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Part of me is genuinely eccentric, part of me is a bit of a put on.
But I know what I am doing
Edward Gorey in Boston Magazines (1980)
#edward gorey#quotations#on art#english eccentrics#(not actually english but the sentiment persists)
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Today I am sinking into a morass of my own making but at least the fit hits
#I actually swapped the boots out for my Harnden derbies post photo but whatever#home#ccp#elena dawson#english eccentrics
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Prompt from @help-i-need-a-cool-username
Jason has once again snuck into Gotham University. Now, before any assumptions are made onto why the crime lord would break into a college, the reason is because he likes the library. That's it. The public library is trashed and small, barely taken care of, but Gotham U's? It's beautiful. Multiple floors, organized and in sections, taken care of, alphabetical order, it's magnificent. The chairs were a reason alone to sneak in, but the students here added an extra charm.
He had gone to the very back of the library on the second floor. This area was pretty well hidden and enclosed. He would come here to read without anyone questioning him, even hiding the books he wasn’t finished with yet to continue on later. Jason wasn’t expecting someone to be so close to his spot though. A few tables across stood a student, thin, tall, with pitch black hair, baggy cargo jeans, and a white t-shirt. The other hadn’t noticed him yet, so he remained quiet and just watched. He was in front of a large white board on wheels, seemingly taken from the rooms he saw down the hall.
“That doesn’t work, goddammit.”
On the white board was lines upon lines of equations- at least he thought they were equations, with most of them being letters and symbols rather than numbers. It made the vigilante’s brain hurt. The student - assumed STEM major - just kept mumbling to himself.
“Stupid physics, won’t allow interdimensional travel”
What? Jason may have been out of school since 15, but he knew no courses were asking for the answer to traveling between dimensions. It seemed the student had a habit of talking to himself when worked up or focused, possibly why he isolated himself from the rest of the library.
“If your parents could do it, why can’t you? Think Danny, think!”
That sentence wasn’t concerning at all, but at least Jason learned the boy’s name. Danny seemed to have a strange background, what did he mean by ‘if your parents could do it’? Had his parents managed to travel between dimensions? The other was chewing on the cap of the white board marker, his other hand resting on his hip as he swayed back and forth.
“Oh! Oh! Oh! That! The thing! That thingy!”
Jason could practically see the lightbulb go on above Danny’s head. Just then the other erased a solid portion of the whiteboard and dropped to his knees, ouch. He started frantically scribbling, fast and messy, barely cohesive. Though, Jason was sure that if it was Tim sitting where he was instead, the boy could probably understand everything on that board. He’d stick to English literature, thank you very much.
“That’s it! Oh my ancients! I got it!”
Danny practically jumped in the air, punching the air in triumph. Jason almost felt proud of him, this complete stranger he’s been watching, wow he was being creepy, huh? Danny shot both of his arms straight up, the marker gripped tightly in his right hand fist.
“I did it!”
He looked so happy, so excited. He began to buzz, even spinning, before stopping mid loop and turning around slowly. Shit, Jason had been caught. To be fair, Danny hadn’t exactly turned around the whole time, meaning Jason was just watching his back the whole time as he worked through his… problem? It’s such a shame, Jason was thoroughly entertained by this random kid.
“Uhhh, hi? How long have you been there?”
Oh shit, Jason had to talk now, didn’t he?
“Not very long, but long enough to know you were trying to solve interdimensional travel before apparently succeeding.”
The color drained from Danny’s face. Whoops?
“Uhm, no I didn’t.”
Now that he got a closer look, the student looked like someone Bruce would adopt. Black hair, clear blue eyes, tan skin, sharp features, the whole nine yards. He was actually fairly attractive, maybe even cute.
“Really? I could have sworn that you said ‘stupid physics won’t allow interdimensional travel’”
“I have no clue what you’re talking about.”
“Yeah sure, and I’m a student here.”
“Wait, you’re not a student here?”
“That’d only be true if you were lying.”
“Well I’m not so-”
“Uh huh, sure you’re not.”
“Look dude-”
“Jason.”
“Look Jason, there’s no way that I could solve interdimensional travel, the multiverse doesn’t exist.”
“Look Danny-”
“How do you know my name?”
