperate to go back. Everything around him went quiet, slow, and he felt the air from his lung dissipate at her face. She smiled at him, a genuine smile.

It's gonna be okay. It told him.

The last person to look at him that way was his mother. When he was just a boy after he received a beating from his father. The look of care, reassurance, and tenderness she gave him as she cleaned the wounds on his body and face. That she'd save him, get him out of harm's way, and this time around, she did. He breathed heavily, every word he had said to her flooding back to his memory with guilt and regret.

Sick, selfish bastard. Those were his last words to her. The last thing he did was threaten her life and kick her off the team like trash. He almost threw up.

"Get us out of here!" Price shouted to the pilot who nodded, turning their aircraft around and heading back home. Simon struggled and yanked, but his body was weak for the beating he took in that house, and all he could do was watch as they parted for what may have been the last time.

Her breath was ragged and heavy as soldiers pulled her up by her arms, not nearly as gentle as they were the last time. The butt of their gun hit her face, and she felt her body sag, her eyes shutting as she lost consciousness. A part of her didn't mind too much, she got him out, she saved someone, finally. She did something right, something that wasn't for herself, and she let herself enjoy that as she slipped away.

She did it.

Yeaahhh. For reference HCN is hydrogen cyanide, H2S is hydrogen sulfide, and PH3 is phosphite (I'm not smart I googled knockdown gas). There's gonna be another part soon, because yes I'm excited. Anyway yeah. I hope you enjoyed this part!! The next part may be the second to last depending on what I come up with. If you wanna be part of the tag list let me know! Notes of any kind are appreciated and thank you for all of the support!!

@thaprilks @bowtruckleninja @almightywdm

[nco05]

Fermín López Marin this time last year was a 3rd division footballer

365 days later, he is on the verge of double digit goals scored across all competitions for FC Barçelona's main team

Edit for the same match, H2: AND THAT IS THE DOUBLE DIGITS REACHED! WHAT A PLAYER!

[emperornero]

What media would u tell someone to get into, if you knew they'd absolutely put the time and effort into reading / watching / listening to all of it?

HYLICS its not for everyone and the vague story and lore might put off many but i absolutely love everything this series has to offer so far. if anyone is looking for a very abstract rpg which heavily relies on handmade clay animation and some of the most interesting character designs ive ever seen i cannot recommend it enough

the first game is pretty short [like 2 hours if you know what youre doing] and if you like the absurd nature of it you will love the second game with its upgraded visuals and animations and music and aaahh so beautiful . and theres also the additional musical pieces expanding the lore such as the theme songs for all the team members ['moonage lobotomy' album] and the post hylics 2 [from what i understand? unless its kinda during h2 and after? correct me if im wrong] story driven album ['absent moon']. also it made it canon that the protagonist's voice is vinny from vinesauce which broke the fandom for like a week

i know mason lindroth is working on a new game [currently known to fans as just 'new hylics' since we arent sure if its a third game in the series or a prequel or a remake of the first game because he redesigned many enemies from h1 for it so idk] and while i understand it will take a long time to create i hope it will come out while im still interested in this series and that it will be as good as hylics 2 or maybe better. whatever you do remember to be respectful to him as a creator this guy is putting out some of the most original game content possible in the current day era

[catgirlforeskin]

All the anons about halo friends honestly makes me want to throw my hat onto the ring, so I just wanted to make sure that that discord invite was an open one

and also hell yeah human weapons gang, feel so much better than covie weapons. This sadly brings down my opinion of the back half of H2's campaign a bit

Yeah it’s real, I want a full stack for halo infinite big team battle let’s fucking go girls

[elbiotipo]

There's a lot of infrastructure to allow space travel as it exists in Campoestela. Some are thousands of years old and have endured whole civilizations, like the equivalents of the Silk Road. Others, like in Human space, are only centuries if not decades old.

Lots of asteroids and rogue planets drifting in calm aetheric zones, basically gas stations, or more like airports. H2, the universal fuel, is on easy supply everywhere.

However, it's planets that are the problem. You don't have the comforts of GPS, telecommunications, energy, or anything else, you have to bring them with you. And while there are strong public works that deal with that with the more populated planets, in remote bases, you need some guy to do deliver your nuclear reactor, your weather satellite, your scientist crew rotation, etc. Beto is That Guy. What centuries ago took dozens of well planned rocket launches, hundreds of engineers and millions of dollars, Beto and his spaceplane does in a weekend or so. And the satellites are about the price of a car too.

