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weirdowithaquill · 9 months

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So How Many Engines Does the NWR Actually Have?

Eighty, according to the Reverend Wilbert Awdry - but this includes British Rail and Industrial engines. It also seems excessive for an island the size of Sodor which has, according to TheUnluckyTug, an 87.7 odd mile mainline and another 30 odd miles of branchline, especially when compared with several other railways of similar size. I am going to warn everyone here, this post is long.

The neighbouring Furness Railway built roughly 247 engines during its lifetime, of which a good fifty-five were 'Sharpies' - however that railway had 190 miles of railway and served some of the largest steelworks and dockyards in all of England. In contrast, the Northern Counties Committee Railway in Northern Island had a maximum route mileage of around 282 miles and only 73 engines. This same NCC ran nearly half of all trains in Northern Island at the time, sharing a duopoly with the GNRI. After amalgamating together into the Northern Ireland Railways and shrinking the full network of Northern Irish railway down to 225 miles, they today run 47 locomotives.

The railway network that serves the entirety of Northern Island is bigger than Sodor in length and requires less engines. It also calls at 54 stations, in comparison to Sodor's 27 stations that the NWR serves. So, let's do some maths and logic puzzles to try and figure out how many engines the NWR actually needs to serve the Island of Sodor.

Firstly, let's look at how many the books name: eleven NWR steam locomotives, six diesel engines, one track maintenance vehicle, as well as three industrial engines and an unknown number of electric engines. This means that the Peel Godred line could have any number of engines, however we can make a reasonable estimate at two multiple units for the four stops, and two or three goods engines to look after the aluminium traffic and other goods work. That makes five engines needed for the branchline.

The Ffarquhar branchline similarly does not require that many engines. Its primary industry is the Anopha Quarry, with a number of farms making up the rest of the freight traffic the line would have. In the books, the line is run by Thomas, Percy, Toby, Daisy and Mavis - the private industrial engine who manages the quarry. This means that there is one dedicated railcar, one autotank-fitted tank engine, a tram engine, a dedicated quarry diesel and Percy to run the line. The only addition possibly required would be an engine to run dedicated stone trains from Ffarquhar to the junction or the harbour, a task that seems to already be covered by Toby, Percy and Mavis. That adds another five engines to our list of standard-gauge engines on Sodor.

Another branchline that does not need any extra engines would be the Little Western, which was only refurbished by Sir Charles Hatt to access the ballast from the old MSR mines. With Duck and Oliver running passengers, Duck managing most of the limited freight traffic that isn't ballast and Donald and Douglas covering most ballast trains, there is no need for any extra engines, and adds another four engines to our list.

After that, Edward's branchline is where we may see some additions. The branchline may be quite short, having only three stations on its route, but it also has Brendam Harbour, which is a major port for the island, as well as the China Clay Pits, which are served by Bill and Ben - the other two industrial engines mentioned in the books. They are known to shunt Brendam Harbour on occasion, while Edward and BoCo run the branchline itself, with Donald and Douglas helping. This line would need more engines as freight traffic through Brendam Docks increased, as well as a dedicated shunting engine for the harbour. That adds up to seven engines to our list to run this section of the line - being Bill, Ben, Edward, BoCo and three new helpers.

Potential candidates from the TVS for filling these roles could be: Salty, Neville, Molly or perhaps Whiff - all of whom are either shunting engines or medium-sized engines who would be able to compliment Edward and BoCo well.

After Edward's branchline, we have to talk about the Kirk Ronan and Norramby branches. The Kirk Ronan branchline has three stations, and was once part of the Sodor and Mainland Railway. We know passenger traffic is poor, and the freight traffic was solely dedicated to mineral traffic from the Skarloey Railway heading to the port. It's highly likely that this line is either kept operational for a token service, or has one engine running it. Either way, we can add one engine to the list, of whom I would suggest Arthur.

The Norramby branchline is currently served by the Other Railway, according to Awdry - this would mean multiple units running passenger trains from Barrow and potentially a freight service, though that would have likely been discontinued in the 1960's during the Beeching cuts. Currently, 26 trains operate out of Barrow up the Cumbrian Coast Line per day, while the Furness line sees roughly 24 trains per day, according to the Northern Rail Timetable. Most likely, one of these two lines would have their services extend to Norramby, meaning up to 24 trains per day for the line. However, it is highly unlikely that each train to arrive on this service is a new engine, with it being more likely to be four or five engines. This adds five engines to our list, for a current total of twenty-seven.

To this figure, we can add the Works Diesel, Bloomer, and the austerity engine referenced in 'Wilbert the Forest Engine', making thirty.

This leaves the mainline as needing 50 whole engines to reach Awdry's figure of 80 - and of this potential number, we know Henry, Gordon, James, Bear, Pip and Emma. To understand how many engines are needed, we need to understand what jobs these engines would do - of which, there is passenger trains, the express, freight trains and shunting.

If the mainline has eleven stations, 87.7 miles of track and they wanted to have a train arrive every hour to meet their Northern partners... well, they'd need more engines. It takes one hour for a train between Lancaster and Barrow - a distance of 28.6 miles, so we can safely assume that tripling the distance would triple the time - for a trip time of around three hours. Now, this time would most likely be shortened by the chance for the engines to achieve higher speeds between stations, as the number of stations on both lines is roughly equal - 10 on the Furness line to 11 on the NWR mainline - but even still, it would require the railway running six separate stopping trains per day. Considering that only four of the six engines above could even run commuter trains, I would say that there is need for more engines.

There are currently two express trains that run on the Island of Sodor: The Limited and the WildNorWester, however it is not certain that the Limited is still running, as it only appeared for 'Enterprising Engines'. In any case, Pip and Emma are enough to handle fast trains on Sodor.

Freight is an interesting variable - we know that Sodor produces aluminium near Peel Godred, and that the alumina needs to be transported up there, and the finished product moved to the mainland, as well as general goods trains, farm produce trains, and freight trains bound for the harbours or from the quarry or China Clay pits. Based on these key requirements, it is safe to say Sodor needs a few more engines.

So, for the mainline we have Pip, Emma, Gordon, Henry, James, Bear and at least eight other engines of various sizes. Two of these engines would be built to run passenger trains alongside Henry, James, Gordon and Bear, while the other six would handle goods traffic, in particular bulk traffic or local goods. Fourteen engines, with potential help from Donald, Douglas and BoCo seems more reasonable as a number of engines on the mainline of a primarily agricultural island.

Suggestions for these engines include Murdoch, Derek, Emily and Rebecca - which is a shorter list than it should be due to the lack of large, mainline engines in the Thomas series who could feasibly run in the UK.

Finally, two shunting engines - one for Tidmouth and one for Barrow-in-Furness - can be added to the list, as since Duck gained his branchline, we have not been introduced to the new station pilot at Tidmouth and since the rise of the multiple-unit, Barrow station would require an engine to act as station pilot there too. Options for here include Diesel, Charlie, Dennis, Rosie and Paxton.

All of these numbers added together equals: 46. Twenty-three branchline engines, three industrial engines, two maintenance engines, one austerity engine, one preserved engine, fourteen mainline engines and two station pilots. Considering at the beginning I said that Northern Ireland Railways runs 47 engines currently and has a network of over double the size of Sodor but doesn't run freight, I would say that this is a pretty respectable estimate.

