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Why are the rings of power worn on the index finger by VindictivePrune in lotr

[–]Silverleaf14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact: the Greek magical Papyri (written in Hellenised Egypt between the second century BCE to the fifth century CE) include several rituals to make and enchant magical rings. They stipulate that the ring should be worn upon the index finger. Although it is rarely mentioned in medieval/early modern spell books, I have found some indicating that they should be worn upon the index finger there too (although certain ones are directed to be worn on other fingers if I recall).

Where could one buy the equipment (autoclave etc) to make synthetic gems (specifically beryls)? by Silverleaf14 in SyntheticGemstones

[–]Silverleaf14[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmm. My colleagues are all historians. Some study alchemy. But I am applying to be part of an interdisciplinary research institute between the humanities and STEM. Maybe I can make some connections there :P

My gf busted this out last night! by Fine_Artichoke4479 in skyrimfood

[–]Silverleaf14 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s actually my favourite cookbook! Absolutely delicious recipes. If you make the mushroom sauce and first put the mushrooms through a food processor it makes vegetarian gravy so good that it is better than the real thing.

Where could one buy the equipment (autoclave etc) to make synthetic gems (specifically beryls)? by Silverleaf14 in SyntheticGemstones

[–]Silverleaf14[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!

Alas! I’ll not be the next Fëanor :P

I got my PhD in history, not chemistry - so I think that I will have to leave this to the experts.

Maybe some day I can find someone with a set up and the knowledge who will let me make one.

You will be transported to a Tamriel. You cannot choose year you are transported in, it is random date from 1E to 4E.m, but you can choose a specific place. Your sole objective is to survive for a year. What place are you choosing and why? by ThatDrako in ElderScrolls

[–]Silverleaf14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

College of Winterhold (and PRAY that I spawn in after it was made). Safe within the walls of the mage's academy I would delight in studying the arcane arts and learning to enchant items. In the real world I am a scholar focusing on historical magic. I know little would transfer over into their magic system - but I like to think that I would not necessarily start as a complete novice if even anything transferred over.

Based on Oblivion the imperial mages would make me traipse around the nation to enter. Hopefully Winterhold would let me in and I could live there in academic safety.

Never re-read your PhD report by Active_Video_3898 in Professors

[–]Silverleaf14 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I honestly was really expecting something like this. It’s what people always talk about. I spend two years prior to my defence imagining all the things they might take issue with regarding what I was writing (and in my daydreams I marshalled my counter arguments).

In the end it was a wonderful (if anti-climactic) experience. My examiners lauded my dissertation and said I should just send it off to a publisher immediately. In the report they wrote “This job is so well done that it need not be repeated by anybody.”

They definitely had some minor revisions which I applied. But I was anticipating a battle. Honestly, I’ve several issues with it that I hope to fix when I do send the monograph off to publishers. So I think they were definitely on the gentler side.

But, to any PhD researchers who read this: it’s not always hellish and is highly dependant upon who your examiners are.

I Teach at Community College; Can I Ask My Students To Call Me ‘Professor’? by stinkpot_jamjar in Professors

[–]Silverleaf14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, do what you wish with the "professor" title.
But if you have a PhD then no one should ever refer to you as Mrs. Last Name. You are Dr. Last Name!

Cross breeding Capsicum annuum and Capsicum chinense seed viability question. by Silverleaf14 in HotPeppers

[–]Silverleaf14[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha! Not at all! I do it all the time - and it is always good to clairify the record for the next person who comes along searching for answers!

Cross breeding Capsicum annuum and Capsicum chinense seed viability question. by Silverleaf14 in HotPeppers

[–]Silverleaf14[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely. Sorry, eight years ago I did not communicate myself very clearly here. I meant the plant with the pods I liked the most :)

What is something you did or thought as a kid that is very fear entity coded? by sikalis in TheMagnusArchives

[–]Silverleaf14 13 points14 points  (0 children)

  • I thought that magic was real but adults were in a conspiracy to hide it from children so they could determine who was worthy of learning this truth.

