Poetry Fishbowl Open!
Apr. 6th, 2021 12:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithThe Poetry Fishbowl is now CLOSED. Thank you for your time and attention. Please keep an eye on this page as I am still writing.
Starting now, the Poetry Fishbowl is open! Today's theme is "Because Science." I will be checking this page periodically throughout the day. When people make suggestions, I'll pick some and weave them together into a poem ... and then another ... and so on. I'm hoping to get a lot of ideas and a lot of poems.
I'll be soliciting ideas for scientists, mad scientists, victims of mad science, inventors, tinkers, science teachers, famous figures, scientists of disadvantaged groups who should have become famous, superheroes, supervillains, digital people, social engineers, failure analysts, ethicists, activists, rebels, wild young things, other people who advance science, discovering things, building or using science devices, conducting experiments, observation changing experiments, missing an opportunity, spotting an opportunity, networking, making connections, solving disputes, troubleshooting, improvising, adapting, social engineering, cooperating, bartering, speaking, listening, taking over in an emergency, discovering yourself, studying others, testing boundaries, coming of age, learning what you can (and can't) do, sharing, fixing what's broke, upsetting the status quo, changing the world, accomplishing the impossible, recovering from setbacks, returning home, the Large Hadron Collider, laboratories, workshops, supervillain lairs, makerspaces, alternative building styles, nonhuman accommodations and adaptations, unexplored wilderness, rural areas, other places where people do science, scientific method, newly discovered particles, new ideas in science, alternate agriculture, lab conditions are not field conditions, ethics of science, zoomwagons and zipcycles, dirgecraft and ziplins, battlesuits, robots, artificial intelligence, ansibles, faster than light travel, wormholes and tesseracts, zap guns, graviton technology, negotiation, mediation, cooperation, enemies to friends, enemies to lovers, symbiosis, innovation, problems that can't be solved by hitting, teamwork, found family, complementary strengths and weaknesses, independence, interdependence, values conflict, solitude, personal growth, and poetic forms in particular.
Currently eligible bingo card(s) for donors wishing to sponsor a square:
Genderplay Bingo Fest Cards 4-4-21
Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 6-15-20
Among my more relevant series for the main theme:
An Army of One relies on science to survive in space, and also includes the AYES who are digital people.
The Bear Tunnels uses advanced science for time travel, and the main characters are trying to teach some advanced principles to people in the past.
Daughters of the Apocalypse has people trying to salvage what they can from the ruins of the past.
Frankenstein's Family features two scientists running a valley in historic Romania.
Kung Fu Robots is about intelligent robots in an Asian setting.
Lacquerware is Edopunk about the development of alternate computer technology in historic Japan.
Polychrome Heroics has ordinary humans, supernaries, blue-plate specials, superheroes, supervillains, primal and animal soups trying to live as best they can. Average scientific level is ~20 years ahead of local-Earth; they also have gizmos and super-gizmos.
The Steamsmith is historic British steampunk about inventing new things. The science there is different enough from here to chip reality when the streams are crossed for too long.
The Time Towers posits that there is no such thing as a fixed point in time, because time works like a Jenga tower: some blocks are loose and easy to move, while others may require many moves to alter the pressure dynamics enough to move the one you really want to move.
Or you can ask for something new.
I have a linkback poem, "Empty Like a Bowl" (8 verses, standalone).
What Is a Poetry Fishbowl?
Writing is usually considered a solitary pursuit. One exception to this is a fascinating exercise called a "fishbowl." This has various forms, but all of them basically involve some kind of writing in public, usually with interaction between author and audience. A famous example is Harlan Ellison's series of "stories under glass" in which he sits in a bookstore window and writes a new story based on an idea that someone gives him. Writing classes sometimes include a version where students watch each other write, often with students calling out suggestions which are chalked up on the blackboard for those writing to use as inspiration.
