#hes a science man anyway

[robotleech]

magic

#yogscast #lalna #xephos #robotleechart #basically the context is lalna can do more than typical magic tricks #he can just manifest things out of thin air (to an extent) #bc of his magic training #and xephos has no idea about any of that really #hes a science man anyway #so i think it would be funny is all #this was both hell to work on and rlly fun #i miss making comics so a traditional one just had to manifiest itself i think

[wormboyfriendcentralstation]

heathcliff: i killed cathy...... im a horrible person in every timeline. my revenge killed her. my remorse literally broke through timelines.

catherine who got back at heathcliff by stealing a house to remodel into the Magic Cocaine Labyrinth after draining the financial assets of england's least tragically ill victorian man, making carmen contact her copyright lawyers by sealing her ambiguously dead body into a glass tank while her brain powers a building, and potentially hiring the Mueseumafia of Modern Art because if she pays them with cash she doesnt have to report her Green-Energy-Human-Tank Powered Hydrogen Bomb Basement Factory's earnings to the IRS or whatever the city uses: 'tis what you get for trying to boyfail without your girlboss, methinks 😇😇😇😇😇

#limbus company #limbus company spoilers #posted to the wrong blog lololol #anyways she's a science fiction villain who everyone treats like jesus. #''catherine is MISERABLE ALWAYS'' she was certainly going through it! #she was also literally coping through making terrors and horrors in her basement lab like dexter #and is this a result of heathcliff's self worth being like. bulldozed from every direction as he grew up? #yes. #they're both very fascinating characters but someone get that man away from that woman's blast radius #him: i'll get a good job. i'll internalize all of my abuse. i'll be Good Enough For Her #her: gonna grow some psychic damage nukes in my lab like rutabagas to harvest for the growing season. then i'll turn into a house!

[jtl-fics]

Fluent Freshman - Part 44

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The flight up to New York is a pleasant one.

The time in the airport itself had been less pleasant. Matt, as it turns out, is a firm believer in arriving with just enough time to check a bag, get through security, and get to the gate. He had claimed up, down, left, and right that he had it down to a science.

No matter how many times Smith had wondered about the scientific rigor of this 'science' he still kept it to himself. There was no need for Smith to voice his uncertainty with this plan because Kevin well and truly had it covered.

"You're giving us only an hour to check bags, get through security, and get to our gate?!" Kevin demands.

"Kevin, if you wanted to be there earlier then you could have asked Andrew to give yo a ride." Matt says. "We'll be fine."

"You know what Neil and Andrew get like when they have a long roadtrip ahead of them." Kevin argues.

"All lovey-dovey?" Nicky asks as Aaron makes a gagging sound.

"No, well yes, but no they always stop and buy all of the worst food too." Kevin reminds. "I'm just concerned about us missing our flight! We have barely enough time!" Kevin huffs crossing his arms.

"You're wrong anyways." Aaron says idly as he continues to text with Katelyn.

"How am I wrong?!" Kevin demands.

"We also have to park within that hour that Matt has left us with." Aaron says looking up from his phone.

"Matt!" Kevin squawks.

"It'll be fine." Matt reassures for the 2nd time.

"We all have checked bags!" Kevin exclaims, "What if we miss our flight?!" he wails.

"It'll be fine!" Matt repeats.

"No it won't!" Kevin exclaims.

---

It was fine.

The only real delays they met were at security.

Smith prided himself on being efficient in the security line. He has his watch off, his phone and ID secured in a zipped jacket pocket, his backpack and electronics in separate trays, and his shoes ready to be slipped off.

So he was shamed to have been the cause of the first delay when the TSA agent wouldn't wave Smith through the metal detector since she didn't realize he was there. That had been a whole anxiety attack and a half as the line had formed up behind him all wondering what the hold-up was.

Finally she seemed to startle as she realized that Smith had been standing there waiting and waved him through.

The other delay was that Kevin got patted down after he had forgotten to empty his 'emergency' water bottle.

It was probably for the best that they didn't have to be in the airport for that long. Every announcement that it was very important to not leave your bag unattended made him worry that with every blink somehow someone had slipped a bomb into his backpack.

While it was on his back.

