#2027 theory

[themistressofdolls]

Latex drones but the latex suit is really just an adaptable mesh layer that protects the wearer bonded to it from intense heat, cold, radiation and hostile elements.

And instead of the drone part you just have augmentations allowing collective connection and communication rather than a hive mind.

#esoteric writing #transhumanism #really just the omar from the deus ex 2027 mod in theory

[nasa]

Caution: Universe Work Ahead 🚧

We only have one universe. That’s usually plenty – it’s pretty big after all! But there are some things scientists can’t do with our real universe that they can do if they build new ones using computers.

The universes they create aren’t real, but they’re important tools to help us understand the cosmos. Two teams of scientists recently created a couple of these simulations to help us learn how our Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope sets out to unveil the universe’s distant past and give us a glimpse of possible futures.

Caution: you are now entering a cosmic construction zone (no hard hat required)!

This simulated Roman deep field image, containing hundreds of thousands of galaxies, represents just 1.3 percent of the synthetic survey, which is itself just one percent of Roman's planned survey. The full simulation is available here. The galaxies are color coded – redder ones are farther away, and whiter ones are nearer. The simulation showcases Roman’s power to conduct large, deep surveys and study the universe statistically in ways that aren’t possible with current telescopes.

One Roman simulation is helping scientists plan how to study cosmic evolution by teaming up with other telescopes, like the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. It’s based on galaxy and dark matter models combined with real data from other telescopes. It envisions a big patch of the sky Roman will survey when it launches by 2027. Scientists are exploring the simulation to make observation plans so Roman will help us learn as much as possible. It’s a sneak peek at what we could figure out about how and why our universe has changed dramatically across cosmic epochs.

This video begins by showing the most distant galaxies in the simulated deep field image in red. As it zooms out, layers of nearer (yellow and white) galaxies are added to the frame. By studying different cosmic epochs, Roman will be able to trace the universe's expansion history, study how galaxies developed over time, and much more.

As part of the real future survey, Roman will study the structure and evolution of the universe, map dark matter – an invisible substance detectable only by seeing its gravitational effects on visible matter – and discern between the leading theories that attempt to explain why the expansion of the universe is speeding up. It will do it by traveling back in time…well, sort of.

Seeing into the past

Looking way out into space is kind of like using a time machine. That’s because the light emitted by distant galaxies takes longer to reach us than light from ones that are nearby. When we look at farther galaxies, we see the universe as it was when their light was emitted. That can help us see billions of years into the past. Comparing what the universe was like at different ages will help astronomers piece together the way it has transformed over time.

This animation shows the type of science that astronomers will be able to do with future Roman deep field observations. The gravity of intervening galaxy clusters and dark matter can lens the light from farther objects, warping their appearance as shown in the animation. By studying the distorted light, astronomers can study elusive dark matter, which can only be measured indirectly through its gravitational effects on visible matter. As a bonus, this lensing also makes it easier to see the most distant galaxies whose light they magnify.

The simulation demonstrates how Roman will see even farther back in time thanks to natural magnifying glasses in space. Huge clusters of galaxies are so massive that they warp the fabric of space-time, kind of like how a bowling ball creates a well when placed on a trampoline. When light from more distant galaxies passes close to a galaxy cluster, it follows the curved space-time and bends around the cluster. That lenses the light, producing brighter, distorted images of the farther galaxies.

Roman will be sensitive enough to use this phenomenon to see how even small masses, like clumps of dark matter, warp the appearance of distant galaxies. That will help narrow down the candidates for what dark matter could be made of.

In this simulated view of the deep cosmos, each dot represents a galaxy. The three small squares show Hubble's field of view, and each reveals a different region of the synthetic universe. Roman will be able to quickly survey an area as large as the whole zoomed-out image, which will give us a glimpse of the universe’s largest structures.

Constructing the cosmos over billions of years

A separate simulation shows what Roman might expect to see across more than 10 billion years of cosmic history. It’s based on a galaxy formation model that represents our current understanding of how the universe works. That means that Roman can put that model to the test when it delivers real observations, since astronomers can compare what they expected to see with what’s really out there.

In this side view of the simulated universe, each dot represents a galaxy whose size and brightness corresponds to its mass. Slices from different epochs illustrate how Roman will be able to view the universe across cosmic history. Astronomers will use such observations to piece together how cosmic evolution led to the web-like structure we see today.

This simulation also shows how Roman will help us learn how extremely large structures in the cosmos were constructed over time. For hundreds of millions of years after the universe was born, it was filled with a sea of charged particles that was almost completely uniform. Today, billions of years later, there are galaxies and galaxy clusters glowing in clumps along invisible threads of dark matter that extend hundreds of millions of light-years. Vast “cosmic voids” are found in between all the shining strands.