In this online version of a Poetry Fishbowl, I begin by setting a theme; today's theme is "Because Science." I invite people to suggest characters, settings, and other things relating to that theme. Then I use those prompts as inspiration for writing poems.
Cyberfunded Creativity
I'm practicing cyberfunded creativity. If you enjoy what I'm doing and want to see more of it, please feed the Bard. The following options are currently available:
1) Sponsor the Fishbowl -- Here is a PayPal button for donations. There is no specific requirement, but $1 is the minimum recommended size for PayPal transactions since they take a cut from every one. You can also donate via check or money order sent by postal mail. If you make a donation and tell me about it, I promise to use one of your prompts. Anonymous donations are perfectly welcome, just won't get that perk. General donations will be tallied, and at the end of the fishbowl I’ll post a list of eligible poems based on the total funding; then the audience can vote on which they want to see posted.
2) Swim, Fishie, Swim! -- A feature in conjunction with fishbowl sponsorship is this progress meter showing the amount donated. There are multiple perks, the top one being a half-price poetry sale on one series when donations reach $300.
3) Buy It Now! -- Gakked from various e-auction sites, this feature allows you to sponsor a specific poem. If you don't want to wait for some editor to buy and publish my poem so you can read it, well, now you don't have to. Sponsoring a poem means that I will immediately post it on my blog for everyone to see, with the name of the sponsor (or another dedicate) if you wish; plus you get a nonexclusive publication right, so you can post it on your own blog or elsewhere as long as you keep the credits intact. You'll need to tell me the title of the poem you want to sponsor. I'm basing the prices on length, and they're comparable to what I typically make selling poetry to magazines (semi-pro rates according to Duotrope's Digest).
0-10 lines: $5
11-25 lines: $10
26-40 lines: $15
41-60 lines: $20
Poems over 60 lines, or with very intricate structure, fall into custom pricing.
4) Commission a scrapbook page. I can render a chosen poem in hardcopy format, on colorful paper, using archival materials for background and any embellishments. This will be suitable for framing or for adding to a scrapbook. Commission details are here. See latest photos of sample scrapbooked poems: "Sample Scrapbooked Poems 1-24-11"
5) Spread the word. Echo or link to this post on your Dreamwidth, other blog, Twitter, Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, or any other social network. Useful Twitter hashtags include #poetryfishbowl and #promptcall. Encourage people to come here and participate in the fishbowl. If you have room for it, including your own prompt will give your readers an idea of what the prompts should look like; ideally, update later to include the thumbnail of the poem I write, and a link to the poem if it gets published. If there is at least one new prompter or donor, I will post an extra freebie poem.
Linkback perk: I have a spare series poem available, and each linkback will reveal a verse of the poem. One person can do multiple links if they're on different services, like Dreamwidth or Twitter, rather than all on LiveJournal. Comment with a link to where you posted. "Empty Like a Bowl" has 8 verses and stands alone.
Additional Notes
1) I customarily post replies to prompt posts telling people which of their prompts I'm using, with a brief description of the resulting poem(s). If you want to know what's available, watch for those "thumbnails."
2) You don't have to pay me to see a poem based on a prompt that you gave me. I try to send copies of poems to people, mostly using the LJ message function. (Anonymous prompters will miss this perk unless you give me your eddress.) These are for-your-eyes-only, though, not for sharing.
3) Sponsors of the Poetry Fishbowl in general, or of specific poems, will gain access to an extra post in appreciation of their generosity. While you're on the Donors list, you can view all of the custom-locked posts in that category. Click the "donors" tag to read the archive of those. I've also posted a list of other donor perks there. I customarily leave donor names on the list for two months, so you'll get to see the perk-post from this month and next.
4) After the Poetry Fishbowl concludes, I will post a list of unsold poems and their prices, to make it easier for folks to see what they might want to sponsor.