As he was running with the rest of his friends to their gate.

"It just had to be the gate on the other end of the terminal." Aaron huffs.

"It would have been 100% perfect if someone hadn't left their water bottle in their bag despite the, let me check, 3,820 signs that said remove all liquids from your carry-ons!" Matt says as they continues to run.

"I said I forgot!" Kevin yells back from his spot at the front of the pack. Smith was under the distinct impression that Kevin was keeping pace with them since he had seen the Striker move much faster on the court and during warm-ups.

"We could have forgiven that!" Nicky pants, "Why did you have to slam the whole thing to prove that it was 'just water'?" he asks.

"Because I wanted to prove I wasn't a national security threat!" Kevin says. "I'll be going to the Olympics in a couple years and I can't have that on my record." he continues as he rounds a corner.

"What record?!" Smith asks suddenly worried that there was a record.

"Smithy, there's no record Kevin's just an idiot. An idiot who got patted down, tested for explosives, and had his carry-on searched." Nicky huffs.

"You don't know that there's not a record! The record everything nowadays!" Kevin huffs and their gate is in sight.

"Kevin, just shut up!" Aaron exclaims as they reach the line for their flight.

"Wait why aren't any of you getting shitty with Smiths?!" Kevin asks.

"His delay was like a minute and more importantly NOT HIS FAULT!" Nicky defends.

"He should have just walked through!" Kevin argues.

"Oh it's fine if he gets a record but not you?!" Aaron asks.

"So there is a record?!" Smith asks again.

They reach the line and the largely empty area around their gate is more than enough evidence that this was the final boarding. Smith breathed a sigh of relief as he took his place in line behind Nicky.

"The lines pretty slow, I'm going to go get a water." Kevin says and before any of them can say anything he is off towards a busy looking Newsweek store.

"I cannot believe him." Aaron huffs.

"All that water he just drank and is about to drink? He has lost window seat privileges." Matt pants wiping sweat from his brow.

"Agreed." Nicky says.

Smith laughed between panting breaths. His stomach hurt a bit from the stress of running but it was fine.

They get on the plane without Kevin and head to their seats. Most of the overhead storage is taken up at this point but Smith slides his bag under the middle seat in front of him after Matt

In the end, Kevin barely made it onto the plane in time since he got caught up in deciding on water. "You're in my seat." Kevin says as the only man not yet seated.

"I am not about to spend this flight getting up every 2 minutes because you have to pee." Matt says, "Abby didn't used to need to take all those pitstops when we're on the bus." Matt adds.

"I hate the aisle, the cart could hit my legs." Kevin argues.

"Then you can sit in the middle if Smith's willing to move." Matt says.

"You can have the middle Kevin." Smith offers actually preferring the aisle seat since then he doesn't have to ask anyone to move for him.

"I hate the middle seat, there is no room." Kevin crosses his arms.

"Smith is like only 3 inches shorter than you and he's not complaining." Matt continues.

"It's an important 3 inches."

"I bet it is."

"Nicky, are you serious?"

"What?!"

"There is an uninvolved member of the public, right there."

"He's wearing headphones it's fine!"

---

It's fine.

Eventually Kevin takes the middle seat if for no other reason than Matt stubbornly pretends to go to sleep but absolutely does not want the aisle seat either.

Smith gives it up and ends up with his own preferred seat while Kevin pointedly takes both of the arm rests, as is his right. The plane ride progresses smoothly from there. Smith has always liked flying. There is always a sense that the second that he gets onto the plane and the door closes he has absolutely zero control over what happens afterwards.

That is a nice comfort.

He pays attention to the safety briefing, finds his nearest exit, and that he should secure the bag over his own face before securing it on Kevin's.

He puts his headphones on and tries not to think about the anxiety of meeting the 'girls'.

He has heard much about the 'girls'.

Allison Reynolds. Allison was someone who's legacy existed even outside of the team. Smith didn't know much about fashion but a Reynolds bet remained a solid practice within Palmetto. She was, undeniably, absolutely gorgeous and if Kevin was to be believed 'kind of a bitch'. Nicky had swatted his arm but had said that it was not entirely inaccurate but like 'in the best way'.

