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a little comic about connection

yeah Charon really isn't a moon proper because it's not actually orbiting Pluto, they're orbiting each other!

this means that Pluto and Charon are actually a paired system of orbiting bodies and not a standard planet-moon-system at all, and this is a major reason why Pluto was disqualified from being a planet proper in the first place!

this double-orbit is also a major reason why Pluto's orbit around the Sun is just so unbelievably fucked up.

which, again, is another reason why Pluto got kicked off of the Planets table and had to go sit with Planetoids and Dwarf Planets at the kiddy table.

(thanks a lot, Charon.)

that story where you challenge the fairy queen to a match of wit and skill to win back your loved one. and it goes … fine, you think? probably.

adapted from this very short Elsewhere University piece, changed slightly to be a little more self-contained.

This is a fanfic based on Sleepless Domain, a magical girl webcomic by Mary Cagle.

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When Steffi got The Dream, Ben insisted on patrolling with her. He knew she’d object, as would his parents. But he had lots of good reasons.

He knew Steffi. She’d struggle to get on a team, probably even insist of soloing like some big hero. If he couldn’t fight, he could at least stop her from biting off more than she could chew and getting hurt. That’s what he told his parents. It was a good reason.

Besides, was it that much of a risk, even? Civilians go out with magical girls all the time, and they almost always come home fine. That’s what he told Steffi. That was a good reason!

After Techno and Swing joined the team, his parents asked him why he still needed to accompany Steffi. She was safer now, and Techno seemed like a sensible girl. But he was still useful! He helped them coordinate patrols, checked in on other teams, even did some light research. Plus, he was pretty sure Steffi still wanted him out there. She hadn’t said anything to the contrary. Those were still good reasons!

But. From their first patrol there’d been a feeling, like a finger tapping the back of his skull. He wanted to protect Steffi. He liked helping out magical girls in his small way. That was all true, he knew it was. Perfectly good reasons for Ben to be outside at night.

So why did he feel so… dishonest?

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Techno gave Swing a quizzical look. “I fail to see the practical application of such a small, slow robot.”

Swing spluttered. “What?! It’s a stag beetle! They’ve got that cool horn! Big cool horn! Come onnnnn, make one!”

Steffi wasn’t listening. She’d been excited when Ben wasn’t here to scold her for being late, prepping her very best hur-dur-you’re-always-late-Steffi’s for his arrival. But he was never this late. The barrier was already up. She’d always worried what might happen if he ran into a monster on his own.

Finally, Ben appeared around the corner, and her worry morphed into a muffled squawk. Instead of his suit, he was wearing a baggy tracksuit and a brimmed cap, pulled right down to his eyes. He didn’t even have his briefcase.

“Well, this isn’t very managerial!” she crowed. “Did the dry cleaner have a waiting list?”

She saw his cheeks flush red as he pulled the cap off. “Yeah, uh… about that…”

…blue. Steffi felt every thought roll out of her skull and splatter on the ground, save that one word.

me: yeah okay. it's a keter scp what did i expect.

researcher 2, ten years later: i never met researcher 1 but he was a Bitch. anyway i want to know if scp5031 can befriend a chicken.

For those of you who are wondering who else the original tweet is referring to, they are talking about Margaret Atwood, a very prominent feminist author (probably best known for The Handmaid’s Tale). Because she is a feminist the terfs assumed that she’d naturally side with them, and it came as a massive shock (for some reason) when she very publicly opposed and humiliated all of  terfdom.

But yeah I don’t know how terfs can possibly get through Discworld books without any kind of self-awareness but apparently they do. I’ve also seen them talking about how the Wives in the Handmaid’s Tale are all trans women (solely based on the fact that they are infertile). If you know anything about the plot or even the basic premise you’ll know how ludicrous that suggestion is.

Also there’s this