In direct contrast to this estimate, my ERS has 34 engines who cover the entire NWR and the neighbouring Furness Line. My reasoning: Donald and Douglas are magic, and scarily efficient. Having the two of them around means Edward and BoCo need no help on their branchline, and also Sodor would not need a commuter train every hour - it's a rural, agricultural island with three major population centres at Peel Godred, Vicarstown and Tidmouth. And also cause I have enough characters to balance already, Awdry had the right idea keeping the cast relatively small.

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goldensunset · 3 months

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amazes me that people can remember information about routes in pokémon games. like ‘i loooove route 217 ❤️’ ‘route 209 has such a banger theme!!!’ ‘have you made it to route 225?’ ‘you can find this rare pokémon on route 210!’ bestie those are numbers. those are just numbers to me how do you remember which area is which. i think i have a general idea of most of them but i still have to look them up every time i need to refer to them in conversation

#of course i know some of them #but a lot of them are like uhhh #they do count up of course but it’s not like the map is a perfectly linear thing #how am i supposed to keep track of all those. please just name placed actual names #another reason i love pla the map locations are names and not numbers!!! goodness.#paldea is like. ok there are a total of four giant provinces simply and aptly named after the four cardinal directions #easy enough #however the sub-areas are once again. numbers.#and because once again a map is not a linear thing those numbers aren’t helpful #also the way they’re spread out makes no sense. the south province is huuuuge with six different areas #yeah uhh area six and area five are on opposite sides of the map!!! why.#i think they’re listed like that based on how early they expect you to get there #like you start in area one of course #you probably won’t get to area five right away even though you theoretically could fairly early. i believe #but you would have no real reason to bc there’s no main story beat over there it’s a very quiet area #area six is mostly alfornada and the cliffs surrounding it which you REALLY can’t get to until later #point being. i know there’s probably some sort of logic to this numbers thing. but it’s still a confusing system #pokémon

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bratshaws · 7 months

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through the hourglass 260. brb x oc

a/n: GUESS WHO'S BDAY IS COMING UP!!!! (comments and reblogs are super welcome and encouraged!)

pairing: plus size!oc x rooster

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“Roos!”

Her smile is so big once she sees the Bronco parked in front of the bar that she almost forgets her bag. If it wasn’t for Penny calling her and letting her know about it, Beatrice would’ve left it there until the next day. Her husband is waiting outside the car, arms crossed and his mouth quirked in a little smirk.

He opens his arms immediately when Bea is within reach, letting her hug his torso and press her cheek to his shirt. He leans down to kiss her temple, nuzzling the brown hair that touches his nose, “Hmmm. You are touchy today.”

“I missed you.” she replies but then immediately turns her attention to Nicole who’s looking right back at her from the little booster seat, “And I missed Nikki!Hi baby!” Rooster lets her walk over to the passenger door, sitting down next to Nikki and cooing to her as her boss comes closer.

“Here.” Penny smirks, handing Rooster Beatrice’s gray bag, the xenomorph keychain was turning white because of age but it was still the same stuff she had when they first started dating, “You two are just too precious.” she says, “But that’s to be expected.”

As Penny's teasing remark hung in the air, Beatrice couldn't help but chuckle inside the car.

Rooster leaned against the car door, a glint in his eyes as he watched Beatrice and Nikki interact.”Yeah,well…can you blame me?”

Penny rolled her eyes while walking back to the bar, “I guess not.”she waves at them, “Good night you two,drive safely.” she points to the sky, “There’s a storm coming so I wouldn’t stall here for too long!”.

Beatrice’s head popped out of the car before her body did, “Will you be alright?” she calls, seeing her boss walk back inside and smirk at her.

“Yep,I will. You two go home.” and she points at them again, “Don’t make me force you two into the car.”

As Penny disappeared into the dimly lit bar, Beatrice settled into the car seat beside Rooster, while Nikki was now giggling and reaching out for her mother's finger. Rooster watched them with a warm smile, before he closed the door himself.

The evening sky was slowly darkening, and the first drops of rain splattered against the windshield followed by the howling of winds. Beatrice glanced up at the ominous clouds, furrowing her brows. "We should hurry, Roos. Penny's right; that storm looks like it's going to be a doozy."

Rooster hummed, clicking on his seatbelt before checking the way the trees moved because of the air around them, “We have…ten minutes before it hits.” he says, “The drive back home is around twenty- twenty five depending on traffic. We’ll get it either way but we’ll be alright.” The Bronco roars awake when he puts the key in the ignition. “I can choose a different route either way.”

The engine's growl filled the air as Rooster expertly maneuvered the Bronco out of the parking lot and onto the dimly lit street. Beatrice sighs quietly,while leaning back on her seat as she looks back at Rooster.

Her husband just smiles at her, “What?”

“Nothing.” she says, “I missed you.”

“As did we,gorgeous.” Rooster stole a glance at the rearview mirror, his expression softening as he watched the way Nicole appeared to be paying the utmost attention to their conversation "She kept looking at your pictures. I had to tell her she had to wait for mama to come back…anyway, how was the bar? Packed I imagine.”

"It was busier than I remembered," Beatrice replied, her voice carrying a hint of weariness. "Penny had some music tonight, and it drew quite a crowd. But it was fun, you know? It's been a while since I've been tired like that. I mean,I don’t know if our babies are just saints but they don't leave me so tired? I mean, the twins are at the NICU still but…you know what I mean.”

“Yeah,gorgeous.I know.” he smiles, keeping an eye on the sky and relaxing when he notices the raindrops were slow and spaced, they still had time, “And the fake Sinatra guy? Did he leave or did he still make a scene?”

"He finally called it a night after a dramatic rendition of 'My Way.' I think Penny had to practically drag him off the bar. You should've seen it, Roos; it was like watching a soap opera. Shells probably has a video on her phone and Jessie was too horrified to do anything."

Rooster chuckled, his hands firmly gripping the steering wheel. "Well, I'm sorry I missed the show,I can always ask Shells to send me the video though."

Beatrice nodded, her gaze drifting to the road ahead as she leaned back further in her seat. "She definitely will, you know how she is…she also said ‘I wouldn’t be a good best friend if I didn’t record this so I could share with you later.’"

“Sounds like her.”

The raindrops began to fall more steadily as Rooster and Beatrice continued their journey home. The windshield wipers swayed rhythmically, creating a squeaky pattern against the glass. Nikki, nestled in her booster seat, seemed entranced by the motion, her little fingers occasionally reaching out to point the droplets on the window.

Rooster stole a glance at his daughter through the rearview mirror and couldn't help but smile at the sight. "Looks like someone's enjoying the rain."

Beatrice turned her attention to Nikki, a smile gracing her lips. "Yeah, she probably likes how it shines." she goes back to the former position and sighs, tapping her fingers together, “...man I’m spent.” she yawns, “And a bit sore.I might need a bath.”

Rooster's lips pursed, he had to go through the shortcut because the storm was right behind them, “Yeah,I know gorgeous. I can draw a bath for you.”

“Yeah?”

“Always,baby,” he smirks, “What sort of husband would I be?”

Beatrice smiles with a happy hum leaving her lips, then she looks back at the window with her eyes soft, “...how was your Call of Duty session with Jake and Coyote? Fun?”

Rooster nodded, keeping his eyes on the rain-soaked road as he navigated the winding path through the rain, the rain that now was getting stronger. "Yeah, it was a blast. Jake and Coyote were in rare form tonight. We even managed to pull off a few victories, despite Coyote's insistence on going for those risky sniper shots."