Astronomers have connected some of the dots between the universe’s early days and today, but it’s been difficult to see the big picture. Roman’s broad view of space will help us quickly see the universe’s web-like structure for the first time. That’s something that would take Hubble or Webb decades to do! Scientists will also use Roman to view different slices of the universe and piece together all the snapshots in time. We’re looking forward to learning how the cosmos grew and developed to its present state and finding clues about its ultimate fate.

This image, containing millions of simulated galaxies strewn across space and time, shows the areas Hubble (white) and Roman (yellow) can capture in a single snapshot. It would take Hubble about 85 years to map the entire region shown in the image at the same depth, but Roman could do it in just 63 days. Roman’s larger view and fast survey speeds will unveil the evolving universe in ways that have never been possible before.

Roman will explore the cosmos as no telescope ever has before, combining a panoramic view of the universe with a vantage point in space. Each picture it sends back will let us see areas that are at least a hundred times larger than our Hubble or James Webb space telescopes can see at one time. Astronomers will study them to learn more about how galaxies were constructed, dark matter, and much more.

The simulations are much more than just pretty pictures – they’re important stepping stones that forecast what we can expect to see with Roman. We’ve never had a view like Roman’s before, so having a preview helps make sure we can make the most of this incredible mission when it launches.

Learn more about the exciting science this mission will investigate on Twitter and Facebook.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!

#NASA #astronomy #telescope #Roman Space Telescope #dark matter #galaxies #cosmology #astrophysics #stars #galaxy #Hubble #Webb #spaceblr

[sleepyconfusedpotato]

Sleepy! You know what? The story will be going even after MW3! So, our handsome men will have more badass adventures

YESSSSS ANON

It's basically kinda confirmed at this point, I'm very thrilled to hear that of course! (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)

Like there's multiple reasons for them to do this tbh. Reboot!MW series has been the biggest cash grabber Activision has ever had, especially MWII. They're gonna milk this as much as they can. Moreover, the fans are more attached to the characters and the actors more than ever before.

Plus I think Mak's gonna play bigger roles (he wants WW3) and one game wouldn't be enough for that.

I was initially pretty sad since if the series end with MWIII, then it's gonna leave such an empty void in my heart but now... I'M HAPPY (as long as they do the stories right).

I have some theories about the future CoD games like how I think MWIII's gonna end with kinda bad ending, and then the next CoDs for 2024 and 2025 will be Black Ops games. We're gonna have MWIV probably around 2026/2027.

#call of duty #call of duty modern warfare #cod mw #cod #sleepy answers #call of duty modern warfare 3 #call of duty modern warfare 2023 #call of duty modern warfare III

[mediacircuspod]

“The Magic Trick You Didn’t See” is an essay written by an author who is on Tumblr, user ariaste. I think it’s a very well put together argument for “The Book of Life Theory” that has merit. However, I think there might be too much editing going on. I will explain.

I want to start this by being completely honest. I’m not sold on any theories because in the past I was so incredibly wrong about countless theories on Game of Thrones that made complete sense, I swear. But also were me just making up reasons for how the story could go my way. I’m actually really into the concept of “wait and see” because it places me firmly in the seat of “audience” or “consumer” and those are, in my opinion, the best seats in the house. 

So I’m not really a subscriber to the coffee theory or the book of life theory or the body switch theory, NOT because I don’t think they’re true or smart or have merit, but because I would genuinely like to “wait and see”. Even if that wait is until 2027. I waited this long for season 2, I’m not afraid of a few years for a good story.

Anyway, go read the very long, but very intelligent google doc, because even if you’re not sure about the theory, it has some REALLY cool meta, and some interesting easter eggs that you might have missed upon viewing the season the first go around, the very long document is HERE.

Alright here’s some highlights. Basically the essay is about how The Metatron could be pulling strings on Season Two with the help of “The Book of Life” for a number of reasons. Corresponding evidence being the lack of God’s narration, Maggie as a character, Eccles Cakes, and a whole lot of meticulous details. I really, really love the format of the essay too, but that’s just me being a nerd about magic tricks and “The Prestige” as a concept and as a movie. 

Where I diverge on this theory is simply how liberally it is applied, as well as the use of “bad” to describe certain ways of writing. And this is where my hot take kind of lies; I don’t think Good Omens 2 was bad. On purpose or by accident. I’m not saying my opinion is right, I’m just stating that that is where my perspective comes from. Now. Let’s get into why I like this essay. 

It’s so cool. And detailed. And smart. I love reading things that connect dots and describe a persons critical thought process, and wow, this essay is incredible at doing all of that. The sheer amount of information I learned from taking the time to read it gave me a lot of insight about the things I missed on my watch of the season. I found I was a lot more distracted by the Austen-esque pacing than the author of the essay who noticed things like disappearing eccles cakes, how no one else’s power went out during Crowley’s lightning storm and a load of other things. But also, being “along for the ride” made me kind of protective of the story being told. Because Season 2 isn’t the beginning, middle, and end of a story, like season 1 was. It is the “quiet, gentle, and romantic” middle of a plot sandwhich.

