what about the nobodies?

tumblr users love reading. you literally stopped for this post just because it has words in it

The Art of Spirited Away (2001 art book)

the mentalist alphabet challenge ↪ c is for cbi team (insp.)

Trivia for Inception (2010) dir. Christopher Nolan

The Batman + Letterboxd.

Yes, Geralt answered in his thoughts, you’re not mistaken. There is only she, Yennefer, at my side, here and now, and only she matters. Here and now. […] That’s what I’m thinking right now, thinking only about her, thinking endlessly about her, smelling the scent of her perfume and the warmth of her body. And you can all choke on your envy. — Time of Contempt

“And to yours, Yennefer,” Dandelion toasted her in return. “To health for which, as of today, I shall pray whenever the occasion arises. I’m indebted to you, beautiful lady, and I shall repay the debt in my songs. I shall explode the myth which claims wizards are insensitive to the pain of others, that they are rarely eager to help poor, unfortunate, unfamiliar mortals.” — Blood of Elves

No, Triss had not desired to take him away from Yennefer. As a matter of fact, her friend was more important to her than he was. […] “Nonsense,” Triss Merigold interrupted, looking at Francesca and Ida Emean. “Yennefer will not betray us.” — Blood of Elves & Baptism of Fire

“Thank you, Lady Philippa,” Ciri said after a few moments, squeezing the head of the sphinxes in her hands. “I’m also honored at the offer of bearing the name de Tancarville. However, because a surname is the only thing in this whole matter that depends on me and my choice, the only thing that isn’t being imposed on me, I have to gratefully decline and choose for myself. I want to be called Cirilla of Vengerberg, daughter of Yennefer.” — The Lady of the Lake

YENNEFER APPRECIATION WEEK Day Two ▸ Favorite Dynamic(s)

You know how canaries were historically brought into coal mines, because if the mine was full of carbon monoxide the canary would die first and the miners would be able to escape before they died too?

I just found the greatest thing.

This is a canary resuscitator.

When the miners notice the canary getting sick with carbon monoxide poisoning, they can close that circular hatch so no more gas gets into the canary cage, and open the valve on that oxygen tank to keep the canary breathing. In other words, they made a spacesuit for birds.

By immediately giving the canary access to clean air, the miners can save it from the poison. The bird lives. To be clear, this is not for economic purposes, this was specifically created because the miners felt bad and wanted to save the bird.

Isn’t that just the perfect demonstration of what humans are like? We started sacrificing small creatures to save ourselves, and then felt bad and spent our valuable resources on saving the critters too. Because yeah the canary was the only way to test for CO, but it’s a living creature too, dammit!

in my this cannot continue and yet it does era

looking at old photos of myself thinking not only is that girl dead but i killed her

[id: tiktok by @/cheapflavor showing a person lying on a beach towel reading Tehanu by Ursula K Leguin. The person behind the camera zooms in the cover and says "oh shit dude". They zoom into their own bag, where there's a copy of The Left Hand of Darkness. They pick it up and say "fucking cheers bro". They bump the books together as the other person says "duuude" / end id]

The Lord of the Rings Posters - Created by Megan Sebesta

Available for sale as prints at the artist’s shop.

Okay, against the best wishes of my mental health, I've decided to start playing 5d chess with multiverse time travel.

It was an okay opening. I played a variation of the london system opening which tends to lead to slow yet interesting positional games.

But then the computer sent a knight back in time, and a few moves later, I realised I could send my own knight back in time to get an enemy bishop.

And that was when chaos ensued.

At first I could keep track of the game ok and felt like I was understanding the rules. But then, some timelines started breaking off the present and staying in the past, becoming unplayable.

I thought this meant I had lost some pieces, especially when two of my queens got stuck in the past.

But then, I somehow managed to reset the whole thing back to the past and then the game picked up some timelines that had gotten broken off, leaving most of the other dimensions in the future.

I got excited as this meant I got back my two queens which were previously stuck in the past.

But a few moves and timelines later, the game seemingly crashed and has been looking for legal turns for the past 20 minutes.

All in all, I genuinely love this game. As a STEM major and chess enthusiast, I feel like 5D chess is awakening the mad scientist in me. I'm looking forward to playing this game loads in order to reach my final form in this timeline and in all others.

this post has the energy of a scientist who just blew something up in a way they hadn't expected and is now excitedly taking notes

Update: I created a game that was so complex and full of timeline crossovers that it crashed my computer.

Not to sound insane but this game brings me so much joy

Director Denis Villeneuve and screenwriter Eric Heisserer created a fully functioning, visual, alien language. Heisserer, Villeneuve and their teams managed to create a “logogram bible,” which included over a hundred different completely operative logo-grams, seventy-one of which are actually featured in the movie.

The inky circular alien language was created by Montreal artist Martine Bertrand. It is also the artist’s son who created Hannah’s drawings.

— Arrival (2016), dir. Denis Villeneuve

Huangshan

being in your 20s is like: i’m so young i’m so old. i should do everything i should rest. i can do what i want but i need to be careful. i’m an Adult™ but i need help from an Adult™. i’m so smart i’m so stupid. i’m leaving i feel left behind. i want to be a kid again and i can’t wait to be old. i’ve done a lot i’ve done nothing. i wanna be alone but i’m so lonely. like.... what the hell ??

Can we please stop associating being a good person with how much you're willing to suffer in silence for other people? You can be a kind person and still say "no, I don't have the time/energy to help you with that." You can be a kind person and still say "this makes me uncomfortable, please stop." You can be a kind person and still say "I disagree and here's why." You can be kind and still say "I'm not okay with this." Being kind is about treating people with kindness and respect, not about being the human equivalent of a doormat!

The ancient screen of betrayal.