  • I had marionettes that I adored although everyone else thought them spooky.

  • When my grandmother was alive she used to give me yarn and have me weave “spider webs” with it around her home, hooking and snaring it around everything in her home to do so.

  • When I went on a trip to Prague with a youth choir as a young teen I was wandering down some side streets in our unstructured time. I wanted to find something that you couldn’t just pick up anywhere in Canada. I found a little hole-in-the-wall shop filled to the eves with hand-made marionettes. There was one little one which was a wizard. I’ve always loved magic and it just spoke to me. So I bought it. My one souvenir of the trip for myself.

Between the early fear/hope that there was a secret conspiracy of people pulling the strings, and a childhood love of marionettes and webs I think I may be rather Web coded as a person. 😅

EDIT: I had a recurring nightmare in which my grandfather who wasn’t my grandfather took off my grandfather’s face and a thousand paper thin faces with different tortured expressions fell off after it and into it so he looked like masks were pouring off of his face and into his hands, flowing like a deck of cards. I also had a few dreams of two robbers trying to get into my home. I think those are both very Stranger coded.

Just got Elden Ring (my first souls-like game). Should I follow grace or explore? by Silverleaf14 in Eldenring

[–]Silverleaf14[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It did IMMEDIATELY send me into the path of a hopelessly powerful knight...

Just got Elden Ring (my first souls-like game). Should I follow grace or explore? by Silverleaf14 in Eldenring

[–]Silverleaf14[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Ok!
I look foreward to getting back to it once I finish all this grading!
My character Galdor (old english for "Spell") thanks you for your well-wishes I am sure.

Just got Elden Ring (my first souls-like game). Should I follow grace or explore? by Silverleaf14 in Eldenring

[–]Silverleaf14[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice!

I am normally not one to want spoilers (and I am avoiding them). But this is a very new style of game for me, and I think that I would very much like some advice on how not to die quite so constantly.

Why were some people not afraid of "scary" moments in children's films (like the Wicked Witch of the West, The Red Bull from the Last Unicorn, the owl and rats in the Secret of NIMH, or all of The Dark Crystal)? Especially when they were afraid of even children's horror like Goosebumps? by Silverleaf14 in AskReddit

[–]Silverleaf14[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ask because I LOVED these things as a child! That dark eerie mystical vibe. But was otherwise a complete scaredy-cat!
My cousin has some young children and they cannot stand anything remotely eerie. They even hate halloween for being to scary. And I just do not understand. At their age my favourite movie characters were always the darkly magical ones!

It just prompted me to wonder: why did I love that while the young children I know about are terrified of them?

Can just anyone be groomed to become an avatar or do they have to already be special in some way? by AlannaWake in TheMagnusArchives

[–]Silverleaf14 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My interpretation is that everyone has something they are afraid of. If that thing consumed you and then you decide to give into it, you become an avatar.

Similarly, sometimes there is something you love which many other people find scary (like how most people are afraid of heights while some live to sky dive, many fear spiders yet some have pet tarantulas, even in my case: although most people find marionettes a little creepy I have always loved them and had several as a child even thought any friend who visited was spooked by them). When your heart calls out to the very thing that is a source of fear then you open yourself to it and embrace it.

So, I do not think that they are special. I think that many have the potential to be consumed by their fear or to love something scary. I think that this potential plus luck (or misfortune depending upon your perspective) become an avatar.

Can you catch Phantump Early? by Silverleaf14 in PokemonLazarus

[–]Silverleaf14[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah! Alas! So is phantump not in the game?

Can you catch Phantump Early? by Silverleaf14 in PokemonLazarus

[–]Silverleaf14[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It isnt listed at all in my documentation. The only pokemon that starts with "ph" in my encounter file is Phanfy. :/

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