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starrystasis:

I wonder a lot about other ppl’s lc lore. it is so open-ended and we are likely never getting answers to all of the questions about this universe. I am 99.8% talking about Masked by the way they are all I care about. what is everyone’s Masked (the species) lore. is the difference between tragedy/comedy important to you. do I talk about mine.

I generally come down on the side of the masks being biological in nature, though they definitely didn’t evolve to look like theatre masks on their own. I don’t know what their actual origin is and I’m content to leave it as a mystery. (Step into my parlour for several more paragraphs of miscellaneous headcanons! Under the cut to spare onlookers’ dashboards.)

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sameboot:

Was thinking abt that one interview and wondering why would ART be mbs energy source of choice vs just charging off of its own internal core? maybe its just more effective? Like Peri what did u do to SecUnit its got the zoomies now

self-winding:

Along with the “how do we stop young men turning into angry radical right-wing types” discourse there’s been a lot of discourse about the need for cishet male allies of the cause to stand up to their racist, sexist, homophobic etc. male friends and tell them to stop being those things, and other people saying “I’ve tried that and it doesn’t really work, they just call me a fag and then stop hanging out with me.”

And yeah, given that the left and right are more divided than ever it is kind of strange to assume that a male feminist is going to be hanging out with a bunch of sexist dudebros who will take it to heart when they make a rape joke and he says, “dudes…that was fucked up.” That’s not how it works.

(Also, yes, I realize that “the right” and “sexist dudebros” are not really the same thing but there’s an area of overlap that is specifically being focused on in a lot of this discourse.)

I’ve been in sort of the Mirror World version of that scenario: being in heavily left-wing spaces, hearing people say fucked up shit about men and being the one who says, “uh that’s kinda fucked up why would you say something like that?” and can confirm, yes, this kind of pushback does not work in that context. They just ridicule you and double down on whatever they were saying. Pushing out dissenting voices is a time-honored bonding ritual for these types of groups.

On the other hand, when I am alone with an actual friend, someone I care about who also cares about me, and they say something fucked up and I respond with shocked silence or a quiet “hey now,” they usually backpedal pretty quickly.

So I guess if you’re trying to stop someone from going down a rabbit hole my advice is not to confront them in a group setting or online where other people can witness the confrontation, especially if you are in a setting where most onlookers are likely to side with them. Talking to them alone, and in a less confrontational way, is what actually gets results.

sesiondemadrugada:

Julia Iredale.

pikaole:

Succulents/Mushrooms postcard set

mabsart:

[The Murderbot Diaries]

Last art of 2024–full pic of SecUnit (probably from Exit Strategy). Hats off to Martha Wells—I have never read a book series nearly as many times as I have with Murderbot.

inkandguns:

eebie:

guys don’t worry about ai anymore

Olivia is on it fellas nothing to worry about

needs-more-hugs:

louisegluckpdf:

hate when people are like “trust your gut! listen to your intuition!” like okay well my gut is telling me every person i lay eyes on is hunting me for sport and my intuition is saying i should find a secluded cave and live there forever so what do you suggest i do with that information

(Semi-serious answer to joke post incoming) If your gut is sending you endless “UNSAFE!” signals in a situation your logic brain knows is safe, then you trust it by kind of treating it like a conversation with a screaming parrot.

Like going “ok, Gut, what feels unsafe?” And it’ll say “PEOPLE IN THE GROCERY STORE”

and you go, “huh, ok. People in the grocery store aren’t usually dangerous…what makes them scary in the grocery store?” And it’ll go “LOUD AND RUSHED AND BUSY”

and you go “ok, people in the grocery store are probably not dangerous but they’re loud and rushed and busy. Loud and rushed and busy makes me feel stressed. How about we wear earplugs to make it less noisy and go at a less busy time of day?”

And then sometimes you try that and your gut goes “HMMM GROCERY STORE SAFER?” And you go, “yes, grocery store safer.”

Your gut isn’t necessarily correct that the SITUATION is unsafe but it’s usually right that your body/brain FEELS unsafe in the situation. You can trust it by approaching it with curiosity and usually learn something.

brofisting: