Oct. 23rd, 2019
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chiclet-go-boom:
rileywrites-parker:
Hey, so I know we’re all excited that these two are destroying the Vader Shrine, but honestly, the more I watch, the less it looks as though its a dual effort. Looks to me like they’re locking blades, Kylo deflects, and Rey slashes through it, knocking the helmet off it’s pedestal.
Helmet is on. Kind of feeling like this happens really early in the film.
Also - is that a knife in Rey’s left hand? Because that looks like a knife.
Might be onto something there. I was noticing that Rey’s committed to her swing, it inscribes a near full 360° arc. But Ren’s doesn’t, it’s merely skipping up - if he’s aiming for the shrine intentionally, then is he just rabbit punching it? Basically there’s two levels of effort here and it’s kinda suspicious the more you stare at it.
and at the end of this, you can see Ren just starting to reach up. To me it reads like a flinch of some sort. If Rey is destroying a locus of dark power that has Ren in it’s grip (I still feel this whole scene is some sort of force flashback/projection/mind maze), he might be breaking out of it when the Vader mask gets smashed.
and oh yeah, Rey has a dagger in her offhand which is also wtf in a seriously cool way. since when does our resident padawan-on-the-fast-track need an offhand weapon?
chiclet-go-boom:
rileywrites-parker:
Hey, so I know we’re all excited that these two are destroying the Vader Shrine, but honestly, the more I watch, the less it looks as though its a dual effort. Looks to me like they’re locking blades, Kylo deflects, and Rey slashes through it, knocking the helmet off it’s pedestal.
Helmet is on. Kind of feeling like this happens really early in the film.
Also - is that a knife in Rey’s left hand? Because that looks like a knife.
Might be onto something there. I was noticing that Rey’s committed to her swing, it inscribes a near full 360° arc. But Ren’s doesn’t, it’s merely skipping up - if he’s aiming for the shrine intentionally, then is he just rabbit punching it? Basically there’s two levels of effort here and it’s kinda suspicious the more you stare at it.
and at the end of this, you can see Ren just starting to reach up. To me it reads like a flinch of some sort. If Rey is destroying a locus of dark power that has Ren in it’s grip (I still feel this whole scene is some sort of force flashback/projection/mind maze), he might be breaking out of it when the Vader mask gets smashed.
and oh yeah, Rey has a dagger in her offhand which is also wtf in a seriously cool way. since when does our resident padawan-on-the-fast-track need an offhand weapon?
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benperorsolo:
greyjedireylo:
kylo-wouldnt-like-those-chips:
I just at then end of the day think it’s weird to say hey don’t do this republic thing again because it didn’t work (which is not a bad take depending on what the options are) but also holding up Ben Solo as some kind of de facto Chosen One when we’ve seen that ideology come to naught as well. Like, I don’t think Ben Solo as leader and savior of the new order is what they’re going for.
I personally think it’s really funny how a lot of people in this fandom started acting like Ben has actual political beliefs and goals just because he made himself supreme leader. that’s such a surface-level reading. Ben making himself supreme leader is a symptom of what he really wants, not the thing itself that he wants which is: control over his own life, and to give and receive love. his motivations are entirely personal, which is why he high-jacked the FO and ended up using it for nothing more than his intensely personal grudge against Luke.
a man who makes every decision on impulse, whose political philosophy is a vague ‘burn everything to the ground’, and who uses an entire army in a futile attempt to settle a personal family grievance is neither equipped to lead the galaxy, nor does he want to for any reason other than that it gives him control over his own life for the first time in his life. as soon as he realizes there’s another way to have that, and what ruling actually entails, he’s going to be out of there so fast.
Amen to that. Kylo has never come across to me as a man who cared about politics or who valued the FO as anything other than his own private army and a means of keeping score.
That’s a heck of a lot of people who he’s leading who he doesn’t care about at all.
benperorsolo:
greyjedireylo:
kylo-wouldnt-like-those-chips:
I just at then end of the day think it’s weird to say hey don’t do this republic thing again because it didn’t work (which is not a bad take depending on what the options are) but also holding up Ben Solo as some kind of de facto Chosen One when we’ve seen that ideology come to naught as well. Like, I don’t think Ben Solo as leader and savior of the new order is what they’re going for.
I personally think it’s really funny how a lot of people in this fandom started acting like Ben has actual political beliefs and goals just because he made himself supreme leader. that’s such a surface-level reading. Ben making himself supreme leader is a symptom of what he really wants, not the thing itself that he wants which is: control over his own life, and to give and receive love. his motivations are entirely personal, which is why he high-jacked the FO and ended up using it for nothing more than his intensely personal grudge against Luke.
a man who makes every decision on impulse, whose political philosophy is a vague ‘burn everything to the ground’, and who uses an entire army in a futile attempt to settle a personal family grievance is neither equipped to lead the galaxy, nor does he want to for any reason other than that it gives him control over his own life for the first time in his life. as soon as he realizes there’s another way to have that, and what ruling actually entails, he’s going to be out of there so fast.
Amen to that. Kylo has never come across to me as a man who cared about politics or who valued the FO as anything other than his own private army and a means of keeping score.
That’s a heck of a lot of people who he’s leading who he doesn’t care about at all.
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wetwareproblem:
azonus:
Honestly, some people do deserve accolades for not being violent. It’s not always as simple as “just don’t hurt people”. Certain disorders make people predisposed to violence, and controlling that is genuinely admirable. So spare me this “you don’t deserve a gold star for not being awful” bullshit. It’s not so easy for everyone. It takes hard work and determination. Those who consistently control their violent nature deserve praise for it.
When your model for “normal” is abuse, when you hear all the time how people like you are irredeemable monsters, how you should just be locked away or worse…
Then yeah, you deserve to take pride in refusing to give in and be what everyone seems to want you to be. For refusing to believe that about yourself. For standing up and doing the right thing despite a world of pressure.
No, you move.
wetwareproblem:
azonus:
Honestly, some people do deserve accolades for not being violent. It’s not always as simple as “just don’t hurt people”. Certain disorders make people predisposed to violence, and controlling that is genuinely admirable. So spare me this “you don’t deserve a gold star for not being awful” bullshit. It’s not so easy for everyone. It takes hard work and determination. Those who consistently control their violent nature deserve praise for it.
When your model for “normal” is abuse, when you hear all the time how people like you are irredeemable monsters, how you should just be locked away or worse…
Then yeah, you deserve to take pride in refusing to give in and be what everyone seems to want you to be. For refusing to believe that about yourself. For standing up and doing the right thing despite a world of pressure.
No, you move.
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filigranka:
podracing-on-lothal:
bensica:
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i_luff_wilhuff, there you are ;)
When the Death Star hits Alderaan just right…
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filigranka:
podracing-on-lothal:
bensica:
i_luff_wilhuff, there you are ;)When the Death Star hits Alderaan just right…
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afonhafren:
starryartemis:
afonhafren:
winterswake:
People keep telling me they know me. No one does. But I do.
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) dir. JJ Abrams
AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just saw it:
REY IS DESTROYING THE PILLAR HOLDING DARTH VADER’S HELMET AND IT LOOKS LIKE REN IS TRYING TO STOP HER!
afonhafren Actually now that you said that, I see it too! I thought they were both smashing it but from the Gif it seems like Rey is the one cutting it and Ren is flinching. His saber doesn’t seem to be touching it
starryartemis It certainly seems as though Rey’s actions are very deliberate and I just don’t see Kylo helping to destroy it - it seems like her saber swipe was completely unexpected by him and he seems to be in more of a protective stance as if moments before she was swinging at him?
afonhafren:
starryartemis:
afonhafren:
winterswake:
People keep telling me they know me. No one does. But I do.
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) dir. JJ Abrams
AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just saw it:
REY IS DESTROYING THE PILLAR HOLDING DARTH VADER’S HELMET AND IT LOOKS LIKE REN IS TRYING TO STOP HER!
afonhafren Actually now that you said that, I see it too! I thought they were both smashing it but from the Gif it seems like Rey is the one cutting it and Ren is flinching. His saber doesn’t seem to be touching itstarryartemis It certainly seems as though Rey’s actions are very deliberate and I just don’t see Kylo helping to destroy it - it seems like her saber swipe was completely unexpected by him and he seems to be in more of a protective stance as if moments before she was swinging at him?via https://ift.tt/2Jft1FA
chemoautotrophs:
television:
this scene getting deleted from the film is a form of homophobia
(Nina Auerbach, Our Vampires, Ourselves)
i love that this reference is so fucking obscure that it took me literally months to get even though I read this book not that long ago
chemoautotrophs:
television:
this scene getting deleted from the film is a form of homophobia
(Nina Auerbach, Our Vampires, Ourselves)
i love that this reference is so fucking obscure that it took me literally months to get even though I read this book not that long ago
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Ha, yes. I really get the impression that Kylo doesn’t know what he wants - he only knows what he doesn’t want (and that’s everything.) Hux at least cares about the FO and believes in it as it is. Kylo’s just in it for his own personal power.