Landing on an salt-flat carrying a nuclear reactor... bringing supplies to bases investigating space whales... carrying humanitarian aid after a storm... terraforming equipement to a domed colony... mining tools to remote asteroid belts... it get tedious sometimes...

It's more fun when he has to carry washed up rockstars, or scientists in field missions, or local fútbol teams, or VIAJE DE EGRESADOS WIIIIII

[honey-minded-hivemind]

I could see h2 no au reader having octopus tentacles bc im biased and have fixated on octopi’s before bc of another fandom and they’re pretty cool too!

octo mer reader would have to struggle with their constantly moving tentacles that seem to have a mind of their own

the platonic yans and reader’s friends would need to deal with reader being able to contort their tentacles into any small hiding space their uper half can fit in

i also imagine octo mer reader would have a tendency to tinker around with whatever junk they find bc of those videos of octopi’s using litter they find in the ocean to build homes and such and also a love of puzzles because of octopi having been known to be vary intelligent creatures that are capable of braking out of their inclosures when put in aquariums

i could also see reader having the tail and some of the traits of a moray eel bc they’re neat lil sea noodles too

Those are good ideas! And I love octopi, too! They're so cute and squishy and bloody!

Octopus Mer/Siren Reader would struggle a bit, because instead of having two legs, or a tail, they have eight wriggling, suction-cup lined tentacles, and they're hard to control at times. Reader feels anxious, their tentacles start writhing and curling against each other. They're scared, they're inching into everh crevice and crack they can find. They're angry, they start picking up rocks and shells like a ball they plan to toss at someone. And they can create clouds of ink. Which feels weird, because what. The. H*ck. How... how do they even do that? Reader is trying to swim with their friends, and has to have help because they keep getting distracted and trying to pick up stray shells and junk, wanting to make something or collect it, and their friends just have to keep reminding them to go with the flow. Reader sees the platonic yans, and is immediately dragging thenself across rocks and out of the water to get away, like a scared wet kitten or spider, and the platonic yans are trying to caox them back into the water with shiny rocks and fresh seafood and promises of a safe, dark napping place. Reader, if they were an octopus mer/siren, would love puzzles! All kinds of puzzles! Little wooden ones, jigsaw puzzles, even some word puzzles! Their friends like doing them with Reader, because it's perfect team bonding and Reqder is happy, so why not? Especially if they can do it in mer form!

Littlr eel mer/siren Reader would be a wiggly bean, just trying to figure out how to keep going, and trying to snag some food for their friends. They love hiding, and especially love hide-and-seek! They just... they don't really know how to deal with a such a long tail. The platonic yans are happy to seek Reader when they're hiding, and will do their best to grab their noodle of a pup, but it gives even them a swim for their pearls as they try to hold such a little wiggle worm! Eel mer/siren Reader would be good at curling up, and would just wrap themswlf around their friends if they were cold or scared. They're a good noodle!

(Reader would have a hard time with whatever tail they had, but it's always interesting when they have one that's different from most fish/sea creatures!)

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Scientists make methanol at room temperature

A more sustainable method of creating methanol—a key component of fuels, plastics, and medicines—has been developed by Cardiff University scientists and an international team of collaborators. The process, which uses a highly active catalyst, converts oxygen and the natural gas methane into methanol at room temperature without the need for external energy sources such as light or electricity. The breakthrough builds on the Cardiff team's efforts to move away from expensive and energy-intensive processes by developing new catalytic methods with industry and promoting the use of catalysis as a sustainable 21st century technology. Their findings, published in an article titled "H2-reduced phosphomolybdate promotes room-temperature aerobic oxidation of methane to methanol" in Nature Catalysis, represent a significant step toward cleaner, greener methanol production which, with further development, could be used in industrial processes worldwide.

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[1908jmd]

Personally, I think one of the main reasons Jenna was unhappy about Darren being given the time off to do H2S is jealousy. She grew up on Broadway. That's the world she came from. And it wasn't just Glee that made allowances for Darren to do that show, the entire H2S production team, cast, & crew also had to make special arrangements for him to be able to do it as well. Darren only did the show for 3 weeks. And the majority of that was done during Glee's scheduled winter break, when they weren't filming anything. But how many Broadway shows are willing to have a lead actor /scheduled/ to be in the show for less than a month? Most of the time when an actor takes over a Broadway role for a limited engagement, they are there for at least double that time. The fact that H2S wanted Darren in the show so badly that they were willing to go above and beyond spending time and money to train him on all the choreography, songs, and dialogue, as well as do all of the advertising of him being in the show, just for a three-week run? That is insane! And I think Jenna is is jealous that she didn't have any Broadway productions offering her those same types of arrangements.

