#about kayli

[oliviassunrise]

Moodboard Tag Game

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colour of your phone background+ aesthetic || favourite animal+ aesthetic || name+ core || movie you rewatched multiple times as a child+ aesthetic || favourite time of the day+ aesthetic || first word of your favourite song+ aesthetic

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#tag games #about kayli

[natp20]

the way she has his eyes and nose

the way their colour schemes are almost exactly the same

the shorthalt family sideburns

#critical role #the legend of vox machina #tlovm #tlovm s2 #tlovm spoilers #can't wait to see if they make any changes to this particular storyline #she's already hinting about what she heard from her mother #but maybe she pretends to warm up to him as a ploy to get a little stabby-stabby #kaylie shorthalt #scanlan shorthalt

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

Heartbreaking! Girl finally goes to a small church study group trying to engage more with her church and is immediately frustrated but may just be being dramatic!

1. There was a lot of talk about how Judas was rotten to the core and he was clearly so good at hiding how EVIL and TWISTED he was compared to the other disciples look at this man he's such a LIAR and I hate that kind of talk because it's so dangerous! Because low-key the point is that we're all like Judas we all betray Jesus constantly like? He wasn't some evil being? Like I get their point he did do a worse thing but that doesn't mean he was like more sinful like idk I hate that separation.

2. We were talking about Mary using her hair to dry Jesus's feet and how it seems a seperate different woman was described doing something similar in Luke. We have this discussion about why she might use her hair entirely removed from cultural contexts. I ask if there were perhaps any cultural contexts surrounding hair given it seems like quite a ritual act. The temperature of the room drops and I get a lot of "not that I know of" in a tone that indicates I am a fool for wanting to read the Bible rooted in the history that it is literally part of.

3. One man, who actually is trying, tells me about how women's hair was their glory and usually tied up. I ask then if we think there's a gendered aspect to Mary's act because it's literally her using something inherent to her femininity. I am informed no, the only reason men didn't do it was because they had shorter hair. The conversation moves on before I can point out that the only reason men had shorter hair and women longer was cultural reasons, meaning that Mary's act WAS inherently culturally gendered and maybe it would be interesting to look at it in the context of Jesus's treatment of women within an oppressive society. I fume for the rest of the evening.

#I need Kaylie to tell me if I'm being ridiculous or if these are valid issues #one thing about me is I am an ACADEMIC #if I can ask about cultural context I will! If I can ask about social creations such as gender I WILL!!! #let's analyse MORE!

[blorbologist]

i love holding all my favorite NPCs close while one of them talks about destiny over the shots <33

#SHE SAID OUR FRIENDS CASS SAID OUR FRIENDS SHES FRIENDS WITH VM WAILING IM SO NORMAL ABOUT HER HAVING FRIENDS AFTER ALL THAT SHIT #AND VELORA IS SO HAPPY WITH THE FEATHER SHE LOVES IT SHES SO HAPPY #AND KAYLIE is conflicted yeah that ok bestie patpat #tlovm s2 #tlovm spoilers #the legend of vox machina #tlovm #critical role #cassandra de rolo #velora vessar #kaylie shorthalt #vox machina

[tameila]

“If you don’t wanna let her down anymore, then don’t.”

“Sounds easy.”

“It’s not, but nothing worth it ever is.”

#The Legend of Vox Machina #tlovm spoilers #tlovmedit #Pikelan #they were talking about kaylie but they were also talking about them :') #im so okay about this

[moghedien]

funny seeing people be like "uh why is Kaylie being mean to Scanlan for no reason!" and I'm just like....laughing because not only are there reasons but the previous episode gave a pretty good parallel for the reasons lmaooo

#the legend of vox machina #tlovm spoilers #critical role #cr campaign one #scanlan shorthalt #like parallels but not exact ones #but seeing certain things so soon gives you at least some insight to how Kaylie is feeling right about now #I want to avoid being spoilery in the tags #but like Kaylie's situation is more or less because of ignorance on the other person's part #than it is about any intentional harm/neglect

[all-made-of-stardust]

i want to fucking KISS the entire team for giving us so many amazing wonderful Scanlan moments. Like these motherfuckers were like "hey! We can actually do foreshadowing properly! Let's make Scanlan the saddest motherfucking bastard on the show"

#tlovm spoilers #scanlan shorthalt #i am not going to be prepared for when he learns about Kaylie #tlovm

[sysig]

The most cherubic little golden-haired baby boy (Patreon)