Beatrice chuckled, her fingers idly tracing patterns on her thigh. "I can only imagine the chaos."

"Hey, it's a great way to unwind," Rooster defended with a grin. "Besides, it's not like we get to do it every night. But it's always good to catch up with them...and win, of course."

As they continued to drive through the rain-soaked night, the view of their house finally appeared within sight and both sighed in relief. The sound of raindrops on the car's roof sounded more like gunshots than actual rain with how heavy it was.

And the rain showed no signs of letting up.

Rooster's headlights cut through the darkness, illuminating the wet road ahead as he presses the button to open the garage up. Beatrice yawned again, her exhaustion becoming more apparent.

"You really do need that bath," Rooster remarked, touching her thigh with his free hand.

Beatrice chuckled tiredly. "Yeah, I won't argue with that. And maybe some cocoa after…"

"Consider it done," he replied, his tone soft, “With little marshmallows, just for you.”

“Aw, you are so sweet.” she giggles, holding her back to her chest as she watches the Bronco slowly roll inside the garage, the sound of rain muffled on the outside. She sighs, closing her eyes as she lets the car’s vibration soothe her a bit.

Rooster looked back at her with his hands on his thighs, “You okay?”

“Mhm.”

Rooster watched his wife with a fond smile, the dim garage lights casting a soft glow on her face. She looked peaceful, even in her exhaustion. He knew how hard she worked, with everything, even if she didn’t say it. She deserved all the rest and pampering he could provide.

Gently, Rooster leaned over and planted a tender kiss on Beatrice's forehead. Her eyelids fluttered open, and she smiled up at him, her tiredness momentarily forgotten. "You always know how to make me feel better," she whispered.

He winked at her. "It's my superpower."

“So you are my hero then.”

One thing he adored about sleepy Beatrice was that she was just like drunk Beatrice. She was more open, she said things that made his heart flutter happily and that sentence was enough to make his cheeks hot. He laughs softly, dropping his head only to lift it back up,kissing her forehead, “Come on, time to go inside. I can get Nikki.”

Rooster's Bronco was now safely tucked away in the garage, shielded from the relentless downpour that had intensified during their drive home. Beatrice stretched her arms and legs, feeling the stiffness of the long car ride dissipate as she stepped out of the vehicle. Rooster was quick to open the passenger door for her, offering a hand to help her out.

As she stood beside the car, blushing a bit as she waited for him to grab Nikki. She couldn't help but feel a sense of contentment wash over her. Despite the heavy rain outside, she loved hearing it hit the sidewalk and the roof above their heads.

The dogs, well Eleanor, started huffing and shuffling against the door that led to the inside. “Baby,” he calls and she turns to him, “You can go inside.”

But Beatrice shook her head gently, “No,I can wait for you two. No worries.”

“Alright.” he says as he opens the passenger door to unbuckle Nicole from her seat, their daughter babbling happily as her dad brought her up to his chest, locking the Bronco with his key and finally meeting Beatrice by the door, “Okay,done.”

“Mhm.” his wife replies and even in her tired state,she couldn’t help but pick Nicole from his hold and bury her nose in her golden brown hair, hugging the almost one year old close to her chest, “I’ll wait until you open…careful because Eleanor might come bustling out.”

“Yeah.” he mutters, “Are we sure she’s not just a rocket instead of a pitbull-akita mix?”

"Sometimes I wonder if she has a secret stash of energy hidden somewhere," Beatrice replied with a grin. "Could happen."

“Meanwhile her brother and mother are the chillest dogs I know.”

With that, he turned to the door leading inside their home and carefully opened it, peeking inside to ensure that Eleanor wasn't waiting to make a run for it. She was sitting close by…then immediately darted towards the garage to run in circles around the blue Bronco and Beatrice’s red jeep.

Rooster sighs, “...you know what, the garage is closed, it’s all good. I’ll draw your bath,gorgeous.”

“Madam.”

She chuckles, opening one eyelid as she watches her husband enter the room after she’s done with her bath. She stops rubbing lotion on her skin to see him holding her Ponyo mug with the hot chocolate steaming out of it at the door, turning her body a little bit on the bed to see him better “Your beverage of choice,madam. With extra marshmallows.”

Rooster offers a warm smile as he approaches the bed, presenting the mug to her as if it were a treasured relic. "I figured you could use a little warmth this evening."

Her eyes dance with delight as she accepts the mug, inhaling the rich aroma of the hot chocolate. The scent alone is enough to envelop her in a cozy embrace. "You know me too well, Roos." She takes a careful sip, savoring the creamy, chocolatey goodness. The marshmallows on top add a delightful touch of sweetness.

And they were colorful too.

"Well, after all these years, I'd hope I've picked up a few things."

She grins, setting the mug on the nightstand before patting the empty space beside her. "Come join me."

He gladly complies, sitting down and leaning back against the headboard. The room is dimly lit, with the soft glow of the bedside lamp casting a warm atmosphere, meanwhile the storm raged on the outside, “How is the hot chocolate,ma’am? Is it to your taste?”

She takes another sip of the hot chocolate, reveling in the velvety texture and the perfect balance of sweetness. "It's absolutely perfect, Roos," she replies, a contented sigh escaping her nose . "You really outdid yourself with those marshmallows."

Rooster chuckles, "I'm glad you like it," he says, his voice filled with genuine satisfaction. "I've been perfecting my hot chocolate recipe, just for you."

“N’aw.” she gently touches his cheek, “You are so sweet.”

He sighs as he gets comfortable on the bed, crossing his arms, the fabric of his shirt around his biceps curls up when he does so, “Nikki is fast asleep.” he checks on her only to see she had her eyes closed, savoring the hot beverage, “Checked on her a few minutes ago, she passed out when you were bathing.”

“I thought so, she got very quiet after.”

“Yeah…”

Beatrice looked back at him, her brows furrowed just a tiny bit, ‘...you ready to tell me what’s been bothering you?” she smiles knowingly and he chuckles, because of course she knew.

He rubs his eyebrow and then sighs, dropping his hands on top of his legs. “...Mark has been annoying the recruits to the point they think we are friends.”

“...huh?”

‘Yeah,same.” he says dryly, “I don’t get it. The only thing we have in common is we are both pilots in the Navy and we’re from Virginia. I don’t know what the hell he wants…at least he hasn’t bothered me ever since the dinner…has Miranda shown up here?”

“No.” she answers, frowning, “If she did I’d tell her to leave.”

Rooster let out a dry laugh. "Talking to them would be like talking to a brick wall. Jesus. I just hope we’re not…deployed together." he pauses, “But now I think I jinxed and we are going to be there together,ugh.”

She reached out and gently squeezed his hand, rubbing his knuckles . "I know you’ll do a good job, even with him there." she replied softly. "You know why?”

“Why?”

She set the cocoa aside, then propped her chin on his shoulder, “Because you are the better man in this.”

Those big green eyes staring back at him were always his goddamn weakness. His own gaze softened and he gently brushed her cheek with his thumb, “...damn pretty girl, you got the prettiest eyes I’ve ever seen.” that made her smile more but he sighed, “Nah, you are right. It’s just this whole thing with him and Miranda…I dunno,kinda tiring.”

Beatrice shifted slightly, her chin still resting on Rooster's shoulder. Her fingers absentmindedly traced patterns on his shirt as she continued, her voice soft and soothing. "Yeah,I agree. Weird people, those two."

