On The Cusp

having friends who are younger than you helps inoculate you against ageism towards younger people.

How does he fit the Gothic/Victorian Mad Scientist trope?

Weak body, strong mind -> this man is tall but built like a twig. Pale and gaunt. He is pretty, but in a sickly way (tbh like most Tim Burton's characters). Good think he has telekinesis because I don't see him lifting heavy stuff.

Obsession and intense focus on a singular problem, often at social or personal cost -> he was obsessed with fixing his failing heart. Understandable. When that was solved, he focused all his energy on saving his sister. Did she even ask for this or did he come up with the idea by himself? And if he managed to get that done, then what?

Hubris or overconfidence in scientific progress and his personal genius -> he worked alone; sure, other teachers supervised from time to time, but he let very few people in on what he was doing (possibly only Françoise).

Sometimes neglecting ethical responsibility or societal impact of his discoveries -> the machine he built to cure his sister ended up being used to steal Outcast abilities and led to forced testing on Outcasts (including Françoise). Not that Isaac would care much about unwilling test subjects: he had little qualms with potentially killing Gomez in exchange for Françoise's life.

Isolation from friends or family during intense creative bursts -> again, Françoise is the only person he was ever really close to, but even his rommate, Gomez, was kept in the dark about Isaac's experiments until it was almost too late. Classic mad genius behaviour, he's too good, he has no need for assistance. Nobody can keep up anyway.

Combining imagination and experimentation to push the boundaries of known science -> he built a contraption that kept Prof Orloff ALIVE as a talking head. He made himself a mechanical heart that actually saved his life. He created a machine that could rewrite genetic code. All while on the brink of death and excelling every subject in high school. Impressive, but he knows that already.

attachment style anxious and a bit clingy, with a tendency to sacrifice himself. he might seem distant when he’s hiding how weak or hurt he feels, but deep down he wants to be completely connected he's dependent. his loyalty to francoise looked like love, but it was more about needing her to need him

love language he shows love by doing things for others, almost compulsively. he might also give physical gifts, especially things he’s made. he doesn't talk about his feelings much. he’s expressive and shows his feelings more than people expect. (girl we all saw. even tyler was uncomfortable) he’d probably show affection through quiet, careful touch. he’s very tuned into others' emotions

not emotionally healthy. just emotionally open and unstable. he might never ask for anything, but give everything. this can create a situation where the other person becomes passive without meaning to

toxic self-erasure he may try to become whatever the other person wants, even if it hurts him or changes who he is. he's self-destructive, deeply invested in others, and can't manage his grief or guilt

low self-protection he doesn’t know when to stop giving. he doesn’t set limits for himself and may not realize he should he mixes up love and sacrifice. he dies for love—twice he hides how tired or hurt he is, because he wants to stay in the role of protector. he’ll lie to keep that up, even if it kills him

self-worth tied to being useful he gives because he feels like he has to. being needed makes him feel like he matters. this isn’t just love—it’s how he holds himself together if the person he loves doesn’t notice or help, he might start to feel invisible—even though he made himself invisible by hiding what he really needs

he’s warm and loving, especially with his sister

he feels emotions strongly and acts on them—love, grief, guilt

he carries deep guilt over francoise's condition and death

so he keeps sacrificing himself because of that guilt

he focuses so much on one person or cause that he forgets himself

♡ thinking about isaac night absolutely hating the fact that he can't stop thinking about you because what do you mean he can stop his own death but can't control his own mind? unacceptable.

♡ thinking about isaac night the mad genius having no awareness of how he comes across socially and staring at you from across the room so intensely that people start to get nervous for you.

♡ thinking about isaac night realising he's in love and obsessing over it like it's a variable he wasn't expecting, a flaw in his plans, a problem to fix.

♡ thinking about isaac night meticulously cataloguing  every single thing he observes and learns about you to better understand why the fuck.

♡ thinking about isaac night lowkey being rude to you in the beginning because your existence confounds and vexes him. (giggle kick hehe)

Stolen from the Electronic Frontier Foundation:

On Android 

With the release of Android 12, Google began allowing users to delete their ad ID permanently. On devices that have this feature enabled, you can open the Settings app and navigate to Privacy > Ads. Tap “Delete advertising ID,” then tap it again on the next page to confirm. This will prevent any app on your phone from accessing it in the future.

On iOS 

To see which apps you have previously granted access to, go to Settings > Privacy > Tracking. You can set the “Allow apps to Request to Track” switch to the “off” position (the slider is to the left and the background is gray). This will prevent apps from asking to track in the future. If you have granted apps permission to track you in the past, this will prompt you to ask those apps to stop tracking as well. You also have the option to grant or revoke tracking access on a per-app basis.

Here are some proceedings of the Greenlandic parliament, the Inatsisartut, which are conducted in Greenlandic.

Here is a radio show in Greenlandic, from Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa.