#just the ones to build structures

[ravenrambles6229]

I spent too long on these. They were meant to be small so they'd be easy to take to and from school. They are no longer small. I just finished this cave one. It's for my Cole-ection.

#im so out of like #normal legos #just the ones to build structures #but i love how these all came out #ninjago #ninjago masters of spinjitzu #lego #lego build #cole ninjago #jay ninjago #kai ninjago #lloyd ninjago #zane ninjago #nya ninjago

[why-the-heck-not]

2nd batch of sourdough! Lots better than the first, actually got some crumb structure this time (bc the starter is finally ready for bread)

#it's 70% hydration 20% starter and 16h bulk fermentation & 6h of proofing #I think I like the 70% hydration for now #it's still enough moisture to get that open structure but easy to work with #(hydration is the thing that makes the crumb structure open&tender so kind of the higher hydration dough u have the better the bread but th #problem with high-hydration dough is that it's real hard to work with so gotta build some skills before can move onto those #like some professionals even make 100% hydration doughs) #(the percentage is like how much water you have in comparison to the flour: 100% is like if u have 500g of flour you also have add 500g of #water or like 70%: 500g flour and 350g of water) #this is just a 250g of flour one tho bc I live alone and don't want waste/my freezer full of bread #idk if these interest anyone but idc it's my blog I'm going to be posting abt sourdough #should make up a tag for these #elvis bread #it's that one ^^ for now until (if) I can come up with a better one bc my starter is named Elvis #sourdough #april 2024 #2024

[beansterpie]

rewatching LoK, i'm being reminded how much I dislike the.... the brothers, mako and bolin, yanno? they're such underwhelming characters on basically every level. it'd almost be impressive if they weren't in every episode and didn't annoy me so much ugh

#bean talking into the void #also this show in general is very flawed lol #cool things about it but the choice to structure it more like a #prestige tv show #as in each season follows One Story #is... i wouldn't say it was a bad choice but i feel like you can see the growing pains #switching over from the episodic structure of ATLA #s1 while flawed is solid #it knows what it's trying to do even if it doesn't always stick the landing #season two feels like a season-long filler episode LMFAO #which is hilarious because a lot of world-building stuff happens #but tonally it's all over the place #serious political plots interspersed with the B Plot following Tenzin and his family #on vacation??? #so fucking random #but anyway back to roasting the brothers #i find bolin just annoying in general his brand of comedy totally doesn't work for me #but at least he has like #a personality that's consistent #mako is sooooooo blah #the writers have no idea what to do with him and he comes across as having a strikingly boring personality #with no defining traits other than being wishy washy (and a boot licker) #it FEELS like he was meant to remind viewers of Zuko #at least in appearance if nothing else #another broody pretty boy to latch onto #but he has literally nothing interesting to actually get invested in #sure he's got his tragic backstory and he's the 'older brother who took care of his younger brother after their parents died' boo hoo #but that's all just exposition and it's barely shown in a way that feels illustrative or emotional in any way that matters #(other than him comforting bolin in s1 after he KISSES THE GIRL HE KNEW BOLIN HAD A CRUSH ON lmfaoooooo) #(what a good big brother lmfao)

[burning-academia-if]

Hi! What are the powers of each ro? what makes them "special" and mc?

I won't give a super detailed explanation since Rhea already went into all of it in Chapter 1 but a quick recap: You're either born with magic or you aren't.

If you are, you're a magician. There's three types; Soul magicians (magic comes from intentions/morals/beliefs, considered the most powerful, magic can have harmful effects on their body), Heart magicians (magic comes from emotions, less powerful, magic can visibly be seen in use), and Luck magicians (have magic in their veins but can't use it, since they still have magic the world seems to like them and 'lucky' things happen to them, hence the term).

BA has a pretty soft magic system, so you can theoretically do w/e you want with magic with certain limits. Soul magicians can't use magic at all if it goes against their beliefs + it can hurt their bodies. Heart magicians magic is as powerful as the emotions they're currently feeling. Heart magicians are also the only ones compatible with Death Creatures (ghosts, wraiths, poltergeists, etc), although that's pretty rare and no one knows why. With all that said:

Soul Magicians: Rook and Rhea

Heart Magicians: Beck and Lars

Luck Magician: Zoe

Not a magician: ??? and MC

Beck and Lars are both special because their magic is compatible with Death, but they're still Heart Magicians and so their magic is seen as weaker. Rook's magic...isn't strong, and Rhea's magic is average. ??? isn't a magician and can't use magic at all. What MC can do is up to you since there are a few options. You can find a magic item to use (making you a mage), you can get into necromancy, or you can pick the terrible decision to make a deal with something to use magic (making you a warlock). You can also not do any of that and remain without magic/death abilities. Each decision has their own unique consequences.