In any case, the essay poses quite a few things. The only major issue I have is the idea that The Book of Life can alter will, and not just situation. I don’t think Crowley or Aziraphale are changed by the Book of Life. Their actions seem distinctly them throughout the entire season, which is exactly why the season needed to end on the note it did. Obviously from a story point, we need Aziraphale to go to heaven for what I imagine is the conflict of season 3; The Second Coming. But from an internal perspective, Aziraphale’s character demanded to make that decision. It wasn’t out of character, it was distinctly in character. And yes, he could have been influenced, or manipulated, or hiding something, but he’s been affected by all of those ideas for the entirety of his existence anyway. He’s had 6000 years of The Heavenly Host manipulating him, and he’s had exactly 4 years of being on his own side(openly) with Crowley. He’s going to still be susceptible to their tactics, especially if they say exactly what he’s been wanting to hear for his whole existence. “We were wrong, and you were right.” Metatron really pulled out every stop of the proper apology except for the little dance. We were wrong about you, We were wrong about how to run things, We were wrong about Crowley. You can come back and you can bring him and you can fix everything. Crowley refusing isn’t heaven’s fault, they still offered. It’s Crowley who rejected Aziraphale. (For good reason, but that’s not what this meta is about.) I made a post about Crowley and his relationship to forgiveness HERE, if you were interested.

So maybe things were changed by the book of life, the analysis on the opening credits is amazing, like great job. But I don’t know if they were. But that’s literally just me holding onto the plot of season 2 and shouting from the top of my lungs, “ITS ACTUALLY GOOD THOUGH BECAUSE I LIKE IT AND WHAT IT SETS UP” And who knows, we might be all wrong and what actually happened is that the whole thing was a very detailed dream that Aziraphale wrote down in one of his journals.

#good omens #good omens spoilers #good omens meta #good omens 2 spoilers #good omens 2 #go 2 spoilers #go2 spoilers #crowley #aziraphale #crowley and aziraphale #ineffable husbands #ineffable breakup

[foibles-fables]

It’s still feels a little 'too soon' to speculate what they’ll do with Sylens, as they’ve been (understandably) hush hush about it. But who knows far into development they are (2027-2028 just seems realistic). If they do a recast David Harewood is a solid choice. Has worked with Guerrilla before and can pull off lance’s inflections really well. Particularly his performance in Alan wake 2 semi-recently.

But, that somewhat aside, do you think we’ll find out more about the guy’s backstory at all as another (compelling) thread to add on outside of VS and so on?

I don't think there will ever be a time where it feels right to speculate about what will happen with Sylens after Lance's passing. The position Guerrilla is in right now definitely complicated (both professionally and artistically)--but, moreover, heartbreaking for them, who had the pleasure of knowing him as a beloved colleague for years.

I've seen David's name come up a few times now, and after listening to a few clips from AW2 (which I'm too scaredy to play myself) I'd be inclined to agree, if that's the direction GG would want to lean. Tougher might be the question of Lance's likeness as Sylens's model--we can speculate ways around that, too. Only appearing in audio recordings, achieves digital transcendence in a servitor body, etc.

As for backstory/fate--ever since game 1, I always thought Sylens would end up as the ultimate self-sacrificial character in the final game. Growth, giving his life in place of Aloy, y'know. That kind of ending hurts to think about now, but it's one that I've always felt fitting for his character.

I would love the chance to learn more about his backstory. I've always had the inkling he was born of the Nora tribe, to foil Aloy. @finrays and I have chatted about the theory of him being the other child outcast Teersa mentioned to Aloy, who "killed his mother." What if his mother was sick and Sylens went delving into an Metal World ruin to try to help her? Mom died of her sickness anyway, and he was cast out for going beyond the gaze of All-Mother and bringing the wickedness upon her. It'd be some pretty compelling motivation for a boy to eventually become the man we meet in HZD.

As I said before, there will never be a time when speculation feels comfortable. I say all of this with utmost respect and honor and in celebration of Lance's performance, and I have confidence that GG will honor his memory with whatever tough decisions they'll make regarding Sylens.

#horizon speculation #sylens #thanks for asking!!!

[orchidbreezefc]

the "syncing to the mike cloud" model of time travel

since i mentioned this in my [link: mike guide], here's my current theory for how causality works in woe.begone!

everything in woe.begone (aside from some stuff with continuous corrections and the boulders--find the followup theory post on that [here]) seems to indicate that only one timeline can exist at once. the timeline can be changed, but ALL of it changes and overwrites the previous one like an obsolete save file. the two save files don't coexist; you can't load one and visit a point that only happened in the file you overwrote. there's only one series of events in the file, complete with its echoes forward and backwards.

the big question this brought up for me was: what does that mean for [latvia] mike returning to his own time period to spend time with edgar? his native timeline no longer exists, right? just like michael's? mike's moving 5 years forward in THIS timeline, not to a timeline that has been erased. isn't he just visiting mikey's edgar 5 years from now? but mike hasn't reported any incongruous experiences with the edgar of 5 years from now. nor has he bumped into any 5-years-older mikey, even when he lives there full-time.