Dan Wilds. He met Dan. Dan was nice. Also, if Matt was to be believed, the best human to ever walk the planet earth. The reason the sun rose in the east and set in the west. The gravitational pull that held the universe together. If Andrew is to be believed, she's fine.

Renee Walker. Renee was the one who taught Andrew how to use knives. His friend has talked warmly of her, in the way that Andrew talks warmly about anyone which is mentioning them at all. She was the one that Smith was the most anxious about meeting.

Kevin turns his nose up at the ginger ale that Smith gets but he's allowed these now per his actual doctors orders.

1 hour left until arriving at JFK.

He hopes this ginger ale is enough to calm his stomach since he's still not allowed Pepto.

MASTERPOST FOR ALL PARTS OF FLUENT FRESHMAN AU

NEXT

#Fluent Freshman AU #Oh boy it feels nice to write this again #If I were to name this chapter something else it would be 'Smiths on a Plane' #MAN IT'S BEEN A MONTH #Moved #got my place painted #got new appliances because my old ones were older than me #Developed a life long hatred for whoever designed the barstools I bought from WayFair #It was not just what I needed #Anyway we're back #Smith's on a plane #About to meet the GIRLS #Kevin almost had to call Andreil to have them come back #There may have been some autographs given to the staff to be able to re-open the door for him. #He wanted mineral water and wanted to be selective on the minerals #I don't mean to write him like this but every time I write him he is like this #Matt is based on my sister in this regard with 'exact science' meanwhile I show up 4 hours early to a flight #Like no checked bag I'm TSA pre-checked #I have never missed a flight and I fear what i'd do if I did #Matt may be a bit of a Gomez for Dan but who can blame him #Next up Smith actually meets the girls #Fluent Freshman - 44 #AFTG #AFTG OC #AFTG AU #Palmetto State Foxes #AFTG Fic

[ef-1]

View Suspended II by Dutch artist Paul Veroude

View Suspended is an art installation by Paul Veroude in which a Mercedes F1 car was 'exploded' into 3,200 parts, each part suspended by string tethered to the ceiling of Mercedes-Benz World's F1 exhibition in Surrey, UK.

#i think about this everytime a driver says “something is wrong with the car” #.... where man melds into machine . like i know the cars have sensors.... but where do you start.... #f1 is the intersection of art and science #mind you!!! per paul the artist: this isnt even every part of the car. he couldnt fit all of it in 😵‍💫 #anyway on my car fucker shit #f1 #photography #art

[loveandthings11]

New Jeremy interview!!!

Oh I cannot wait for this play 😍

Jeremy Strong for Vogue, 2/15/24

Bonus:

#of course he does 🥰 #he's the best I cannot wait for this #but also 'a man forever breaking his own heart' UGH sobbing #I can still fix kendall #I like this interview but he is the only one who points out that literally this is the objective truth sooo why are we giving people room #to share 'opinions' on scientific facts sdkfhdkg #I do get that this takes place before people understood science but no excuses today #anyway I am so excited to consume every morsel and crumb of content about this play #jeremy strong #vogue #an enemy of the people #sam gold #amy herzog

[mechieonu]

but like maybe bill had a point if i saw a man that wasn't yet infected w The Horrors but was very clearly intending to run headlong into them I'd snatch him up and ruin him for anyone else too

#bill when F warns ford abt what happened to icarus and ford says 'SKILL ISSUE': i could make him worse #i just love his sheer Audacity to build a portal to learn the universe's secrets #without even considering that they very well couldn't be known to him or would drive him mad!!! #like WHAT ELSE DID YOU EXPECT in trying to make a portal to THE SOURCE OF WEIRDNESS AND ENTROPY #and ik these traits are exactly why bill picked him #but he really is the type of guy to gaze into the abyss and ask it twenty questions #'this is a man fully planning to fly too close to the sun For Science and who am I not to encourage him' <-bill‚ probably #anyways. i'm rewatching the recap episode where the giant swipes his car and he beams & readjusts his glasses. he's sooooooo babygirl #i love him #stanford pines #bill cipher #billford #gravity falls #and this isn't to blame ford for falling for bill's tricks #just in awe of his insane amount of hubris