Oh yeah I agree. It is a jealousy thing. Quite a few other cast members had time off to do other things - Matthew Morrison certainly did in season 4 . But she didn’t complain about others, It was Darren going to Broadway that really upset her.

Unfortunately that has affected how they talk about Blaine and Klaine and any contribution those characters had on glee.

Thanks for the ask!l

[beautifulpersonpeach]

everyday i thank god hybe did not buy sm ent.

did you know sm is bringing back fuck ass lucas??? how???

imagine all of this blowing up after the acquisition bpp. i shudder just thinking about how hybe dodged a massive bullet there.

***

Really, HYBE pulling out after the reverse tender offer, resulting in them owning a sizable but not controlling stake in SM, turned out to be the best outcome for them as things currently stand. The drama isn't over yet though, with Kakao's exec team scheduled for court proceedings to resolve by H2 2024.

The only glimmer of hope for fans of SM is the debut of their new girl group later this year. In a parade of faux pas, this will be the positive rallying point for SM stans in 2024. And honestly I'll be happy to see it.

As to Lucas debuting, the only reason this is happening is because he's with SM. For as long as I've been into k-pop, during every major hate train on an idol/group, especially if it results in them leaving the industry/disbanding, it has always had one group of stans at the forefront. Because of their loyalty to the company though, they never reserve the same vitriol for their own, and as no other group of company stans matches their intensity of fanaticism, idols/groups from that agency are always rehabilitated. The only time SM idols have faced any real repercussions has been when they've fought against SM management and lost the protection of company.

One good example is Kris Wu, former EXO member. Like Lucas, he was very popular but also notorious for 'bad boy' behaviour, but that was kept mostly under wraps. There were rumors swirling about him for months on various forums, just like with Lucas, but it wasn't until he sued SM to break his contract and won, that's when suddenly people started talking more openly about his... tastes. Years later Kris Wu was exposed as a rapist in a separate incident, but the allegations showed a pattern that was eerily similar to rumours that had been circulating while he was a member of EXO, receiving massive support from SM stans. There's been a lot said about how several SM idols can do things like marry and have children, compared to idols from other companies, but the unspoken bit of that assertion is that no other group of company stans target people for perceived failings the way SM stans do. Like, even when there is pushback to SM idols, it's coming primarily from other fans of SM groups.

And if you think I'm exaggerating, the next time there's a controversy/scandal about any idol or group, pay attention to which groups of stans are primarily instigating it. I'm serious. Then come back here and tell me what you think.

Lucas won't have a smooth sailing debut, but the only reason he is being rehabilitated to this point in the first place, is because he is an SM idol. This is a form of Big 3 privilege that SM artists benefit the most from, given SM has the largest amount of company stans.

When I say the blueprint of current fandom norms started with SM and that they largely influence the tenor of narratives in fandom spaces, this is yet the latest example.

Lol, truly fascinating stuff.

Stay tuned for Lucas's debut single on April 1st :)

[areyouafraid]

im curious abt mataneko-kone-magnificat / rancid the sergal from F&H2. i was always aware of sergals and their popularity in the furry fandom. i figured they were a sort of "communal" species that no one really owned. i only decided to look up their origin bc of rancid. so for anyone else who wasn't aware, sergals are a fictional species created for the vilous universe, a science-fantasy world created by mick ono and kiki-uma. sergals were also adopted by the larger furry fandom and are frequently depicted outside of the context of vilous to such an extent that many people have sergal characters but are not familiar with vilous. it's unclear to me at this point in time how mick ono and kiki-uma feel about the use of sergals in other fiction, or if they are aware of the apperance of sergals in fear & hunger. (the apperance of sergals in fear & hunger is specifically because of a youtuber named neco the sergal.) anyway, now this has me thinking: what is the vilous team's stance on sergals outside the context of the setting? are they aware of their appearance in F&H? is it considered a copyright violation, or is it kinda like a hobbit / "halfling" situation where they just bled into other media and that's... it's own unrelated thing?

[absolutebl]

BL Coming in August

Here’s what’s starting this month. Which ones are you excited about? My top picks for me as The Eclipse and About Youth, let’s see how wrong I am. 

THAILAND 

War of Y

From COPY A BANGKOK (trailer)

20 eps (holy fucktard, 20 episodes of Cheewin’s nonsense), starts Aug 2 on AisPlay premium 

On Cloud Nine

Country setting, atmospheric LTR flavored BL with themes of self acceptance from MindTrio (trailer).

