Mickad/The_zerg_rusher

I've been thinking about an AU where the Octarians manage to avert the energy crisis before it begins, and as a result, never interact with the surface. This change butterflies into a world where everything looks a little better, but when you look deeper, turns out it's worse overall.

Mainly, the domes themselves. They've got ample power, spurring innovation into new ideas, and quality of life has never been better. But they're still in the domes. The sun is fake. The moon doesn't have the same magic. The clouds repeat themselves, the temperature is the same, and there's never been a drop of rain outside of agricultural areas. They're living in a flawed simulation of life, content to remain in a state of mild acceptance because everything is good enough. Who cares if the circumstances never align in a way that stops those mysterious disappearances? There's surely no pattern or thought behind them.

I'm writing a prequel with this kinda idea. Where they solve it for a short time but power corrupts even as there is very little of it.

I can't think of an AU name sadly, can only think of puns with ded like "deddomes" or something.

Actually that might be for a "dedfish stays in the domes" AU.

what the hell even is a webp image. i dont care fuck why cant you play nice and just be a png. asshole image

open the image in a new tab, then search the URL until you find a section reading "format=webp". you can replace "webp" with "png" (or any other kind of file!) and reload. then it should save as your preferred file type!! my magic wisdom

do you ever not write for so long that you’re almost afraid to? like what if I’m dumb now

You just gotta unclog the pipe. Are you dumb now? No. The water was sitting stagnant because you were busy doing other things (100% fine btw). If any 'dumb' got in the water then it will quickly leave once you let the water start flowing again. Go get all the stupid out into a doc that doesn't matter. Even several of them. It might take a good while, especially if you're returning to writing after years or after a period of intense burnout, or both (waves). But you're just rusty, and letting that stop you will only ensure you stay stuck! Go forth and write some nonsense!

this applies to art as well btw

cave johnson is the shared sleep paralysis demon of every OSHA employee

Cave Johnson here with exciting news. Remember those OSHA employees that stay up all night thinking about me? Ya those ones. Well turns out their stress sweat is an excellent caffeine substitute. So I had some of the lab boys use it on some of our slower workers and they work so hard now that we got them off of the stuff in case they get too much work done.

Our local newspaper ran a story about the legendary graffiti artist who recently passed away and. Literally everything about it is fucking insane. I'm insane about it.

So this guy has been extremely active for around fifteen years, during which he spread these beautiful, high quality pieces all over the country, way over a thousand of his standard signature, and probably thousands more. He did completely batshit stuff like literally spray painting an entire train from top to bottom or leaving his signature at the top of a 600ft tall overpass and this whole time, only five people from his crew know who he really is. To everyone else it's a complete mystery.

And then he dies at the age of 35. A few weeks after his death, his crew shows up at his completely unassuming parents' doorstep, reveals who they are and asks if they can host a memorial exhibition of his art.

Turns out, this dude has been leading an insane double life. In the daytime he was a meek little office worker with a partially paralyzed arm and no social life to speak of. In the nighttime he was a fucking legend. Not only did he climb that fucking 600ft overpass, he did it WITH A PHYSICAL DISABILITY. THE MADLAD. And throughout the entire time, fifteen years, he got caught once. ONCE. HE DID ALL THAT UNNOTICED. THAT'S INSANE.

what I think will happen if I message my mutuals

the image was making me really sad so i drew the little guy being taken care of

Thank you Captain, I'll try to take your advice

Oh hey captain has some more to say

I am actually so serious I think it really messes with a childs creativity and joy to tell them to never make a mary sue OC. Like that unbridaled form of joy where you make a self insert OC who super cool and everyone loves them and they have every superpower in the world SHOULD be something a kid makes, it nourishes their ability to create things for fun and not be stifled by "oh but what if my character is too overpowered and cringey...". whatever

You know what?

I'm gonna add to this.

It stifles adult's creativity too.

Don't put restrictions on people's creativity.

That Mary-Sue OC you made as a child? That's a template for a well rounded character. Develop that shit. Flesh them out. Make them even better. Figure out what superpowers they really need and what ones are just extra. Let the character grow with you.

But you won't have that template to work off of if you were told not to make it.

Also, let people have power fantasies. Let that bullied isolated kid have an OC who's super powerful and surrounded by friends.

Let people tell stories, for fuck's sake.

i think about this line all the time. odile is smart, and part of being smart is that she doesn't forget things.

siffrin is forgetful, so they must be stupid. he underestimates his intelligence because of his memory issues.

they've internalised it to the point that whenever something bad happens, siffrin's first instinct is always to self-deprecate by calling himself stupid.

Deep cut goes to Ikea

This idea was so dumb, I just strted drawing them in Ikea during my class. I also worked on these on my phone in a buss

i do not ghost purposely i just have no idea what to say ever

and i have no concept of passage of time

My Review of A Minecraft Movie

I agree but one thing I will mention is that the audience is LOVING the film.

If you are going to watch it, watch it in cinema's. Having 30-40 people cheer at "flint and steel" was really funny.

Have you ever looked closely at a car windshield?

The edge of the glass is painted where it is glued to the car but it has these small dots between the clear and painted glass.

These are there for a reason. When the sun hits the glass the painted areas and the clear areas will absorb heat at different rates. This causes the glass to expand and contract differently putting stress on the glass.

These dots help the glass to warm up more evenly over a larger area so the glass does not suffer stress that could cause it to spontaneously explode.

Fun fact: the Tesla cybertruck doesn’t have these.

Yes, the glass will spontaneously crack or explode in the sun.

The most powerful man on the planet, everyone.

splatoon fans are like “you GOTTA listen to ‘freshwater freekin it’ that one is straight fire” and link you to a song composed of synthesized cat meows, first graders playing recorders, and vine booms. and then by the end you’re absolutely furious because they’re right

splatoon fans in the notes are behaving how you might expect

Its real now thanks op

i cannot BELIEVE

I hate how hard this goes.

Hey. Your brain needs to de-frag. Literally it needs you to sit there and space out.

If you want your memory or executive function to improve, stare out a window at the skyline or sidewalk or trees or birds on the electrical wires for like 20+ minutes per day. (With no other stimulation like a podcast or TV if you can manage but hey baby steps innit). If you're fortunate enough to have safe outside with any bits of nature, go stare closely at a 1 meter square of grass and trip out on the bugs and shapes of grasses and stuff.

Literally this will make you smarter. Our brains HAVE TO HAVE this zone out time to do important stuff behind the scenes. This does not happen during sleep, it's something else.

That weird pressurized feeling you get sometimes might be your brain on no defrag.

Give your brain a Daily Dose Of De-Frag.

reblog this so I remember to do this :')

I always thought I was wasting time while doing it, I tried to stop doing it for a while.

I'll stop, uh, stop doing it.