[bewilderedbuck]

"Turns out we're a pretty good team, for two people who hate each other."

happy happy birthday to my dearest kay @thefabulousfab-3 !! 💗

#benvi #devi vishwakumar #ben gross #nhie #never have i ever #benvi moodboard #benvi edit #myedit #kay tag #2023 is the year i start making stuff for mutuals birthdays bc i love u all so much #anyways. kay was my first ever mutual on this blog when i rejoined tumblr in 2021 for never have i ever #n i am just So Glad we became friends n that i have her (and grace!) to yell about benvi and nhie with <3 our lil discord makes me so happy #(even if i ghost for weeks like ive been doing bc i have not been having many benvi thoughts lately but like #even when i do ghost n randomly pop back in its always with open arms u know) #fr tho i just. Love Kay So Much !!!!!!!! #mutuals #also. using this as a very subtle way to push the Ben Gross Is An Artist narrative even tho its literally already canon #he loves science n he loves drawing <3 we love a man who can do both

[ahdkshax]

went on a walk, sulked overlooking a river, then drew this. life is good

#galactic boss cyrus #pokemon bdsp #pokemon dppt #pokemon cyrus #jack rambles #pokemon #shitpost #pokemon shitpost #listen. this man is so autism #he gets ripped from reality then promptly infodumps. i think that is the silliest thing #science has to be his special interest ok? ok #anyways #tw gun image

[vulpinesaint]

excatholic will always be a better descriptor for me than agnostic or atheist cause it's not like i don't believe in god. that's not really a choice for me. my foundational perception of the world is built around a belief in god. so all that core stuff is still there. religious leaning of 'excatholic' meaning that to me the foundational facts of the catholic tradition are true, that god is real to me and so are sins and saints, but that i am consciously choosing to be contrary to all the practices of the religion because i think they are bad 👍 'excatholic' cause i think it's all real! i have just chosen to go to hell about it 🫡

#not evolution and all that stuff like that. my mommy taught me that science and religion can coexist #but like. god exists and he thinks that these things are sinful and he will punish you in specific ways. #yeah sure man. absolutely. in the way that i experience the world god is absolutely significant enough to be real to me. #it's just that i am actively going against the mandates of the religion dkfgjhs #so. like. i'm not practicing the religion. #but it does make me religious? #and in actively going against the practices of the religion it's like. kind of practicing them in absentia? #actively sinning and registering that as a sin... hey. still upholding the thought that it's a sin #ANYWAY. terrible. can't be a catholic cause i am not following a religion that has me respecting god. #but that catholicism is still There i'm just being terrible about it 😭 #hell world! one day i'll be able to express it concisely #valentine notes #catholic tag

[spiritshaydra]

I fucking love the dumpster fire that’s the Nemesis crew <3

#Tfp #GOD they’re so stupid #we got: theater kid and literature school dropout with rabies and an addiction to crack #The guy who thinks he’s Better Than You (He Is Not) #but has the vibe of ten sopping wet cats and a chicken stacked up on top of each other covered by a coat and wearing heels. #The guy who is Better Than You. But has points revoked because he’s definitely the kid who hissed at people in the hallway in high school. #The medic who probably doesn’t have a valid medical license and WILL blast Baby Got Back while putting you under for a major operation. #(Him and his assistant have the Most/Worst Girlypop Medbay Playlist KNOWN TO MAN.) #(Yes they sing along) #The medic’s nurse who’s also kind of a himbo that strikes up conversation at the water cooler. DO NOT SEPARATE THEM. #The STEM student who was let off his leash and given funding to fuel whatever’s the fucked up science experiment of the week. #This week’s special is Jurassic Park but the dinosaurs breathe fire now and can fly. #Spider bitch that’s never invited but shows up anyways. #The One (Mostly) Normal Guy

[eggy-the-boy]

Ok I feel like not enough of us are acknowledging Dylan wanting to major in Quantum physics!? Gay men in STEM.    

