Summer Olympics: Who can run the fastest? :) Who can swim the fastest? :) Who can do the best somersault? :)
Winter Olympics: WHO CAN MAKE IT TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS ICE SLIDE OF DEATH AND SURVIVE?? WHO CAN GET AROUND THE RINK WITHOUT GETTING THEIR HANDS SLICED OFF BY EVERYONE ELSE’S FEET BLADES?? CAN THIS GUY DO A 1080 DEGREE FLIP WITHOUT DYING??
Every Wednesday I walk a river walk trail from my work to rowing, and there’s this sculpture on the trail:
Pokemon Go affectionately refers to it as “The Hollow Man”, and it’s kind of cool on it’s own. Except, when I normally walk the trail, it’s after work, at night:
This thing is SEVEN FEET TALL and the actual title of the sculpture is “The Unkillable Human.”
IT’S TERRIFYING.
it became so beautiful to me after learning the actual name of it.
“This would be deleted off the SCP wiki in a day for being too cliche” is my favorite kind of real thing.
the red eyeshine of the alligator occurs when light enters its eyes, passes through the rods (light receptors) and cones (color receptors) of the retina, strikes a membrane behind the retina called a tapeatum, and is then reflected back through the eye to the light source. most of the animals with eyeshine are, like alligators, night hunters who must make use of limited light. photos by larrylynch and david moynahan
I have aimed a flashlight across the water and seen this. It’s eerie (and VERY bright orange/red) but these photos make it look way cooler.
It never occurred to me that Palpatine was actually born and was actually a child at some point and not just perpetually an old man trying to ruin everything
Legends did actually manage to give him something of a background – the firstborn of a well-to-do family on Naboo who was pretty much despised by his father and compared negatively to his younger siblings.
One wonders what might have happened if Palpatine had been the secondborn or had a twin brother. Palpatine Senior hadn’t wanted to give his firstborn son to the Jedi, just in case he had no other heir, and by the time his other children came along, it was too late to send Sheev to them. So if there had been a twin, or if Palpatine had been a younger son, he might very well have been shipped off to the Order.
Sheev Palpatine, Jedi Knight.
… I think the galaxy just whimpered.
He’d be a Jedi Master and on the Council …O_O
Idk if that would be better or worse for the galaxy. He might actually become a good Jedi (as unlikely as that sounds), he might leave the Jedi like Dooku, or he might decide that the the Republic’s problems would be solved if the Jedi seized power.
Then he’d have to convince/manipulate the other Jedi into doing that, all for “the greater good”.
I AM FUCKING HERE FOR THIS AU
“Master Palpatine?” It’s a very young Togruta child that calls his name from behind on the pillars in the Grand Entance. He goes to check on the children, to make sure that they are safe and that none of them have been harmed in his plans to take over the Republic. He needs these pliable young minds to mold into new Jedi for the New Order, more importantly, his Jedi upbringing makes him cringe at the idea of harming one these children.in the first place. “It’s alright young one. The danger has passed, you and your friends can come out now.” He says to them as he deactivates his purple lightsaber. She shuffles out from her hiding place, cautious as she should be, and is soon followed two young humans, a boy and a girl, a wookie, and a nautalan, all shaken and clutching at their training sabres. More children appear from other hidy holes, and even a few older Padawans begin appearing from side corridors and stair cases. “What do we do now, Master?” This time it’s a Triani boy who tucks himself into Sheev’s robes as if to hide. The elderly master lays a hand on his furry head and gives his ears a light scratch for comfort. “Now children, now we build a new Order, a new Empire. One to bring peace for a thousand years.” He says with a smile.
Good job creeping me out, dude!
Dammit, it’s so perfect though. Jedi!Palp is a nice guy but still a manipulative, power hungry little shit. Argh.
i know its a stingray but it looks like cthulhu popped his head up to say hi
I thought it was a giant squid.
holy shit they get this big?
They do get this big! They also tame relatively easily and are surprisingly docile animals. Its popular to swim with them in many beachy areas. As long as you’re not stupid and mean to them, your odds of being hurt by them are very low.
I had the opportunity to swim with a school of them on a sandbar once and I must say they are very aggreeable animals, though they do have the tendency to mob you if you have food, and they can be quite heavy. Still very pleasant animals.
ha cthulhu
Humans will pet anything. If aliens come, that might be what distinguishes us from the rest of the galaxy.
“we were going to blow them up, but they engaged in an oddly pleasing patting ritual and, well, it was nice.”
