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You know what fantasy stories don't use enough? Different measuring scales, and confusion caused by them. Because before the metric system, practically every place and culture had their own measures for weights, lengths and distances. It would be fun to add that into a story for added realistic cultural confusion.

The average dwarf is four or five feet tall, but not in human measures. Yeah they're still shorter than humans but the dwarf foot (and the namesake measure of length) is bigger in proportion to their body. "Is that in dwarf feet or human feet?" is a common question to hear on construction sites, wherever human carpenters and dwarf masons are working together.

A dedicated local Common Misconception Historian has a pet peeve about the whole "princess Featherblade was only 12 years old when she led the attack on Marshland Halls" -myth, because the historical recordings on the human side are off. While she was remarkably young, that myth came about back in the day when humans were still trying to apply "dog years" to elves, and in an elven life span, 120 years is not a direct equivalent to a 12-year-old human.

A whole culture whose smallest unit of weight loosely translates to "about as much as an apple", and varies from region to region depending on the size of local apples. These people are famed for their alchemists, whose uncanny ability to simply measure their ingredients by heart, making their recipes essentially impossible to replicate. This famed skill is a matter of survivor bias - the ones that don't have that knack ten to explode into fine mist.

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ah so. I hate Prowl ♡

Song

This thing is unfinished but. Eh. I don't have enough energy for this

#transformers #maccadam #optimus prime #prowl #tf prowl #idw #made a quick stop at my old fandom and i was reminded why i stayed here for a long time

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If you were the love interest character in a story that treats the main character the same way you treat yourself, I wonder how the readers would react.

#murmurs #a question

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re: tumblr

hello! I work in tech and here are some important things to know about "tumblr is going into maintenance mode." please note I do not work at tumblr, I've just worked at tumblr-adjacent sort of companies for my entire adult life and i've gone through this before.

what does maintenance mode mean?

literally what it sounds like -- Automattic is not going to be hiring new staff, investing in new product features, or doing anything new on tumblr. the staff that remains working on tumblr will be maintaining the status quo. most of the staff will be allocated elsewhere (or possibly laid off, though it looks like from that memo that's not what they're planning to do). it does not mean tumblr is shutting down. you should still buy premium, get merch, etc, because this is definitely step one of the shutdown process, but a maintenance mode designation is basically to see if tumblr will generate a revenue without putting more money into it than strictly necessary.

why did this happen?

obviously I do not know directly. from my observation, it's in part because Yahoo had absolutely no idea what to do with this platform, and then when Automattic bought it they also... struggled... but it is also in part because the user base has been so viciously anti-monetization that most attempts were killed outright.

yes, the user base is part of the problem. the absolute feral anti-premium, anti-ads, anti-tipping, anti-everything tumblr tried to do to make money is part of the problem. it's not the only part of the problem by a long shot, but I would be remiss not to mention it.

what do I do now?

use the platform. just like, keep using tumblr. do not abandon ship. buy premium, get yourself some badges, get yourself some merch, but use the platform. ad revenue is based on impressions and clicks. if a ton of the user base gives up, that revenue disappears.

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tumblr is extremely special. I've never seen anything like it in my 20-odd years of being Very Online, and I was a minor BNF in WolfStar during LiveJournal days. I don't know that it can be recreated elsewhere. I don't know where fandom will go. I know that something else will exist after tumblr and that nothing gold can stay, but i don't think the specific kind of joy found here can be recreated. i say this not to be a downer, but to be realistic. I guess I should find a Bluesky invite.

I've been here since 2008. I'm not going anywhere as long as this site exists. hope you'll stay here with me.

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The thing I really like about dressing up for work is the fact that I’m cosplaying as a more competent version of me. It’s like I’m going to a convention where everyone else is doing a really good job at role playing and they’re great at not breaking character!

My teammate asking me a question about the analysis i did? Hmmm, how would CompetentAU!Me would’ve answered?

My manager getting really mad and screaming at me because of the presentation I did? Look at her go! She’s doing a really good job at rp-ing that character. Although maybe her voice should be louder to really feel that emotion!

Getting another project into my work-pile? CompetentAU!Me wouldn’t cry! There’s this whole tragic background story about them that all these workload is not worth a tear!

My colleague getting praised for a job I did? Ohhh we’re doing a dilemma plot! How exciting!

My manager treating the team to pizza? The hell? Thats OOC! Oh, it’s because she’s making us stay overtime? Yeah that sounds in character.

