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I AM SUMMONING SUMMER

@mothnem

Muppet Treasure Island is the best
Obi-Wan Kenobi, exhausted, holding two crying babies: okay, so I can’t raise these, because fuck, there’s two of them and I already fucked up raising one (1) Skywalker and am not prepared to try again-
Bail Organa: did someone say Free Daughter??
Bail Organa: Don’t :) mind :) if :) I :) do :)

As someone who both enjoys sci fi books and tinkers with computers as a hobby,

I have no goddamn Idea why people think replacing a human with a computer in descision making is a good idea.

I would not trust any computer that can't heaved out of a window.

Computers can seem both scarily smart and incredibly stupid. I would know. Whenever I write a program I feel like I'm casting some kind of occult spell or bargaining with a demon using a language neither of us are familiar with.

Anyone who says computers can solve all of the world's problems has either never had to program or code, or they're a conman.

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That seems to be a reoccurring theme.

People that don't work with Technology: My whole house is a Smart house! I can connect to the internet anywhere in it!

People that Code or Program or both: I keep an older computer and if it blinks it's going out the window.

“The Toa of Ice had never been much interested in competitive sports like kolhii, or in wagering on the outcome… Nor did he like hypothetical questions like ‘If Tahu and Kopaka fought, who would win?’”  (BIONICLE Legends 8: Downfall)

…which means some actually debated this question.

Matoran confirmed for fanboys.

Takua never seemed to understand how these discussions were supposed to work…

Hewkii: So, who would win?

Takua: Toa Gali.

Hewkii: No, in a hypothetical fight between Tahu and Kopaka, who would win?

Takua: Gali. She wins all of Tahu and Kopaka’s fights.

Hewkii: Gali’s not in this fight! She’s not there!

Takua: Well, that’s okay, I’m sure someone will go and get her before things get too out of hand.

Hewkii: She’s not coming. It’s just Tahu and-

Takua: Why not?! Is she okay??

Hewkii:  (sigh) She’s fine, but if Tahu and Kopaka were fighting and Gali had better things to do, who would win?

Takua: Oh, that’s easy. Onua!

Excuse you, Takua understands these debates perfectly

Fair point, fair point.

Come to think of it, Takua may have been the only Matoran who actually knew about Toa Nuva fights. He might have told others, but nobody believed him because they all thought the Toa were wise and noble beings who upheld the three virtues at all times and such talk was either a great joke or serious blasphemy. 

Actually, the Ta-Matoran might believe him, but they’d still shush him because nobody in Ta-Koro really wanted to acknowledge that their guardian was a giant pyromaniac toddler who wanted to fight everything with fire.

I wheezed so hard reading this. Oh my god. 100% correct. 

I imagine at some point Toa Hewkii sidles up to Takanuva and and quietly admits that he was right. Gali does win all of Kopaka and Tahu’s fight. 

Takanuva’s got a smug look on his avohkii for WEEKS after that. 

Ok so you guys know how the gem on the "prize" pottery shard doesn't look like any gem found in the game? How it's not the same shape as the diamonds or emeralds or amethyst you find?

And you know how abandoned mineshafts still have all the ores in the walls? Even diamond is still there. Sure, there's some in the chests, but there's just as much exposed and mined right past. If these people were ignoring what any player would consider top tier loot, what the hell were they digging for?

What if there's a connection?

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Here’s an oldie but a goodie: (please note, for best recommended results, try at liberal arts institutions known for being fans of theater)

As seniors, my friends and I greeted freshmen students (no one asked us to). One of us held a clip board and pen. One held a tailor’s measuring tape. And one had a sharpie and a small stack of “Hello my name is _______” name tags. Here’s how the prank goes.

1) Cheerfully greet each student as if you’re an official greeting team of some sort. Clip board holder says “Friend, let’s get you a name tag”

2) Measuring tape holder proceeds forward, holding out tape-measures something random about the person (something where you don’t actually need to be up close and personal, like the length of their shin from 2 feet away, or I suppose you could try asking “please may I measure your wrist” or some such). Measuring person calls out a number. Possibly two.

3) Clip board person studiously records the number on a chart. Nods gravely/excitedly/smoothly/suspiciously/enthusiastically/whatever at Name tag person.