the options here are: 1. edgar is lying to mike, 2. mike is lying to the other mikes and audience, 3. you CAN visit undone timelines, or 4. (my theory)--latvia mike is the current mikey 5 years from now. at least he is when he's in his own time period--and that's the crucial part.

when latvia mike sets foot in 2022 and talks to mikey, mikey has an experience (the conversation) that mike has not had. in that moment mike diverges from mikey causally. mikey can't become this mike, because he has memories (of the conversation) that mike doesn't.

my theory is that it's specifically the act of returning to his own time period that reintegrates mike with mikey's trajectory. when mike returns to his time PERIOD (not timeLINE), he syncs to the mike cloud--he downloads the patch that contains mikey's memories of the conversation they just had. mike goes in airplane mode when he's in 2022. it's when he reconnects by returning to his own time period of 2027 that he syncs back up with the current timeline's memory storage. mike retroactively re-becomes mikey.

by this logic, michael is NOT causally linked with mike OR mikey, because he hasn't returned to his own time--and this is very good disincentive to do that, because in some sense he would be re-dooming mike and mikey to becoming him. judging by latvia mike and the fact that he got the memories of the nail-in-the-tire timeline, this seems to largely consist of obsolete memories from timelines that no longer happened, but i don't blame michael for not wanting to risk it, or for that matter to collect more memories that will become obsolete the next time he talks to mikey or mike. mike and mikey go to michael's time in 105, but michael did not time travel to arrive there, he just Lived There Already.

axe seems to show mike cloud syncing in action. each set of mikes experiences a conversation that none out of the 9 of them originally had, but returning to their own time periods (separated by a matter of hours) reintegrates all 9 sets of memories into the most recent 3 mikes.

the upshot of all of this is that mike being causally related to mikey means that mike and mikey, the non cowboys in the situation, would have the cattle brand that says MW on it, and michael and MW would not. so that's extremely funny.

#woe.begone #woe.begone meta #w.bg #w.bg meta #long post #sage speaks #sage original post #meta #mike walters #mikey walters #michael walters #mikes walters #woe.begone spoilers through 105

[landlocked-girlblogger]

Original shows in my better cr/teen fame dr

The Girl Who Cried Wolf (2024-2027)

Based off the popular book trilogy released in 2010.

Three seasons

Follows Lolita Imogen (played by me), a seer cursed to only see into the future in her past, and only see into the past in her present.

The main antagonist is the elusive Time Syndicate, an organisation whose main goal is to keep timelines in order.

Think Yellowjackets meets Percy Jackson meets The Virgin Suicides.

The Hauntings (2024)

This animated series follows three different perspectives of people having survived an apocalypse with an unknown cause.

Each episode focuses on a different survivor (or a group of survivors)

There is a larger plot, with clues within each episode, the cause of great scrutiny and theories.

I voice act an unnamed girl, a survivor of a plane crash near Houston, Texas, where she meets her love interest for her arc.

Inspired by Daddy Lessons and Thoroughfare and Carol & The End of The World.

I sing the country and folk inspired soundtrack.

haven't figured out the larger plot for these shows,but i kinda wanna see when i get there y'know?

#shifting diary #shiftblr #better cr #teen fame dr #reality shifting #shifting #desired reality #reality shifter #fame dr #actress dr #singer dr

[unscharf-an-den-raendern]

Okay, meine Theorie für die nächsten 3 Spatort-Folgen: Leo wird süchtig nach absurden Wetten und verkleinert sein Vermögen 2025 von 120k auf 12k, 2026 von 12k auf 1,2k und 2027 von 1,2k auf 120€.

#tatort saarbrücken

[frozen-snowflakesandsunflowers]

Frozen III release date officially announced! ❄️ | Official news

Aahhh omg I'm screaming! Frozen 3 officially has a release date! It's coming in November 2025!! I expected it to be a year ahead, that being next year but whatever I'm just glad it's soon! 🥹

And yes it's official. Bob Iger himself gave us all the release dates for upcoming sequels of Disney films for the next two years. Just go on Twitter or Instagram and your sources should say so.

But I think I know just what it's gone for 7 year gap instead of the previous 6 year gap. As of this news we also heard of the news of a Moana 2 already in the works that it was announced with its release date for this year (Unexpected but I'm excited for that too! The best news is the unexpected ones like Frozen 3 and 4). If Frozen 3 did stick to the same 6 year gap it would be coming out next year. But that November spot is now for Zooptopia 2 which I thought would be coming this year but instead that was for Moana 2, leaving Frozen 3 to be in November 2026 (and if Frozen 4 immediately follows that, that'll be in 2027).