Rooster pondered her words, his gaze fixed on the raindrops hitting the glass pane. "Yeah, like he's trying to one-up me at every turn."

Beatrice chuckled, the sound like a gentle breeze in the midst of the storm,literally. "Well, you can handle a little competition, can't you? After all, you are the best pilot in the Navy, and you've got a heart of gold."

He couldn't help but smile at her words, her words managing to lift his spirits. "You are too cute." he coos, kissing the tip of her nose, “Wanna marry me?”

Beatrice nodded, her cheeks going red." Yes. Always.” and she kisses his lips once, ‘Oh!By the way!” she pulls out her phone from the nightstand’s drawer, “Since you are leaving after your birthday I’ve decided something.”

“Oh?”

“I just wanna ask you something,” she holds the phone to her chest, not letting him see what she was looking at, “Red or purple?”

Rooster raised an eyebrow, intrigued by Beatrice's sudden change of topic. "Red or purple for what?" he asked, trying to see what she was hiding.

“All I can say is that it’s a surprise for your birthday so,” she smiles more, “Red or purple?”

Rooster tsked, his eyes still locked on her as he tried to pry the secret out of Beatrice. "Come on, you can't just drop a question like that and not give me any hints. Red or purple for what? Is it a gift?"

Beatrice chuckled, her shoulders going up in a shrug. "No hints, mister. Just pick one."

Rooster pretended to ponder for a moment, tapping his chin in a mock-serious manner. "Hmm, let's see. Red or purple? Well, I think... I'll go with purple."

Beatrice grinned and nodded. "Purple it is. You have good taste, my dear." She tapped a few things on her phone and then locked it again, tucking it away in the nightstand's drawer.

"Now you've got me even more curious. What's the deal with this red or purple thing?"

Beatrice winked at him. "You'll find out on your birthday. It's going to be a surprise, remember?"

He hummed, dropping his eyes down her body for a brief second. "Alright,I'll be patient. But you do know how terrible I am at waiting for surprises, right?"

She laughed softly and gave him a peck on the cheek. "I know, but I also know you'll love it." and she placed her phone away to cup his face in her hands, “I promise you.”

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minister-erik · 3 months

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ROUTE 9W (from storm king mountain) - Composition Saturday

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uninvitedcrabs · 8 months

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Best part about public transportation is that sometimes people get stabbed onthe route you're riding and you have to take a little walky walk.

UPDATE: I burned 225 calories, though I feel like a douche for celebrating 😀 I mean, shit happens and I didn't know him

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ohsalome · 1 year

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In 2022, Russia has redirected a significant portion of its energy exports to China and India.

Countries that have scaled back their trade with Russia most drastically include the U.S., the UK, Japan and Singapore. Germany continues to be the source of a large share of Russia’s imports despite significant reductions.

Sanctions have significantly reduced the trade between Russia and the US. By October 2022, Russia’s exports to the US had fallen by almost 50% compared to 2021. During the same period, US exports to Russia declined by $2.5 bln compared to the previous year.

The sanctions regime, closely coordinated by the US and EU, was able to disrupt the Kremlin’s direct access to western technology in the short term.

Russia established alternative routes fairly quickly with imports of dual-use and controlled commodities now exceeding pre-war levels.

Evasion routes can be detected with macro-data analysis, for example, by correlating the chronology of relevant events (e.g., the onset of Russia’s military assault on Ukraine in late February 2022, the western imposition of sanctions) with significant shifts in goods’ origin, volume supplied by trading partner, and their position as share of overall trade with Russia by each respective partner.

Our data shows that countries most actively facilitating circumvention of wartime sanctions by Russia include: China, Turkey, Cyprus and the UAE.

In 2022, China became Russia’s most important trade partner, receiving about 20% of Russia’s total exports and serving as the source of 35% of Russia’s total imports.

US sanctions have resulted in a significant decline in the monetary value of global transactions by designated Russian companies, but did not eliminate them.

Sanctions have not stopped Russia’s import of controlled and dual use high tech goods critical to its ability to wage war on Ukraine, such as UAV/parts and microprocessors/semiconductors.

UAV deliveries continued to Russia as late as November and December from UAE, Hong Kong, China, and Singapore.

Russia’s imports of microprocessors/semiconductors increased from $1.82 bln in 2021 to $2.45 bln in 2022 (for the year as a whole).

China has become Russia’s most important source of semiconductors and integrated circuits. In 2022, China, Hong Kong, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland led by dollar value of microchip sales to Russia; China, Hong Kong, Estonia, Turkey and Germany led by the number of transactions.

Despite sanctions, in 2022, Russia hit its highest current account surplus in history. The surplus in 2022 reached $227 billion, more than twice the previous record ($122 billion in 2021).

Russia has retained its access to vast amounts of foreign exchange, which has been critical to its ability to continue its war on Ukraine.

Sanctions have resulted in a 16% contraction of Russia’s imports in 2022 for the year as a whole.

The significant 35% contraction in the first few months of the war was followed by a recovery that we expect to be sustained in 2023.

Russia’s total exports increased by more than 30% between January-September 2022 over the corresponding period in 2021, driven mostly by oil and gas exports.

Since the start of the war, foreigners have paid Russia $190 bn for oil exports or $225 billion in the entirety of 2022 (comprising 11% of Russia’s GDP).

The delay in the EU embargo implementation and the G-7 price cap has weakened the effect of the EU embargo. For now, even data on Russian oil prices is limited. However, it appears Russian oil is selling already below the current price cap of $60

#russia #war in ukraine #world politics #sanctions #eu #china #germany #hong kong #turkey

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Wind-powered cargo ship sets sail in a move to make shipping greener

This month saw the debut of Pyxis Ocean, a huge red cargo ship. But unlike the majority of those that came before it, this one is partly powered by wind.

Two WindWings, massive steel sails that are 37.5 meters (123 feet) tall and were created by industry partner Yara Marine Technologies, were retrofitted onto the ship that is contracted by US cargo corporation Cargill.

It is anticipated that the wings will reduce emissions by up to 30%. The savings would be considerably greater, according to developers, if utilized in conjunction with alternative fuels.

The journey, which started in China and is currently traveling to Brazil, will test the technology.

Cargo ship sets sail to test wind power at sea

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New wind-assisted propulsion methods

Every year, the shipping sector emits more than one billion tonnes of carbon dioxide or about 3% of all emissions in the world that are caused by people. The industry promised in July to reach net zero in terms of global warming pollution “by or around 2050.” One method for achieving this is the utilization of wind. New wind-assisted propulsion methods have emerged recently, however, the idea is not new—sailing ships have been in use for more than 5,000 years.

On cargo ships, enormous kites and rotor technologies have been tested in an effort to lessen their reliance on diesel. However, the International Windship Association estimates that there are now only about 20 big commercial vessels using wind power.

The entry of Cargill, one of the biggest agricultural traders in the world that moves about 225 million tonnes of goods annually, might have a significant impact. According to John Cooper, CEO of BAR Technologies, the company’s involvement has been crucial in helping WindWings gain traction. He claims, “They show the way, and others respect what they’re doing.”

Cost of wind-assisted technologies comparable to the fuel savings

According to Cargill, the wings not only assist in lowering cargo ship emissions but also enable owners of vessels to comply with new industry standards for energy efficiency and save money by reducing fuel usage. According to the business, WindWings can save 1.5 metric tonnes of fuel per wing per day on an average worldwide route, with the potential for even greater fuel savings for transoceanic flights. This, according to the company, might become even more crucial when using more expensive, future greener fuels (such as ammonia and methanol).