6 eps, starts Aug 6 on Mind Trio’s YT channel

21 Days Theory

Friends to lovers, self acceptance, secret crush, high school set from Rookie Thailand (trailer). Looks high angst, messy, cheating, secret crush stars Bever (En of Love: TOSSARA, En of Love: Love Mechanics, The Best Story and Love Mechanics) and Tee Khunakorn (The Cupid Coach).

8 eps, starts Aug 7 on Rookie Thailand’s YT channel (I think) 

The Eclipse

An enemies to lovers high school set, paladin bab boy pairing from GMMTV. This is right in their wheelhouse and was my most anticipated from GMMTV’s 2022 line up. Tropes include: sinister boarding school, haze the one you love, suspense & horror elements looks great, dark (but in a way Thailand can handle), kind of Blacklist-ish meets Great Men Academy. GMMTV excels at this kind of content. Stars First (The Shipper, Not Me) & Khaotung (Tonhon Chonlatee) side dish pair from FUTS NeoLouis. I actually really like this lead pair and I think they can handle the content. trailer

12 eps, starts Aug 12 on GMMTV’s Youtube channel  

* I’m gonna point out an important thing. I find it notable that Khaotung as the aggressor/bad boy (for a change) in this GMMTV offering has his natural skin tone (aka darker) as opposed to when he’s playing a super uke role (see Tonhon Chonlatee). Now there could be mitigating factors (like the makeup people got better at matching base tones, or they were shooting outside a lot), but still Thailand’s propensity for associating negative/evil/poor/crazy characters with darker skin tones is so painful and so insidious I want everyone to notice this, especially when we see it being carried out on THE SAME actor by THE SAME production team. 

And yes, Korea does this too.

My Only 12%

Friends to lovers, high school set, high angst, sunshine/sunshine pairing from Studio Wabi Sabi for iQIyI. (trailer) Neighbors and childhood friends, Cake & Seeiw, who have totally opposite personalities slowly growing apart. This one has the chemistry and the script so fingers crossed it’s not sad. Y-novel adaptation (author Afterday - Bad Buddy) starring SantaEarth (7 Project).

Do we trust Studio Wabi Sabi or director New anymore? Even with SantaEarth (especially with SantaEarth). That is the question.

Aug 12, 15 eps on iQIYI

180 Degree Longitude Passes Through Us

Coming to Gaga (trailer). Doesn’t look like BL: “Can a mother be more understanding of her son’s sensuality? Even if she does, will it be easy for her to accept his relationship with a man twice his age?”

? eps, starts Aug 15 on GaGa 

Love in the Air 

Enemies to Lovers, high school set from Me Mindy (trailer). Mame’s upcoming adaptation of her novels Love Storm and Love Sky, focuses on 2 couples and their individual storylines. 

10 eps, starts Aug 18 on ?

Ghost Host, Ghost House is supposed to be coming too. 

TAIWAN

Papa & Daddy 2 AKA Papa and Daddy Season 2

Gaga bringing us the second season (trailer). Starring Melvin Sia (Damian) and Chiu Mu Han (new actor as Jerry). Looks messy. 

6 eps, starts Aug 8 (Taiwan's Father's Day) on GaGa 

About Youth AKA I Secretly Fell in Love with Student Council President

Enemies to lovers, high school set for CHOCO TV to air on Bilibili (no trailer) from the producers of HIStory 2&3, and Tsai Mi Chieh the director of H1: Stay Away From Me; H2: Crossing the Line; H3: MODC; Love Is Science (we like her). Adapted from the novel Secretly by Huang Si Mi about high school boys with different backgrounds, personalities, and values who compete for student president, but have more attraction than animosity. The drama focuses on two storylines: egocentric elite student Ye Guang who fights in the council elections with a quiet guitarist Xu Qi Zhang, and his friend Ray who after a recent breakup up with his boyfriend meets A Jian.

10 eps, starts Aug 29 on Bilibili 

JAPAN

Takara and Amagi AKA Takara-kun and Amagi-kun AKA Takara-kun to Amagi-kun

Opposites attract, secret love high school popular/geek pairing from MBS (no trailer). Same studio as Mr Unlucky and Senpai, so expect that style. A popular guy and an outcast boy start dating in secret. Stars Jpop Idols Arata Sato (IMPACTors) as Takara and Nao Oriyama (Shonen Ninja) as Amagi. 

8 eps, starts Aug 18 on ? 

Interesting that there isn’t anything from Korea and nothing new for Viki this month. Although give them a chance, they drop suddenly and later sometimes. 

I don’t always know where to find these and remember your territory and accessibility may be different than mine. But drop a comment if you have more info.