It should also be noted Death and Magic are opposites of each other, so necromancy isn't considered magic in this world. If anything, it's just blasphemy lol

#em answers #BA: structure #BA: lore #tbh outside Lars and Beck's death skills no one here is special lol #and even then they're still Heart Magicians so their magic is still seen as weaker #Rook is just as fucking lost as MC is when it comes to all the wraith stuff asjkfals Zoe can't use magic at all #Rhea is well received because of her father and not her magic and ??? would have been just Some Guy(gn) if it wasn't for All That #this isn't an Extraordinary People story it's just #average people who were forced into Extraordinary(ly bad) circumstances #like yeah to MC they all probably seem that way because holy shit magic real??? #but in regards to magician society as a whole? yeah the ROs aren't noteworthy #anyway I didn't think I'd rant so much on this topic thanks for tuning in #every time I can touch on world building I just Keep Going asfkjla

[kicktwine]

the problem is I’m such a staunch believer in the slow buildup, the earnest enjoyment of meandering through terrible story decisions and weird nothing subplots to build up into a conclusion that explodes out from all that as fantastic storytelling and intrigue based on all that buildup, such that it makes it necessary to get through all that or you’re missing something essential, that I’m also a terrible person to talk to about what makes a story good. I can tell you plenty of what actually makes something tight and well-written and all that technical speak but how could anyone take my advice when I so so so love excruciatingly long unnecessarily complex fumbling and weird nonsense that spirals into, inexplicably, weird nonsense that makes you cry your lungs sore

#kipspeak #my point being everyone is too mean about post arr. sure f’lhammin did not have to be our problem but everything after that was like #meandering. Thinking. building. unnerving. they were cooking and i RESPECT their dubious food #i love homestuck and long audio dramas and dnd podcasts and indecipherable fancomics and lego ninjas and khux and im starting to love ffxiv #all incredibly long and made with passion and kinda weird and hard to get into #said with THE MOST affection in my heart #I could structure a kids show and I know how to write for tv but in my heart of hearts #I just want to write an impossibly long absurdity epic that is weird and a little bad and also makes you feel shrimp emotions #ALSO I feel 0% bad for not respecting ur theory or opinion if you haven’t played khux/dr/recoded I don’t feel bad about it at all I’m right #understand what’s going on in them and I’ll respect your theories. it’s like comics enjoyers but less chaotic #don’t let me get into comics. superheroes never really catch my interest but if you let me get into comics I’d explode #‘it gets really good’ is a genuine way to interest me #also don’t let me get into anime that do this. I already watched a thousand episodes of detective Conan— #maybe it’s a careful balance of weird and Good Storytelling Seeds. it has to have internal logic for one; and it has to have a structure #It has to be leading somewhere. and I want to see where it leads #we are GOING through the disney worlds. all of them. they are COOKING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fictionadventurer]

NaPoWriMo #11: A ovillejo

This wasn’t an official prompt, but I was looking up poetic forms and was so enchanted by the ovillejo that I had to try my hand at it.

Catechism

Who’s given rule o’er everything? The king!

Who offers prayers for most and least? The priest!

What’s offered up for all our vice? The sacrifice!

Not any mortal works suffice To cleanse the sin that man has done So we rely on God’s own Son The king, the priest, the sacrifice

#napowrimo 2024 #poetry #maybe a too-trite take on the subject #but i was getting distracted by this during prayer #and realized that god has an awful lot of titles #which is very useful for this structure #i would like to try it out for other subjects though #it's just such a fun little sing-songy structure and i'd like to see what one can do with it #i do like the official prompts by the way #i've been building up a couple ideas from previous days' prompts #but these shorter ones are coming together faster #i do want to get those other poems out before the prompts become too outdated though

[grinchwrapsupreme]

now that i'm actually Watching the witcher i'm beginning to really appreciate yennefer's character and especially the framing of her desire for a child because the first time i tried watching i thought it was your standard "i wish i was a mother i am a woman i have been robbed of the chance of being a mother 😔" but now it's really clear to me this is just another extension of her desire for power, like she doesn't want a child because she wants to nurture something and raise it with love, she wants a child because even with all the power she has it isn't enough and being a mother would give her absolute power over the life of that child