5) If donations total $100 by Friday evening then you get a free $15 poem; $150 gets you a free $20 poem; and $200 gets you a free epic, posted after the Poetry Fishbowl. These will usually be series poems if I have them; otherwise I may offer non-series poems or series poems in a different size. If donations reach $250, you get one step toward a bonus fishbowl; four of these activates the perk, and they don't have to be four months in a row. Everyone will get to vote on which series, and give prompts during the extra fishbowl, although it may be a half-day rather than a whole day. If donations reach $300, there will be a half-price sale in one series.
Feed the Fish!
Now's your chance to participate in the creative process by posting ideas for me to write about. Today's theme is "Because Science." See above for details. If you manage to recommend a form that I don't recognize, I will probably pounce on it and ask you for its rules. I do have The New Book of Forms by Lewis Turco which covers most common and many obscure forms.
I'll post at least one of the fishbowl poems here so you-all can enjoy it. (Remember, you get an extra freebie poem if someone new posts a prompt or makes a donation, and additional perks at $100-$300 in donations. Linkbacks reveal verses of "Empty Like a Bowl." The rest of the poems will go into my archive for future use.
Starting now, the Poetry Fishbowl is open! Today's theme is "Because Science." I will be checking this page periodically throughout the day. When people make suggestions, I'll pick some and weave them together into a poem ... and then another ... and so on. I'm hoping to get a lot of ideas and a lot of poems.
I'll be soliciting ideas for scientists, mad scientists, victims of mad science, inventors, tinkers, science teachers, famous figures, scientists of disadvantaged groups who should have become famous, superheroes, supervillains, digital people, social engineers, failure analysts, ethicists, activists, rebels, wild young things, other people who advance science, discovering things, building or using science devices, conducting experiments, observation changing experiments, missing an opportunity, spotting an opportunity, networking, making connections, solving disputes, troubleshooting, improvising, adapting, social engineering, cooperating, bartering, speaking, listening, taking over in an emergency, discovering yourself, studying others, testing boundaries, coming of age, learning what you can (and can't) do, sharing, fixing what's broke, upsetting the status quo, changing the world, accomplishing the impossible, recovering from setbacks, returning home, the Large Hadron Collider, laboratories, workshops, supervillain lairs, makerspaces, alternative building styles, nonhuman accommodations and adaptations, unexplored wilderness, rural areas, other places where people do science, scientific method, newly discovered particles, new ideas in science, alternate agriculture, lab conditions are not field conditions, ethics of science, zoomwagons and zipcycles, dirgecraft and ziplins, battlesuits, robots, artificial intelligence, ansibles, faster than light travel, wormholes and tesseracts, zap guns, graviton technology, negotiation, mediation, cooperation, enemies to friends, enemies to lovers, symbiosis, innovation, problems that can't be solved by hitting, teamwork, found family, complementary strengths and weaknesses, independence, interdependence, values conflict, solitude, personal growth, and poetic forms in particular.
Currently eligible bingo card(s) for donors wishing to sponsor a square:
Genderplay Bingo Fest Cards 4-4-21
Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 6-15-20
Among my more relevant series for the main theme:
An Army of One relies on science to survive in space, and also includes the AYES who are digital people.
The Bear Tunnels uses advanced science for time travel, and the main characters are trying to teach some advanced principles to people in the past.
Daughters of the Apocalypse has people trying to salvage what they can from the ruins of the past.
Frankenstein's Family features two scientists running a valley in historic Romania.
Kung Fu Robots is about intelligent robots in an Asian setting.
Lacquerware is Edopunk about the development of alternate computer technology in historic Japan.
Polychrome Heroics has ordinary humans, supernaries, blue-plate specials, superheroes, supervillains, primal and animal soups trying to live as best they can. Average scientific level is ~20 years ahead of local-Earth; they also have gizmos and super-gizmos.
The Steamsmith is historic British steampunk about inventing new things. The science there is different enough from here to chip reality when the streams are crossed for too long.