Ha, yes. I really get the impression that Kylo doesn’t know what he wants - he only knows what he doesn’t want (and that’s everything.) Hux at least cares about the FO and believes in it as it is. Kylo’s just in it for his own personal power.
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simptasia:
simptasia:
ya know i wonder something. it’s known that frodo was considered “odd” and “queer” by the hobbit community. and tho yeah he seems kinda different from other hobbits…. i wonder why?
it’s not like belle from beauty and the beast (whom frodo reminds me of a lot) where it’s because of the reading thing. reading is a totally normal thing in hobbit culture. it’s their version of television. hobbit’s aren’t anti-book
and contrary to popular belief frodo isn’t anti-social like bilbo is. look at pre-journey frodo. he’s singing with merry and pippin in the pub, he’s drinking like any other hobbit. he dances at bilbo’s party, to the delight of others. he has three friends, they’re much younger than him but he has friends. frodo isn’t rude or anti-social or even shy. he’s a really nice and playful hobbit
so it isn’t that. i just wonder what other hobbits would consider odd about him
is it his appearance? because in the books it’s stated that he doesn’t look hobbit-y. that he’s “good looking for a hobbit” (they’re a plain species in the books) and that he has some elvishness to his face. look at frodo in the movies and all that would definitely seem to apply
so what, is he considered odd because he doesn’t look hobbit-y enough? that doesn’t seem like enough. sounds weirdly fickle.
maybe it’s because of the being a bachelor at 50 thing
if you know what i mean
how i see it, from all i can get from this, is that other hobbits noticed that frodo isn’t interested in lasses at all, that’s one of my headcanons anyways, so i figure frodo is considered odd because he doesn’t look hobbit-y enough, doesn’t eat as much as a hobbit should, and he’s not interested in girls or getting married or anything, he’s just content to stay a bachelor like his uncle bilbo, which’d start whisperings of “those queer bagginses” and “must run in the family”, i’m sorry to imply homophobia and acephobia in the hobbit community, i mean at thier worst they’re probably just doing quizzical eyebrows and making tasteless jokes, not as bad as humans have been about this sort of thing, i say because hobbits are better than us
i made this post years ago and i just wanna add that i think other hobbits consider frodo (and bilbo) to be odd because i think in hobbit society not wanting to get married or have children is considered incredibly bizarre
i imagine they don’t have homophobia, but if they hear that you don’t want kids they’re like ????????? no babbies??? none at all?? does not compute??
i don’t imagine they’re rude about it (it depends on the hobbit, really. there’s probs some hobbits who are dicks) just incredibly confused
simptasia:
simptasia:
ya know i wonder something. it’s known that frodo was considered “odd” and “queer” by the hobbit community. and tho yeah he seems kinda different from other hobbits…. i wonder why?
it’s not like belle from beauty and the beast (whom frodo reminds me of a lot) where it’s because of the reading thing. reading is a totally normal thing in hobbit culture. it’s their version of television. hobbit’s aren’t anti-book
and contrary to popular belief frodo isn’t anti-social like bilbo is. look at pre-journey frodo. he’s singing with merry and pippin in the pub, he’s drinking like any other hobbit. he dances at bilbo’s party, to the delight of others. he has three friends, they’re much younger than him but he has friends. frodo isn’t rude or anti-social or even shy. he’s a really nice and playful hobbit
so it isn’t that. i just wonder what other hobbits would consider odd about him
is it his appearance? because in the books it’s stated that he doesn’t look hobbit-y. that he’s “good looking for a hobbit” (they’re a plain species in the books) and that he has some elvishness to his face. look at frodo in the movies and all that would definitely seem to apply
so what, is he considered odd because he doesn’t look hobbit-y enough? that doesn’t seem like enough. sounds weirdly fickle.
maybe it’s because of the being a bachelor at 50 thing
if you know what i mean
how i see it, from all i can get from this, is that other hobbits noticed that frodo isn’t interested in lasses at all, that’s one of my headcanons anyways, so i figure frodo is considered odd because he doesn’t look hobbit-y enough, doesn’t eat as much as a hobbit should, and he’s not interested in girls or getting married or anything, he’s just content to stay a bachelor like his uncle bilbo, which’d start whisperings of “those queer bagginses” and “must run in the family”, i’m sorry to imply homophobia and acephobia in the hobbit community, i mean at thier worst they’re probably just doing quizzical eyebrows and making tasteless jokes, not as bad as humans have been about this sort of thing, i say because hobbits are better than us
i made this post years ago and i just wanna add that i think other hobbits consider frodo (and bilbo) to be odd because i think in hobbit society not wanting to get married or have children is considered incredibly bizarre
i imagine they don’t have homophobia, but if they hear that you don’t want kids they’re like ????????? no babbies??? none at all?? does not compute??
i don’t imagine they’re rude about it (it depends on the hobbit, really. there’s probs some hobbits who are dicks) just incredibly confused
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froschli96:
Wanted to redraw some iconic moments from the TV adaptation of that one popular Bible fanfic. Once again I’m like five months late
Michael Sheen’s face is so hard to draw but nothing beats the satisfaction of having captured even just a fraction of his feral energy. I feel like most of my enjoyment of Good Omens stems from the fact that none of these actors know how to not do the absolute most with their faces at all times
the hardest part was settling on the exact millisecond i wanted to redraw because every single frame is gold… You can tell how I progressively spent more and more time on each one lol
Also, here are some alternative versions of the last one:
this was the name of the ps file:
froschli96:
Wanted to redraw some iconic moments from the TV adaptation of that one popular Bible fanfic. Once again I’m like five months late
Michael Sheen’s face is so hard to draw but nothing beats the satisfaction of having captured even just a fraction of his feral energy. I feel like most of my enjoyment of Good Omens stems from the fact that none of these actors know how to not do the absolute most with their faces at all times
the hardest part was settling on the exact millisecond i wanted to redraw because every single frame is gold… You can tell how I progressively spent more and more time on each one lol
Also, here are some alternative versions of the last one:
this was the name of the ps file:
lukesskywalking:also…man…pls
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lukesskywalking:
also…man…pls don’t give me another movie about kylo ren making up his goddamned mind about whether or not he’s good…please….he’s so boring please just pick one it’s been a whole ass trilogy of this back n forth shit just pICK A FUCKING SIDE D00D
At this point I would be really surprised and impressed if they chose to keep him bad the whole time. The possibility of redemption has been sooo teased that if it happened now it could only be expected to the point of boring.
lukesskywalking:
also…man…pls don’t give me another movie about kylo ren making up his goddamned mind about whether or not he’s good…please….he’s so boring please just pick one it’s been a whole ass trilogy of this back n forth shit just pICK A FUCKING SIDE D00D
At this point I would be really surprised and impressed if they chose to keep him bad the whole time. The possibility of redemption has been sooo teased that if it happened now it could only be expected to the point of boring.
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birdofprey1234:
The way that exclusionists treat ace and aro people often reminds me of how the average person would treat me when I started being open as non-binary. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it a thousand times, we are not enemies. Our experiences do not oppose each other, they are intertwined. If you’re ace, if you’re aromantic, if you’re any variation thereupon; your home is here. You belong here, too. You are beautiful, and powerful; and you don’t have to explain yourself to anyone. You are a valued part of this community.
birdofprey1234:
The way that exclusionists treat ace and aro people often reminds me of how the average person would treat me when I started being open as non-binary. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it a thousand times, we are not enemies. Our experiences do not oppose each other, they are intertwined. If you’re ace, if you’re aromantic, if you’re any variation thereupon; your home is here. You belong here, too. You are beautiful, and powerful; and you don’t have to explain yourself to anyone. You are a valued part of this community.
Q&A: Time Travel
Oct. 23rd, 2019 12:50 pmvia https://ift.tt/31Gi9H5
howtofightwrite:
My character is a modern guy, an avid swordfighter and has had a bit of basic military training. He then time travels to the Ancient Rome and joins the Roman Imperial Army. How easily could he adapt, since he’s never fought in armour and with a shield before? Would his modern techniques cause issues of integration? Also, if his swordfighting skills aren’t set for killing as he learned it as an art form, would that be an issue too?
Ironically, any combat training he’s had will be among the least useful skills he takes back with him. Basic, modern, knowledge you take for granted is far more significant. Particularly anything technical. A basic grasp of chemistry, medicine, or even metallurgy could radically alter the course of history.
