#wind engine

[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

Derecho-Induced Skyscraper Damage

Derechos are short-lived, intense wind storms sometimes associated with thunderstorms. Last spring, such a storm passed through Houston, leaving downtown skyscrapers with more damage than a hurricane with comparable wind speeds.  (Image credit: National Weather Service; research credit: O. Metwally et al.; via Ars Technica) Read the full article

[linkedspirit-fanartfunart]

[Image Description: 3 colored drawings of Linked Spirit's Links in modern clothing. 1st: Sky, Hero, and Mouse sit while Hope lays sprawled holding a cracked gold phone up. Sky wears a blue and white varsity style jacket and jeans. Hope wears an opened red flannel button up, with a green crop top or bra, and green pants with red leg warmers and converse. Hero looks down at Hope, wearing a green hoodie and brown pants, with a light blue scarf. Mouse leans over, wearing a green beanie and vest, with a brown shirt and jeans. 2nd: Smith, wearing a green sweater and black pants, holding a side satchel, walks behind Forest and Bean. Forest wears brown cargo shorts, a long jean vest, and a green shirt, looking forward at Engie and Wind. Bean looks down at them with a smile, wearing a brown hat, green flannel and brown pants. Engie looks back at Forest, using a cane to walk. He wears a light blue button up and loose red tie with dark blue pants. He has a red backpack. Wind has a blue hearing aid, and wears a gold loose button up with rolled sleeves over his lobster shirt. He wears dark blue sweats and is in an almost dance-like pose. 3rd: Ordon, in a brown jacket with a green shirt, follows Glider, who holds his slate-phone and points ahead. Ordon's hair is short, and he has a beard instead, and wears cowboy boots. Glider wears a green tunic-dress with two brown belts. Glider has a light blue cropped hoodie with the sword pattern, and wears brown hiking boots with skinny jeans. Rinku looks back over her shoulder at them, wearing a pink button up dress and a flower pattern at the edge. End ID]

Some Modern Vibes!

[emig22]

The little fellows can finally move!

My friend pointed out that the middle figure looked more like legend color scheme wise and she's not really wrong. Therefore I'm going to make a version with pink hair for the fun of it!

This little automata box was my final project for my engineering design class! I am quite happy with the results especially for a first attempt where I was kind of just winging it and figuring things out as I went. I even had time to add a crank handle! 10/10 very fun project even if some of my classmates sucked :p.

[corvidaedream]

GUESS WHO HAS A STABLE FULL TIME JOB COME JANUARY!!!

[uwudonoodle]

I played my first Zelda game when I was 27 years old.

I consider myself a lifelong Zelda fan. Let me explain:

Growing up, my boomer parents bought into the whole, "video games rot your brain," propaganda of the 90's. They didn't want to spend the money on it, nor did they want us wasting hours slaying pixel mosters. But my older siblings (I have 3 who are around 20 years older than me, yes, I'm the baby) had their own money to spend. My brother had his own TV in his room, and an original NES. Me and my nephew (he's only a year younger than me, did I mention I was the baby?) used to sit on my brother's bed and watch him play. I was fascinated by it. My brother primarily liked combat games, but my favorite of his was Mario and Duck Hunt.

When my brother moved out, he gave his NES to my nephew, because his mom (my oldest sister) didn't have any qualms about her kid playing video games. My sister and nephew lived with us for many years. I got to watch his passion and collection of video games blossom, while almost never getting to take part myself. My parents were fine with me watching him play, but didn't want me participating very much. So aside from the few short games where I got to be player 2, I was only an observer.

My older sister, who also liked playing her son's games sometimes, got him The Legend of Zelda. It was the best game I had seen so far. The story was everything I loved. You could be a hero, and carry a special sword, and save the kingdom and the princess. You could explore and discover so many amazing things in Hyrule. It was so exciting to me. I only got to see snipets of it though. The game was a little difficult for a 4 and 5 year old, and his mom couldn't always be there to help us (or read the text for us). My sister eventually got Link's Awakening on the GameBoy, so she could play it uninterrupted while leaving the bigger console to her son to play easier games. (To this day, Link's Awakening on GameBoy, in black and white, is her favorite game in the world.) I sometimes watched her play GameBoy over her shoulder, so I could see what happened to Link. I never got to see the full story for either game, but I always worried about the fate of Hyrule.