The Time Towers posits that there is no such thing as a fixed point in time, because time works like a Jenga tower: some blocks are loose and easy to move, while others may require many moves to alter the pressure dynamics enough to move the one you really want to move.
Or you can ask for something new.
I have a linkback poem, "Empty Like a Bowl" (8 verses, standalone).
What Is a Poetry Fishbowl?
Writing is usually considered a solitary pursuit. One exception to this is a fascinating exercise called a "fishbowl." This has various forms, but all of them basically involve some kind of writing in public, usually with interaction between author and audience. A famous example is Harlan Ellison's series of "stories under glass" in which he sits in a bookstore window and writes a new story based on an idea that someone gives him. Writing classes sometimes include a version where students watch each other write, often with students calling out suggestions which are chalked up on the blackboard for those writing to use as inspiration.
In this online version of a Poetry Fishbowl, I begin by setting a theme; today's theme is "Because Science." I invite people to suggest characters, settings, and other things relating to that theme. Then I use those prompts as inspiration for writing poems.
Cyberfunded Creativity
I'm practicing cyberfunded creativity. If you enjoy what I'm doing and want to see more of it, please feed the Bard. The following options are currently available:
1) Sponsor the Fishbowl -- Here is a PayPal button for donations. There is no specific requirement, but $1 is the minimum recommended size for PayPal transactions since they take a cut from every one. You can also donate via check or money order sent by postal mail. If you make a donation and tell me about it, I promise to use one of your prompts. Anonymous donations are perfectly welcome, just won't get that perk. General donations will be tallied, and at the end of the fishbowl I’ll post a list of eligible poems based on the total funding; then the audience can vote on which they want to see posted.
2) Swim, Fishie, Swim! -- A feature in conjunction with fishbowl sponsorship is this progress meter showing the amount donated. There are multiple perks, the top one being a half-price poetry sale on one series when donations reach $300.
3) Buy It Now! -- Gakked from various e-auction sites, this feature allows you to sponsor a specific poem. If you don't want to wait for some editor to buy and publish my poem so you can read it, well, now you don't have to. Sponsoring a poem means that I will immediately post it on my blog for everyone to see, with the name of the sponsor (or another dedicate) if you wish; plus you get a nonexclusive publication right, so you can post it on your own blog or elsewhere as long as you keep the credits intact. You'll need to tell me the title of the poem you want to sponsor. I'm basing the prices on length, and they're comparable to what I typically make selling poetry to magazines (semi-pro rates according to Duotrope's Digest).
0-10 lines: $5
11-25 lines: $10
26-40 lines: $15
41-60 lines: $20
Poems over 60 lines, or with very intricate structure, fall into custom pricing.
4) Commission a scrapbook page. I can render a chosen poem in hardcopy format, on colorful paper, using archival materials for background and any embellishments. This will be suitable for framing or for adding to a scrapbook. Commission details are here. See latest photos of sample scrapbooked poems: "Sample Scrapbooked Poems 1-24-11"
5) Spread the word. Echo or link to this post on your Dreamwidth, other blog, Twitter, Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, or any other social network. Useful Twitter hashtags include #poetryfishbowl and #promptcall. Encourage people to come here and participate in the fishbowl. If you have room for it, including your own prompt will give your readers an idea of what the prompts should look like; ideally, update later to include the thumbnail of the poem I write, and a link to the poem if it gets published. If there is at least one new prompter or donor, I will post an extra freebie poem.
Linkback perk: I have a spare series poem available, and each linkback will reveal a verse of the poem. One person can do multiple links if they're on different services, like Dreamwidth or Twitter, rather than all on LiveJournal. Comment with a link to where you posted. "Empty Like a Bowl" has 8 verses and stands alone.
Additional Notes
1) I customarily post replies to prompt posts telling people which of their prompts I'm using, with a brief description of the resulting poem(s). If you want to know what's available, watch for those "thumbnails."
