I love sci-fi stories where the reason why humanity hasn't encountered any aliens is a spooky one.
What if we're the first life of the universe. What if we're the last life of the universe. What if there's a whole intergalactic society but we're the control group. What if other intergalactic societies have reached such a perfect utopic state that due to lack of conflicts their art grew stale and boring so now they make sure not to contact some planets such as ours because they want to keep consuming our media. What if our galaxy is just an intergalactic zoo. What if a planet in our solar system is actually an egg and no one wants to be close when it hatches. What if they've been trying to contact us for years but a mysterious force around our planet keeps blocking all communication attempts. What if our planet was built as a prison for something/someone and no one is allowed to contact let alone rescue the life that sprung on that prison planet. What if no one dares to get close to our galaxy because the thing at its center is not a black hole. It looks like a black hole and acts like a black hole, but sometimes... it blinks
Couples receive “parent points”, which they can use to purchase their children. Most parents wait for a few thousand, but you chose to buy the cheaper, 100 point child.
Shane knows what it’s like to be a 100 point child. He knows how it feels to see potential parents–potential families–come through the facilities doors, faces bright with excitement. He knows how it feels to see them reading the little plaques on the nursery doors, scanning the lists there for the right bits of knowledge and etiquette and grace that they want their baby to have.
He knows how it feels to see their faces pinch outside the window before they hurry to the next room.
Shane grew up in a 100 point nursery. They had torn, ratty, books and no teachers, and when snack time came, the tray was pushed through a slat in the door. They were called “unruly” and “damaged” and “stupid.” A lot of the other kids threw tantrums and broke furniture (and sometimes other kids). A lot of the other kids went quiet after the first few years when they realized they’d never be adopted until they were old enough (or pretty enough) to be useful. A lot of the kids cried and didn’t stop until they got taken away or were aged out.
Shane’s grown up a lot since aging out. He put himself through school, got himself a job, shed his 100 points like the torn clothes he’d left the facility in. He’s powerful now, successful, and he’s grown out of the twisted nose, big ears, and gap-toothed smile that had made him one of the less attractive 100 point babies. Or maybe he’s grown into them. Who’s to say?
It’s taken him a long time to get enough Parent Points to do what he wants. Being a man is, for once, somewhat hindering as most of society equates “parental” with “maternal.” He’s lost count of how many social workers have politely hid expressions of surprise when he told them he wanted to adopt stag, that he’s willing to take the classes, get the grades, make the oaths to get even one Parent Point.
shane loves all his 100 point children more than anything else in the world
I legitimately just started crying. So beautiful, thank you for sharing this!!!!
One of my favorite prompt responses. I love the art that comes with it!
House is pregnant
good for him!!!!
it was a baby girl! what should he name her?
all VERY good suggestions!
- Survive for 10 Minutes with a Werewolf.
- In a Fight.
The plague doctor covering me in leeches
if I ever get 100k followers on here I feel like I’m legally obligated to buy tumblr shoelaces
uh oh
oh really? do tell
fuck
I’m on the phone with joe
Who's Joe?
some idiot whos about to get his shoelaces stolen
People are like “it’s so beautiful no clouds at all” it could use a little clouds if I had to be honest.
I have just found out that, like leopards, servals can also be born black.
Look at this beautiful baby
Melanistic Serval, Leptailurus serval ninjatus...
kermit is a butch and miss piggy is a femme and they are in lesbian love
Look at this picture and try and argue otherwise
sorry this is so real
the default way for things to taste is good. we know this because "tasty" means something tastes good. conversely, from the words "smelly" and "noisy" we can conclude that the default way for things to smell and sound is bad. interestingly there are no corresponding adjectives for the senses of sight and touch. the inescapable conclusion is that the most ordinary object possible is invisible and intangible, produces a hideous cacophony, smells terrible, but tastes delicious. and yet this description matches no object or phenomenon known to science or human experience. so what the fuck
this is what ancient greek philosophy is like
Okay the funniest thing about this is that everyone’s saying I’m taking away his space by putting things in the window
He has this entire one right next to it with a blankie and he uses it exclusively for people watching. He really only goes to the other window when he decides to be A Menace
Also his name is Banjo
He as a stroller
"dont die" is my favorite thing to tell people when they say theyre gonna go do something. going to the store? dont die. going to the bathroom? don't die. going to Mars? don't die. going to write an email? don't die. driving to the gas station? don't die. it fits every situation except for maybe a funeral visitation because then i think thatd be a little bit rude
Tumblr is giving us a lot of different dashes but the thing is no one wants "for you" so what I propose instead is you give me the ability to make mini-dashes with specific subsets of people I follow. Let me follow 300 people but then sort them into category. Let me have one dash for all my aesthetic stuff, another for news, another for my weird feral friends. Am I the only one who wants this? Maybe. Give it to me anyway.
This would absolutely revolutionize the way I use Tumblr. I would probably spend like 20% more time on Tumblr if I could follow a bunch of people I like but who I do not want on my "these are my friends and idols" dash.
i think that we as people need to get more pissed at nintendo for making nintendo online a subscription service like actually they should go fuck themselves for that
yeah what the fuck . i already paid fucking 60 bucks for splatoon can i just play it
I LITERALLY MADE THIS POST ABOUT SPLATOON i bought it months ago but when i realized i had to pay for online for multiplayer i was like. oh. okay. hasnt touched the game since
The best part is you aren't actually paying for anything. Nintendo doesn't have actual servers, all their multiplayer games run on peer-to-peer connection. It's not even covering server costs or anything, it's an empty charge.