The cost of wind-assisted technologies must be comparable to the fuel savings they offer in order for them to become widely used, according to experts. In order to make adjustments to the design before it is produced at scale, the performance of the wings will be closely evaluated along the journey.

Cooper claims that BAR Technologies already has other contracts in the works, including one for a cargo ship chartered by Vale that will depart from Shanghai in September and be outfitted with four WindWings. We anticipate assisting the global shipping sector as it makes the switch to cleaner, greener propulsion, according to him.

#cargo #logistics #shipping #freight #transport #transportation #boeing #export #import #aviation #trucking #airfreight #Youtube

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Episode 13 - Bill's Lighthouse

Episode begins with Brock and Misty absolutely dumping on Ash. They accuse him of not actually catching any of his Pokemon and receiving his badges out of pity from them. Brock even chimes in that most Trainers by this point in the game would have 20-30 Pokemon already.

(These accusations aren't entirely fair. Ash did catch 3 of his Pokemon legit and a fourth is his Starter.) But he takes their attacks to heart and resolves to catch a Pokemon to prove them wrong.

Ash immediately finds a Krabby and, rather than use any of his Pokemon, attacks them with a stick. He lands no hits, then throws a Poke Ball. He succeeds and takes this as proof of his good Pokemon Training, but this was pure luck. Krabby had a Catch Rate of 225 and full HP; Ash had a 3/10 chance of success and rolled fortuitously.

This being Ash's seventh Pokemon, he finally gets to learn about PC storage boxes. It's elaborated that Professor Oak looks after stored Pokemon, which Ash finds concerning because Oak's a fucking prick who hates him. Fortunately, they're right by Bill's place, so Ash can call and confirm things with Oak.

(Last they checked in, the group was at Route 24. They apparently went northeast from there in their desperate attempt to find Vermillion City. XD Absolute clown show, this Gym quest is turning out to be.)

Ash makes his call and Oak assures him that his Krabby's doing well. But he also makes a point to rub in how much bigger and cooler Gary/Shigeru's Krabby is, and that Gary's already caught 45 Pokemon. This blows even Brock's earlier estimate of 20-30 out of the water. Gary is doing phenomenally on his Pokedex.

The anime has Bill wearing a Kabuto costume rather than literally transforming himself into a Pokemon, which probably makes more sense. In any case, Bill's home is a place to learn about rare Pokemon; Eeveelutions in the original games and the Legendary Bird Trio in the Let's Go games. For Ash, Bill takes time to educate him on the Fossil Pokemon he's already missed out on.

And then Team Rocket ruin Bill's dream of befriending a colossal Dragonite. Which is easily the most horrible thing they've done all show.

#pokemon liveblog #pokemon #ash ketchum #satoshi #gary oak #shigeru #professor oak #professor okida #bill #masaki

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One-shots for October 2022

Author: Autobot2001 Genre: Fanfiction Fandom: Transformers

TF2 | Bumblebee X Human Femme Reader: No Matter What Rating: E Waring: none Pairing: Bumblebee X human femme reader Description: (Y/N) is seriously injured on a mission. The medics save her leg, but she’s disabled. Bumblebee helps her but is afraid to tell (Y/N) how he feels. (Y/N) hates hearing there’s a Valentine’s day dance, but Bumblebee makes her happy.

Links; Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/41945592 FFN: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13805420/218/Transformers-Book-of-One-Shots Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/1272130093-transformers-book-of-one-shots-book-2-requests TF3 | Mirage X Athena X Sideswipe Rating: E Warning: None Trio: Mirage X Athena X Sideswipe Pt. 1 The Cars Description: Mirage and Sideswipe are sent to another dimension where they meet Athena, a transformers fan who helps them, knowing one day goodbye will happen. Pt. 2 The Dreaded Goodbye Description: All good things must come to an end Links; Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42130722/chapters/105774828 FFN: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13805420/219/Transformers-Book-of-One-Shots Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/1274402007-transformers-book-of-one-shots-book-2-requests

🍋 TFP | Bumblebee X Cybertronian Mech Reader: Because I Love You Rating: M Warning: Sexual content Pairing: Bumblebee X mech Cybertronian reader Description: The new recruit falls in love with Bumblebee but is afraid to tell him. After a little fun to help with (Y/D)’s heat cycle, the two confess their love for each other.

Links; Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42299661 FFN: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13805420/221/Transformers-Book-of-One-Shots Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/1276466937-transformers-book-of-one-shots-book-2-requests

TF2 Ironhide X Human Femme Reader: Terrible Communication Rating: E Warnings: None Pairing: Ironhide X human femme reader Description: (Y/N) is seriously injured while cleaning tanks herself and on a day that Ratchet locks everyone out of the medbay. Ironhide returns from a mission the next day, enraged at the situation his sparkmate is being put through.

Links; Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42405441 FFN: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13805420/222/Transformers-Book-of-One-Shots Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/1277801532-transformers-book-of-one-shots-book-2-requests

TF1 | Jazz X Melody Rating: E Warning: None Pairing: Jazz X Melody Pt. 1: Our Cars Are Aliens Description: Melody doesn't believe her friend, San claiming his car is an alien until the two encounter an alien robot, and their cars rescue them before fighting the other alien robot. They learn about the conflict they've gotten themselves into and help the Autobots.

Pt. 2: Jealous and In Love Description: Jazz and Melody's friendship grows. Both fall in love with the other but are afraid to say anything. Ironhide insists jazz tells Melody while Jazz deals with feeling jealous seeing Melody with Bumblebee.

Links; Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42494766/chapters/106731621 FFN: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13805420/223/Transformers-Book-of-One-Shots Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/1278937355-transformers-book-of-one-shots-book-2-requests

TFP | Inside Job, Regeneration & Darkest Hour alternate route Rating: E Warning: None pairing: None Description: Smokescreen is captured, and Megatron finds out where the Omega keys are. Do the Decepticons win?

Links; Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42722595 FFN: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13805420/225/Transformers-Book-of-One-Shots Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/1281769397-transformers-book-of-one-shots-book-2-requests

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Sunday, March 12, 2023

Irreparable (ABC News) Auto repair prices are up and outpacing the overall rate of inflation considerably, with government data showing motor vehicle repair prices up 23 percent over the course of the past year. The cause is a combination of a shortage of workers—the industry will be 642,000 workers short of capacity by 2024—and an inconsistent supply of auto parts. There are also fewer car repair stops still in business: In 2016 there were 225 vehicles on the road for every service bay, a level that in 2021 rose to 246 cars and trucks for every bay.

Jaded with education, more Americans are skipping college (AP) When he looked to the future, Grayson Hart always saw a college degree. He was a good student at a good high school. He wanted to be an actor, or maybe a teacher. Growing up, he believed college was the only route to a good job, stability and a happy life. The pandemic changed his mind. A year after high school, Hart is directing a youth theater program in Jackson, Tennessee. He got into every college he applied to but turned them all down. Cost was a big factor, but a year of remote learning also gave him the time and confidence to forge his own path. Hart is among hundreds of thousands of young people who came of age during the pandemic but didn’t go to college. Many have turned to hourly jobs or careers that don’t require a degree, while others have been deterred by high tuition and the prospect of student debt. Nationwide, undergraduate college enrollment dropped 8% from 2019 to 2022.