2) You don't have to pay me to see a poem based on a prompt that you gave me. I try to send copies of poems to people, mostly using the LJ message function. (Anonymous prompters will miss this perk unless you give me your eddress.) These are for-your-eyes-only, though, not for sharing.
3) Sponsors of the Poetry Fishbowl in general, or of specific poems, will gain access to an extra post in appreciation of their generosity. While you're on the Donors list, you can view all of the custom-locked posts in that category. Click the "donors" tag to read the archive of those. I've also posted a list of other donor perks there. I customarily leave donor names on the list for two months, so you'll get to see the perk-post from this month and next.
4) After the Poetry Fishbowl concludes, I will post a list of unsold poems and their prices, to make it easier for folks to see what they might want to sponsor.
5) If donations total $100 by Friday evening then you get a free $15 poem; $150 gets you a free $20 poem; and $200 gets you a free epic, posted after the Poetry Fishbowl. These will usually be series poems if I have them; otherwise I may offer non-series poems or series poems in a different size. If donations reach $250, you get one step toward a bonus fishbowl; four of these activates the perk, and they don't have to be four months in a row. Everyone will get to vote on which series, and give prompts during the extra fishbowl, although it may be a half-day rather than a whole day. If donations reach $300, there will be a half-price sale in one series.
Feed the Fish!
Now's your chance to participate in the creative process by posting ideas for me to write about. Today's theme is "Because Science." See above for details. If you manage to recommend a form that I don't recognize, I will probably pounce on it and ask you for its rules. I do have The New Book of Forms by Lewis Turco which covers most common and many obscure forms.
I'll post at least one of the fishbowl poems here so you-all can enjoy it. (Remember, you get an extra freebie poem if someone new posts a prompt or makes a donation, and additional perks at $100-$300 in donations. Linkbacks reveal verses of "Empty Like a Bowl." The rest of the poems will go into my archive for future use.
Polychrome Prompt
Date: 2021-04-06 06:16 pm (UTC)Re: Polychrome Prompt
Date: 2021-04-07 02:57 am (UTC)Re: Polychrome Prompt
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Date: 2021-04-07 07:00 am (UTC)191 lines, Buy It Now = $96
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Date: 2021-04-06 06:30 pm (UTC)https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/12917616.html?thread=43070320#cmt43070320
I'll also add this link about Venusian colonization/cloud cities, if a closer human settlement / closer teleport location is better.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_Venus#:~:text=At%20cloud-top%20level%2C%20Venus,that%20helium%20has%20
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There's also some thoughts in the thread on technologies grouped as "type of _process_ that affects environment" rather than the usual "group by materials used" or "group by tech level." Not sure if any of those would make a story...
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Date: 2021-04-06 06:31 pm (UTC)Terramagne has been inching towards Gravitronic technology for a while, I wonder how they'd react if Cthulhu, the kraken-squid with a mathematical bent and a passion for the stars, is the one who makes the theoretical break-through?
Edison Finn meets Nicola Tesla [Nikola Tesla's great-grand niece.] who is also a super-genius and inventor and they 'play' together...
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Date: 2021-04-06 06:38 pm (UTC)Exosuit for other purposes (i.e. a hoversling-not-wheelchair so aquatic folk can travel on land, using a cyborg exosuit instead of a wheelchair...)
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From: (Anonymous) - Date: 2021-04-07 04:48 am (UTC) - Expand(no subject)
Date: 2021-04-06 06:35 pm (UTC)Ophelia the friendly AI who hangs around the station technology:
(Quotes from comments)
https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/12733614.html?thread=42087086
Training Officer: "Don't worry, the car's not haunted, that's just Ophelia - she followed the captain back from a call 15 years back, and decided to hang around."
Rookie: "Uh, is she why Martinez is always complaining about the coffee machines on Tuesdays?"
TO: "Yup, dude has no manners. Speaking of, look at the computer cam if you're trying to talk face-to-face, it's like eye contact."