I was a little bummed by this but not really because you know what they say, "always save the best until the last". Frozen 3 from what we already heard and know is going to be "big", so if it's that big they wouldn't want Inside Out 2, Moana 2, Zootopia 2 or Toy Story 5 overshadowing that. It probably wouldn't work well that way. So if this is the case, it's good to see them strategizing the hopeful success of the movie with the release dates.

That's just my theory on why they went for 2026 instead of 2025 but either way I'm super excited - who knows what we're in for - a lot of things remain "into the unknoooown" (😂).

#disney frozen #frozen #frozen 3 #disney #wdas #bob iger

[holly-fixation]

My biggest theory for Remake Part 3 is it will be released in 2027 because Nomura is insane and, according to everyone that played kingdom hearts, absolutely obsessed with the numbers 13 and 7.

#ffvii #final fantasy vii #ff7 #final fantasy 7 #ff7 remake #ff7r #final fantasy 7 remake

[beautifulpersonpeach]

Dear BPP, sorry if I'm overstepping but is there a reason you're not answering my asks about joining discussions on Jimin's mistreatment by Hybe to push Jungkook? Hybe is abandoning and sabotaging BTS to prop Jungkook is one narrative that is higher now due to recent events. Your opinion on this and how Armies narrative of sidelining Jimin is needed.

***

Hi Anon,

There's no real way for me to tell which asks are yours if you're anonymous. That said, if I get an ask I find interesting or don't mind answering, I usually will answer it. I'm bored of repeating myself though, I really don't need to read for the umpteenth time about how much Jimin is hated and how everyone close to him is out to get him; I'm tired of pointing out obvious things like how different labels managed each member's roll-out a.k.a HYBE America vs. ADOR vs. BigHit - a point that eliminates most of the conspiracy theories floating around about Jimin, Jungkook, and BTS; or pointing out how Jimin and BTS re-signed with BigHit early, twice. I'm tired of reminding people corporate interests are pretty straightforward, I'm tired of seeing the same impotent threats and complaints seven times over. The fandom has already imploded so every akgae claim about the fandom has become a self-fulfilling and self-reinforcing prophesy. And I've seen this movie play out before so it's pretty easy to tell where we're going from here.

A lot of people are generally myopic and predictable, and that hasn't changed in fandom spaces in decades. People here are having the same discussions they had last year, with themes that have been repeated every 2-3 years since BTS debuted. And I'm certain we'll be talking about the same things in 2025 and 2027, give or take some 'life event' chatter. None of the people here will ever really leave either. Because nobody who gets into BTS ever really leaves or moves on from them (whether they hate or love them), so these narratives no matter how repetitive, will never dramatically change. Each new person entering the fandom will pick up these narratives based on their pre-conceived notions, self-sorting into ARMYs and akgaes, and so the dueling narratives continue to persist for each new generation of fans. I can count on one hand the number of original ideas re: Jimin, jikook, Jung Kook, BTS, HYBE, k-pop, I've seen the last 12 months, and I'm not saying that to be condescending. I'm actually quite sad about it.

Anyway, all this to say Anon, I'm skipping those conversations because I've had those conversations before, already said my piece and would rather not repeat myself. You can still send your ask. I can't guarantee answering it but if I find it interesting, I might.

#bts #jimin #jungkook #jikook #quick asks #small psa? #bts chapter 2

[firedragon1321]

Missing Digidestined Theory

Hi and welcome to my humble abode. Tonight at 4 am, I'm going to (try) to make sense of some Digimon shit. Namely the number of Digidestined in Adventure's world, and how that correlates to a certain statement from the producers. This is entirely headcanon, possibly AU, and also made at 4-6 am. It also contains spoilers for the new 02 movie. There is a brief mention of child death. And it ends with complaints about the timeline and epilogue.

EDIT: This is no longer solid for several reasons, mainly conflicting information in 02 the Beginning, the presentation of clear AU as a theory, and the use of a ship blog as a source. On the first, I had not seen the movie yet (and now have doubts that Lui was really "the first", but that's a theory that basically ends in "Daigo/Maki's group were still first"). On the latter two points, I really should know better, and I apologize.

I have closed notifications due to some rude behavior, so I won't see any updates on this. However, I also deleted the original edit mentioning that since it itself was rude. There's really no reason to leave this up, except I like the idea generally and for archival purposes. If you still wish to read it, it is stored below. Just get ready for 40 year old Lui, lol.

I'll hook you with this- there weren't five Digidestined globally in Maki's time. There were eight.

This goes off a statement from one of the producers. You can read it all here.

Basically, the number of Digidestined worldwide would double. This ensures everyone would have a Digimon partner by 2027 (aka, the epilogue).

Doing the math- the number would exceed the global population (approximately 8 billion people) in 2020 (becoming 16,777,216 to be precise- 2019 cuts it close with 8,388,608, but the math is not wrong either way).

