Random Stuff X: Something Weird

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

@TheOrlionThatComesBefore BEFORE WHAT?  

[Mestiv he/him]

2 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

@TheOrlionThatComesBefore BEFORE WHAT?  

There is a very fun but inappropriate answer for that question

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

1 hour ago, Mestiv said:

There is a very fun but inappropriate answer for that question

There are a few  

The one i'm thinking you're thinking of

Spoiler

She does

 

[Steeldancer he/him]

I've been thinking about changing my name to Steeldancer for a while now... But first I need to finish drawing out the symbol, which is a merger of the edgedancer symbol and the steel symbol. 

[Mestiv he/him]

42 minutes ago, Flash said:

I've been thinking about changing my name to Steeldancer for a while now... But first I need to finish drawing out the symbol, which is a merger of the edgedancer symbol and the steel symbol. 

I'm very curious about the effects of your work

[Sami she/her]

My mom accidentally put two teaspoons of chilli powder instead of paprika into the butter chicken. It turned into a very nice hot sauce.

[Ammanas]

This is for all the Scott Lynch fans around here. There are some interesting things to be taken from it even if some of his stances are a little infuriating (that's his right to express his opinion I suppose)

http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/culture/14975-worldcon-75-interview-with-author-scott-lynch.html

[Oversleep]

10 hours ago, Flash said:

I've been thinking about changing my name to Steeldancer for a while now... But first I need to finish drawing out the symbol, which is a merger of the edgedancer symbol and the steel symbol. 

Stylize it as the Flash symbol. Scadrian symbols fit well for that.

[Orlion Blight he/him]

1 hour ago, Ammanas said:

This is for all the Scott Lynch fans around here. There are some interesting things to be taken from it even if some of his stances are a little infuriating (that's his right to express his opinion I suppose)

http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/culture/14975-worldcon-75-interview-with-author-scott-lynch.html

He likes Jack Vance?! What a monster!

[Steeldancer he/him]

12 hours ago, Oversleep said:

Stylize it as the Flash symbol. Scadrian symbols fit well for that.

 

22 hours ago, Mestiv said:

I'm very curious about the effects of your work

Behold: 

I have no idea why they are sideways. 

Edited September 7, 2017 by Flash

[Draginon he/him]

@Steeldancer I get sideways pictures as well

[Calderis he/him]

@TheOrlionThatComesBefore I have no idea why, but all I can think of with your new name is an Outsider from the Dresden series, like "He Who Walks Behind."

You're a scary thing. 

[Orlion Blight he/him]

32 minutes ago, Calderis said:

@TheOrlionThatComesBefore I have no idea why, but all I can think of with your new name is an Outsider from the Dresden series, like "He Who Walks Behind."

You're a scary thing. 

I am going for something more sinister in my current form! 

It's a reference to the first book in R Scott Bakker's Second Apocalypse series that I'm reading right now. Once I am done with the books released so far, I'll change to something else! 

[Sparkrunner he/him]

Random Stuff X? Please Xplain.

[The Sovereign]

13 minutes ago, Roadwalker said:

Random Stuff X? Please Xplain.

X comes after IX 

[Orlion Blight he/him]

Just going to leave some reading riiiiiight.... here!

Edited September 7, 2017 by TheOrlionThatComesBefore

[Sunbird she/her]

11 hours ago, Calderis said:

@TheOrlionThatComesBefore I have no idea why, but all I can think of with your new name is an Outsider from the Dresden series, like "He Who Walks Behind."

You're a scary thing. 

This was EXACTLY my reaction too!

[Modal Seoul he/him]

14 hours ago, TheOrlionThatComesBefore said:

Just going to leave some reading riiiiiight.... here!

Goodness gracious. Watching A.I.: Artificial Intelligence right before this does not help the well-being of my soul. 

[The Honor Spren she/her]

I'm going to be in a drama production of Narnia, and one of the things we're doing is having two people play the lion (one for the butt and one for the head)

So anyway, my friend and I have been referring to the two roles as Aslan and Asslan.

[marsoupial they/them]

4 minutes ago, The Honor Spren said:

I'm going to be in a drama production of Narnia, and one of the things we're doing is having two people play the lion (one for the butt and one for the head)

So anyway, my friend and I have been referring to the two roles as Aslan and Asslan.

That's...

yes.

[Modal Seoul he/him]

I'm finally getting to play my own Zelda game, which means I own it, I don't have to go to a friend's house.

It's not the first one I've played, but it's super fun.

Twilight Princess is worth it, everyone.

[AngelEy3 he/him]

10 hours ago, The Honor Spren said:

I'm going to be in a drama production of Narnia, and one of the things we're doing is having two people play the lion (one for the butt and one for the head)

So anyway, my friend and I have been referring to the two roles as Aslan and Asslan.

That's fantasstic. Yes. 

Edited September 8, 2017 by AngelEy3

[Ammanas]

Just found out the Catholic church has a knighthood that they can bestow upon people called The Order of the Golden Spur. Evidently it is such a high honor that there is only one person currently that has it, which is the Grand Duke of Luxembourg (although there is nothing preventing many people holding it at the same time).

[AngelEy3 he/him]

4 hours ago, Ammanas said:

Just found out the Catholic church has a knighthood that they can bestow upon people called The Order of the Golden Spur. Evidently it is such a high honor that there is only one person currently that has it, which is the Grand Duke of Luxembourg (although there is nothing preventing many people holding it at the same time).

That's pretty interesting. I wish titles got used more often. Like every nation should have a First Sword or a Destriant. 

[Sunbird she/her]

It's been a while since I've done a post of nature photos. I have a bit of a backlog... XD

BYU has a nice little duck pond on the edge of campus, so here are lots of duck photos!

Juvenile Wood Ducks (4 photos):

Spoiler

This one looked like he/she wanted to nap, but was too nervous to sleep with me standing nearby with my camera.

This next picture is the best photo I've ever gotten of a Wood Duck. (It's also my profile pic right now!) They're much shier than Mallards, usually, and stay too far away for the amount of zoom my camera has.

Mallard ducklings (3 photos):

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These ducklings were sort of "teenagers"--not newly hatched, and getting close to matching the adult Mallards in terms of size, but still fluffy and cute and unable to fly.

Normally, taking pictures with the sun coming from behind your subject is really annoying, but I'm very pleased with how it made this duckling sort of glow around the edges.

Adult Mallards (5 photos):

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Napping peacefully:

Portrait of a sleepy Mallard:

I got a laugh out of these two striking near-identical poses:

Time for some Fun Duck Facts!

• Unlike most birds, ducks have their breeding season before the weather gets warm.
• This means they are at their most colorful when there may still be snow and ice outside.
• During breeding season, male Mallards have iridescent, emerald-green heads.
• Towards the end of the summer, ducks go through a molt where they grow a strong new set of feathers in preparation for the long flights required during migration.
• During this molt, male Mallards lose their green heads and look very similar to females.
• Male and female Mallards can still be told apart from each other by the color of their bills: Males' are dull, plain yellow, while females' are orange with a black "saddle" marking.

Soooo, the Mallards above are all males, and the one immediately below is a female.

One more Fun Fact: Mallards are also commonly kept as farm animals and have been selectively bred for generations to produce some unusual color variations. That's where birds like the one below come from. It's still a Mallard, just a domesticated variety.

 

Edited September 9, 2017 by Sunchicken