Bank’s failure shakes companies worldwide (AP) It was called Silicon Valley Bank, but its collapse is causing shockwaves around the world. From winemakers in California to startups across the Atlantic Ocean, companies are scrambling to figure out how to manage their finances after their bank suddenly shut down Friday. The meltdown means distress not only for businesses but also for all their workers whose paychecks may get tied up in the chaos. U.S. customers with less than $250,000 in the bank can count on insurance provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. But many companies had millions (and in at least one case billions) of dollars that are now frozen or gone, and have no idea how to meet payroll. Silicon Valley Bank worked with startups, and many “are terrified,” according to one depositor.

Atmospheric river floods California towns, brings rain, snow (AP) More than 9,000 California residents were under evacuation orders Friday as a new atmospheric river brought heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds, swelling rivers and creeks and flooding several major highways and small rural communities. In Santa Cruz County, a creek bloated by rain destroyed a portion of Main Street in Soquel, a town of 10,000 people, isolating several neighborhoods. In the San Francisco Bay Area, flooding blocked portions of several major highways, including Interstate 580 in Oakland, disrupting travel. The storm marked the state’s 10th atmospheric river of the winter, storms that have brought enormous amounts of rain and snow to the state and helped lessen the drought conditions that had dragged on for three years.

Matamoros victims found, but 550 Americans are still missing in Mexico (Washington Post) Lisa Torres was glued to her phone, watching news reports on the kidnapping last week of four Americans in the Mexican city of Matamoros. She lived in the Houston suburbs, hundreds of miles away, but knew well the pain of having a relative snatched on the other side of the border. Her son, Robert, was just 21 when he vanished in 2017. More than 550 Americans are reported as missing in Mexico, a little-known facet of a broader tragedy that has honeycombed this country with mass graves. Soaring violence and government dysfunction have fueled a crisis that’s left at least 112,150 people missing, according to government records here. Americans make up a small part of that ghastly toll. And they are a tiny percentage of the millions of U.S. citizens who travel to Mexico every year for tourism, work and family visits. But just as there’s been an uproar in Mexico over the government’s all-out effort to find the four Americans, compared with its far more limited search for its own abducted citizens, relatives of the Americans still missing are asking why their loved ones haven’t been a higher priority for Washington.

Chile’s president shakes up Cabinet, replaces five ministers (AP) President Gabriel Boric shook up his Cabinet on Friday, replacing five of his 24 ministers on the eve of beginning his second year in power, announcing the change two days after Chile’s lawmakers rejected a proposed tax overhaul for financing most of his government program. It was the second time Boric has carried out a major Cabinet reshuffle. The previous overhaul came in September when 62% of voters rejected a new constitution that had been championed by the president. The Cabinet reshuffle came after an unexpected defeat Wednesday for Boric as Congress rejected a tax package that would have helped the president fund his progressive social agenda. Rodrigo Espinoza, director of the School of Management at Diego Portales University, said one of the difficulties Boric now faces is that “a significant part of his program will no longer have financing.”

German Officials Had Gotten Tip About Jehovah’s Witness Gunman (NYT) Weeks before a gunman opened fire on his former congregation at a Jehovah’s Witness hall in northern Germany, the authorities got a tip that he “harbored a special rage” toward religious groups, officials said Friday. But when they checked on him, they said, they determined they did not have grounds to seize his weapons. The gunman killed six people, including a pregnant woman, before turning his weapon on himself as police stormed the building in Hamburg on Thursday in what the authorities called “the worst such mass shooting incident of this dimension” to affect the city. Eight people were wounded, four of them severely. In keeping with German privacy laws, the police identified the gunman only as Philipp F., a 35-year-old German who, according to the authorities, had been a member of the congregation until a year and a half ago, “but apparently did not leave on good terms,” said Thomas Radszuweit, the head of state security in Hamburg. Mass shootings are extremely rare in Germany, where regulations limit who can own a weapon, and make training and testing compulsory before a gun can be purchased. Fully automatic weapons are considered “weapons of war” and are illegal.

Female and nonbinary swimmers can go topless in public pools, Berlin says (Washington Post) Berlin’s authorities want to make it very clear: Women are free to swim topless in municipal pools, as are those who identify as nonbinary, if that’s what they want. Topless swimming in public pools wasn’t forbidden in the German capital anyway, but a woman recently lodged a complaint alleging discrimination after a pool prevented her from swimming without covering her chest, a restriction that wasn’t applied to the male swimmers. The city and its public pools operator will now ensure that men and women are treated equally when it comes to swimming topless, the Berlin state government said in a press release Thursday. Germans “are generally quite relaxed about” nudity, Keon West, a professor of social psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, who has conducted studies into nakedness and body image, previously told The Washington Post. Nudity, also known as “free body culture,” is not seen as sexual.

Russia’s hypersonic missile attack on Ukraine highlights Western vulnerability (Washington Post) Russia fired a half-dozen of its rare Kinzhal hypersonic missiles at Ukraine on Thursday, as part of a broader barrage that killed six people and that the Russian Defense Ministry described as revenge for an incursion into western Russia last week by a far-right Russian nationalist group fighting on Ukraine’s side in the war. Russia’s use of the hypersonic missiles—“Kinzhal” means dagger in Russian—renewed alarm over the Kremlin’s sophisticated arsenal, and it highlighted that Putin possesses difficult-to-intercept, nuclear-capable weapons that the United States and its allies do not yet have. Hypersonic missiles are highly maneuverable weapons that travel at speeds above Mach 5, or more than five times the speed of sound, making them extremely hard to intercept. The United States and China are also developing hypersonic weapons. After Russia used them in Ukraine for the first time in March last year, President Biden called the missiles “almost unstoppable.” Russia has other nuclear-capable hypersonic weapons, but its flaunting of the Kinzhal in battle adds to the pressure on Washington as a hypersonic arms race heats up, one in which Washington has catching up to do, with both Russia and China.

Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil jailed for months (AP) Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigil in remembrance of victims of China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests were jailed Saturday for four and a half months for failing to provide authorities with information on the group in accordance with a national security law. The now-defunct alliance was best known for organizing candlelight vigils in Hong Kong on the anniversary of the 1989 Chinese military’s crushing of Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, but it was voted to disband in 2021 under the shadow of the Beijing-imposed national security law. Before its disbandment, police had sought details about its operations and finances in connection with alleged links to democracy groups overseas, accusing it of being a foreign agent. But the group refused to cooperate, arguing the police did not have a right to ask for its information because it was not a foreign agent and the authorities did not provide sufficient justification. In her mitigation, one member said the alliance was not a foreign agent and that nothing had emerged that proved otherwise, so sentencing them was about punishing people for defending the truth. “Sir, sentence us for our insubordination if you must, but when the exercise of power is based on lies, being insubordinate is the only way to be human,” she said.

South Korea proposes a 69-hour workweek, up from an already long 52 (Washington Post) South Korea’s conservative government has proposed increasing the legal cap on weekly work hours from 52 to 69, triggering backlash from the opposition and wage-earners who fear the plan will ruin work-life balance in a country already well known for workaholism. South Koreans already toil more than many of their overseas counterparts. They work an average of 1,915 hours per year, compared with 1,791 hours for Americans and 1,490 hours for the French, who have a 35-hour workweek, according to figures from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The OECD average is 1,716 hours. The proposal has sparked a backlash from workers who fear it will give employers legal grounds to encourage grueling hours on busy weeks.