#plus of course the impact of that baby on the beach but primarily for her she just wants that power #whether she realizes it or not #'i want to be the most important thing in someone's life' ooough yes tell me more about how your hunger for power #has negatively interacted with your history of being powerless and abused both for your womanhood and your deformities #tell me more about how you rebelling against the structures built around you does not exempt you from desiring the opportunity #to be the one to build those structures for others #the witcher #yennefer of vengerberg #she is SUCH an interesting character #she's so fucked up

[whentherewerebicycles]

a bunch of people have already registered for my mentoring workshop! unfortunately this means i have to plan and host a workshop aaaaaa

#i want to think aloud through it on here at some point #but i think i am going to structure it around the theme of cultivating student autonomy #because i think one of the primary goals of mentorship is to prepare students to be self-directed learners who can set realistic goals + #evaluate their own progress + reflect on what they've learned and what they still don't know #+ take initiative without sitting around waiting for someone to tell them what to do next #so i think we will do some thinking around like #when we have a student we think of as really capable or driven what qualities and behaviors do we observe in that student #and maybe ill also share some of the research on intrinsic motivation + self-direction + locus of control #which i think is all really interesting esp in light of the contemporary College Mental Health Crisis concerns #and then we will look at a range of tools + structures + strategies that i think are useful for fostering student autonomy over time #and maybe leave them with some core principles/guiding values that i think are useful when you are trying to like #avoid jumping in and doing stuff for kids #or solving their problems for them #idk i need to think through specifics a bit more #but i feel like on this campus #people do a lot of 'workshops' that are really not interactive at all #it's just someone talking from slides #and i kind of want to show off my ability to structure more engaging workshops #but idk. gotta think about how to do it well #and how to build in lots of opportunities for like crowdsourcing strategies too

[the-casbah-way]

not to beat a dead horse but jesus christ can you just leave people alone in public bathrooms i just want to fucking piss girl i'm so tired of feeling anxious and trying to avoid using public bathrooms because of how fucking weird cis people are about it. i tried to go into the bathroom at work today (i have worked here for years) and this woman who has worked here for two weeks and doesn't know me laughed and tried to like. steer me in the direction of the men's toilet instead and was like "wrong way!" are you fucking kidding me fuck off

#i have worked in this building for years. i know where the fucking bathroom is #like i'm sorry but cis people just don't want me in any bathroom at this point. i can't fucking win #i'm not kidding you i didn't really think that people in real life would actually make a fuss over who is in the bathroom #but at uni specifically i have had A LOT of people in the womens bathroom awkwardly tell me “uh i think you're in the wrong bathroom haha” #they're not even doing it in an antagonistic way it's like they genuinely think i've walked into the wrong one #and it makes ME feel like a creep or like i've done something wrong #like you guys are the ones that insist i should be in this bathroom !!!! but then i go in there and get told i'm in the wrong one !!!! #it's one of the few things that never fails to make me feel anxious and sad because it's a fucking bathroom it shouldn't be a big deal #why am i being made to feel like i've done something wrong when i'm just trying to exist here like everyone else #and you know what. it doesn't matter how i identify right. because i've actually done nothing to intentionally masculanise my appearance #like the entire time i've been out. i had short hair before i came out and i dressed this way before i came out #i have not done anything to try and Look Like A Man or Look Cis. i just have masc bone structure NATURALLY #so for all you know i could just be a woman with short hair ????? and you're telling me i don't belong in here because of that ?? #like sure i'm NOT a woman with short hair but my point is you literally cannot tell the difference #so just leave people alone

[mlpoutofcontext]

#this post brought to you by my hearing impairment #she actually says 'most fun-tacular thing' not 'most fun calculation' #but even though it's wrong #the misheard version was funny enough to warrant a screenshot #so onto the blog it goes #sometimes a lie is easier to take #reminds me of something my sister didn't say #she was giving me a tour of her university #and when we reached the architecture building #she joked 'The architecture students worked pretty hard' #ie. the students were the ones who designed and built the structure #kinda funny #but she actually just said 'The architecture students *work* pretty hard' #present tense #not a joke at all #Letter to Celestia in the tags #season 5 #Hearthbreakers #also note the pumpkin in the corner of the Christmas Special #Pinkie Pie #mlp #my little pony #mlp fim #my little pony friendship is magic

[vulturetime]

I do understand why a fair number of books/shows/etc that deal with the intersection of “the real world” and some fantasy element end up including cops. Cause if you look at the structure of the society, who’s going to ideally come and check out complaints or take care of any serious crime that bleeds into the real world? cops (I don’t think this but it is the expectation of a lot of people where if you got a problem, call the cops).