4) Name tag person writes down something utterly totally random in the tag blank. Like “peanut butter” or “ aerodynamic jellyfish”. With great ceremony, tag person hands tag to new student. All prankers bow, or offer waves, while saying “Pleased to meet you (name tag name), welcome to college! We hope you have a great year!” And walk away in whatever style suits you best.

Done correctly, this can happen so fast and flawlessly that parents, new students and onlookers will all be awed and confused by the time you’re out of earshot and if they see you later, will simply go “hey, it’s the welcoming committee!” and laugh. And it’s so much fun.

I’m obsessed with the idea of doing this but ONE person just gets named Steve.

If their actual name is literally anything other than Steve, it’ll still be funny and everyone will wonder why this one person got a regular name on their nametag while everyone else is labeled as Jubilation or Injket-1098 or whatever.

If their actual name is really Steve, they will spend the rest of their life wondering how the hell you knew that by measuring the length of their pinkie.

You. You get it. Carry on.

people misunderstand what ‘gifted kid’ actually means but it’s ok it’s fine it’s cool it’s good

it’s not about actually being gifted, it’s about an initial higher scoring on standardized testing that means little to nothing or being good at learning in the way elementary and middle school wants you to, so you get marked as ‘advanced’. in reality, maybe you had faster development in certain areas, but the issue with being a gifted kid isn’t that “everyone told me I was so cool and special for reading and then I actually wasn’t :(” it’s “I wasn’t properly taught to handle things not coming easily to me, but the adults around me were counting on me not being a ‘difficult’ child in school.”

people who use it as some weird bragging method or interpret it that way are ignoring the way a lot of school systems force certain roles on students to simplify the learning process. If your kid doesn’t need to take notes to understand a science concept bc they get it naturally, well that’s good, but now you’re not teaching them how to take notes and they’re not learning that important soft skill. but because ‘gifted’ kids are easy and don’t show that they’re falling behind in learning in other categories that are harder to quantify, they eventually fall behind after that catches up to them. It’s about the failures of a one size fits all school system trying to compensate in the worst way possible.

And also the thing where ‘gifted’ kids are super likely to also be neuroatypical, which they don’t get screened for because they appear to be doing well in school. Or “You can’t be ADHD/autistic/etc, because you’re doing so well in school!”. Or being shamed for developing mental health issues/generally not being able to keep up with school work later, because you USED TO BE able to do it just fine.

Or the assumption that just because you can read well or you like math class, you’re somehow more EMOTIONALLY mature than your little kid brain is actually capable of being.

Or gifted kids whose parents and teachers put immense pressure on them to Do Great Things and Save The World and you’re like. “I’m 10 and I have no idea how to do that, but everyone is saying that’s my job?”.

This is the best “gifted kid” post out there. I never took notes until college because I didn’t have to, snd when it got challenging I had to literally teach myself note taking at age 18. It also fucks with your perception of asking for help - you’re advanced, you’re competent, you should be able to understand every topic easily. Asking for help/going to office hours/asking for a tutor feels like failing when you were praised in your early years for not needing to do that.

"In the DSMP Techno is Phil's son!"

WRONG!

Docm77 and Tango are his parents! Techno inherited his love of Doomsday devices from Doc and Ravagers from Tango.

Maybe some of the other Hermits too.

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qhkjqshqskj SOMEHOW IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE

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He was born in a lab explosion. Grian touched some redstone and BOOM! Now Doc and Tango are parents.

Oooooohhhhhh this is making the brain go brr. Gosh dang it.

- Techno "inherits" a lot of things from a lot of hermits because they all take turns babysitting him when needed and checking up to make sure Doc and Tango feed him (and eat, themselves) while they're deep in their different projects

- Techno only has one life because of his lab experiment status which is why he's very cautious

- Doc and Tango do not have only one life each and they're not restricted to three

- Doc and Tango died in the lab explosion that created Techno, which was caused by Grian, and I'm not saying Grian was the orphan that killed Techno's parents, but Grian was the orphan that killed Techno's parents.

- (this especially works since even in lore it felt like a playful, joking animosity rather than an actual enmity which is exactly how Techno would feel towards a mischievous pesky bird who enjoys causing chaos)

- (Tommy doesn't remind Techno of Grian at all, no sir, nope.)