When I was 11, my sister and nephew moved across town. I still visited them all the time. At this point, I might have gotten away with actually playing the games, as my parents might not have found out, but I was too shy in my abilities by then. All my peers had spent years learning to use controllers and do combat. I was still like a drunk 4 year old when handed a controller. I still liked video games, but was more content to watch others play rather than make a fool of myself. Plus, the best games were usually single player, whuch my nephew played, because it was hos Nintendo. I just enjoyed watching him play Mario while I cheered from the sidelines.

In the summer of '99, my nephew got a new game for his N64 - a new Legend of Zelda game. I was over the moon. For weeks, I spent nearly every day at his house, helping him through dungeons. Ocarina of Time was so much cooler than the bits of old Zelda games I remembered. Not only was it a beautiful environment, but Princess Zelda was a real character. I wanted to be her for Halloween so badly.

I helped my nephew through the 3 first dungeons in the game, and fell in love with the land of Hyrule and the characters even more than before. It was my comfort game, even though it wasn't mine.

School started up again, and I was so busy, weeks went by before I was able to visit my nephew again. But I daydreamed about Hyrule all the time. The first time I was able to see my nephew again, I excitedly asked if we could please play Zelda. I was desperate to know what happened in the story. I stupidly hadn't realized that he'd continue playing it on his own. Understandable, but I nonetheless felt betrayed. I loved this story so much, but was once against reminded it wasn't mine.

He pulled up the game to show me where he was at. Link was suddenly older, and Hyrule looked different. Everything was dark. The charming land I loved was gone, with storm clouds and redeads in their place. Without any context for how the story changed so drastically, I didn't feel like playing much anymore. He finished the game without me.

As me and my nephew got older, we got busier, and had less time to play games together. A few years later, my sister and nephew moved out of state. He was one of my only connections to video games. After he left, I only occasionally encountered games at friend's houses, but anytime I tried to play, they made fun of how terrible I was. People laughed at me for driving into the walls in Mario Kart, and enjoyed using me as target practice in FPS. I eventually declined any invitation to play games with people. I was only good at watching them, so that's what I did.

Throughout high school, my ears would prick up whenever I heard someone mention Zelda. I told them I was a big fan, but they'd blow me off when they heard I'd never actually played it. I heard about the releases of Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, and Skyward Sword. I'd ask people what the games were like, but resigned myself to the face that I'd probably never see them. Even so, Zelda was always in the back of my mind. I thought about buying Hyrule Historia just so I could have some connection to the story I loved.

When I was 26, I started dating a guy who was an avid gamer. I told him I didn't play, but asked what his favorite games were. When he said Zelda, my eyes lit up, and I told him that was my very favorite game! He, of course, looked very confused until I explained. He invited me to play games with him even though he unfortunately didn't have any working consoles that had Zelda on them. But he still wanted to play with me. It took a lot of coaxing, but he was the first person who was patient with me while I learned the controls. He showed me lots of cool indie games on Steam, and got me a few mobile games I could play myself.

It was a start, but video games had gotten so much more complicated and expensive. I wanted to be a proper gamer, but it was difficult to justify the cost to get started, or the time it would take to learn when I had a full time job and bills to worry about. Then one day, my coworker who was trying to get rid of some things, posted a used N64 for sale, and one of the games that came with it was Ocarina of Time. I counted the money I had leftover after paying my bills, and went for it.

I had moved back in with my parents by this time, but what were they going to do? I was grown, and had my own money for video games. I snuck that N64 up to my room giggling all the way. After some trial and error, I got it hooked up to my TV. I about cried when I heard the title music. I was finally going to play Zelda! And I had the privacy to screw up as much as I wanted as I learned the controls.

It took me more than 4 hours to get through the Deku Tree, but I was having the time of my life! I had snacks, a blankey, a sweaty controller in my hand, and I was playing Zelda! I was a gamer!

When I came down to have dinner with my parents, they asked me what I was doing up there for so long. I finally confessed that I had bought my first video game and was happily playing it. My mom rolled her eyes, and my dad put his head in his hands. He said, "All these years of keeping you away from that stuff, and now you've brought it into our own home." I laughed and told them I could do whatever I wanted now. They rolled their eyes at me, then left me to play.