The exact statement says this "doubling" occurred from the Parrotmon incident forward. I personally believe that's BS because Willis exists. He receives Gummymon and Kokomon around the same time that the original Botamon spawns. There's also Meiko, Ken, and Ryo (depending on how you interpret the WonderSwan games). Meaning the number of Digidestined is higher than 8, and possibly already doubling.

Let's assume Lui is the first Digidestined. He seems to be around his early 20s (or ages really well- maybe it's Maybelline). Then Daigo and Maki's team came after him. Then Adventure team and so-on.

This all rides around this comment, as there are no official ages for Daigo, Maki, or Lui and we need them. User SharpeBB from With the Will points out the following, which I used as it's the only logical explanation I can find.

So based on this theory- assuming they were 11/12 when they were chosen, and Maki's age in the flashback is as SharpeBB claims, the original Digidestined would have set out on their mission in 1987 (using the age of 9 as a baseline for reasons I will explain later and computing in Maki's age of 21).

I assume for this theory that Maki was a Digidestined for at least two years prior to losing Tapirmon (referring to the flashback involving the Harmonious Ones). My tri. knowledge is a bit rusty. But since that flashback occurs in the Digital World, I'll have to assume she met Tapirmon in the real world, there was time fuckery similar to Adventure, adults were looking for the members of that team in the Real World, or any combination of the three.

So- 27 (Maki's age) minus 9 (assumed age when first she became a Digidestined) is 18. 18 years before tri. in 2005 was 1987.

There are five of these "original kids"- Daigo, Maki, and three unnamed ones. But you may notice that five is not an even number, nor a multiple of two. The lowest number of Digidestined that must exist globally at that time is eight. This doesn't mean for Maki's team specifically- they could be in another country, like the numerous American Digidestined.

So going backwards- there would be four Digidestined (globally) in 1986, two in 1985, and one (Lui) in 1984.

Incidentally, Lui was born on a leap year...which 1972 is. Using the baseline of 12 years (based on the above image), he would be 40 in 02 the Beginning. Let's just say he ages well.

So I bet you're tired of BS- let's get to the meat and potatoes. How many Digidestined really exist by the time of Adventure? Well, with 12 years between 1987 (original Digidestined) and 1999...the answer is 32,768.

Remember that not all Digidestined go to the Digital World. Some of this number might have died (we can't rule out "accidents" in the Digital World entirely, nor death via other means). Others might have stayed in the Real World and never went to the Digital World. Still others might have let their inner child- and partner- die (see Kizuna). But given the time gap between Daigo/Maki's team and 1999 alone, I don't think all 32,000+ of them were twiddling their thumbs.

There's more threats out there that we don't know about. There's more dead kids than we can fathom. And worse still, this only accelerates the amount of time until everyone has a Digimon. It would exceed the global population in 2009 with 16,777,216- that same number from the start- three years before 02 the Beginning.

Yet we can see that this is not the case. Ukkomon's MO is to give everyone a Digimon partner, which the world is not ready for. Recall that the production team claims the worldwide doubling occurred starting with Tai's team. Including those eight and the four outliers I mentioned, everyone would have a Digimon by 2019 (with an estimated 12,582,912 partnerships- this exceeds the global population). In 2012, this number is merely 98,304. Which makes sense for the Ukkomon plot.

So I wasted your time. Except...

I still feel this math doesn't account for things like Daigo/Maki's team and Lui. The producer's math states there are 64 Digidestined globally by 2002. But this cannot be the case as how do the Digidestined from before- or even kids like Willis- factor in? Like, they fit numerically, but how did they find their partners? Why were they chosen? Especially those before 1999, if it all connects to the Botamon in Japan? Also- assuming Lui is as young as he looks (i.e.- around Davis's age) makes Maki older than him...which makes no sense, given the average age someone becomes a Digidestined and her own assumed age.

It makes more sense for Lui to look really good for forty than the entire timeline does if we assume that the doubling began in 1999.

And this is because of two issues. One is "left hand not talking to right hand" throughout the Adventure timeline. There's simply no communication between departments (especially for the WonderSwan games, the canonicity of which is flaky even in my own personal timeline). This has resulted in other plot holes throughout Adventure canon.

Another is a hardcore determination to keep the epilogue canon, despite conflicting elements from tri. on forward. The link at the very beginning attempts to explain the epilogue, yet includes some absolutely bonkers explanations for things like why Matt became an astronaut (basically, there's extraterrestrial threats made in response to digivolution, and the Dark Masters are implied to be one of them, despite actually being linked to Apocalymon- is he also an alien???).

There was supposed to be a season 3 that would have evened out a lot of this (I'm afraid I forgot the link- if someone has it, let me know so I can add it). But we never got it, so the epilogue will never make logical sense. Almost all attempts to canonize it cause batshit lore to enter the chat, or it simply does not mesh with batshit lore from tri. onwards.

Both of these elements cause massive plot holes that make the 1999 doubling pace simply not work. So I'll play with this AU/headcanon some more. Besides, I personally find the idea of Digidestined hiding for decades interesting...