#the fact that everyone thinks he's dumb but he is smarter then I will ever be #well thats not saying much but still #anyway this is why I need more collage fics #also more headcanons I just don't know shit about science #I would actually fucking die for this man holy shit #dylan lenivy #The Quarry

[daryfromthefuture]

a little 40s doc dump because i need to post my art more often

#bttf #back to the future #doc brown #emmett brown #i just think he's neat #PLUS the comic design of him is so lame #literally 30s emmett with wrinkles and lighter hair #hasn't even changed the outfit #also drawing him is fun his hair is so nice #the first one is him at the trinity test & the second is like. some type of photo marty might have found of him #and the last one is just him in the lab doing science #bob gale really said “lets give doc the knowledge to handle radioactive materials BUT he has to go through hell for that” #anyway the story makes a lot. of sense tho and maybe i will make a post about that one day #for now enjoy my wonderful design of this man

[slocumjoe]

You ever think about Shaun and Danse interacting and cry a lil bit

#theodoor (renamed synth shaun) struggles w/ being a copy of a contentious evil man #and being used as bait #and being taken in by that mans father as a pity child. not what was wanted but there anyway #and feels urges to act a certain way even after gus gets his ideal programming outta there #and resents basically everything and everyone involved in his existence #because he isnt just a lure. hes a doll. hes a toy made by a cruel and heartless man. made to be exactly like him #and every time he feels any negative emotion he feels like Shaun won and got his clone #every time he feels positive emotion he feels like a puppet carrying out Shauns wishes to be the ideal child #and DANSE eventually comes to terms with his nature/himself in general and gets better. and as he slowly starts entering a relationship #with gus he starts noticing /hey this kid is going through something similar/ #/i suffered this but at least i was free to do as i wanted. teddy is a child & hes meant to be a specific child that he cannot possibly be/ #and danse notices that teddy is squeamish around science because he wants to distance himself from shaun #so he takes him under his wing. /you wanna see how a laser works?/ and gets him to see that science is not a force of evil #but a tool to be used. Shaun used it for his ego but Danse uses it to protect the others. Isa uses it to heal the wasteland. #Curie uses science to save people and heal their pain. he shows him /you know better. so you wont become him. you literally couldn’t./ #like. teddy has a lot of issues being put on the spot to be the missing boy come home. but not being that boy #and danse gets it. he had issues after building his existence on being a paladin and model soldier only to be the Enemy #he gets trying so hard and wanting so bad to be one thing or fully the other. not be in that awful middle ground where its all confusing #and danse figures out over time that the Institute made m797 but he - his choices and his experience - made Danse #and its the same for teddy. and the kid gets along better having someone who can closest understand what he feels #ss; alter #bc teddy is gus' kid so he goes in the tag

[woahajimes]

what i would look like if i thought abt the pool boy more than my actual prev relationship

#every once in a while its like wow he took care of me when drunk while being drunker himself #included me in teh group bc i hadnt seen any of them in 5 yrs #and then kissed meeeee #(this is all delirious btw) #pov we have matching lip scars. his from when he pushed me in the pool w him and mine from when someone shashed our heads together (this is #the delire btw) #whats the word #deliriousness #delirio #alas #it was so nice like. hes cute social media cringe super science smart but idc it was meant to be just a pool thing #this was a pool party in ecuador btw that noboy knew was a pool party and it was in celebration of them winning the student council electio #we mutually confessed in 2018 on my LASt day of school before moving to canada #oh i was so down bad #whats with this summer and reminiscing my true loves (boys i liked when i was 12) #oh my #it was sooooo #like i dont even yearn anything from that just friend dynamics like in ecuador #aw man #anyways the grind must continue

[the-trans-dragon]

I'm not complaining exactly, but. Lol.

When reliable medical sources use the "assigned [sex] at birth" language...

I do appreciate it! When a medical article ignores transgender people, it lessens the credibility for me. If it says "This occurs more in women," I *know* what they are intending to convey, but theyre also telling me, "We studied cis people only." And as a trans person, I need my medical resources to account for my existence, y'know?

So when they say "More likely in people assigned female at birth," it's helpful! I now know that they know I exist, but...they're saying essentially the same thing, ei, "We studied cis people only (probably)."

I realize that there isn't better terminology for this stuff.

I have my own terms for these! And I am eagerly waiting for the medical community to figure out some terms too.

