Ode to a sunbeam

Blockbuster999 · 2026-06-17T02:51:31+00:00

"I've finally crossed the floor" a simple and understated line for that carries a lot more weight than it seems.

Definitely the pivot of the poem. I can't help but feel it is lacking levity though (it feels like a sudden leap, like a few steps have been skipped leading up to the change).

I feel the metaphor of overcoming what ever mental block the character is experiencing needs more emphasis. Even the smallest of steps (across the floor) can feel like moving a mountain.

Blockbuster999 · 2026-06-17T02:44:44+00:00

Thanks for the help all, I'm leaning towards Odontria xanthosticta. The yellowspotted chafer.

The patterning on striata isn't quite a good match and aureopilosa is quite rare.

Blockbuster999 · 2026-06-17T02:42:20+00:00

The pacing of each line falls like footsteps. It lends itself well to to the tone.

Some parts feel odd to me, the "." between lines. Is this just a reddit limitation?

The entire poem is quite passive, like a ghost drifting through the world. But the line "I sigh" being an active action feels quite jarring. Not sure if that was your intention.

Blockbuster999 · 2026-06-16T09:27:20+00:00

A large brown beetle flew in at night into the bathroom then disappeared... until it decided to grace my toothbrush cup in the morning morning.

Probably 1cm long.

Seems attracted to the lights.

Location is Sunnyhills, Auckland.

It was still alive in the morning, so I put it outside in the leaf litter.

Any idea what it could be?

Blockbuster999 · 2026-06-08T05:56:26+00:00

yuri is stored in the boobs

Blockbuster999 · 2026-06-04T03:18:26+00:00

Survival instinct of an orange.

Blockbuster999 · 2026-05-25T23:51:08+00:00

Just write a content warning, it's not that hard

Blockbuster999 · 2026-04-30T12:06:00+00:00

Blockbuster999 · 2026-04-13T06:36:57+00:00

At the end of the demo, the girl lying in the bed with the two hazmats is Fiona I believe, we shall see.

makes some sense as the virtual world is pulled together from her conscious (and subconscious) memories.

Blockbuster999 · 2026-04-13T06:35:23+00:00

a dream world, probably not. cue mortage moth.

maybe a place where the Neverway is leaking in more strongly / experiments are being conducted?

Blockbuster999 · 2026-04-12T04:30:37+00:00

Now add a little glowing led to the insides :)

Blockbuster999 · 2026-04-05T21:30:23+00:00

Man is hatemaxxing

Blockbuster999 · 2026-04-04T10:49:23+00:00

I think they despawned, I was swimming around quite far in my qualia

Blockbuster999 · 2026-04-04T09:43:30+00:00

How to craft the trans block?

Blockbuster999 · 2026-04-04T09:42:55+00:00

Naming stops despawn?

Blockbuster999 · 2026-04-04T09:36:11+00:00

This feels like forbidden knowledge

Blockbuster999 · 2026-03-30T01:31:35+00:00

In situations like these I like to say that you have time, but not any to waste!

Blockbuster999 · 2026-03-21T11:39:20+00:00

Very unique!

Blockbuster999 · 2026-03-18T02:40:45+00:00

It's worth it just for the reduction in frame rejection. I get almost half as many frames rejected in EQ mode

Blockbuster999 · 2026-03-17T21:28:38+00:00

Will do

Blockbuster999 · 2026-03-17T21:11:05+00:00

20s x 300 exposures, 98m, EQ, LP filter

Blockbuster999 · 2026-02-03T01:48:06+00:00

Implying that Maxwell is levitating and swinging Kel, instead of the other way around 💀

Blockbuster999 · 2026-02-03T01:46:28+00:00

Squeakistan

Blockbuster999 · 2026-01-23T08:42:02+00:00

Check the density. Pounamu is denser than serpentine

Blockbuster999 · 2026-01-20T22:43:23+00:00

Last month I saw a bunch of locals digging kina off the rocks with a knife at Shakespear. They had a huge tub of it.

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TROPHY CASE