So let’s start with the sword fighting. HEMA practitioners do not fight using historical techniques; they use recreations. We have the training manuals but we don’t have access to the masters themselves. Meaning there’s a huge skill drop.
In martial arts, it’s extremely important to have a trained practitioner on hand while you’re learning. They can see the mistakes you make, and correct those as you go, so you do not train them in.
In the case of HEMA, because there were no living masters, any mistakes made by the people studying initially became baked into the martial art itself.
Training in mistakes is a serious issue, and is one that can haunt a martial artist. When your muscle memory tells you to do one thing, and you’re not supposed to, it’s very hard to break that behavior. This is something that could be a serious issue for your character, though, honestly, all of their training is going to be irrelevant.
HEMA seeks to recreate a fighting style that saw use in European warfare. The modern use is recreational (or educational, if you prefer), it’s not intended for actual battlefield usage.
If a HEMA practitioner is honest with themselves, they’ll admit that they would not stand a chance against actual soldiers from the timeframe they’re recreating. Their training just isn’t good enough to keep up with people who leaned this stuff to avoid death.
Beyond that, HEMA is still sampling from a specific timeframe. One which, for the most part, does not overlap with Imperial Rome. There are Roman Legion reenactments. It is possible your character did that. But, when you’re talking about “an avid sword fighter,” that’s either someone who follows either Italian or German school fencing. In either case, you’re talking about training with a weapon that won’t exist for, at least, another thousand years.
One thing your character may have in spades is a level of strategic skill that is uncommon or impossible to replicate historically. This is due two things, first, if they have a background in military history (even if it’s just as a hobbyist) they’ll have extensive knowledge over what’s been tried and worked, or hasn’t.
In some cases, they may even have a pretty good read on who their facing.
Another hobby that can pay dividends is strategy games. Now, there’s nothing new about the idea of wargaming. Chess is a wargame. But, the level of sophistication, and the variety of potential scenarios has increased dramatically over time. The war games today are far more instructive on commanding a large force than historical games would have been.
None of this matters if your character isn’t in a command position (and they probably wouldn’t), but it’s worth remembering.
Basic medical knowledge, the kind you passively pick up, living in the 21st century, has numerous, significant, advantages over someone living in the first century AD. For one thing, you know to disinfect a wound. You know you can use clear alchohol to do that. And you understand that if you don’t, the wound could become infected. You also probably know you could boil bandages to kill anything on them (even if we don’t do this today, because bandages are usually disposable), and that you should change the bandages out for clean fairly regularly. All of this to prevent bacterial infection, because that will kill you.
Your average Roman Legionnaire did not know this. Your average soldier in the mid-19th did not know this.
Modern wound care, something so basic, you’ve probably learned about this from entertainment, is an enormous technological advancement over what the characters in the past would know.
If your character has an actual medical background, (a doctor, a nurse, an EMT, even just a veterinarian), they have just become the most skilled medical practitioner in the world. The information they have is literally thousands of years more advanced than anyone else. This is far more valuable than their ability to swing a sword.
If your character has background in chemistry, buckle up. You can synthesize black powder using a mixture of carbon (so, charcoal will work), sulfur, and sodium nitrate (saltpeter). You’ll need to work a bit on getting higher quality metals, but that’s not much of an ask for a chemist. Congratulations, your time traveler just invented guns using reasonably available materials. They aren’t particularly good guns, but a bullet’s a bullet.
I’m also going to point out, for someone with a background in chemistry, this is one of the least disruptive things they can do.
If you took chemistry in high school, you probably made a potato battery. There’s a lot of ways you can generate electricity if you know it’s a thing, and want to do something with it. You can make liquid batteries that can be refilled. Now, if you’re living in the first century, this is a big, “so what?” You wouldn’t know what you could do with the stuff. For someone with a modern background? You know what you can do with electricity. It’s easy to think, oh lights, but, if you understand how the components are put together, you might be able to construct something like non-portable radios. Sure, you can’t actually talk through them, but that’s why things like Morse Code exist.
Metallurgy is another one that can get downright nuts. If your character knows how to make crucible steel, and understands basic, modern, forging techniques, they’re going to be able to make weapons that are without peer in the past. Sure, it’s not guns, but being able to take, even low quality, modern steel blades into combat against foes equipped with bronze and iron? That’s not going to end well for their enemies.
When you’re dealing with time travel, your character’s combat prowess is one of the least useful assets they have. Their weapons (if they brought any), are more significant, but your character’s technical knowledge is real advantage here.
I know I focused on it, but in many cases, it’s not even, really, the combat applications for skill sets. Their non-combat skills are immensely more valuable to the civilization they just landed in. Hell, even just a modern understanding of economics would be world changing for a merchant in the first century.
It’s easy to look at what you know, and think that this stuff is obvious, and everyone must have known this. Truth is, we stand on the shoulders of giants. The world we live in today, the knowledge we have today, is the product of millennia of advancement. Fold that over, send some of that information back, and everything changes.
Have fun.
-Starke
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Q&A: Time Travel was originally published on How to Fight Write.
howtofightwrite:
My character is a modern guy, an avid swordfighter and has had a bit of basic military training. He then time travels to the Ancient Rome and joins the Roman Imperial Army. How easily could he adapt, since he’s never fought in armour and with a shield before? Would his modern techniques cause issues of integration? Also, if his swordfighting skills aren’t set for killing as he learned it as an art form, would that be an issue too?
Ironically, any combat training he’s had will be among the least useful skills he takes back with him. Basic, modern, knowledge you take for granted is far more significant. Particularly anything technical. A basic grasp of chemistry, medicine, or even metallurgy could radically alter the course of history.
So let’s start with the sword fighting. HEMA practitioners do not fight using historical techniques; they use recreations. We have the training manuals but we don’t have access to the masters themselves. Meaning there’s a huge skill drop.
In martial arts, it’s extremely important to have a trained practitioner on hand while you’re learning. They can see the mistakes you make, and correct those as you go, so you do not train them in.
In the case of HEMA, because there were no living masters, any mistakes made by the people studying initially became baked into the martial art itself.
Training in mistakes is a serious issue, and is one that can haunt a martial artist. When your muscle memory tells you to do one thing, and you’re not supposed to, it’s very hard to break that behavior. This is something that could be a serious issue for your character, though, honestly, all of their training is going to be irrelevant.
HEMA seeks to recreate a fighting style that saw use in European warfare. The modern use is recreational (or educational, if you prefer), it’s not intended for actual battlefield usage.
If a HEMA practitioner is honest with themselves, they’ll admit that they would not stand a chance against actual soldiers from the timeframe they’re recreating. Their training just isn’t good enough to keep up with people who leaned this stuff to avoid death.
Beyond that, HEMA is still sampling from a specific timeframe. One which, for the most part, does not overlap with Imperial Rome. There are Roman Legion reenactments. It is possible your character did that. But, when you’re talking about “an avid sword fighter,” that’s either someone who follows either Italian or German school fencing. In either case, you’re talking about training with a weapon that won’t exist for, at least, another thousand years.
One thing your character may have in spades is a level of strategic skill that is uncommon or impossible to replicate historically. This is due two things, first, if they have a background in military history (even if it’s just as a hobbyist) they’ll have extensive knowledge over what’s been tried and worked, or hasn’t.
In some cases, they may even have a pretty good read on who their facing.
Another hobby that can pay dividends is strategy games. Now, there’s nothing new about the idea of wargaming. Chess is a wargame. But, the level of sophistication, and the variety of potential scenarios has increased dramatically over time. The war games today are far more instructive on commanding a large force than historical games would have been.
None of this matters if your character isn’t in a command position (and they probably wouldn’t), but it’s worth remembering.
Basic medical knowledge, the kind you passively pick up, living in the 21st century, has numerous, significant, advantages over someone living in the first century AD. For one thing, you know to disinfect a wound. You know you can use clear alchohol to do that. And you understand that if you don’t, the wound could become infected. You also probably know you could boil bandages to kill anything on them (even if we don’t do this today, because bandages are usually disposable), and that you should change the bandages out for clean fairly regularly. All of this to prevent bacterial infection, because that will kill you.
Your average Roman Legionnaire did not know this. Your average soldier in the mid-19th did not know this.
Modern wound care, something so basic, you’ve probably learned about this from entertainment, is an enormous technological advancement over what the characters in the past would know.
If your character has an actual medical background, (a doctor, a nurse, an EMT, even just a veterinarian), they have just become the most skilled medical practitioner in the world. The information they have is literally thousands of years more advanced than anyone else. This is far more valuable than their ability to swing a sword.