#Doodles #SCII #Helix #Max Vyer #I am already so weak to Max why do I do this to myself #He's so cute!! Ah!! #Tiny child who deserves the world <3 <3 I love him #He Must have been the absolute cutest kid spoiling him is just - it's the Correct Choice! What other choice is there!! #If he's androgynous as an adult he definitely would've been mistaken for a girl as a kid tho lol #I feel like he'd look a lot like baby!Liquid Snake and I've always loved how soft and fluffy he looks in Les Enfants hehe <3 <3 #Perfectly downy towhead what a delicate child! And then he opens his mouth lol #Loud and brash and impulsive and opinionated ♪ #And definitely not me continuing to project I just look okay- #Maybe just a little lol #I have my own childhood hair-related experiences that if I happen to give them away it's fine lol #I love his vanity <3 #Stubbornly rooted in childhood indignation! I just think it's a charming idea haha #Unbiased of course ahem lol #Can you tell I like children of rich parents being talked down to and getting mad about it lol - this felt so Kaylie Ann while I was drawing #A bit younger and less manipulative but just as angry! Max a bit more honest hehe <3 #Maybe if he was dressed in more masculine kid's clothes lol that collar suits his adorability but ♪ #Baby Max in a tiny tux ;; The cutest party clothes! #Plus the idea of Max and Dex wearing matching suits <3 <3 More clothes! More cuteness! Get it all in under the line hehehe

[devils-yui]

"So, I'll leave you with this Burden"

I'm not too informed on Critical Role but-- if the weapon is named Burden, I think that'd be interesting to know as an addition to Scanlan finding out that Kaylie is his daughter-- if it is true. Also the scar being there on his chest now? Over his heart??? That's got to be a symbolism of something. I can smell it.

#The idea of him having a burden-- one that he carries in his heart #and also with him talking about his “heart” when spilling about his guilt towards not knowing Kaylie was his daughter??? #OUGHHH YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO EAT THIS UPPP GODDD #But I really do hope Scanlan and Kaylie make up in the end. #Scanlan Shorthalt #The Legend of Vox Machina #Critical Role #CR #TLOVM #TLOVM spoilers #The Legend of Vox Machina spoilers #Vox Machina #Vox Machina Spoilers #vm #Live blogging #Kaylie Shorthalt #Tlovm s2 spoilers #The Belly of The Beast #The Belly of The Beast Spoilers #The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2 Spoilers #The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2

[brown-little-robin]

my favorite bot names so far. parasitic-grandpa2 and unthinkableproduce, it's been real

#sorry I had to kill you 😔 #kaylie's post about bots made me remember I've been saving the best ones lol

[oliviassunrise]

nine people you would like to know better (tagged by @annatorv; thanks, lovely!)

3 ships: Peter/Olivia (Fringe), Tess/Joel (TLOU), Jamie/Claire (Outlander)

first ever ship: Probably Castle and Beckett from Castle

last song: anything from Taylor Acorn's new EP (it's so sick holy shit)

last movie: I think the new Indiana Jones??

currently reading: 100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons and In The Time We Lost by Carrie Hope Fletcher

currently watching: Only Murders in the Building

currently consuming: Food wise? I just ate tacos, I guess

currently craving: nothing because I'm too full from the tacos

tagging: @wardenannie, @seethesunny, @melusine0811, @elialys, @bumblepony, @bignosebushybrows, @hypnotisedfireflies, @tessaservopoulos, @b99peraltiago

#tag games #kayli talks #about kayli

[sixlane]

the holy trinity of niche athlete james

contemporary dancer!james — gymnast!james

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acrobat!james

LUNE!!! thank you for sending these i’m watching them over and over… for research…

#i’m going insane over the acrobat one actually… #how is he doing that oh my god #and i’m now thinking about a gymnastics au too 😭 #but bartylily oh my god bartylily gymnastics au #like has anyone watched make it or break it?? #they would be so kaylie and austin coded… hmmmmm

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

I love making posts which aren't targeted at a specific mutual but I know they'll relate to it as a tangential perk of posting.

#every time I make a 'conflicted about acadmia' post I know Kaylie will either say something or reblog it silently

[queenlucythevaliant]

Some off-the-cuff thoughts on overspiritualizing patterns in science

I remember watching a talk in middle school youth group about laminin, the "molecule that holds your whole body together" which was supposedly shaped like a cross. The suggestion, basically, was that the cross's image was integral to our molecular makeup and that this was part of God's design in a very Significant way. I was a burgeoning STEM girl, so I taped a diagram of a laminin up next to my bed for a while.

