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Need to revise the description of the exterior of the Crucible of Souls because it turns out what I'm thinking of does not qualify as a polygon or polygram. It seems like the right word is "dendrite", or at least that's the label applied to similarly complex snowflakes.

…Except, of course, does anyone present conceptualize and describe shapes like that? And is that description going to make sense to readers anyway?

(Also need to decide how wide a hole they're going to try to blow in it, and if it will take multiple rounds of dynamite to get all the way through the… roof? crust?)

#I would be EXTREMELY surprised if the noldor haven't invented some kind of magnifying lens #and looked at snowflakes #they probably have a conception of “like a snowflake with all the pointy branches coming out from a central point” #though perhaps in more elegant words #worldbuilding #tolkien #liz reblogs random things

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i'm conducting an experiment. everyone who's from an english speaking country state your country, regional area and what you call the following images. i need to see something

#usa; new jersey/new york (aka east coast but not new england or the south) #row one: fries; potato chips; biscuits (specifically looks like red lobster cheddar biscuits) #row two: cookies; soda; candy #row three: cigarettes; winter hat (knit hat? ribbed knit hat?); cotton candy #linguistics #liz reblogs random things

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what’s your ‘thing’ as a friend. i don’t mean like ‘oh im the mom friend’ i mean like what’s the Thing where if one of your friends was looking for a specific interaction they’d message you first. personally i can always be relied upon to get hyped about bugs, literature, and cursed internet images.

#lately it's been tax questions #more generally I dunno; maybe storytelling mechanics? #anyway I am generally down to analyze what makes something tick #liz talks about personal stuff #liz reblogs random things

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this seems self-centered you know “stereotypical American bs” but I’m curious

#18 unless we're counting DC as a state #in which case 19 #... #I need to travel more #look! a poll! #liz reblogs random things

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#loose thematic point of a harry potter 15minuteficlets response I wrote in late 2003 #which caused someone to offer me a livejournal account creation code #so the ficlet was on my mind when I needed an LJ user name #and my pen name was over the character limit #(in retrospect “liz-culmer” would have worked fine but eh; hindsight) #I have settled into the name over the years #so it was a logical url choice when I made a tumblr account in 2012 #...where DOES the time go #look! a poll! #liz reblogs random things

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#hot damn #video #x-men #fashion #other people's awesome stuff #liz reblogs random things

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#oh fuck you #liz reblogs random things

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since its homestuck day, legally i can post my favorite panel from homestuck once again

#ahahahaha #homestuck #intermission #context is for the weak #liz reblogs random things

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Future Grandkid: Grandpa, what was it like when Obama was president?

Me: Aah, yes… the Homestuck President.

#ahahahaha #homestuck #liz reblogs random things

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Its homestuck day Its homestuck day Its homestuck day Its homestuck day Its-

#awww #homestuck #liz reblogs random things

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taking out my anger on the people who fuck up my day at work by scribbling scary and inhuman architecture on a piece of paper. once i get good enough at it they will go there in their dreams

#oooh... #I could go for that #liz reblogs random things

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#I did two weeks of horse riding at girl scout camp one year #didn't learn how to gallop but I cantered once and was decent at trotting by the end of the program #and then randomly some western-saddle trail riding at a dude ranch for... #y'know I don't actually recall what organization arranged that trip? #but a weekend trip in 6th grade #might have also been girl scouts or it might have been a school thing #thirty years later I legit have no fucking clue #it was a deeply peculiar choice whoever was behind it #but anyway yeah I have ridden horses #and could probably pick it back up in a pinch #(along with some hideous pain because I am no longer young and flexible) #(also possibly allergies; in retrospect I was very sneezy and itchy around horses) #look! a poll! #liz reblogs random things

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What do you use on your period?

Disposable sanitary pad

Reusable sanitary pad

Period Underwear

Tampon

Menstrual Cup

Menstrual Disc

I don't use any products

Other

I use hormonal birth control to skip my period

I don't have a menstrual cycle

#tampon with a disposable pad to backstop it on heavy flow days and overnight #disposable pad only during light flow #I tried a menstrual cup once but attempting to insert it caused such hideous pain I gave up #menstruation is such bullshit #look! a poll! #possibly tmi #liz reblogs random things

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🦀 Kudos Crab 🦀

If you are scrolling and see Kudos Crab, your fics will be blessed!

You will get good comments and kudos!

You will beat your writers block!

GO AND WRITE!

#awww #fandom #ao3 #liz reblogs random things

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I don't recall being compelled to try new things -- generally I was interested in trying new things at least once. But I was compelled to eat a few specific foods that I detested, in the name of a balanced diet and Mom not having the time/energy/interest to cook personalized meals for each family member.

This was mostly when I was very young. Once Nick and I were old enough to be trusted in the kitchen, we and Mom came to an agreement where we could substitute any specific element of a meal that we loathed with something in the same category. So we could sub out a disliked carbohydrate for a different carbohydrate, a hated vegetable for a different vegetable, etc. That made life much smoother.

(There was one several-hour battle of wills over creamed spinach that I won so thoroughly that Mom stopped making it thereafter, but that was an unusual case. She was also pretty good about finding tolerable substitutes for assorted sandwich fillings, and gave up on making me drink orange juice or grape juice pretty early on.)

#look! a poll! #food #liz admits she has a family #liz talks about personal stuff

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@wordsforrain

“Distant Galaxies”, a deep rich mix of purples and black. I dyed a batch of twenty on sock yarn for @wonderwoolwales but they are also available online. I’ve spent an hour trying to think of something sparklingly brilliant to say that will ensure folk engage but I am drawing a blank so image two is a review kindly posted by a lovely customer. I know beautiful photos aren’t enough these days but I really just care about yarn and people, not copywriting.

MothyandtheSquid.com

#fiber crafts #yarn dyeing #other people's awesome stuff #liz reblogs random things

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#american 100% #full disclosure: that was on round 2 #on round one I mixed up vermont and new hampshire halfway through #those two are my perennial weakness in state identification #other than that I have them down #look! a poll! #maps #liz reblogs random things