So in this post I wanted to talk about additional evidence in the lore that seems to corroborate with some of my earlier theories about potential future Darkness elements and subclasses. Toland actually links the miasma on the moon to the Pyramid and the K1 Anomaly cladding actually explains exactly what effects they were protecting against — with massive implications.

A Dark Future

To recap, I originally expanded upon the theory that the next subclass would (as others had suggested) likely manifest as the same Darkness that the Hive call upon in their rituals that burns with greenish-yellow soulfire.

Soulfire as I explained was a byproduct of it's true purpose — the forced evolution of organic matter through nuclear transmutation and decay.

>The Hive had "rituals for forced evolution" which "hinted at transmutation through corruption, degradation, and rebirth". I attempted to explain the scientific principles behind this dark alchemy using the hypothesis that it would act in opposition to Arc Light. I theorized that it would break the bindings of complex matter leading to chemical simplification.
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>I ultimately concluded that the mechanism behind this dark power was likely "inverse beta decay" which caused a proton to absorb it's own electron and decay into a neutron. Doing so would ultimately destabilize the entire nucleus leading to spontaneous decay.

I applied this same logic to Void Light and it's potential antithesis.

>I deduced that the third Darkness element would likely interact with the quantum vacuum using dark energy with phantom-like behavior. I also proposed that this third element could be used to explain paranormal phenomena related to the Darkness such as nightmares and phantoms as well as catastrophic effects such as false vacuum decay and Big Rips.

Now admittedly, when I wrote the aforementioned posts I knew a lot less than I do now. In order to arrive at those theories I mostly relied on Ishtar Collective as well as my own intuition and

The funeral director was asking us what we think Mum should wear in her casket.

Mum always loved to wear sarongs (fabric wraps that go around the torso and drape downward a bit like a long skirt would), so my uncle suggested that she wear a sarong in there.

The funeral director looked a bit confused, as did some of our family members, to which my uncle added:

"What's sarong with that?"

I started laughing like an idiot. He was proud of it too. The funeral director was rather shocked. We assured her, and our more proper relatives, that Mum would've absolutely loved the joke (which is very true).

His delivery was perfect. I'll never forget the risk he took. We sometimes recall the moment as a way help cushion the blows of the grieving process.

--Edit-- I appreciate the condolences. I'm doing well and the worst is behind me and my family. But thanks :)

--Edit-- Massive thanks for all the awards and kind words. And the puns! Love 'em.

I would have a daughter

But Bill kept the Windows

Given recent discussions I thought I'd post extracts from the wikia fact sheet on the GUTCP Universe. It was assembled by going through GUTCP and from posted discussions by Mills over the decades.

The Universe

At its most basic, the Universe consists of dynamic spacetime, spacetime distortions (matter created from energy), and interdependent interactions and energy exchanges between those distortions and spacetime that are, and can be, precisely determined.

• GUTCP correctly models all physical phenomena in the Universe using only the following principles and parameters within a single classical physics framework:
  • Mass and energy must be conserved;
  • Linear and angular momentum must be conserved;
  • Maxwell’s Equations apply;
  • Newton’s Laws apply;
  • Lorentz transforms of Special Relativity;
  • there are only 3 spatial dimensions plus time;
  • the fundamental constants that comprise the fine structure constant;
  • fundamental particles, as well as the photon, have 📷 of angular momentum;
  • the Newtonian gravitational constant G;
  • the total mass of the Universe; and
  • the spin of the electron neutrino.
• The Universe has no beginning or end.
• The Universe oscillates endlessly with a cycle of a trillion years from a minimum radius where it is mostly matter filled, to a maximum radius where it is mostly energy filled and back again.
• The conversion of matter into energy expands Spacetime and drives the overall expansion of the Universe with the speed and acceleration of the expansion determined by the rate at which the matter of the Universe is converted to energy. "Dark energy" is neither real nor required.
• Space expands as matter is converted into energy and vice versa. This provides the basis of absolute space and the atomic, thermodynamic, and cosmological arrows of time.
• Matter, Energy and Spacetime are interconnected and conserved - an expansion of space requires a Lorentzian contraction of time and vice versa. (query)
• At the end of the expansion phase in an energy filled Universe, electron neutrinos dominate and these combine with photons to form only one type of neutron with no antiparticle, which beta decays to a proton, electron and an electron antineutrino. The proton and electron combine to form hydrogen. Over billions of years gravitional attraction and spacetime contraction form vast gas clouds from which celestial structures form. This is the basis for the observed lack of antimatter in the Univers

True story; it even happened last night. My 5-year-old son walks up behind me and out of the blue says, "hey."

I turn to him and say, "yeah, kiddo? What's up?"

He responds, "it's dead grass."

I'm really confused and trying to figure out what's wrong and what he wants from me. "What? There's dead grass? What's wrong with that?"

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He says, totally straight-faced, "hay is dead grass," and runs off.

And then you will all be sorry.

No it doesn't.

Now it’s syncing.

He replied, "Well, stop going to those places then!"

I will find you. You have my Word.

She said how do you know he was headed to work?

“thank you for your cervix.”

...sails are going through the roof.

Made me smile

Mods said I'm a cereal reposter...

But now I stand corrected.

A taxi

Wait. Sorry, wrong sub.

Wookie mistake.

Theoretical Fizz-ics

Because you can’t ‘C’ in the dark

It's Hive, so I'm sure it's going to be strange. But at its core, their "magic" is still just science. – Ana Bray

I’ve wanted to make this post for some time now and have been considering the science of Hive Magic since Stasis was revealed as a Darkness subclass. A while ago I read the post “Hive soulfire as a product of sword logic, & necromancy as a means to feed a worm god”. This post would go on to inform my understanding of soulfire as essentially a byproduct of Hive magic in the same way that Perfect Crystals are a byproduct of Stasis.

The points we can take from it is that the Hive are not able to wield the Darkness through conventional means but rather have entered into permanent symbiosis with a Worm. This worm essentially grants Hive biological immortality as well as the ability to wield Paracausal powers but at a cost. They must continually kill in order to feed their worm.

If they don’t kill enough to satiate their worm then the worm will literally feast upon the soul of their host. We can see evidence of this with Worm Spore in the Dreadnaught where dead thralls have their ribcages burst open revealing glowing green spores of the worms that have consumed their host.

To complicate this there is a complex “tithe” system that the Hive have where this “tangible” product of killing becomes a kind of tax that must be tributed up the chain.

>You Thrall, each of you will claw and scream, and kill what you can. Take enough killing to feed your worm, and a little more to grow. Tithe the rest to the Acolyte who commands you. You Acolytes, lead your Thrall in battle. Take enough killing to feed your worm, and a little more to grow, and take the tithe of the Thrall you lead. Then tithe the remainder to the Knight or Wizard who commands you. Thus you pay tribute. You Knights and Wizards, lead your followers in battle. Take enough devastation to feed your worm, and a little more to grow, and take the tithe of your followers.
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>*Then take another portion, as much as you dare, and use it for your own purposes. But if it is too much, your peers will kill

so I had to ground him.

He's doing better currently.

And conducting himself properly.

Me: Can we change the subject?

My wife: Okay. More chores around the house need to be done by you.

Who buys gummy worms hoping they’d taste as close to real worms as possible?

An assassin

He's currently assembling his cabinet.

Big deal. I have had a Canon printer for years.

Because it'll blow his cover

I said, “That makes two of us.”