(As I would later find out, the whole laminin thing had/has some reach among Christians. There are T-shirts and everything)

Fast forever to spring of my freshman year as a microbiology student. I take my first course in cell bio, and I learn that laminins are actually one of many families of ECM glycoproteins. They aren't really any more significant in "holding the body together" than collagens, elastins, or fibronectins. They're very important, yes, but ultimately just one type of adhesive protein among many. And! They also do a bunch of other stuff that's way cooler than just. Adhesive.

While some laminins do bear resemblance to a cross when diagramed, it's really only because they have three subchains. Some are t-shaped, but others are y-shaped, and those don't look anything like a cross. Also, when they're in situ rather than in a nice, neat diagram, they tend to be all floppy and then they look even less cross-like.

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And when I learned about this I was oddly relieved. It felt like I was right about something that I couldn't even put into words, and that somehow the field of what I could call glorious had grown wider.

Christians are called to see and marvel at the presence of God in creation. I love doing that! I see God left and right through my scientific studies. Yet I also know that the human brain is pattern-seeking and that we are prone to pareidolia. I honestly don't know that there's a substantive difference between seeing the cross in some laminins and seeing Jesus on a piece of toast. It's all just seeing patterns that arise from something else (in the case of laminins, being able to bind three different molecules at once) and attributing spiritual significance. God is sovereign and maybe in the grand scope of his vision for creation it means something, but in terms of seeing God's hand in science I just find it so... small?

You could spin so many four-chain or four-domain proteins or goodness knows how many other molecules into images of the cross if you pick the right diagram. You could take every pattern of three in nature (and there are many!) as an image of the Trinity. If you really, really wanted to, you could take every six in organic chemistry as a sign of the beast, which would be hilarious in its misguidedness. It just becomes so literalistic and dull so very fast.

Look! Wouldn't you rather talk about the fact that laminins begin to appear along the edge of a developing lung at just ten weeks of human embryonic development, suggesting that they play a role in alveolar morphogenesis? That they're present in the neural stem-cell niche, which makes them an attractive candidate for helping to treat degenerative neurological conditions? I want to go back to whoever gave that talk that I watched in youth group and shake him and say, "God did that, and you're still hung up on the fact that laminins have three subchains?"

#God is so so big and as a result the horizons of science are ENORMOUS #very often when Christians talk about science it's with a tone of ' #see! look we found it! the God molecule! incontrovertible proof of the divine!' #and like. my brothers and sisters in Christ. God didn't create the world for us to prove our way to him #he created a world that shouts and cries his name but we have to know HIM first! not the other way around #you're not gonna find God in Laminins if you're fixated on it being this big significant Thing that Proves that GOD SIGNS HIS HANDIWORK! #you can absolutely meet him there if you take the time to marvel at the glory of a molecule this versatile #about which we can ask questions! and draw closer to our creator by understanding his creation better! #just. i feel such a grave responsibility and a glorious joy towards promoting scientific literacy among Christians #it's hard to describe but in a lot of ways it's the thing i want most to do with my life #also to be clear: not trying to vague-post about anyone #Kaylie's post about quarks did inspire this but only insomuch as it skirted right up against this subject #about which i clearly have a lot to say #the original post was gleeful and charming and I'm so glad that you're enjoying your physics book! #just. i think it's important not to fixate on the symbols at the expense of the actual wonders of creation #wow I am such a woman in stem #good grief #pontifications and creations #all truth is god's truth #endless forms most beautiful

[swordscleric]

Now that the big flaming button has been pushed, I wonder will this lead to a reverse-Bard’s Lament; wherein the party yells at each other but grows closer as opposed to losing someone for a while

#cr spoilers #ashton greymoore #HUGE props to taliesin for pushing the button #i am vibrating with excitement about the next episode I cannot wait for everyone to channel their anger into this rp #tbf i think bell’s hells needed something like this to hone their emotional bonding before the big fight #i have another post to make on differences between c2 and c3 and why i haven’t been vibing as much with the characters but that’s not this #in fairness to scanlan he needed the time away from vox machina to work throigh his stuff and get to know kaylie #and taryon? what a blessing! what a boon! #but yeah this is bell’s hells’ big moment to keep the mighty nein-esque conversations flowing

[gilmores-glorious-blog]

first poll i’m making is nothing exciting, but i wanted to make one asap and this is what came to mind!! plus i’m curious what people think :)

#i have very strong opinions about this question so i’m just doing some research >:) #not including syldor because if your answer is syldor i don’t want you interacting with my blog 🙃 #but i AM including dr. dra because shut up i love him #critical role #the legend of vox machina #tlovm #tlovm spoilers #the legend of vox machina spoilers #velora vessar #kaylie shorthalt #artagan #wilhand trickfoot #kevdak #saundor #dr. dranzel #eli.posts