I also find the idea of hauling around a robo-body in the trunk (so Ophelia can come to social functions in restaraunts) to be hilarious!
"Look, just wait a minute, the last time you just climbed out of the bag in the trunk you scared the living daylights out of the civvies. Let me open the trunk and unzip the bag first..."
"I like Bob enough to wear the stupid human suit to the retirement party [at a fancy restauraunt], but I'm taking it off the minute we walk out the door."
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Date: 2021-04-06 09:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
From: (Anonymous) - Date: 2021-04-07 12:39 am (UTC) - ExpandPrompt(s)
Date: 2021-04-06 06:36 pm (UTC)Polychrome Officer Pink: How is Nebuly and/or the centaurs doing? Has Turq had any backslides?
Polychrome: Damask: How is Damask these days?
Frankenstein's Family: How is Adam's body treating him?
That's all I've got.
~Angel
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Date: 2021-04-06 08:40 pm (UTC)Re: Prompt(s)
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Date: 2021-04-06 06:38 pm (UTC)Re: My prompt
Date: 2021-04-13 10:22 pm (UTC)152 lines, Buy It Now = $76
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Date: 2021-04-06 06:46 pm (UTC)How do first responders in Terramagne respond to an outside-context problem? (Shark person needs CPR, alien needs...something, calming down an AI might require different tricks than calming a human...)
I'd also like to see something where the potential-or-inevitable medical problem is discussed before it becomes an issue. (Inspired by Enemy Mine. Seriously, if your alien friend is pregnant, please at least try to discuss alien childbirth/midwifery and assorted customs before the birth...)
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Date: 2021-04-06 06:59 pm (UTC)Quote from Adam Savage: "Remember, kids: the only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down."
The difference between learning science in school and getting to actually science something out with someone who's passionate about that branch of science.
Food as an art is fun for some folks, but food as a science is way cooler for others.
Poem
Date: 2021-04-07 02:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2021-04-06 07:08 pm (UTC)Polychrome Heroics: I believe it's mentioned in a poem that although Dymin is a fantastic button woman, she is a scientist at heart. What kind of science does she do? Has the increased presence of the Finns given her more opportunity to do science? Does Boss White have a way for her to engage in science as well as supervillainy?
Poem
Date: 2021-04-16 10:32 am (UTC)216 lines, Buy It Now = $108
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Date: 2021-04-06 10:36 pm (UTC)Poem
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Date: 2021-04-06 08:44 pm (UTC)I also really like the Steamsmith series. What if an alchemist dropped in? Or an astrologer? Or both? Or a practitioner of some other discipline that doesn't exist in our timeline? They might disagree about whether their own and each other's disciplines are science.
Are there always-underwater soups on Terramagne? That would make underwater discovery and exploration easier, especially if they were suited to deep diving without the equipment normal people need, but I bet it also presents challenges for them.
Yes ...
Date: 2021-04-06 09:32 pm (UTC)Poem
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Date: 2021-04-06 08:54 pm (UTC)I'd love to see something about Perseverance (apparently called Percy) and Ingenuity (Gennie).
Or something sciency about the nifty rock Percy found: https://bgr.com/2021/04/01/mars-rock-perseverance-mystery/
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Date: 2021-04-06 10:34 pm (UTC)One of the theories about the mystery rock I've heard is that it's a chunk of Earth rock that got blown up and landed.. there is, apparently, a list of geological events that were energetic enough to fling rocks quite a bit bigger than that out into space.
I gather there's some weirdness about it's isotopes that makes it a possibility, but it's just blue-sky speculation at present. Although in theory Mars should be peppered with Earth rocks, just as Earth is with Martian meteorites.
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Date: 2021-04-06 09:36 pm (UTC)Bonus points for Dr. Infanta getting involved because she's got too much social experience, even if she hasn't written it down.