Thanks for surviving to the end!

Edit

Fixed a calculation to include Meiko (forgot her by accident.).

#digimon #theory #headcanon #epilogue complaints #this is not really sound as a theory #but canon makes less sense #digimon adventure #mention of child death #disproven by 02 the beginning #disproven theory #archive

[will80sbyers]

Random but... spin off ideas:

What happens to Kali as a young teen after she escaped from the lab, how she ends up where we find her and what happens that makes her change like she said to El... the show also has the stories of the other people in her group and it ends with her meeting and saving them and then in the finale they start seeking revenge on people together

A story about Dimitri focusing on him coming to live in the US from Russia and working as an American spy against his own ex government because he wants to save his family so we can have Mikhail 🫶🏻

A completely animated story about the dungeons and dragons characters of the Hawkins protagonists with original fantasy stories that end with the animation of our beloved characters before the story starts because they were simply playing together (like the comics but animated)

Hawkins 2027 -> all female friend group + some boys... All new kids and they are not related to the st Kids (orrrr are they???dun dun dun plot twist in the finale) Something weird is happening again in Hawkins (they can look in a conspiracy theories book and copy any story from that seeing that they do it anyway) and the kids all get some type of power because of this and they start using it but it all quickly degenerates into chaos because the characters are very morally gray this time and they have to learn how to let the power go

After a lot of years irl: a movie with the Hawkins kids as adults that reunite when shit is happening again ( I personally don't like this idea because it would mean they split up or something similar in canon and usually writers kill off characters when they bring them back on screen in these type of sequels and I refuse)

#stranger things #kali parsad #kali stranger things #I do also want a byler spin off but I don't think they would make it and the actors definitely would not because they want to be free from #the show because they spent their whole childhood being those characters #byler #stranger things spin off ideas

[orionlakehastodie]

Reylo theories

Okay hear me out

1)Ahsoka is releasing in 2023 with a key character - EZRA BRIDGER

2) Ezra uses the Vergence Scatter aka World Between Worlds to save Ahsoka and faces off with Darth Sideous aka Grand Palpy to seal off the WBW

3)Ben Solo is ?in the WBW as a Force Ghost

4) Rey can discover the Lothal Temple AND SAVE BEN

-Ahsoka will somehow tie in with this film in 2027

#reylo headcanon #reylo #rey palpatine #rey skywalker #ben solo #kylo ren #star wars

[forabeatofadrum]

El WooWoo! Thank you @quizasvivamos (how the tables have turned) and @cutestkilla for the tags.

I am still working on [REDACTED]. It's a-going, nothing else to say. So instead I am back with a philosophy talk! The last time I did this, I mentioned Cartesian Dualism and the epilogue of my Snowbaz fic Time After Time.

We're going to Klaine fic now! We're talking about consciousness, mind, cognition etc. in class. Who has a mind? Who can think? Who has consciousness? These are all broader questions, but last week and today we applied these questions to machines and AI and we had a lot of amazing discussions about it.

But one moment stood out to me.

I'm going to put it under the tags and a cut, but if you're interested, feel free to read on. It's going to be about Myosotis sylvatica, and it's spoiler-free!

And now, the weather: @jinglejavey @coffeegleek @otherworldsivelivedin @caramelcoffeeaddict @sillyunicorn @dragoneggos @raenestee @tectonicduck @nightimedreamersworld @urban-sith @thnxforknowingme @captain-aralias @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @justgleekout @cerriddwenluna @tea-brigade @ivelovedhimthroughworse @bookish-bogwitch @confused-bi-queer @aroace-genderfluid-sheep @1908jmd @special-bc-ur-part-of-it @larkral @wellbelesbian ​ @artsyunderstudy ​ @martsonmars ​ @facewithoutheart ​ @shrekgogurt @rockitmans @bitbybitwrites @blackberrysummer @whatevertheweather @theotherhufflepuff

Someone argued that the fact that we might not be able to fully communicate with machines doesn't rule out that machines can think. Think of animals. We understand that animal minds work vastly different from human minds and yet we do not discredit them as cognitive beings. In fact, we even attempt to communicate with them. We all know Mimi is a good girl, after al #MimiFanclub!

And someone argued back that we do not have the same emotional bonds with AI as we do with our pets, which made me laugh, because it made me think of the original Mimi: Blaine's personal AI in Myosotis sylvatica. The whole point of Mimi is that Kurt is weirded out by how Blaine's phone seems to have replaced a pet.

(For the ones who don't know the context: the story takes place in 2027 and in this year, there is a market for personal AIs, since the AIs from big companies aren't privacy-safe. With your personal AI, that you can install on all your smart tech, you own your own data. This is why many people like this.)

Yes, Kurt has his own AI as well, but again, Kurt's from 2012, not 2027 where personal AIs have become a standard. You know, I always say that I wrote this technological world that would be slightly weird but also highly realistic for a near future. I wrote it in 2019, way before ChatGPT and crap.