If your character has background in chemistry, buckle up. You can synthesize black powder using a mixture of carbon (so, charcoal will work), sulfur, and sodium nitrate (saltpeter). You’ll need to work a bit on getting higher quality metals, but that’s not much of an ask for a chemist. Congratulations, your time traveler just invented guns using reasonably available materials. They aren’t particularly good guns, but a bullet’s a bullet.
I’m also going to point out, for someone with a background in chemistry, this is one of the least disruptive things they can do.
If you took chemistry in high school, you probably made a potato battery. There’s a lot of ways you can generate electricity if you know it’s a thing, and want to do something with it. You can make liquid batteries that can be refilled. Now, if you’re living in the first century, this is a big, “so what?” You wouldn’t know what you could do with the stuff. For someone with a modern background? You know what you can do with electricity. It’s easy to think, oh lights, but, if you understand how the components are put together, you might be able to construct something like non-portable radios. Sure, you can’t actually talk through them, but that’s why things like Morse Code exist.
Metallurgy is another one that can get downright nuts. If your character knows how to make crucible steel, and understands basic, modern, forging techniques, they’re going to be able to make weapons that are without peer in the past. Sure, it’s not guns, but being able to take, even low quality, modern steel blades into combat against foes equipped with bronze and iron? That’s not going to end well for their enemies.
When you’re dealing with time travel, your character’s combat prowess is one of the least useful assets they have. Their weapons (if they brought any), are more significant, but your character’s technical knowledge is real advantage here.
I know I focused on it, but in many cases, it’s not even, really, the combat applications for skill sets. Their non-combat skills are immensely more valuable to the civilization they just landed in. Hell, even just a modern understanding of economics would be world changing for a merchant in the first century.
It’s easy to look at what you know, and think that this stuff is obvious, and everyone must have known this. Truth is, we stand on the shoulders of giants. The world we live in today, the knowledge we have today, is the product of millennia of advancement. Fold that over, send some of that information back, and everything changes.
Have fun.
-Starke
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poe-damerns:
Finn and Poe Dameron in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Trailer
poe-damerns:
Finn and Poe Dameron in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Trailer
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kylos:
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) dir. J.J. Abrams
Yeah, yeah. This is one of those things like “you’re nobody, but not to me,” that I personally see as a danger sign. Sounds very romantic, but in practice ends up with the person who claims they know you reacting to their image of who you are rather than paying any attention to the reality.
kylos:
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) dir. J.J. Abrams
Yeah, yeah. This is one of those things like “you’re nobody, but not to me,” that I personally see as a danger sign. Sounds very romantic, but in practice ends up with the person who claims they know you reacting to their image of who you are rather than paying any attention to the reality.
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captainlordauditor:
interstellarvagabond:
Y'all are giving him too much power there’s so many reblogs he’s too strong!!!
interstellarvagabond:
I told him this post had over 9000 notes and asked “how does it feel to be an advocate for over 9000 LGBTQA individuals?” and he sent back a gif of what I believe is the Spartan army from the 300 which is as in character as this guy gets
interstellarvagabond:
The real cishet ally is my friend and coworker who loves suits who, when I asked him to help me suit up like him and show me the fancy masculine world, said “Masculine? No no no. Looking sexy in a tuxedo can be coveted across all genders, for generations to come. The term for this. Is dapper.”
what are his secrets op
captainlordauditor:
interstellarvagabond:
Y'all are giving him too much power there’s so many reblogs he’s too strong!!!
interstellarvagabond:
I told him this post had over 9000 notes and asked “how does it feel to be an advocate for over 9000 LGBTQA individuals?” and he sent back a gif of what I believe is the Spartan army from the 300 which is as in character as this guy gets
interstellarvagabond:
The real cishet ally is my friend and coworker who loves suits who, when I asked him to help me suit up like him and show me the fancy masculine world, said “Masculine? No no no. Looking sexy in a tuxedo can be coveted across all genders, for generations to come. The term for this. Is dapper.”
what are his secrets op
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tenderbeasts:
Those links for all asking
Deadly history of women using perfume as poison
-Girlhood, medusa and female rage
-The allure of gothic horror
-Essays and thoughts on girls in horror
-Why girls get hungry in horror
-Mothers and witches
-Women in horror
-The female poisoner
-female werewolves
-Monstrous women - Catherine Lundoff
-Female cannibals and consumptive horror
-Horror films directed by women
-Women, killer plants and annihilation
-Female identity within the gothic genre
-Women in horror - the vvitch
-the vvitch, female sexuality in horror
-Angela Carter - The beast is female sexuality
-Body horror/monster reading list
-Consumptive horror
tenderbeasts:
Those links for all asking
Deadly history of women using perfume as poison
-Girlhood, medusa and female rage
-The allure of gothic horror
-Essays and thoughts on girls in horror
-Why girls get hungry in horror
-Mothers and witches
-Women in horror
-The female poisoner
-female werewolves
-Monstrous women - Catherine Lundoff
-Female cannibals and consumptive horror
-Horror films directed by women
-Women, killer plants and annihilation
-Female identity within the gothic genre
-Women in horror - the vvitch
-the vvitch, female sexuality in horror
-Angela Carter - The beast is female sexuality
-Body horror/monster reading list
-Consumptive horror
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hux-capacitor:
hux-capacitor:
here are just a few of my theories about why hux isn’t in any of the merch or promo for TROS
looks like it’s time to bring this back
hux-capacitor:
hux-capacitor:
here are just a few of my theories about why hux isn’t in any of the merch or promo for TROS
looks like it’s time to bring this back
an aesthetic craving
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bomberqueen17:
I don’t have the time or wherewithal or attention span to do very much about this at the moment but of late I’ve found myself increasingly drawn to, or in fact sort of even hankering for, a more handmade wardrobe. I don’t like fast fashion and I don’t like wearing plastic and I want to wear natural fibers and have everything tailored to fit me, and I’m not a good enough seamstress yet to do it and i can’t afford to have anyone else make things for me, and I don’t have the knowledge to even figure out which pieces to make first, but. It’s a thing, and i want it, and I have taken small steps toward it but I cannot organize myself.
Relatedly, but not, but yes, I am stuck on writing all the novels I’m working on, nothing can continue, I stare at all of my Ws-IP and scroll through in despair. I don’t know what to do with any of them because I can’t sort any of them into any kind of structure. I don’t know how to proceed. I am stuck. I have thrown away tens, hundreds of thousands of words and started over only to get stuck again. I cannot proceed, I cannot organize myself.
I’m realizing, I have the drive to create, the ability to make things, but none of the project management skills that are needed to actually be an artist. I don’t think I am capable of really creating, after all, not to finish a coherent thing and see it through and put it out into the world– you need to be able to plan, to believe in a thing, and to see it through, and since I am unable to enlist anyone to help me hold my ideas, they’re too big for me to see them entirely myself, and I don’t know what to do with them, and so I struggle until they crush me and roll off somewhere, and then I start again, and whatever it is, gets away from me and the process repeats. I get crushed every so often, but so far it hasn’t been fatal, so I guess I’ll just have to keep on. I can’t not start a new thing; I’ve tried, I’ve gone years without, but it only makes me more miserable, so it seems futile to try to tamp down the urge.
I can’t start a business, I can’t finish a novel, I can’t create a wardrobe, I can’t fulfill any of my dreams. So I have to ponder, I suppose, what to do with my extremely limited abilities, after all, and it’s hard to figure out what to do. There’s not a lot of role models for people like me, who are capable but not entirely. So I don’t really know what to do about that.
I’ve reread most of my favorite books this past week or month or so, hoping to self-soothe, but I’ve saved Murderbot, since I don’t know if it’s long enough since my last reread. I might just go ahead and reread it anyway. I don’t really know what else to do. I’m feeling a bit, well, crushed. I’ll get up and keep going in a bit, but for now it’s time to just accept that this has happened yet again, and lie here for another moment.
You know you can finish a short story, because I’ve read some of your short stories. So maybe you could structure your next novel as a series of interconnected short stories? Or make it epistolatory, so there’s a clear beginning and end for each part, but each part adds up into a whole. Or have a really simple frame story - a character’s going on a journey, for example - and then write their diary entries, or stories from people they meet on the way, books they find etc - basically structure it like a blog and have your characters write blog posts until they reach wherever it was they were going.
Write the beginning and the end first,
Call it finished when you can’t write any more and slap the pre-prepared end chapter on there, and bingo. You can fill the rest of it with asides and world-building and Fantasy World Slice-of-Life.
I’m pretty sure plenty of people would enjoy something like that, and even if they didn’t, you would have broken your streak.
bomberqueen17:
I don’t have the time or wherewithal or attention span to do very much about this at the moment but of late I’ve found myself increasingly drawn to, or in fact sort of even hankering for, a more handmade wardrobe. I don’t like fast fashion and I don’t like wearing plastic and I want to wear natural fibers and have everything tailored to fit me, and I’m not a good enough seamstress yet to do it and i can’t afford to have anyone else make things for me, and I don’t have the knowledge to even figure out which pieces to make first, but. It’s a thing, and i want it, and I have taken small steps toward it but I cannot organize myself.