- Baby Techno used to play in the levels of Decked Out while Tango worked. Tango swore even the testiest of his ravagers (who'd killed him multiple times) wouldn't touch his son, no matter what Techno did to irritate them.

- When he got older, Doc started teaching him about Doomsday machines, instilling a love of the hiss of dynamite and the sizzle of redstone. He learned anarchy at the Goatfather's knee and how to stand out from the madding crowd.

- He learned about Withers under Etho's guidance, and how to dance with the death skeletons

- Zedaph helped him dye his hair for the first time. Not pink, that color was always natural (as natural as his birth) but blonde first (Zed had an extra bottle on hand from covering up his own mad-scientist-white hair) and later green. One color each to match one father.

- Stress and Cleo took over his more regular education, teaching him literature and history and art until he far surpassed them. One weekend or another was always spent hanging out with the women who taught him as much about fighting as they did about the classics.

- False (Queen of Heads, Hearts, and Body Parts) was a frequent sparring partner, the big sister always willing to push him around a bit and make sure his skills never got rusty.

- and sometimes when Wilbur gets a manic gleam in his eye Techno can see the curve of a goat horn over one of his ear or see the flick of a white lab coat

-And sometimes when Phil takes him flying he remembers bright red wings and a sinister giggle

- Sometimes Ranboo's rambling will remind him of Mumbo and sometimes Niki's giggle will remind him of Stress.

- And sometimes Fundy reminds him of False and Tubbo of Scar, sometimes Tommy snorts while he laughs and it's Poppa K all over again. Sometimes he reminds himself of XB, perfectly willing to be drug into things but unwilling to stretch out of his comfort zone himself.

- And, and, and---

Anyway, Techno being raised by the hermits.

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And also, when Techno first saw Schlatt, he saw a pale madden Ren flickering over his visage.

Also, for cuteness, I like quadrupedal Doc, like a Centaur kinda, so when Techno was fussy as a baby, the only way to get him to fall asleep was for Doc to stick him in a saddlebag and go for a walk. Baby was out like a light.

AU where Maul doesn’t get sent to a trash planet and recovers his sanity much faster so by the time Anakin is twelve he and Obi-Wan have Maul periodically popping up while they’re on missions and trying to kill them.

at one point he actually manages to sneak into the temple, but because it’s a centuries old structure that’s been continuously added to for almost as long as it’s been around, it’s completely impossible to navigate without a map, so he ends up lost inside the temple for weeks. by the time he finds Obi-Wan some poor master has mistaken him for a lost shadow who just got home after years and years and has fed him and bathed him and clothed him in jedi tunics

It turns out that Obi-Wan isn’t even IN the temple, so Maul decides to continue his cover as a jedi until he gets back. By the time Obi-Wan does return, Maul has actually started enjoying his new life and doesn’t want to leave it, so when he runs into Obi-Wan in the hallway, he ignores him. Obi-Wan, who can’t believe that the man walking around in beige and bowing respectfully whenever someone greets him is Maul, decides that it must be a weird coincidence and decides to be perfectly polite and normal about it and then go cry in his room alone.

@avoid-avoidance said: Maul acts normal and and innocent and waits until he’s SURE he’s in a camera blindspot and no one else is looking, and then he gives Palpatine the BIGGEST shit-eating grin. So now Maul is inadvertently protecting Anakin because Palpatine has to switch priorities from grooming Anakin to killing Maul before he can spill any secrets, and Maul is more or less inflicting long-distance psychological torment on his former master just by existing and imagine Palpatine weaseling his way into the temple as an excuse to try and work his claws a little deeper into Anakin, and HE bumps into Maul in beige robes with all the respectful bowing and teeth that are showing signs of recovery from working for SithCo which Doesn’t Even Have Dental
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Plz..... This needs to end with Maul admitting he's a Sith to the Jedi Council only to be told they knew. The dialogue would be something like this I think?

Maul: I have deceived you all, I'm a Sith.

Yoda: Knew we did.

Plo Koon: But you were sick, lost, hurting, and without a home.

Yoda: But home you have now. Friends you have. Healing found you have. And lost you are no more.

Mace Windu: So tell me. Are you still a Sith? When you've abandoned all its principles and finally found light within you?

Maul:... No. I.... I'm not anymore.

Plo Koon: Thought so. Now, Knight Maul, we have a mission in the Alderaan system.....