So yeah, from that perspective, I “get it” but have creators considered 1. Not having copaganda if they gotta have cops at all 2. If you’re including cops cause that’d be “realistic” option, at least also make the behavior of cops realistic (this ties to the first point but whatever) 3. Don’t make corruption in the police force the result of some magic thing. I will kill you for this. 4. There are literally so many other more interesting options than cops. Please. Don’t give a shit about your local law enforcement.

#vt.talk #the only case in which I’ve kinda ‘liked’ the inclusion of a cop is the case where 1. they get thrown out immediately 2. the magic thing #that is in some way influencing corruption did not cause corruption. it is the structure of the system already at play that is the original #rot and whatever is ‘magic’ just takes advantage of that or feeds into it in some way #there’s like. two instances I can think of like this. the silt verses (tho I’m not caught up and the cop character is still far from a #favorite)—this one was cool cause there’s really horrid gods in here and the police force created its own god #so yea there’s the ‘magic’ influence but the corruption didn’t stem from it; it was already present in the structure #anyways I don’t like cops in fiction. if you want people to encounter the supernatural or magic there’s so many other people that would #any plumber electrician handyman could for instance. farmers. those people who like to visit abandoned buildings #parkour people. imagine they’re parkouring their way across the roofs and they see something. truck drivers. #the opportunities are endless and if people go with cops one more time. I will murder.

[helennorvilles]

trying to decide on what stem challenge i'll have the kids do tomorrow and i like the idea of them making marshmallow structures but god. it means going to the shops for supplies tonight or first thing tomorrow and both of those are bad options.

#last week i had them build paper bridges and that was awesome for lack of resource collecting bc i just used tape and unused worksheets #but i don't think they'd enjoy a stem challenge that's so bare necessities as that again #like they'd genuinely Really enjoy marshmallow structure construction i think #and if i buy two bags of marshmallows and they only use one then i have a nice bag of marshmallows to enjoy? #or to use to manipulate the children into being well behaved the rest of the day #my post tag

[scolopendrisims]

Should I join the Catholic Church near my house for fun? I mean it

#for the record: i will not be a bother. i genuinely would just attend like normal i am not trying to cause problems #and NO i am not actually religious whatsoever nor do i think theyd manage to make me #but i have a few reasons for this #one: my home situation is very stressful and i want somewhere to go and something to do thats not here #two: ive always been curious about Catholicism and learning about it #as a subject more than a faith i want to be in granted but its always seemed pretty cool to learn ant #abt*. three: GORGEOUS BUILDING???? i want to feel what its like to be in there... i want to know what it's like.... need some beauty #four: meeting local people would be nice #thats my main reasons. i think it would be a very interesting experience that would maybe add some needed structure to my life #u get me #even if im not exactly of the faith it seems like not a bad idea

[the-boy-branithar]

Literally why am I thinking up ideas for a Fallout: Stardew Valley mod?

#stardew valley #i dont even know how to mod! #but fr think about it #instead of mines there are vaults #the villagers are all ghouls #every now and then a glowing one resurrects them overnight #you build structures on the farm by like. levelling up relevant skills #youll get a ''you dont understand this'' if you try to build something at too low a level #you need a well because only underground water is uncontaminated #*wait on the topic of the villagers #maybe the vendors are all friendly #or maybe not idk #i just have been enjoying those ''stay on the farm'' challenges #and a lonely apocalypse mod would be fun to me

[vault81]

took a break from The Slog to work on my companion village at Egrets Tour Marina! (I built Danse a house here, even though he really should be living at Home Plate)

#fallout #fallout 4 #again not that great about building structures but im liking what I've got so far #prestons house is the 2 story on the right #cait's is on the left #in the far middle is nicks #pipers house is behind caits #still need to make one for maccready and strong #tbh though i may just make strong's as far away as possible since i dont like him #really needs some clutter inbetween all the houses to make it look more cohesive #and more boards on the floor to make it look lived in #curie isn't in a synth body yet so she doesn't need a home yet

[fortunaestalta]

#artists on tumblr #ai artwork #alternative #fantasy art #I was reviewing backfiles to trash and realized this one #when read like a comic #tells a story #“Another Midnight Rendezvous” #just for fun #rough renditions for #picture structure and build up