“I won’t tell a single soul if you explain how you did it to me”
Curiosity won his gambit. Would he regret what he was about to say? Perhaps.
“Maybe over a coffee?”
He knew it was worth it when the marker hit the floor and Danny moved his hand to cover his red face. Well, it wasn’t the first time he’s done something he regrets, maybe this time it’d be a cute STEM major who knows the secrets to the multiverse.
#dc x dp#dp x dc#jason todd#red hood#danny fenton#danny phantom#danny fenton is a huge nerd#figuring out interdimensional travel instead of finishing his 5 page english paper due 'like yesterday'#jason has done many things he regrets#breaking into a college isnt one#neither is asking out the cute nerd with eccentric capabilities#if only jason knew what he was getting into#boo#jason todd x danny fenton#dead on main#college au#gotham university
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Account of English explorer meeting Napoleon on St. Helena
Notes of an Interview with Bonaparte at St Helena on the 13th August 1817, written by Captain Basil Hall, Royal Navy.
I've seen this as a published article, but here is his handwritten manuscript which is a bit different from the published one. That one is on Internet Archive.
The entire handwritten thing
#Basil Hall English explorer who met Napoleon#St. Helena#Napoleon being eccentric#Voyage to Loo Choo
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Interesting that Sam was originally written for the games as the character for the player to project on to and Max as the unrestrained maniac we all wished we could be, whereas now most people seem to identify with Max the most and perceive Sam as the eccentric weirdo we wished we were comfortable being
#thoughts to hold in my head as I write#Im almost ashamed at how much Northern English eccentricity I utilise when writing Sam but tbh if the Tie Fits#not the shoe... cuz he doesnt wear em...
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Tried to be sneaky and just translate and copy the English wikipedia page but I feel this sloppy work would be found out
#maybe not I'm already very English poisoned#The Wankel engine has a spinning eccentric power take-off shaft#with a rotary piston riding on eccentrics on the shaft in a hula-hoop fashion. The Wankel is a 2:3 type of rotary engine#i.e.#two-thirds of its ideal total geometrical volume can be attributed to displacement. Thus#its housing's inner side resembles an oval-like epitrochoid#whereas its rotary piston has a trochoid (triangular) shape (similar to a Reuleaux triangle)#and the Wankel engine's rotor always forms three moving working chambers.[22] The Wankel engine's basic geometry is depicted in figure 7. S#not being guided by the external chamber. The rotor does not make contact with the external engine housing. The force of expanded gas press#All practical Wankel engines are four-cycle (i.e.#four-stroke) engines. In theory#two-cycle engines are possible#but they are impractical because the intake gas and the exhaust gas cannot be properly separated.[15] The operating principle is similar to#Wankel engines typically have a high-voltage spark ignition system.[25]#In a Wankel engine#one side of the triangular rotor completes the four-stage Otto cycle of intake#compression#ignition#and exhaust each revolution of the rotor (see figure 8.).[26] The shape of the rotor between the fixed apexes is to minimize the volume of#respectively.[23][27] As the rotor has three sides#this gives three power pulses per revolution of the rotor. All three faces of the Wankel's rotor operate simultaneously in one revolution.#one power pulse is produced at each revolution of the shaft. For comparison#the four-stroke piston engine completes the Otto cycle in two revolutions of its output shaft (crankshaft). The Wankel thus produces twice#Wankel engines have a much lower degree of irregularity when compared to a reciprocating piston engine#making the Wankel engine run much smoother. This is because the Wankel engine has a lower moment of inertia and less excess torque area due#a two-rotor Wankel engine runs more than twice as smoothly as a four-cylinder piston engine.[29] The eccentric output shaft of a Wankel eng#000 or 8#000 rpm. In practice#automotive Wankel engines are not operated at much higher output shaft speeds than reciprocating piston engines of similar output power. Wa#I... Forgot I had the whole page on Wankel engines on my clipboard so I accidently pasted it
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You,
It's you and me,
It's you and me won't be unhappy.
"C'mon, baby, c'mon darling,
Let me steal this moment from you now.
C'mon, angel, c'mon, c'mon, darling,
Let's exchange the experience, oh..."