Unfortunately I got stuck in Jabu Jabu. My beginner skills were not up for any difficulty curve, and my aged controller had a lot of drift. I called my gamer boyfriend over, and he helped me through it. I didn't want to wait anymore to see the story, so I had him play through the hard parts, while I farmed for ruppees and supplies when he was at school. Over the next few weeks, I finally got to see the game that had haunted me for more than 15 years.

Even in all that time, even after I had joined social media and followed multiple Zelda pages, I somehow never had the ending of Ocarina spoiled for me. My boyfriend kept it under wraps too, so the reveal that Sheik was Zelda... I FREAKED THE FUCK OUT! All this time Princess Zelda was even cooler than I had thought! I finally met my childhood hero, and she was better than I imagined. I couldn't believe they had made a princess that badass in 1998. I still loved Hyrule, and Link was so cool, and Zelda was amazing, and my fairy tale story was everything I wanted it to be.

I later married my gamer. (Us with our matching Zelda hoodies. We wear them when we want to be an extra obnoxious couple.)

Breath of the Wild had come out around this time, and we both really wanted it, but couldn't afford it. A few years later when we had some more spending money, I suggested a new game console, and hinted that we could play the Zelda together again. He came home with a Switch and BOTW. I was scared to play it, as these were totally new and very sensitive controllers. So he played the main story bits while I watched. On my own, I practiced how to control the camera. Combat still scared me, but I suffered through so I could explore. I think I climbed every tree on the Great Plateau, lol. I loved foraging for ingredients and cooking new foods.

We eventually finished the BOTW together, and I was in love with it even more than Ocarina. I tried to play BOTW more on my own, but eventually gave up. I didn't think I could fight Lynels or Guardians, plus I was an adult now and had bigger priorities.

When we heard there was going to be a sequel, I was ecstatic. As the date got closer for Tears of the Kingdom, I realized this was the first time in my life I'd get to play a Zelda game on release day. I knew I needed to get better so I could play it along with the rest of the world. With 100 days left, I made a goal that I would restart and complete BOTW all by myself.

I played a few hours every day. Even though I had to look up tips and tutorials sometimes, I got better. I not only finished the game, I 100% it with just a few hours to spare before TOTK came out.

It was amazing being able to take part in the online chatter and news about TOTK, instead of sitting on the sidelines wishing I could be involved. And I was able to play it myself this time, without help. It was wonderful, and I loved the game so much.

It wasn't until after I beat TOTK that I joined Tumblr. When Echoes of Wisdom was announced, I got to be part of the building excitement within the fandom for the first time - the trailer reactions, the memes, all us fangirls screaming at finally being able to play as Zelda.

I played the Link's Awakening remake to prepare myself, and finally got to play as my princess on release day. (I still haven't finished EoW because adult life happened, but I still adore tiny Zelda, and will definitely finish it here soon.)

I've now played 4 Zelda games, completed 3, 100% 1, partially played 1, and watched my husband play 3 more. I've also watched playthroughs on YouTube of nearly every mainline Zelda game (plus the CDI games). I'm excited about what I still have to discover (I long to see Spirit Tracks, and husband's favorite game - Majora's Mask). I'm still working on improving my gaming skills, but I can't wait to see what the franchise holds in the future.

I'm a lifelong fan, because I never forgot that little pixel hero I saw as a kid. I'm grateful I got to grow up to be that hero, and now I'm writing my own chapter with my fanfic. I love being part of this fandom. Because fandom is about love, and I have always loved Zelda.

[bsptourist]

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[skyriderwednesday]

I'm starting to lean towards shipping (classic) Pearl with both Electra and Rusty at the same time, mostly because she is my princess and she should get to do whatever she wants, including having two boyfriends if she wants two boyfriends.

But also because I think it's funny to imagine Rusty and Electra trying to navigate both (separately) being with Pearl while not really liking each other very much, but having to Get Along™️ because she'd be upset if they didn't.

[ultraweathercoremax]

Surely there’s some niche tumblr audience for sea planes taking off into sunrises.

