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This is about Sci-Hub. yeah we get it.. gatekeep knowledge and protect the interests of capital…

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Folk tales are absolutely fascinating. Because they're usually so short and were carried on by oral tradition before being written down, only the most important aspects reaming, and they give us valuable insight into the cultures they come from. For example I'm currently analyzing this folktale called The Iron Wolf.

There's obvious elements like the Rule of Three, the Wise Old Folk, and helpful animals, but it mirrors itself over and over in different ways too:

1. The people are first outside, then inside the hut, then gone.

2. The dogs are the only named characters, standing in for their roles in the final showdown

3. The provisions are all made of three different grains. (Why name it when it's not a relevant detail/ a symbol?)

I'm assuming there's a moral included, since that's fairly common, but hell if I know which one. Anyway, folklore is incredible.

#see later

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Thinking about the international folk story about a FtM that ends up saving the princess and marry her at the end....... and some would still argue that trans and queers are a 2020's invention....

#see later

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We all have one foot in a fairytale, and the other in the abyss.

Paulo Coelho

#oberon vortigern

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The Stanford prison experiment tapes were so stupid when I watched them in AP psych and so stupid when I watch this film about them. Literally they could’ve all sat and played cards and got $15 a day to tell ghost stories all day and be best friends. But masculinity and whiteness and power created this violent irrationality that positioned young ass men to be met with brutality and trauma and disrespect even when it was obviously taken too far. and it makes no sense. If someone put me in a room with Black girls and said I would get paid $90 a day (that’s the equivalent apparently) to be a prison guard, do you know how fast I’d be sitting with them and learning about them and exchanging Instagrams and like.. sleeping.. like what the fuck was the point of any of that…

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Ko-fi commission for @versegm  

Mordred with dragon’s horns. It was a pleasure working on it

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어벤저 니토 넘 이뻐서 연습삼아 그려보는 중이에욤

Sterben (@LARnRhUQY0TKO9Y)

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We would be in a significantly better place as a people if “old” and “fat” could be neutral descriptions of fact and not seen as insults by default.

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pepsi-kun and toothpaste-chan my beloveds….

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The Roots

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Man you ever think about. How terrifying it’s gonna be for Goredolf the first time he witnesses Guda’s chronic isekaitis. 

Imagine being one of the last of a handful of human alive, completely dependant on one (1) person who has the potential to be a master, and one day they’re late and you barge in their room to chew them out and they just. Don’t wake up?? And of course you’d read about it in their files, but these were only words on paper back then, and now you realize just how much has been edited out, and now the one hope you all hang upon might be dead. 

So you rush through the ship and call for Mash, call for Da Vinci, call for anyone really, and they come and they see and they tell you “it’s fine. it’s fine. it happens sometimes.” “it’s fine. it’s fine. they’ll come back. they’re stronger than you think.” “it’s fine. it’s fine. sit down. breathe in. you’re really pale.” Of course you are! Of course you are! Humanity’s Last Master won’t fucking wake up! This isn’t normal!!

And they briefly wake up, once, gasping for air, trembling all over, and you’re almost relieved, but they reach out and grab your collar and speak “They’ll take me back soon. I don’t have much time. Listen carefully.” And then they speak of dreams and illusions and drop many names with fondness and you can’t help but be filled with dread (Jack the Ripper?? The serial killer??? Mordred?? The Knight of Treachery???)

And then they fall back on their pillow and they’re gone again, and you’re still here, and all you can do is wait. Powerless. As you’ve always been.

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by 紅シャケ＠お仕事募集中

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If you’re going to blend fantasy or magical elements with the modern day, I’m holding you to a high level of integration between said magic and modern technology.

Modern pharmaceuticals that use hexed molecules to create physically impossible drugs

Electronics that incorporate enchanted metals to accomplish extra impressive tasks

A textile and fashion industry that incorporates fabrics, threads, and materials drawn from supernatural sources

Transit and healthcare systems that accommodate both magical and technological means of transport, sickness, and treatment

Is it seen as primitive or backwards to have preference for either magic or technology? Has one been pronounced superior to the other? In what circumstances does each excel?

Has technology truly progressed as far as it has in modern day, or has it only come to the level of somewhere in the 20th century and filled in the technological gap with sorcery? Are computers just as advanced as today, or has the transistor been circumvented by runes carved into the cylinders of Turing Machines? Have we reached beyond our world with rockets and determination, or alchemical potion fuel and space craft half crewed by creatures from the beyond?

If you’re going to have magic blended into a modern setting, PLEASE show me what it’s actually being used for.

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finally turned the Ominous Grid of Letters into a game.

Conway's game of life simulation is happening, but additionally, there is an invisible 3 cell by 3 cell square Angel that is slowly moving across the board in a steady direction.

every step of the simulation, the Angel toggles the alive/dead state of the cells she covers, acting as an external influence on the regular Conway's life simulation.

find this Angel by noticing the abnormalities in the simulation, and click on her. it will let you know when you find her.

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hello did you know I dabble in voice acting?

anyway, go watch Hellsing Abridged- That shit’s hilarious-