Relatedly, but not, but yes, I am stuck on writing all the novels I’m working on, nothing can continue, I stare at all of my Ws-IP and scroll through in despair. I don’t know what to do with any of them because I can’t sort any of them into any kind of structure. I don’t know how to proceed. I am stuck. I have thrown away tens, hundreds of thousands of words and started over only to get stuck again. I cannot proceed, I cannot organize myself.
I’m realizing, I have the drive to create, the ability to make things, but none of the project management skills that are needed to actually be an artist. I don’t think I am capable of really creating, after all, not to finish a coherent thing and see it through and put it out into the world– you need to be able to plan, to believe in a thing, and to see it through, and since I am unable to enlist anyone to help me hold my ideas, they’re too big for me to see them entirely myself, and I don’t know what to do with them, and so I struggle until they crush me and roll off somewhere, and then I start again, and whatever it is, gets away from me and the process repeats. I get crushed every so often, but so far it hasn’t been fatal, so I guess I’ll just have to keep on. I can’t not start a new thing; I’ve tried, I’ve gone years without, but it only makes me more miserable, so it seems futile to try to tamp down the urge.
I can’t start a business, I can’t finish a novel, I can’t create a wardrobe, I can’t fulfill any of my dreams. So I have to ponder, I suppose, what to do with my extremely limited abilities, after all, and it’s hard to figure out what to do. There’s not a lot of role models for people like me, who are capable but not entirely. So I don’t really know what to do about that.
I’ve reread most of my favorite books this past week or month or so, hoping to self-soothe, but I’ve saved Murderbot, since I don’t know if it’s long enough since my last reread. I might just go ahead and reread it anyway. I don’t really know what else to do. I’m feeling a bit, well, crushed. I’ll get up and keep going in a bit, but for now it’s time to just accept that this has happened yet again, and lie here for another moment.
You know you can finish a short story, because I’ve read some of your short stories. So maybe you could structure your next novel as a series of interconnected short stories? Or make it epistolatory, so there’s a clear beginning and end for each part, but each part adds up into a whole. Or have a really simple frame story - a character’s going on a journey, for example - and then write their diary entries, or stories from people they meet on the way, books they find etc - basically structure it like a blog and have your characters write blog posts until they reach wherever it was they were going.
Write the beginning and the end first,
Call it finished when you can’t write any more and slap the pre-prepared end chapter on there, and bingo. You can fill the rest of it with asides and world-building and Fantasy World Slice-of-Life.
I’m pretty sure plenty of people would enjoy something like that, and even if they didn’t, you would have broken your streak.
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therealbrigeedarocks:
“I WORKED TO FIND WAYS OF MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH WITHOUT MAKING OTHER PEOPLE CRY”
drowsilybearzerk:
He’s not the only one like, not even remotely fucking around.
whatbigotspost:
Todd Phillips is pure trash.
paddingtongayicon:
I love that man
therealbrigeedarocks:
“I WORKED TO FIND WAYS OF MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH WITHOUT MAKING OTHER PEOPLE CRY”
drowsilybearzerk:
He’s not the only one like, not even remotely fucking around.
whatbigotspost:
Todd Phillips is pure trash.
paddingtongayicon:
I love that man
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glumshoe:
wouldn’t it be nice if we could discuss the complex topic of sustainability and ethics in mass food production without people reducing the conversation to “animals are better than people and if you eat an egg it’s because you love rape and murder” versus “if you avoid supporting the meat and dairy industry you must love the abuse and exploitation of migrant farmers and POC”
glumshoe:
wouldn’t it be nice if we could discuss the complex topic of sustainability and ethics in mass food production without people reducing the conversation to “animals are better than people and if you eat an egg it’s because you love rape and murder” versus “if you avoid supporting the meat and dairy industry you must love the abuse and exploitation of migrant farmers and POC”
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1stvioliner-fangirl:
Rey: people keep telling me they know me, but no one does.
Ben, hair all in his face: Rey help I can’t see
1stvioliner-fangirl:
Rey: people keep telling me they know me, but no one does.
Ben, hair all in his face: Rey help I can’t see
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commander-ledi:
toadsandtiels:
Any time someone tells me birds aren’t descended from dinosaurs, I show them this.
actually birds are classified as a type of dinosaur. so basically they are dinosaurs, not descendants of them.
commander-ledi:
toadsandtiels:
Any time someone tells me birds aren’t descended from dinosaurs, I show them this.
actually birds are classified as a type of dinosaur. so basically they are dinosaurs, not descendants of them.
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kawuli:
evelynthursday:
archaeoloony:
bronze-and-navy-is-creating-1:
archaeoloony:
allofmystudentsrunaway:
wtfzeus:
narrativerehearsal:
ganymedecatamitus:
archaeoloony:
narrativerehearsal:
An old university friend shared an article about making cuneiform tablet gingerbread and my first thought was ‘oh my god, are archaeologists incapable of normal baking?’. Closely followed by ‘….I want to make that.’
Doing real well at not being a stereotypical archaeologist.
Oh look, another item for the list of things I did not know I needed in my life!
Drop the recipe OP
I can’t find the original link but I did find these.
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
you think thats cool? friend of mine (doctor Tess machling) makes replica chocolate Torcs (she is also doing important research on IA goldsmithing) go follow her :)
Need. Chocolate. Torcs.
I used the gingerbread to make this. Taste good. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This post keeps getting better and better!
My Uncle went to see the excavations at the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney and brought these back for me and my brother.
my dad, when i sent the cuneiform tablet recipe:
That’s too good to be true 😮
kawuli:
evelynthursday:
archaeoloony:
bronze-and-navy-is-creating-1:
archaeoloony:
allofmystudentsrunaway:
wtfzeus:
narrativerehearsal:
ganymedecatamitus:
archaeoloony:
narrativerehearsal:
An old university friend shared an article about making cuneiform tablet gingerbread and my first thought was ‘oh my god, are archaeologists incapable of normal baking?’. Closely followed by ‘….I want to make that.’
Doing real well at not being a stereotypical archaeologist.
Oh look, another item for the list of things I did not know I needed in my life!
Drop the recipe OP
I can’t find the original link but I did find these.
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
you think thats cool? friend of mine (doctor Tess machling) makes replica chocolate Torcs (she is also doing important research on IA goldsmithing) go follow her :)
Need. Chocolate. Torcs.
I used the gingerbread to make this. Taste good. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This post keeps getting better and better!
My Uncle went to see the excavations at the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney and brought these back for me and my brother.
my dad, when i sent the cuneiform tablet recipe:
That’s too good to be true 😮
what if there's a rebel porg
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Let’s be real: that’s not gonna happen. Porgs are lovely, intelligent creatures, and rebel scum are not.
Why would anyone want to be a rebel? I mean, why give up peace and stability to…do what? Hide in caves with a bunch of scruffy riffraff and pilot crappy ships into battle? Risk your life every day because someone told you a vague concept like ~*FREEDOM*~ was more important than order in the galaxy?
Please.
Going Rebel means going against one’s own self-interest. Porgs know what’s up. They don’t want to buck the system. They just want to find a good place to roost, build a nest, and work on making more porgs. They know their places in life, just like every good member of the First Order does. They’re practically stormtroopers already.
Let’s be real: that’s not gonna happen. Porgs are lovely, intelligent creatures, and rebel scum are not.
Why would anyone want to be a rebel? I mean, why give up peace and stability to…do what? Hide in caves with a bunch of scruffy riffraff and pilot crappy ships into battle? Risk your life every day because someone told you a vague concept like ~*FREEDOM*~ was more important than order in the galaxy?
Please.
Going Rebel means going against one’s own self-interest. Porgs know what’s up. They don’t want to buck the system. They just want to find a good place to roost, build a nest, and work on making more porgs. They know their places in life, just like every good member of the First Order does. They’re practically stormtroopers already.