Saudi deal with Iran worries Israel (AP) News of the rapprochement between long-time regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran sent shock waves through the Middle East on Saturday and dealt a symbolic blow to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has made the threat posed by Tehran a public diplomacy priority and personal crusade. Saudi Arabia’s decision to engage with its regional rival has left Israel largely alone as it leads the charge for diplomatic isolation of Iran and threats of a unilateral military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities. The UAE also resumed formal relations with Iran last year. “It’s a blow to Israel’s notion and efforts in recent years to try to form an anti-Iran bloc in the region,” said Yoel Guzansky, an expert on the Persian Gulf at the Institute for National Security Studies, an Israeli think tank. “If you see the Middle East as a zero-sum game, which Israel and Iran do, a diplomatic win for Iran is very bad news for Israel.”

#headlines #news

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I posted 2,570 times in 2022

That's 2,570 more posts than 2021!

689 posts created (27%)

1,881 posts reblogged (73%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@ohnoitsthebat

@bothvinforfaen

@acewhofellonmyface

@macchiatosdumptruck

@danielslaw

I tagged 2,528 of my posts in 2022

Only 2% of my posts had no tags

#not tkk - 576 posts

#stranger things - 546 posts

#daniel larusso - 313 posts

#rose's tkk rambles - 303 posts

#hsmtmts - 302 posts

#cobra kai - 291 posts

#byler - 255 posts

#lawrusso - 225 posts

#johnny lawrence - 203 posts

#ej caswell - 158 posts

Longest Tag: 138 characters

#oh to be robby. i’m pretty sure he left at that point but if i heard my new sensei tell my old sensei ‘you know you liked it’ i’d be 🏃‍♀️

My Top Posts in 2022:

1.) you have a character named EJ (the letters of which stand for no other than Elton John) (that’s gay)

2.) his narrative foil (just fyi having a same-sex narrative foil is automatically gay) is a bisexual curly haired twink with big brown eyes, cuffed jeans, and a blurred line sense on what is “bro talk” and what is just flirting (i.e. “pretty boy”, the pillow fight, the “lovers” comment, etc.)

3.) both of the characters are within the same love square, constantly shown to have short, flighty relationships with the same girls. despite this, they’ve built up and tried to keep a close friendship outside of unknown, hormonal-driven spikes of jealousy

4.) i have grabbed the mouse by the tail

172 notes - Posted August 24, 2022

every fandom has the gay person’s straight ship. aka the straight ship that is so legitimately good and valid that people don’t ship it just because it’s straight and in the show.

for cobra kai it’s robby/tory (and damanda for the parent crowd)

for stranger things it’s lumax (and, in some cases, chrissy/eddie. i said what i said)

for hsmtmts it’s gina/ej. point blank period portwell is so good

that’s all thank you and gn <3

256 notes - Posted August 9, 2022

i’ve been meaning to say this for a minute but like i think people in the st fandom should--what’s the word--acknowledge fanon content more, and like allow people to ship what they want (to an extent, guys) etc.

maybe it’s because i’ve been in a lot of fandoms where we relied on fanon content to carry the fandom (which is why i left sanders sides lol) but i think that stranger things is so rooted to it’s theories and whatever current ship is being portrayed, that people feel the need to shut others down in their fanon content.

for example, is steddie going to happen? most likely not, they’re going down the (imho basic) route of stancy. does that mean that no one should ship steddie or make content of them, and that the ship is inherently bad, because it’s not in the show? absolutely not.

concepts of things (especially ships) is what encourages creativity and content. i actually think the concept of mileven is pretty cool (but the way they show it in the show makes me not want to root for them). basically, just because a ship isn’t canon, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t like them or make content about it. that’s literally what fandom is for.

257 notes - Posted June 7, 2022

so i was taking uquizzes because i’m super productive (is this a bad time to mention there’s no new ctp update tonight? lol) anyways i found this uquiz (that is not mine!) i wanted to share because i wanna see what my mutuals get. it’s which dead dove trope are you? i’ll share first i got age gap :/ which honestly fair

304 notes - Posted August 10, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

for all of the ej slander we have endured this season, i am willing to accept an apology in one of four ways:

1.) ej gets an emotional scene in which he breaks down and has a heartfelt song dedicated to him, like all of the other struggling characters have gotten thus far (some have gotten multiple songs).

2.) ej gets a hot villain bop in which he corrupts the entire show as a last screw you all to the cast who has been nothing but inconsiderate of him

3.) ej gets a heartfelt ballad in which we can all begin to sympathize for him until it takes a sickening turn into a hot villain bop

4.) ej gets with ricky

563 notes - Posted September 7, 2022

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I posted 316 times in 2022

That's 316 more posts than 2021!

54 posts created (17%)

262 posts reblogged (83%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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@commander-krios

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I tagged 225 of my posts in 2022

Only 29% of my posts had no tags

#mass effect - 97 posts

#jeff joker moreau - 73 posts

#commander shepard - 31 posts

#my writing - 28 posts

#shoker - 27 posts

#holy shit this art is good - 25 posts

#mass effect fanfic - 22 posts

#this looks amazing - 18 posts

#fic recommendation - 17 posts

#between the end and the beginning - 16 posts

Longest Tag: 102 characters

#jumped off an office chair and my knee had a very short and passionate meeting with the table’s corner

My Top Posts in 2022:

Between the End and the Beginning - WIP snippet

slowly but steadily, this fic is coming along! Writing this is probably the only thing keeping me sane as I study for the last exam of my university career :D Here's a snippet from the 'Aftermath' chapter. Hope you like it!

It was a comforting sensation, the warmth of the blankets and the sight of the stars, and he embraced it, along with the sweet -if brief- thoughtlessness that came with it.

Outside the reinforced glass, millions of shimmering dots speckled the absolute blackness, their faint lights nowhere near enough to break through the dark emptiness of the cosmos. And so many light-years between each of them. Here among the stars, it was easy to feel lost and insignificant, a fading particle of dust against the endless expanse of time and space. All his life so far, and all the life he had yet to live, mattered next to nothing to the vastness of the universe. And why would it? His mere decades were less than droplets in an endless ocean compared to the eons and eons of a star’s lifetime.

Once, this thought would have scared the crap out of him. Tonight, however, Jeff found it oddly reassuring. The stars didn’t care about his struggles. They’d seen much worse and they were still there, eternal and unmovable.

He wished he had one ounce of their stoic indifference.

But no. Life rolled a 1 on mindfulness and gave me crippling anxiety instead.

He slid down the bed, turning on his right side to face the window, and readjusted the pillows and blankets until he was swaddled in them like a soft cocoon and the soothing heat almost reached his heart.

A few constellations seemed familiar - Is this Decoris? Nah, the relay’s on the wrong side - and he slipped a hand out of his bedspread wrapping to trace the pattern of stars on the cold glass.

If this is Farinata, that means we jumped from the Charon relay straight to Antaeus and we’re now in the Hades Gamma cluster. It made sense - the sector was crossed by the Anansi-Ishtar trading route, and its heavy mercantile traffic made it the ideal place for ships wishing to cover their traces. Even assuming his conclusions were right, though, the new information gave him no insight into where the Cerberus cruiser was taking him. It was still a pastime good as any to keep his mind occupied, at least.

He followed a few more paths, running the tip of his index finger on the smooth surface of the window to connect planets, stars, moons and relays.

