Does the schrodinger's box experiment account for the fact that a cat in a box is most likely gonna yowl its lungs out
@precuresecretexchange Hi!! @sekaiichi-happy I was your exchange partner this year, and when I saw Laura on your list I couldn't resist! Hope you like her (and Kururun)!!
Quick update on the fic situation: I am still writing it and at this point I doubt I’ll abandon it, but I have been swamped by a lot of things these past weeks and am set to move into my college’s dorms this month so writing and uploading even the first chapter is a little bit of an uphill battle for me currently. I’m gonna try and squeeze in as much writing time as I can, but I’ve never written this much on my own motivation before so I’m not used to it. Definitely still going to write it though! ^^
Tldr: still working on it, but it’s gonna take a while :)
Anyways here’s an old red son sketch because I haven’t posted in a little bit
detective activities
the aquarium said you are NOTHING compared to an eel
the way she just picks her up and holds her in her fist.... webby is so baby sized
THIS SMILE
This scene illustrates something I think is really important and overlooked about Zoro and Nami’s relationship. And to be clear, I’m not talking a romantic relationship, just a relationship between two people.
I’ve mentioned before how Zoro and Nami carry the emotional balance of the crew, how when one of them is worried or freaking out the other will be calm, and vice versa. Zoro and Nami are characters that carry a lot of authority on the crew. Hardly anybody will outright refuse to do what one of them says when they bother to use that authority, and they both seem to be aware of each other’s role without having to discuss it.
Zoro feels the weight of responsibility more than anyone else on the crew, and I think he wants to reassure people that he can handle that responsibility by being strong and reliable. And to him, that means acting reserved and stoic. Zoro is, ultimately, a shy and awkward guy who doesn’t know how to express his feelings.
But Nami is the other person who carries that weight, and this is how Zoro reacts to Nami when he thinks the two of them are completely alone. He has this open, sunny, trusting smile. He, with all his pride, can be honest and a little embarrassed about getting lost. He doesn’t feel the need to act tough around her because he knows Nami understands something about him that nobody else on the crew does.
As the main two characters who manage Luffy, of course a lot of Zoro and Nami’s relationship hinges on their respective relationships with Luffy. But they also have their own relationship with each other and that’s one of my favorite dynamics in the series.
Also Oda, let our boy smile like this again, please. He deserves it. WE deserve it.
“we need more morally grey female characters” “we need fucked up & complicated gay characters ”
You couldn’t even handle HER
can someone who knows about you/thou divide in shakespeare help me out bc I just skimmed through all of horatio and hamlet’s interactions to find that hamlet consistently refers to horatio as “you” in act one, but starting with his very heartfelt speech in act 3 scene 2 praising horatio, he consistently uses “thou” until the end of the play (which does, sadly, imply that “o, I could tell you— but let it be.” is not actually directed at horatio…) more interesting to me is that horatio only ever uses “you” to refer to hamlet until after hamlet has died, when we get “goodnight sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” does this have to do hamlet with hamlet being dead? or?? what are the general connotations of you/thou at this time (bc I know it has changed over time). why did the changes happen as they did or does literally none of this matter ?
OMG this is actually such a fun literary quirk of Early Modern English, and it adds a LOT of subtext to those interactions!
So, in Early Modern English (the dialect of the time period— it is NOT “old English”, that’s an earlier form of language so different from our current way of speaking you would not be able to interpret it) “you” is a FORMAL address, “thou” is INFORMAL.
Using the “formal you” is a sign of respect and deference, but also an indication of distance. It’s a way of being polite. So when Hamlet is is using the formal “you” in act one it is a politeness, but as the plot goes on he switches to thou to illustrate the depth of that relationship, as “thou” (the “informal you”) is the form of address used between people who are CLOSE with each other— family, good friends, lovers. It is clear that they are close enough for hamelt to address him that way, and the switch can also be viewed as an appeal to their closeness as Hortaio becomes further and further involved in hamlet’s plot.
Now Horatio’s side of this is actually the more interesting one.
You are absolutely right, hortaio uses the formal “you” the entire time hamlet is alive on stage. This is appropriate, given their differing statuses, hamelt is a prince, and using “you” formally is basically like calling someone “sir”. “You” is how you address your boss, people with high social standing than you, and just people you don’t know very well. It’s slightly at odds with hamlet’s very easy way of addressing Horatio, but as hamelt is the one with higher social standing it makes more sense for him to be the one pushing the informal address while horatio continues to speak semi formally.
The part that makes it so much more interesting though is the switch after hamlet’s death, because that really adds to a heartbreaking moment. Basically what that’s meant to tell the audience is that hortaio is mourning hamlet as a friend, and a person he was close with, not as a prince. It’s kinda a break in the more distant, appropriate way of speaking we’ve seen from this cautious scholarly character so far, he’s breaking down, and he’s lost his FRIEND, he’s just watched someone very important to him die, and the switch in formality emphasizes that. It’s no longer about hamlet’s social standing, it’s about what hamlet meant to him
people are always saying they want a texan but they're never ready for the enrichment necessary to keep one hale and healthy. where's your chainsaw? your local woods? your power tools? tell me what you're gonna do the first time this texan tells you they made plans for your whole weekend? a texan is a lifetime commitment, and they often live well past ten years after you adopt them. think before you purchase
fuck its got a gun
that's a common breed trait, and an important reason to make sure you get to know Texans' temperaments before you adopt. one of my favorite Texan breed traits is the saddle patterning- though it's common also in the Wyoming region. One can often tell the difference by the pitch and patterns of their vocalizations!
For those who want the sturdiness of a Texan without the energy demands, I recommend a Coloradoan
*sucks air in through my teeth* It's true that Coloradans will exercise themselves, but the necessary equipment can set a prospective adopter back quite a bit. Whether your Coloradan is the outdoorsy type (and will thus need at least $1000 USD spent on a bicycle yearly) or the more stay-at-home foodie variant (who will need specific imported foods and 150% of your counterspace's surface area in appliances), they do not come cheap.
What about Coloradans who are both outdoorsy AND foodie varianted?
Honestly if you don't own a ranch or at least a farm, I don't think it's possible to support one of those. It's sad, but sometimes it's best for these high-maintenance creatures to be sent to a farm upsate
I do not wish to be sent to a farm upsate.
Oddly specific. Got a deposit for 6,837 today
fuck it, i never ever do those “reblog for X, this one really works!” posts, but this one doesn’t have any of that BS, this is just straight up wishing us good things; and then the comment doesn’t even say any of that either. Zero claims on this post, all positive vibes
May you end this week feeling ever more certain of a future you’ll love
May you end this week feeling ever more certain of a future you’ll love