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snake-lady:
iamanemotionaltimebomb:
sizvideos:
This campaign defies censorship in social media to raise awareness for early detection of breast cancer
this is actually super fucking smartass of them
Reblogging as this is so important everyone! My mum had breast cancer and that shit is not nice so please check yourself ladies and gents! 💕💕💕
snake-lady:
iamanemotionaltimebomb:
sizvideos:
This campaign defies censorship in social media to raise awareness for early detection of breast cancer
this is actually super fucking smartass of them
Reblogging as this is so important everyone! My mum had breast cancer and that shit is not nice so please check yourself ladies and gents! 💕💕💕
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quasarkisses:
sadsymphonys:
angelwormwood:
if i was at pompeii when the volcano erupted id have been fine
my grandpa was there actually and he died
pliny the younger
quasarkisses:
sadsymphonys:
angelwormwood:
if i was at pompeii when the volcano erupted id have been fine
my grandpa was there actually and he died
pliny the younger
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artemisiasea:
I want to acknowledge all those who are making decisions to explore the unknown this year. Whether that be trying a new craft, going to therapy, attending school, traveling somewhere new, changing your look, practicing new behaviors and ways of being, reading a new author, applying for a job, starting a creative project, beginning a healing regime - or really doing anything that feels like a step into new territory. It’s important to recognize how much courage it takes to leave an established comfort zone in order to grow. Even if you’re taking baby steps you are still moving forward. You are brave. Keep going.
artemisiasea:
I want to acknowledge all those who are making decisions to explore the unknown this year. Whether that be trying a new craft, going to therapy, attending school, traveling somewhere new, changing your look, practicing new behaviors and ways of being, reading a new author, applying for a job, starting a creative project, beginning a healing regime - or really doing anything that feels like a step into new territory. It’s important to recognize how much courage it takes to leave an established comfort zone in order to grow. Even if you’re taking baby steps you are still moving forward. You are brave. Keep going.
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Ha, yes. I really get the impression that Kylo doesn’t know what he wants - he only knows what he doesn’t want (and that’s everything.) Hux at least cares about the FO and believes in it as it is. Kylo’s just in it for his own personal power.
Ha, yes. I really get the impression that Kylo doesn’t know what he wants - he only knows what he doesn’t want (and that’s everything.) Hux at least cares about the FO and believes in it as it is. Kylo’s just in it for his own personal power.
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aromanticandaromatic:
Years ago, I thought I was a lesbian.
As a result, I was bullied until I no longer felt safe disclosing my identity.
More recently, I came out as aroace.
As a result, I was bullied until I no longer felt safe disclosing my identity.
The same things said to me when I thought I was a lesbian get said now.
But homophobes and exclusionists insist on keeping the discourse, and it drives our communities apart.
And it’s so stupid, when my twelve year old self was told “you’ll change your mind when you find a nice guy”, and my twenty one year old self is told “you’ll change your mind when you find a nice guy”.
At 12 I was told I was lying. “There’s no such thing as lesbians,” one boy told me, “girls have to like boys.”
But even though I found out I was wrong I was not lying.
At 21 I am told I am lying. “There’s no such thing as aromantic,” one person tells me, “girls have to like boys.”
But I am not a girl and I am not lying.
And when I speak up I am told to stay quiet, that I’m making life harder for others, that I’m wrong and lying and deserve to be bullied.
And I look at my 12 year old self, at how worms were shoved into my locker, at how my classmates outed me to my teachers, at how my teachers then took me aside and told me I shouldn’t talk about my sexuality because it’s innappropriate.
And to think that my 12 year old self told me it would get better, but nearly ten years later my sexuality is still innappropriate.
Our communities should be helping each other, but especially AFAB and female aromantics and lesbians.
Because our experiences overlap, and we can help each other more than homophobes and exclusionists would like us to think.
Being a lesbian is revolutionary. Daring to let yourself love when you’re told you aren’t real, you’re wrong, you’ll find a nice man, is amazing. Be proud, whether you’re out or not. You’re fighting against people who think women should like men, against people who think lesbian relationships aren’t “real”, and that is incredible.
Being aromantic is revolutionary. Loving purrly platonically when you’re told it doesn’t count, it’s not real, you’ll find someone and it’ll be better, is amazing. Whether you’re out or not, you’re fighting people who think you should like the opposite gender, that platonic relationships just aren’t as strong as romance, that there’s something wrong with you, and that is incredible.
Aromantic and Lesbian solidarity for the win.
💖💚💖💚💖💚
aromanticandaromatic:
Years ago, I thought I was a lesbian.
As a result, I was bullied until I no longer felt safe disclosing my identity.
More recently, I came out as aroace.
As a result, I was bullied until I no longer felt safe disclosing my identity.
The same things said to me when I thought I was a lesbian get said now.
But homophobes and exclusionists insist on keeping the discourse, and it drives our communities apart.
And it’s so stupid, when my twelve year old self was told “you’ll change your mind when you find a nice guy”, and my twenty one year old self is told “you’ll change your mind when you find a nice guy”.
At 12 I was told I was lying. “There’s no such thing as lesbians,” one boy told me, “girls have to like boys.”
But even though I found out I was wrong I was not lying.
At 21 I am told I am lying. “There’s no such thing as aromantic,” one person tells me, “girls have to like boys.”
But I am not a girl and I am not lying.
And when I speak up I am told to stay quiet, that I’m making life harder for others, that I’m wrong and lying and deserve to be bullied.
And I look at my 12 year old self, at how worms were shoved into my locker, at how my classmates outed me to my teachers, at how my teachers then took me aside and told me I shouldn’t talk about my sexuality because it’s innappropriate.
And to think that my 12 year old self told me it would get better, but nearly ten years later my sexuality is still innappropriate.
Our communities should be helping each other, but especially AFAB and female aromantics and lesbians.
Because our experiences overlap, and we can help each other more than homophobes and exclusionists would like us to think.
Being a lesbian is revolutionary. Daring to let yourself love when you’re told you aren’t real, you’re wrong, you’ll find a nice man, is amazing. Be proud, whether you’re out or not. You’re fighting against people who think women should like men, against people who think lesbian relationships aren’t “real”, and that is incredible.
Being aromantic is revolutionary. Loving purrly platonically when you’re told it doesn’t count, it’s not real, you’ll find someone and it’ll be better, is amazing. Whether you’re out or not, you’re fighting people who think you should like the opposite gender, that platonic relationships just aren’t as strong as romance, that there’s something wrong with you, and that is incredible.
Aromantic and Lesbian solidarity for the win.
💖💚💖💚💖💚
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tomfordvelvetorchid:
Women be treating themselves to special groceries and cheeses when they can financially
tomfordvelvetorchid:
Women be treating themselves to special groceries and cheeses when they can financially
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arofili:
one of my favorite fucking feelings in the world is when you’re having a discussion with somebody about literature and themes and storytelling and etc or even just like, your feelings, and as you’re rambling on about the interpretation of something-or-the-other you have this lightbulb moment where two ideas connect in your head all of a sudden and you couldn’t have done it without the context of another person there and you both get so excited about this new theory you’re developing
like. collaboration. trust. complexity. awakenings. this shit isn’t just analysis, it’s art.
arofili:
one of my favorite fucking feelings in the world is when you’re having a discussion with somebody about literature and themes and storytelling and etc or even just like, your feelings, and as you’re rambling on about the interpretation of something-or-the-other you have this lightbulb moment where two ideas connect in your head all of a sudden and you couldn’t have done it without the context of another person there and you both get so excited about this new theory you’re developing
like. collaboration. trust. complexity. awakenings. this shit isn’t just analysis, it’s art.
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sweetschizo:
sweetschizo:
Hey if you’re schizophrenic/psychotic I just want you to know that you’re a wonderful person and that you deserve so much better than the demonization, marginalization and stigmatization you face in this society.
Please consider reblogging this/other positivity posts for schizophrenic/psychotic people every once in a while. If you have more than 100 followers, odds are that a couple of them experiences psychosis and that they rarely see positivity posts for people with their symptoms.
sweetschizo:
sweetschizo:
Hey if you’re schizophrenic/psychotic I just want you to know that you’re a wonderful person and that you deserve so much better than the demonization, marginalization and stigmatization you face in this society.
Please consider reblogging this/other positivity posts for schizophrenic/psychotic people every once in a while. If you have more than 100 followers, odds are that a couple of them experiences psychosis and that they rarely see positivity posts for people with their symptoms.
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bioillogically:
xerneas–anti:
bioillogically:
bioillogically:
bioillogically:
Gender Criticals talking about how trans women are caricatures who stake their sense of gender in patriarchal stereotypes and what they think women are supposed to be, like, girl, aren’t we all
who does not end up a female impersonator???
not six hours after i make this post, i make a second and unrelated post about cake frosting, which is then immediately picked up by catholic tradwife tumblr
truly, water seeks its own level
the funny thing is that the second a trans woman doesnt look like the girliest girl on planet girl, they complain about trans women looking like men in dresses. butch trans lesbians truly are the bravest people alive
this double standard is for sure a real thing, but i’m trying to get at something a little deeper here!
like, there’s a kernel of deeply-warped and half-hidden truth in the claim that trans women’s senses of their gender(s) are informed by patriarchal ideas!
the thing people are (deliberately) obscuring when they make this claim is that everyone’s sense of gender—be they cis, trans, or nonbinary, gay, straight, or bisexual, male, female, or neither—is informed by patriarchy! that’s what having a gender means!
there’s no way to be a gendered subject under capitalist patriarchy without invoking the oppressive field through which gender emerges! we can’t simply insulate ourselves like that and look for the “right” or “good” way to do gender!
the message we should be pushing instead is this!