If humanity’s fate hinged on a solar mission, would you answer the call?

[locomotive-idiot]

comrades in arms, drawn to a close together

[fantasiadodev]

Got a bit carried away cuz i found some cool wind bell sounds and i had to add it to the game, took me a while but now i have a cool little script to pin items to surfaces :D

[krissiefox]

AS-Zirconium is a nice dusty wasteland map with some very cool industrial scenery.

Some of the underground sections remind me of that creepy bunker from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. where the wish granter was. :)

[fieriframes]

[Tangerine highways melt into the sky’s yawn. A typewriter sneezes as clouds pass it by. Coffee drips from the stars like melted crayons. The engine hums in tune with a laughing cactus. Bicycles race the wind, but the air wins on foot. A trumpet plays chess with a stray sandwich wrapper. Mountains hiccup, sending postcards to the sun. The diner serves infinity, sliced with butter. A train forgets its name, but keeps on going. The night swallows a sock and never spits it back.]

[linkedspirit-fanartfunart]

[Image Description: 6 line art panels of Linked Spirit AU's Wind and Engie. Panel 1: Wind walks behind Engie, grinning. "If you're my grandson then that means I get a girlfriend." He is signing part of the sign for "grandson" Engie looks ahead, sighing, eyes narrowed. Panel 2: Wind grins, hands together, "Who is it?" Engie looks out the corner of his eye, "Not telling." "Medli?" "Spoilers" "Dang. Mila?" "Spoilers" a miniature of Wind gestures widely, "No way it's the Fairy Queen, is it?" Engie looks back, confused "Still not telling." Panel 3: Wind looks pensive, hand to his lips, "..." Engie looks suspicious "What?" Panel 4: Wind looks down at Engie, quizical. Beside him is a tiny imagined version of Engie's face, labeled "longer ears", "Royal Engineer" (royal is underlined), "smaller nose" and "a little bossy". "Tetra??" Wind concludes. Panel 5: Engie looks disturbed. An imagined version of Tetra has an arrow "Grandma" pointing to Phantom, and Engie has an arrow labeled "crush" pointing to her as well. Panel 6: Engie grabs hold of Wind's shoulders, looking serious. "You must promise to Never (all caps), date Tetra. Ever (all caps)." Wind looks dumbfounded, "uhhhhh ok." End ID]

Sorry Tetra/Wind shippers, but Engie said no, his Zelink is the one true Zelink in his timeline.

[interlink-au]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Interlink, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Warriors, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Link (Legend of Zelda), Cap (Interlink), Mask (Interlink), Engineer (Interlink), Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Wind (Interlink), Proxi (Legend of Zelda), Lana (Legend of Zelda) Additional Tags: Time Travel, Multiple Links (Legend of Zelda), Zelda from Spirit Tracks (Legend of Zelda), Mask has a Kokiri accent, It's based on Scottish, Hyrule Warriors Toon Link is Spirit Tracks Link Series: Part 2 of Interlink AU Summary:

Captain Link has had a very long and hard day after fighting multiple of Cia's Dark Links. The day gets longer when he becomes an unwitting victim of time travel. At least there are a few familiar faces here.

Part 0.5 of Interlink, an all Links meet AU.

[knight--error]

You know, in general I feel like Sanderson does a great job of thinking through his world building and making logical choices, and trying to rationally explain why the really cool stuff exists (like Shardblades being the stock Big Improbable Fantasy Swords but there actually being a reason why they're like that), but the one thing I'm calling bull on is the chickens. I think he just did that because he wanted his characters to be comedically unfamiliar with chickens. You're telling me humanity decided to take pigs into every settlement on this horrible barren storm world, but not chickens? Pigs, which are a. Smart and b. Onery and which would require fences made of stone to keep them from running away, heavy and durable enough not to blow away in the winds, vs. chickens, which are a. Small, and b. Easy To Care For, which can be taught to return to their roost after free-ranging everywhere and eating every tiny cremling and bit of plant life they can find? Yeah I don't buy that. He knew the characters needed leather and he thought the chicken thing was funny. And you know what? He's right. He can have this one. But just this once.

[mydream-synopsis]

i just imagined togame picking you up on a motorbike like "hold on tight doll, can't have you falling off" should i just kms