#stepping into my work-sona and suddenly im great at analysis

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Can you just imagine ORV from Kyrgios' POV?

Some random guy you've never even seen before shows up and starts acting all friendly and familiar. He acts like he knows you. He wants to be your disciple of all things. This guy is bizarre (and therefore intriguing) and so, begrudgingly, you agree.

Terrible student. Just awful. No talent at all. He doesn't have any spots to like. Why didn't you just kill him when he first showed up? Still, you have accepted him as your disciple and so you leave him to it for now. You will return to check on him later.

Your terrible, awful disciple has run away in the middle of the night! You will hunt him down and he will be sorry.

He has somehow stolen your technique!!!

But, amazingly, your terrible disciple actually manages to save your planet with the technique he stole from you. You decide not to punish him.

You see him leaving with the rest of his companions but graciously allow him to go for now because surely after some time to reflect he'll see the error of his ways and return to his master.

He does not return.

You go to find your terrible, thieving disciple so that you can punish him.

There are, strangely, multiple people claiming to be your disciple. You kill them. Where is your actual disciple?

You find him wounded and begging for death. He has been beaten up in a distant place and is now filled with shame claiming that he has defiled the name of Baekchung. You are a good teacher so you will not punish him after all and will instead look into the situation that has caused your prideful disciple to be in this state.

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He has tricked you into fighting an outer god with your ex.

#orv #orv spoilers #omniscient reader's viewpoint #kyrgios rodgraim #kim dokja

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JAVIER SHOULD HAVE KISSED LLOYD WHEN HE RESURFACED LIKE A FUCKIN ANGEL, LIKE. ITS YOUR TIME !!! KISS HIM, I know his face scares you but THIS WAS THE PERFECT TIME

#lloyd frontera #the greatest estate developer #tged #javier asrahan #i love the fact that manhwas are read while scrolling #the hilarity of this manhwa really just punches you in the gut from time to time

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She became horribly afraid and turned over the page at once.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" - C. S. Lewis

#me seeing the exam questions during finals in college

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"Hello? You sent this to the wrong address. My brother is still alive. Still dead. Was brought back" Andrew Kozma - SONG OF THE INSENSIBLE

The blame is on @leejihye who supplied me with funds in exchange for my soul <3

#omniscient reader's viewpoint #orv #yoo joonghyuk #yoo mia #tw: death #tw: blood

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old lotr illustrations i'm still fond of

#lotr #lookit these cuties

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we should legalize polyamorous marriage  for all the other reasons we should but also because I wanna see what polygamous divorce looks like

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ohoho! unlucky for you, boy, you’ve activated my secret form! *extended magical girl transformation with music and different angles and sound effects that cuts abruptly to me dead on the floor*

#orv #kim dokja

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My sister, pointing at the tv: look at my child!

The child in question: a 30+ grumpy old man with anger issues

Sister: look my child has a friend!

The friend in question: a 30+ lonely old man that her so called child has adopted

#ramblings #my sister is in her 20s what #we only started watching this movie 20mins ago and she already adopted them #what the hell is this

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Y'know what

Han Yoojin as a scam baiting vlogger, Sung Hyunjae as the managing director of a well-known Cybersecurity firm and Song Taewon as the overworked+underpaid head of the cybercrimes division of the Korea Central Intelligence Agency

#sctir #han yoojin #sung hyunjae #song taewon #tsctir #s classes that i raised #the s classes that i raised #shj trying to recruit hyj and hyj thinking it was a scam and put shj on hold for more than 4hrs #hyj being apprehended by stw because while scambaiting is not technically illegal #hacking the scammer's computer while broadcasting it online is toeing the line of legality #shj messing with stw by hacking the kcia website and calling it /free sporadic penetration testing/ #stw not able to retaliate because the previous head did sign an agreement with shj to toughen up their system #and oh look there's a comprehensive report on framework vulnerabilities on his desk at the end of the day #is this just an excuse to have a hacker!hyj au? why yes yes it is

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93% Stardust, Nikita Gill

i really wanted to do so much more with this, so there may be a follow up comic later if i feel up for it. i love the ipre crew. 

#taz #taz balance #!!! i forgot how much i love this podcast

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an inspiration to poor little meow meows everywhere

this man has no dignity to speak of and we love him for it

#tsctir #han yoojin #sctir