“You are as constructed as me; the same anarchic womb has birthed us both. I call upon you to investigate your nature as I have been compelled to confront mine. I challenge you to risk abjection and flourish as well as have I. Heed my words, and you may well discover the seams and sutures in yourself.”
bioillogically:
xerneas–anti:
bioillogically:
bioillogically:
bioillogically:
Gender Criticals talking about how trans women are caricatures who stake their sense of gender in patriarchal stereotypes and what they think women are supposed to be, like, girl, aren’t we all
who does not end up a female impersonator???
not six hours after i make this post, i make a second and unrelated post about cake frosting, which is then immediately picked up by catholic tradwife tumblr
truly, water seeks its own level
the funny thing is that the second a trans woman doesnt look like the girliest girl on planet girl, they complain about trans women looking like men in dresses. butch trans lesbians truly are the bravest people alive
this double standard is for sure a real thing, but i’m trying to get at something a little deeper here!
like, there’s a kernel of deeply-warped and half-hidden truth in the claim that trans women’s senses of their gender(s) are informed by patriarchal ideas!
the thing people are (deliberately) obscuring when they make this claim is that everyone’s sense of gender—be they cis, trans, or nonbinary, gay, straight, or bisexual, male, female, or neither—is informed by patriarchy! that’s what having a gender means!
there’s no way to be a gendered subject under capitalist patriarchy without invoking the oppressive field through which gender emerges! we can’t simply insulate ourselves like that and look for the “right” or “good” way to do gender!
the message we should be pushing instead is this!
“You are as constructed as me; the same anarchic womb has birthed us both. I call upon you to investigate your nature as I have been compelled to confront mine. I challenge you to risk abjection and flourish as well as have I. Heed my words, and you may well discover the seams and sutures in yourself.”
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rikodeine:
I mentioned how drug criminalization at street level ties in with other nuisance crimes like solicitation, loitering, public urination, panhandling etc. You might be opposed to all of these things but the formation of these crimes is not arbitrary, they’re designed to criminalize people deemed undesirable. If you’re homeless in the city at night where are you supposed to piss? Loitering is literally just existing in public space without spending money.
We tend to believe - or we’re told - that public space belongs to everyone but these laws turn it into private property for people deemed desirable; people who will walk along the boardwalk and spend money at all the little cafes and boutiques. You can see how this facilitates gentrification right?
And the people who actually occupied these spaces are rendered invisible, which means being cut off from their communities and from society. When I was a teenager hanging around the city at night cos things sucked at home and I had no money I’d hang out with the local street people (the term they said they personally preferred). This didn’t occur to me at the time cos I was 14 with no sophisticated political understanding but having the space to connect with people directly like that - houseless and housed, in the public spaces of the community you share - holds serious potential for mutual aid and networking, which something people living in these situations have always known and done. This is how criminal networks spring up seemingly at random in the first place. Those networks, btw, are not merely self serving but include friendship groups, relationships etc. I wanna point out that it’s ridiculous to diminish the relationships houseless people have because of the necessity of shared resources when literally all relationships are mediated by capital and plenty of housed people date for money, because they can’t afford rent alone etc.
But point being, shared public space like this facilitates relationships in all different directions which can have a lot of important outcomes like making it harder for cops to get away with harassing houseless people, making housed people aware that their local government is letting people sleep rough, enabling the sharing of resources (like Food Not Bombs providing meals since you can’t cook without a kitchen), and this is on top of the social relationships that form without the involvement of housed people at all.
This is long winded sorry but my point is that the denial of public space through criminalizing the act of living and working in it is yet another example of how isolation is enforced and the most marginalized people are pushed ever further outward. Strategic sleeping arrangements worked out to increase safety are ruined, access to nearby amenities is denied, and local housed people are only faintly aware of what’s happening at best. Where I hung out with the local street people had nearby toilets, a bakery that opened early, a cop shop and courthouse, a welfare office, a government housing office, and a hospital all within walking distance, all of which are things houseless people often need to access. I could go on and on about this cos it makes me furious (I’ve been homeless but not slept on the street) but like, this kills people! And it makes their lives so much more difficult and really highlights why everyone should be furious about these laws and how public space is increasingly privatised
rikodeine:
I mentioned how drug criminalization at street level ties in with other nuisance crimes like solicitation, loitering, public urination, panhandling etc. You might be opposed to all of these things but the formation of these crimes is not arbitrary, they’re designed to criminalize people deemed undesirable. If you’re homeless in the city at night where are you supposed to piss? Loitering is literally just existing in public space without spending money.
We tend to believe - or we’re told - that public space belongs to everyone but these laws turn it into private property for people deemed desirable; people who will walk along the boardwalk and spend money at all the little cafes and boutiques. You can see how this facilitates gentrification right?
And the people who actually occupied these spaces are rendered invisible, which means being cut off from their communities and from society. When I was a teenager hanging around the city at night cos things sucked at home and I had no money I’d hang out with the local street people (the term they said they personally preferred). This didn’t occur to me at the time cos I was 14 with no sophisticated political understanding but having the space to connect with people directly like that - houseless and housed, in the public spaces of the community you share - holds serious potential for mutual aid and networking, which something people living in these situations have always known and done. This is how criminal networks spring up seemingly at random in the first place. Those networks, btw, are not merely self serving but include friendship groups, relationships etc. I wanna point out that it’s ridiculous to diminish the relationships houseless people have because of the necessity of shared resources when literally all relationships are mediated by capital and plenty of housed people date for money, because they can’t afford rent alone etc.
But point being, shared public space like this facilitates relationships in all different directions which can have a lot of important outcomes like making it harder for cops to get away with harassing houseless people, making housed people aware that their local government is letting people sleep rough, enabling the sharing of resources (like Food Not Bombs providing meals since you can’t cook without a kitchen), and this is on top of the social relationships that form without the involvement of housed people at all.
This is long winded sorry but my point is that the denial of public space through criminalizing the act of living and working in it is yet another example of how isolation is enforced and the most marginalized people are pushed ever further outward. Strategic sleeping arrangements worked out to increase safety are ruined, access to nearby amenities is denied, and local housed people are only faintly aware of what’s happening at best. Where I hung out with the local street people had nearby toilets, a bakery that opened early, a cop shop and courthouse, a welfare office, a government housing office, and a hospital all within walking distance, all of which are things houseless people often need to access. I could go on and on about this cos it makes me furious (I’ve been homeless but not slept on the street) but like, this kills people! And it makes their lives so much more difficult and really highlights why everyone should be furious about these laws and how public space is increasingly privatised
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korrasera:
geekgirlsmash:
thoughts-of-an-x-factor:
whatbigotspost:
scottandhiskind:
bodytothefifthpower:
911 I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT A MURDER.
You mean you want to report an Axe Murderer
Well I for one certainly didn’t ever expect to post something positive that AXE body spray had to say.
Normally, I think that this whole sort of “Company is being funny on twitter” thing is bad… but, AXE is a product which is extremely strongly linked with teenage boys.
Teenage boys, who are a key demographic for AXE, are also key targets for radicalization by alt-right/neo-nazi/white supremacist groups.
Maybe… just maybe, companies like AXE, which are seen as “cool” to these kids, standing up and saying “You know what’s super lame? Being a fucking homophobe”, just might get a few of them to not follow the path some dark corners of the internet want to lead them down.
I don’t know.
Axe more recently has had an entire ad campaign based on being the real you, targeted at young men, that included gay, and gender non-conforming boys.
They haven’t been utilizing their old “har har get the girls” advertising in years.
This isn’t at all surprising.
Until such a time as we can dismantle capitalism completely, encouraging brands like AXE to support progressive causes and fight the normalization of fascism is something to aim for.
korrasera:
geekgirlsmash:
thoughts-of-an-x-factor:
whatbigotspost:
scottandhiskind:
bodytothefifthpower:
911 I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT A MURDER.
You mean you want to report an Axe Murderer
Well I for one certainly didn’t ever expect to post something positive that AXE body spray had to say.
Normally, I think that this whole sort of “Company is being funny on twitter” thing is bad… but, AXE is a product which is extremely strongly linked with teenage boys.
Teenage boys, who are a key demographic for AXE, are also key targets for radicalization by alt-right/neo-nazi/white supremacist groups.