#wlw#ethereal#willows#perioddrama#swan#mushroom#running up that hill#kate bush#i discovered kate bush through a very eccentric english teacher years ago#hope he still has the wuthering heights dance memorized
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a friend of mine just judged me for having a written “list of known enemies” in one of my research journals that’s just a list of literary characters I want to drown in a vat of acid
#classic literature#reading things#it’s a perfectly valid list to have okay???#number 1 is Victor Frankenstein#i’m coming for you#english major#i love reading#reading#booklr#books and reading#bookworm#eccentric#book opinions
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Genshin (schrodinger's) hot take, it might be, it might be not
The world NPCs have a much stronger and eccentric character voice in their spanish translations, even without voicelines, than in english. I found out that so many of the weirdos I love sound bland otherwise.
You guys might be missing out.
#i've thought about it a lot#and then it hit me how written dialogue expresses a character#believe me when i tell you so many of them sound really loud without voicelines#i think it might have also happened in hsr#if it's an exclusive feature of the spanish language i don't know#but regional accents are easier to write about in english#so it may be a case of “you win some you lose some”#the npcs i liked the most are already huge eccentrics even in english and they stand out#but even the quiet stoic or shy ones make their presence loudly known in spanish even when they aren't screaming#that's all for today#genshin impact
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college professor really is the best job to have if you’re autistic isnt it. let me teach this one specific subject for 40 years. fuck yeah.
#yk. my professors are all really eccentric. and i was wondering why#as if my english professor hasnt outright told us she’s autistic#its just. DREAM JOB. honestly.
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Putting My Mind At Ease
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#music#love#sims 3#contentmarketing#my audio#spotify#art#abstract#eccentric#artist#french#greek#danish#soft spoken#english#spoken word#back again#poetrycommunity#piano
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Blogging A to Z: Day 5 - English village mysteries: Cozy mysteries set in quaint English villages
Discover the charm of English villages and their appeal as settings for cozy mysteries in this blog post. From eccentric characters to clever amateur detectives, explore the elements that make English village mysteries a favorite subgenre among cozy myste
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Hello and welcome, my fellow mystery-loving misfits! Today we’re going to talk about cozy mysteries set in quaint English villages. But before we dive into that, let’s make sure we’re all on the same page about what cozy mysteries are.
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Cozy mysteries are like…
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#Agatha Christie#amateur detectives#book lover#book nerd#book worm#bookish#books#british mystery novels#caroline graham#cozy mysteries#eccentric characters#english countryside#english village mysteries#hamish macbeth#mc beaton#midsomer murders#miss marple#quaint villages#reading#rebecca tope#simon brett
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Chokorēto kōjō no himitsu
New item:
Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.
Shelf: 933.7 DAH 2 (@ tadoku section)
Chokorēto kōjō no himitsu = Charlie and the chocolate factory.
by Roarudo Dāru ; illustrations by Kwentin Bureiku ; translated by Yanase Naoki.
Tōkyō : Rironsha, 2005.
ISBN: 9784566014114
269 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
(Roarudo Dāru korekushon ; 2).
Translated into Japanese from the English, moderate furigana on kanji chracters.
This book is suitable for tadoku, extensive reading for learners of Japanese-language. Please find details about tadoku and our reading night event on our tadoku web page.
#japanese translation#english children's stories#japanese language#tadoku leevel 5#candy industry#chocolate factories#eccentrics and eccentricities#jlearner
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Want a big pair of earrings to make part of My Look, should I do giant deaths head moths or goth snake and coffins
#Also feel free to link some weird colorful or whimsical earrings#I want to be THE eccentric artist in the English department
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hi im back from the dead. and i bring english lyrics to eccentric party night i’ve been chipping away at for however long
i’m actually kinda proud of it. some of it is clunky but this was a decently difficult writing challenge (i’ve never really written a song before and my poetry is b a d) but hey i can badly sing it to myself and it works! please check this out if you’re interested and leave feedback, that would mean a lot! <3
#enstars#ensemble stars#five oddballs#five eccentrics#writing#songwriting#lyrics#sorry if this is tagged badly/wrong i've never posted something like this before rxdcfgvhbj#does this count as fanfiction? prolly not#english rewrite
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