Currently I use "Estrogen-Dominant Hormone System" and "Testosterone-Dominwnt Hormone System." I came with those btw >:3 I'm rather proud of them!! You could also call it "Estrogen-Led Hormone System."

It isn't perfect, but it does ACTUALLY allow "cis women" and "trans people taking 'feminizing'* hormones" to exist in the same category, as opposed to saying "AFAB" and then trying to figure out how to handle any outliers taking 'masculinizing'* hormones.

*I don't really like this word to describe it. I'd personally call it "Estrogen-Dominant HRT" and "Testosterone-Dominant HRT." The latter might be a little redundant, but E-dominant HRTs vary widely, due to the option of using progesterone or androgen-blockers (and other meds that affect hormone levels); and simply calling it "Estrogen HRT" implies that it doesn't involve anything besides estrogen.

It STILL wouldn't INDICATE trans inclusivity, BUT. WHENEVER THEY GET AROUND TO INCLUDING TRANS PEOPLE it'll be very helpful.

It hopefully also accounts for intersex people (not perfectly; but it doesn't work perfectly for trans people; which is to say: it would function BEST as a stepping stone towards more comprehensive terminology).

Lastly, I think it would allow for some spectrums to be considered, rather than a strict binary. I think that, medically, it would be *infinitely* more valuable to consider "sex" in terms of "various hormones, in consideration of some 'normal' ranges and in consideration of the ratios comparing them with other hormones." Example:

ADHD meds and "females." ADHD meds have different efficacy throughout the monthly menstrual cycle. "Because of the way estrogen varies during the cycle." But I want *more* data.

Does estrogen alone change the efficacy?

Is it a combination of multiple hormones that fluctuate?

Is it because "Hormones A increased," or is it because "The Ratio of Hormones A to Hormone B increased?" Did the ratio increase? Maybe the other hormone experienced an even greater increase, causing the ratio to decrease.

I've tried to stitch together some sort of answer, but Im never satisfied with it. It's hard to integrate sources that use different ranges of normal, or that measure with a different unit, or that don't specify enough details to know how to combine it to another source.

I just want science to recognize trans people, and also recognize the actual complex science behind sex, rather than operating as if it's a simple binary with strict characteristics.

So I guess I AM complaining. But not about articles using AFAB/AMAB. I'm complaining about the unresolved limits, and exclusion of trans people.

#it sucks to feel betrayed by science. what if everyone had healthcare? that would be nice. 'oh but its the rich ppl who fund the research' #wrong. they dont get credit for funding it with money they stole from their employees. also they arent the ones who hurry to the lab at 4am #when the power flickers and they KNOW the water bath cycle is going to reset and someone needs to fix it. or like the janitors who keep the #labs clean. the people who service the venthoods. how many hours does a man have to spend mopping hallways before he is entitled to some of #the discoveries being made in the adjacent rooms? ugh anyways Goodnight i am going to BED #sorenhoots

[queer-reader-07]

do y’all have those things you do with your parents that are so routine that you forget that it’s not “normal”?

because for me it’s definitely that my dad and i email each other memes. and not in a “my dad is technologically inept” way, my dad has an engineering degree and has worked in tech for over 3 decades. no it’s more of a “he’s TOO technologically literate to not email me memes” way.

he only has facebook on his computer, so instead of figuring out how to get the memes to his phone to text them to me, he saves the images and emails them to me. and i love it but i do oftentimes forget that getting emails with shitpost memes from your father isn’t exactly normal

#and when i tell you he emails me memes i need you to understand that he is emailing me the most shitposty shitposts #with the exception of dog pictures he does email me dog pictures and silly dog memes too #but usually it’s nerdy ass shitposts because he knows me so well #and also that he too is a nerdy ass person and he thinks the memes are funny too #like i open my email and 8/10 it’s gonna be some joke abt ‘Muad’dib the Messiah aka Paul Atreides 16 Year Old Boy on Drugs’ #other 2 times out of 10 is a dog or a link to New Science Thing of the Week #because we’re nerds like that too #(he emailed me the Nobel Prize in Medicine’s press release only for me to tell him i’d read all the releases for the science prizes already #anyway #just some lore about my dad #he’s such a silly man sometimes #and i love him