Fortuna. Nephron. Enoch. Hydra.

With every line, every dot, his eyelids became heavier and recalling systems harder.

Micah. Illium. Omega.

He was already asleep before he could name Alchera.

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Can I prompt a little fic maybe, Shepard having a nightmare or flashback and being comforted by Joker? :D

Sure, prompts are always welcome! Anyway, this "little fic" turned into a 4.4k words story, hope you like it!here

Read it on Ao3

Read it on ff.net

Burns like a forest fire

The undergrowth was soft and damp under Shepard’s bare feet. The air was crisp and felt pleasantly chilly on her cheeks, and a gentle breeze carried around the scent of pines and dew-splashed grass.

She put one hand forward and let the sunlight paint a play of lights on her skin, casting shadows of the thousand branches, leaves, and bird nests separating her from the light blue sky above, shielding her from the galaxy and all her fights and obligations.

She couldn’t remember the last time she felt so relaxed: the quiet was so deep and serene, it saturated the atmosphere, soaked through her skin and bones and muscles. It reached the depths of her own soul and made her forget everything that wasn’t this, and now. Come to think of it… how did she end up there?

I suppose it doesn’t matter all too much; she muttered to herself. I’d better enjoy the peace and quiet while it lasts.

She could hear the gurgling sound of water flowing in the distance- a stream, perhaps? Or maybe a small waterfall? Curious, she decided to investigate: was there a more perfect place than a forest creek to sit down in the shade and enjoy the nice weather? The murmur seemed to come from her left, so that’s where she headed.

She walked for a few minutes, or maybe longer- she had no way to tell without her omnitool. Did I forget to wear it when I got out of bed this morning? This wasn’t like her but then again, she’d been under an immense amount of pressure lately and she was still human after all.

Step by step, as she got closer to its source, the noise grew louder masking the chirping above and the buzzing of insects below her…

Until it suddenly stopped.

Even the bird had ceased singing, and the wind blew through the fronds without making a sound.

What is happening?

Did she go deaf all of a sudden? Maybe her cybernetics were malfunctioning- I should ask Chakwas or Miranda to take a look at them.

She took a step forward, and the crunching of dead leaves under her feet broke the silence.

This is strange.

At least her ears were still working.

A shiver ran down the back of her neck all the way to her fingertips, making the fine hair over her arms raise to attention. She looked up to study the thick curtain of clouds obscuring the sun, dark gray spots looming above her through the trees.

How is that possible? It was sunny up a few moments ago…

Something else felt off about her surroundings, and it wasn’t just the unnatural silence. Had the canopy of threes been that autumnal reddish-brown hue all along? She seemed to recall vibrant shades of green coloring the branches and flowers littering the verdant grass under her feet. Now a carpet of moss and fallen foliage gave way under her feet.

A few white specks started littering her vision, falling slowly to the ground from above, a few of them finding their resting place in her hair. Was that… snow?

I need to get away from here.

Shepard quickened her pace, despite having no idea of where she was going - she supposed moving in any direction at all was better than spending another minute in that unpredictable forest. She stumbled over a sharp rock and hissed in pain- why was she barefoot in the woods, anyway?

It wasn’t completely silent anymore, she realized. The pounding of her heartbeat and the creaking of the dead twigs snapping at each step almost covered the distant sound of…

Voices?

“Is somebody here? Can you hear me?”

Shepard was running now, but the whispers were all around her. They echoed beyond the leafless trees, reaching up to the sky above the bare branches that were waving towards the dark clouds like thousands of arms desperately begging for salvation.

Whoever they were, they were coming closer. And, she realized with horror, they were calling her name.

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Fics masterlist

You can find me on Ao3 as tittyFish (yeah, I know, my username is awesome), or on ff.net as StargazerKyra.

I hope you enjoy reading my fics as much as I loved writing them!

Space monkeys and space trees

One of Hackett's errands has Shepard climbing up a tree to go after a pyjack. set during ME1.

read on tumblr | Ao3 | ff.net

Of fish and fireplaces

In which Shepard is a terrible fish owner, EDI is a snitch, and Joker can't deal with compliments. Set during ME3.

read on tumblr | Ao3 | ff.net

Doctor's orders

Joker has a string of bad luck that lands him in the med bay. Luckily, Doctor Chakwas is there to take on her unofficial ship mom role. Set during ME3.

read on | Ao3 | ff.net

Burns like a forest fire

During the events of ME3, Shepard is plagued by nightmares. After a particularly horrific one, Joker tries to comfort her, but the Commander's walls are hard to tear down. Set during ME3.

read on tumblr | Ao3 | ff.net

Thunderstruck

A cabin in the woods, a warm couch, cuddles, a fluffy dog, and no Reapers in sight: Shepard and Joker’s post war happily ever after is looking as relaxing as ever. Until natural forces add to the mix, that is.

Read on tumblr | Ao3

…and a drink with two umbrellas

The last time Alexandra Shepard and Joker tried to have a fun, relaxing night out, they were almost killed by her evil clone. They deserve a proper dinner date to make up for that fiasco. Hopefully, this time it'll be a less eventful one. Written for the ShepardSummer2022 exchange.

Read on Ao3

Between the end and the beginning

It was supposed to be a simple patrol run, but life is never that simple. Death, unfortunately, often is. After Alchera, Joker knows it all too well. But sometimes, death is not the end and life gets a second chance. Follow Joker as he deals with the consequences of the Collectors attack on the Normandy SR1, and eventually finds a new beginning.

Chapter 1: Mayday. An unknown enemy takes down the SR1, and Commander Angela Shepard with it. Read on Ao3

Chapter 2: Choices. Dr Chakwas receives an unexpected visit, and an alarming phone call. Read on Ao3

Chapter 3: Aftermath. As they deal with the consequences of the previous night events, Chakwas makes Joker an offer he can't refuse. Read on Ao3

Chapter 4: Roots. After joining Cerberus, Joker spends some time with his family. Read on Ao3

Chapter 5: Steps. Frustration and doubts pile up as Joker goes through the intense medical treatment Cerberus has planned for him. Doctor Chakwas is determined to show him her support. Read on Ao3

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

15 notes - Posted May 11, 2022

Hello everyone!

I’ve been rather silent for the past month or so- to make a long story short, October started with a new job as a teacher, went on with a close encounter of the awful kind with Covid, and ended with me being accepted into a PhD program.

But I’m back, and with news: after months of work, I’m proud to announce I’m finally publishing my first multi-chapter fic ever, Between The End And The Beginning.

I posted snippets, I’ve raved about it… and now it’s finally here, so enjoy the read!

A special thanks to my muses @painterofhorizons and @commander-krios (who also did an amazing work as a beta reader), and to @spaced0lphin cause of course this fic will eventually evolve into pure Shoker, and the HatBoy mod has provided the best inspiration for it.

18 notes - Posted October 31, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

This post is for anyone participating in the ShepardSummer2022 exchange.

Since the organizer hasn’t been able to keep up with the exchange, I’m taking over the gift reveal process.

Unfortunately, I don’t have access to the list of participants and matches- if you’re participating (either as a giftee/gifter or as a treat creator), please fill this form so that I can begin the gift reveal process as soon as possible.

Also, it’d greatly help if you could share this post so that it can reach as many exchange participants as possible!

Thank you!

https://forms.gle/Cn627NzgyRV7CWQ26

19 notes - Posted September 28, 2022

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