There was also a mini discussion on ethics, because I also talked about how everything is done from our phones now and all I could think of was "ah yes, like the Springo". Apparently some want to get rid of public transport tickets and replace them with "checking in with our phones", which is fun, because Kurt bemoans the loss of physical MetroCards in this fic.

But yeah, back to Mimi (and Lizzie, Kurt's AI). It was just really interesting, because if we believe in Dennett's intentionality theory of cognition, then we can argue that Mimi and Lizzie do have a mind of sorts. Dennett's 'intentional stance' basically says we, human beings, ascribe intention and all other cognitive processes to other people. I assume that you, the person reading this, have the cognitive capabilities to read it and process what you're reading. I assume that people in the Netherlands made a conscious decision to vote (or not) today. I assume that my teacher know how to check the time while lecturing.

And so on. Dennett says that this is how we interact with each other as conscious beings. But you can make this broader: you can ascribe these cognitive things to objects as well. You can assume that a machine or AI (like Mimi or Lizzie, or ChatGPT) has intentions, thoughts, feelings, desires, etc. If you can do that with ease, then it's probably right.

Of course, there is a lot of criticism on this intentional stance as well. When it comes to ascribing these things to objects, then which objects do count? People can imagine a conscious machine, robot or AI (hi, Mimi!), but if I were to say "Your fork has a conscious mind", you might wonder something is up with my mind. In this line of thinking, you can already wonder if you can even ascribe these things to a machine or AI in the first place.

(To be clear, I wrote Mimi and Lizzie as unconscious objects. I am of the belief that AI, robots and machines aren't conscious, we just program them to resemble consciousness.)

But even if you don't believe that machines have a consciousness, like I do, it is undeniable that people can form a bond with objects. Heck, I even wrote a whole paper on that. We antropomorfise the shit out of objects and we did that even before we had ChatGPT. I know someone who has named her bike and how many of us have felt genuinely saddened when, for example, our favourite mug broke?

Anyway, that's all for this philosophy talk. Now I will return to fighting ableism in philosophy! Bye, bye.

#tagged in #story extras #klaine advent 2019 #wip wednesday

[f0point5]

Look this may be a hot take…but it annoys me that Charles is considered the “face of f1” when he has had the season he has. Like at least with Lewis’s PR kick he could back it up on the track. But I feel like Charles’ push with all this PR is to compensate for his results. Then we have Max who is absolutely dominating week after week, won the Constructor’s all by himself, getting blamed for “ruining the sport” because he…wins. That’s his literal job. The other teams need to improve, that’s not his problem.

My friends just assume Charles is number 1 because they see his face everywhere. And everyone, week after week, bemoans about how sorry they feel for Charles and how evil Ferrari is all to blame, and while I agree to a certain extent that the Ferrari team have been bloody incompetent this year, I also think the pre-destined one has not quite lived up to the expectations. And most prob won’t. Max has already achieved so much and I feel like Charles is still right at the very start. Except it’s not really Charles and Max going for it anymore. Charles will have to contend with other rookies who I feel are more likely to come out on top.

And I know there is nothing really wrong with PR and branding and whatever, but Max is so passionate about this sport (and clearly currently the best at it) and it is unfair that somehow he will always be considered less by the public then the one’s with a pretty face.

Mmm. I have thoughts.

I think at the end of the day, Max has been very clear that he has no interest in being the face of F1. Max is passionate about racing but I don’t think he is that passionate about the direction F1 is heading, and I don’t think he wants to be a celebrity. The media he engages in is RB media, the bare minimum is sponsor marketing, and top tier media like Time Magazine which you can’t really say no to. Max could easily be seen at basketball/sports games or out at events but he obviously doesn’t want that. So I don’t think it’s like Charles has become the face of F1 as opposed to Max. The crown on “face of their F1 generation” was kind of in the gutter and Charles picked it up, Max doesn’t want it. I don’t think Charles and Max are in competition for anything at the moment, not sponsorships, not race wins, not PR opportunities, they’re on such different trajectories they don’t need to be in the same conversation.

I don’t think Charles is compensating for his results but my *theory* is that he’s realising he may not be able to capitalise on his results in the long term and having a brand image that relies less on Ferrari and the “chosen one” brand is probably a good move. Because Il Predestinato is now a) a Ferrari dependent brand and b) a brand with an expiration date because no one is going to be taking that brand seriously by 2027 if he’s still racing in the upper midfield. So it’s more, he’s pivoting to a broader image for longevity, which is smart.

As for people hating on Max and Red Bull for being good…idk that it really matters. Those guys love what they do and they get to sit regardless of people’s opinions. It’s myopic to think that the people doing their job well are the people that should be penalised rather than the people consistently failing but honestly, society hates winners. People who’ve got time to have Twitter wars over people they don’t know? They REALLY hate winners because they know they’ll never be one. It’s sad but it’s funny.