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Date: 2021-04-07 04:12 am (UTC)Poem
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Date: 2021-04-06 10:32 pm (UTC)Maryam's latest project. If there's not something she already has in progress that needs development -- something for Farasat (surely there are more things than rain gear useful to a cheetah in the wrong environment?), or to make Ned and/or Rori's work easier or faster and let them expand to other things that interest them, or improvements for Mrs. Love, or ...?
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Date: 2021-04-12 09:41 am (UTC)70 lines, Buy It Now = $70
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Date: 2021-04-06 11:22 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2021-04-06 11:57 pm (UTC)We're always seeing people juryrig boats [surfboards, trashcans, inflatable mattresses] and hazmat gear [swim goggles, trash bags/tarps, bandannas...] and suchlike in RL anyway...
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Date: 2021-04-07 12:29 am (UTC)- Someone studying how soul marks Settle
- Someone studying Polyamorous marks - especially Triads
- Someone studying grief & fading soul marks - does a tattoo of their mark help their grief or just delay the grieving process?
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Date: 2021-04-09 04:56 am (UTC)356 lines, Buy It Now = $178
Science!
Date: 2021-04-07 12:40 am (UTC)Another interesting avenue: how does someone whose learning strengths aren't customary (like tactile/visual/auditory/etc.) adapt how they do science to take advantage of those strengths?
In Daughters of the Apocalypse, there will probably be some settlement areas that are organized around supporting a knowledge-oriented resource. How is that resource using science to improve the locals' lives? What happens when the area attracts attention from other groups that aren't doing as well?
Re: Science!
Date: 2021-04-07 02:05 am (UTC)Re: Science!
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Date: 2021-04-07 01:30 am (UTC)In Daughters of the Apocalypse, what caused the Apocalypse? Was it environmental destruction, or science of the "just because you can doesn't mean you should" variety? How much of that society is anti-science, because it did not save them from catastrophe?
In Clay of Life, Yossele is a golem. If the same Name was written and slipped into an android's mouth, would it also be granted the Breath of Life?
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Date: 2021-04-07 02:08 am (UTC)Or because science is /terrifying/?
>>In Clay of Life, Yossele is a golem. If the same Name was written and slipped into an android's mouth, would it also be granted the Breath of Life?<<
I always figured golems were essentially magical AI.
Now I wonder: if golems are earth-affiliate, is there such a thing as a water- fire- or air- golem? (Add metal- or wood- for a five element system...)
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Date: 2021-04-07 01:52 am (UTC)*Something about Santos-Dumont's family's descendants, Cartier's gifted watch, and the intersection of family lore with truth at its heart, superpowers, and the science of supergizmology. Basically, all the quirky, friendly scholarship and welcome power enhancement, please! :) Bonus points if Santos-Dumont's family are proud Brazilians in the present day. Yes, he lived in France, but he didn't *start* there.
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Date: 2021-04-07 03:00 am (UTC)Poem
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Date: 2021-04-07 04:54 am (UTC)"Aliens who don't cook would think humans are all ace chemists - I mean practically every human dwelling has a 'chem lab' and the really good chemists [cooks] can find friends anywhere. (Funny way to look at the 'defining characteristic' of a species...)"
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Date: 2021-04-07 07:53 am (UTC)The "because science" is them not merely trying to figure out what they can do with the effect, but also figuring out what is happening and why.
Reproducibility is nice, but having a workable theory as to *why* X happens will get you a lot farther in the long run.
Trying to figure out what the "variables" are and testing to see what happens when you vary them can be frustrating, annoying, humorous etc.
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Date: 2021-04-08 10:06 am (UTC)58 lines, Buy It Now = $20
Done for the night!
Date: 2021-04-07 11:33 am (UTC)Re: Done for the night!
Date: 2021-04-08 03:13 am (UTC)Hold for original prompter.
Poem
Date: 2021-04-10 09:27 pm (UTC)Hold for original prompters.