Maybe… just maybe, companies like AXE, which are seen as “cool” to these kids, standing up and saying “You know what’s super lame? Being a fucking homophobe”, just might get a few of them to not follow the path some dark corners of the internet want to lead them down.
I don’t know.
Axe more recently has had an entire ad campaign based on being the real you, targeted at young men, that included gay, and gender non-conforming boys.
They haven’t been utilizing their old “har har get the girls” advertising in years.
This isn’t at all surprising.
Until such a time as we can dismantle capitalism completely, encouraging brands like AXE to support progressive causes and fight the normalization of fascism is something to aim for.
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jaegervega:
I’m absolutely sure Hux can get a sunburn even from a lamp, so it was a necessary addition
jaegervega:
I’m absolutely sure Hux can get a sunburn even from a lamp, so it was a necessary addition
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materialsscienceandengineering:
Self-Healing Materials Created After Breakthrough on Science of Cracking
Cracks in the desert floor appear random to the untrained eye, even beautifully so, but the mathematics governing patterns of dried clay turn out to be predictable — and useful in designing advanced materials.
In a pair of new studies from Princeton University, researchers found that in a large class of common materials, including clay and human skin, individual grains of the material shrink as they dry. The amount and speed of shrinkability varies with the material’s physical properties. By harnessing this previously unknown trait, the researchers are able to predict, and even reverse, cracking over time.
“The application of materials that spontaneously heal themselves, by leveraging shrinkability, is something I’m very excited about,” said Sujit Datta, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Princeton University and lead author on the studies.
Read more.
materialsscienceandengineering:
Self-Healing Materials Created After Breakthrough on Science of Cracking
Cracks in the desert floor appear random to the untrained eye, even beautifully so, but the mathematics governing patterns of dried clay turn out to be predictable — and useful in designing advanced materials.
In a pair of new studies from Princeton University, researchers found that in a large class of common materials, including clay and human skin, individual grains of the material shrink as they dry. The amount and speed of shrinkability varies with the material’s physical properties. By harnessing this previously unknown trait, the researchers are able to predict, and even reverse, cracking over time.
“The application of materials that spontaneously heal themselves, by leveraging shrinkability, is something I’m very excited about,” said Sujit Datta, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Princeton University and lead author on the studies.
Read more.
Solar Orbiter ready to depart Europe
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spaceexp:
Paris (ESA) Oct 19, 2019
ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission has completed its test campaign in Europe and is now being packed ready for its journey to Cape Canaveral at the end of this month, ahead of launch in February 2020. The spacecraft was on display today for the final time in Europe, at the IABG test centre near Munich, Germany. It was built at Airbus Stevenage, UK, and has spent the last year at IABG undergoing e
Full article
spaceexp:
Paris (ESA) Oct 19, 2019
ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission has completed its test campaign in Europe and is now being packed ready for its journey to Cape Canaveral at the end of this month, ahead of launch in February 2020. The spacecraft was on display today for the final time in Europe, at the IABG test centre near Munich, Germany. It was built at Airbus Stevenage, UK, and has spent the last year at IABG undergoing e
Full article
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Renewable energy to expand by 50% in next five years - report:
nunyabizni:
Global supplies of renewable electricity are growing faster than expected and could expand by 50% in the next five years, powered by a resurgence in solar energy.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) found that solar, wind and hydropower projects are rolling out at their fastest rate in four years.
Its latest report predicts that by 2024 a new dawn for cheap solar power could see the world’s solar capacity grow by 600GW, almost double the installed total electricity capacity of Japan. Overall, renewable electricity is expected to grow by 1,200GW in the next five years, the equivalent of the total electricity capacity of the US.
“This is a pivotal time for renewable energy,” said the IEA’s executive director, Fatih Birol. “Technologies such as solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind are at the heart of transformations taking place across the global energy system. Their increasing deployment is crucial for efforts to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, reduce air pollution, and expand energy access.”
The Guardian reported earlier this month that a renewable energy revolution could end the world’s rising demand for oil and coal in the 2020s, decades ahead of forecasts from oil and mining companies.
Renewable energy sources make up 26% of the world’s electricity today, but according to the IEA its share is expected to reach 30% by 2024. The resurgence follows a global slowdown last year, due to falling technology costs and rising environmental concerns.
However, Birol warned that the role of renewables in the global energy system would need to grow even faster if the world hopes to meet its climate targets.
The report said growing climate ambitions in the European Union and the US played the biggest role in driving the IEA’s forecasts higher, but it will be China which leads the way in rolling out wind and solar energy projects.
The IEA expects solar energy to play the biggest role in jumpstarting fresh growth in global renewable energy because falling costs are already below retail electricity prices in most countries.
The cost of solar power is expected to decline by a further 15% to 35% by 2024, spurring further growth over the second half of the decade.
The appetite of energy-hungry businesses and factories is expected to be the biggest driver of the solar power boom as company bosses exploit falling costs to help cut their energy bills.
But the number of home solar panels is also expected to more than double to reach around 100m rooftops by 2024, with the strongest per capita growth in Australia, Belgium, California, the Netherlands and Austria.
Even after the “spectacular” growth expected for solar over the next five years, panels will cover only 6% of the world’s available rooftops, leaving room for further growth.
“Renewables are already the world’s second largest source of electricity, but their deployment still needs to accelerate if we are to achieve long-term climate, air quality and energy access goals,” Birol said.
He warned that although the potential for solar power was “breathtaking” the rapid rollout could disrupt electricity markets unless regulators and utilities adapt.
Renewable energy to expand by 50% in next five years - report:
nunyabizni:
Global supplies of renewable electricity are growing faster than expected and could expand by 50% in the next five years, powered by a resurgence in solar energy.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) found that solar, wind and hydropower projects are rolling out at their fastest rate in four years.
Its latest report predicts that by 2024 a new dawn for cheap solar power could see the world’s solar capacity grow by 600GW, almost double the installed total electricity capacity of Japan. Overall, renewable electricity is expected to grow by 1,200GW in the next five years, the equivalent of the total electricity capacity of the US.
“This is a pivotal time for renewable energy,” said the IEA’s executive director, Fatih Birol. “Technologies such as solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind are at the heart of transformations taking place across the global energy system. Their increasing deployment is crucial for efforts to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, reduce air pollution, and expand energy access.”
The Guardian reported earlier this month that a renewable energy revolution could end the world’s rising demand for oil and coal in the 2020s, decades ahead of forecasts from oil and mining companies.
Renewable energy sources make up 26% of the world’s electricity today, but according to the IEA its share is expected to reach 30% by 2024. The resurgence follows a global slowdown last year, due to falling technology costs and rising environmental concerns.
However, Birol warned that the role of renewables in the global energy system would need to grow even faster if the world hopes to meet its climate targets.
The report said growing climate ambitions in the European Union and the US played the biggest role in driving the IEA’s forecasts higher, but it will be China which leads the way in rolling out wind and solar energy projects.
The IEA expects solar energy to play the biggest role in jumpstarting fresh growth in global renewable energy because falling costs are already below retail electricity prices in most countries.
The cost of solar power is expected to decline by a further 15% to 35% by 2024, spurring further growth over the second half of the decade.
The appetite of energy-hungry businesses and factories is expected to be the biggest driver of the solar power boom as company bosses exploit falling costs to help cut their energy bills.
But the number of home solar panels is also expected to more than double to reach around 100m rooftops by 2024, with the strongest per capita growth in Australia, Belgium, California, the Netherlands and Austria.
Even after the “spectacular” growth expected for solar over the next five years, panels will cover only 6% of the world’s available rooftops, leaving room for further growth.
“Renewables are already the world’s second largest source of electricity, but their deployment still needs to accelerate if we are to achieve long-term climate, air quality and energy access goals,” Birol said.
He warned that although the potential for solar power was “breathtaking” the rapid rollout could disrupt electricity markets unless regulators and utilities adapt.
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gamebird:
biggsdarklighters:
FINN in STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019) dir. J.J. Abrams
Yay!
gamebird:
biggsdarklighters:
FINN in STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019) dir. J.J. Abrams
Yay!
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blakeseptember:
Like, you can have dragons, but not basic respect for women? Boring. Tired. Basic and sexist.
bittenwraths:
I will never understand why people create whole ass fantasy worlds and still oppress women in those worlds.
blakeseptember:
Like, you can have dragons, but not basic respect for women? Boring. Tired. Basic and sexist.
bittenwraths:
I will never understand why people create whole ass fantasy worlds and still oppress women in those worlds.
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sugardaddylukeskywalker:
“Oh, please. I thought you could read minds, Ren.”
Age of Resistance: General Hux
sugardaddylukeskywalker:
“Oh, please. I thought you could read minds, Ren.”
Age of Resistance: General Hux