6-phds-and-no-sense:

idonotbitemythumbatyou:

keto-enol:

immunoaffinity column chromatography

@6-phds-and-no-sense I feel like this is maybe bad lab practice? But I might be wrong I’m not an expert.

oh gosh I’ve been summoned

It’s not as bad as one might think! He’s got gloves and his comically large column seems to be properly secured to a stand. He just needs a step stool or something a little sturdier and taller to stand on. While in the Best of All Possible Worlds (and according to most university EHS offices) one would wear a labcoat and goggles, it’s probably not necessary for this kind of work.*

*I think? Affinity columns are primarily used for biological molecules, and most of the time those aren’t toxic on their own. Your goal is more to protect the samples from contamination than to protect yourself from the samples.

But also: this is a Good Fan Art. I love the antibodies shirt. The detail on the tattoos. The expression on Newt’s face. Cuffed jeans and combat boots. The perspective. All good shit.

6-phds-and-no-sense:

the only way i can reconcile newt’s scenes in the movie with actual biology lab practices is by believing that every time we see him work with samples he’s just pretending to be busy because he’s out of funding for real experiments like

hermann: stacker is coming by in half an hour for an update

newt, already grabbing a preserved specimen at random: uh great just in time for me to look at these… intestines…

Goddamnit I wanted to do a short flashback to add poignancy to the opening of ch. 3 of the Kidnapping au and because CERTAIN CHARACTERS couldn’t SHUT UP it’s now as long as a one shot fic which I think destroys the pacing but it has some good lines in it ugh I may need to start over further into the scene if I want to achieve the right effect.

brendaonao3:

doktorgirlfriend:

doktorgirlfriend:

Venom’s talk about being considered a loser on his planet, his quick fondness for Eddie, his pleasant surprise when Eddie first called them “we,” and his sudden switching of sides all lead me to conclude that like in the comics, movie!Venom is a big romantic sap that wanted a fairytale symbiosis with a perfect host and all the other reind- Klyntar can’t even deal with his nonsense.

No wonder Riot was so keen on finding him and getting him back on Plan Let’s Get Ready to Invade These Assholes. It’d been six months since he’d seen Venom, and he just knows that without supervision that fucking jackass has gone and fallen in love with the first son of a bitch that didn’t die on him and talked to him halfway decently and now he’s not gonna want to conquer the planet.

And sure enough, he’s not even surprised when Venom turns up all traitorous and married. He gives him one, fleeting chance to get in the fucking rocket, you lunatic, and then he’s just gonna fucking eat him. He’s tired of this, Venom. Absolutely done with this shit.

Riot: GODDAMMIT, VENOM, YOU ALWAYS DO THIS. LOOK AT HIM. YOUR TASTE IS GETTING WORSE.

Venom: HE GAVE ME TATER TOTS AND CALLED US “WE” AND “BUDDY.” WE KISSED IN THE FOREST UNDER THE MOONLIGHT. WE WILL HAVE SEVEN CHILDREN.

Riot: VENOM, DROP THAT THING RIGHT NOW, I WON’T TELL YOU AGAIN.  HE SMELLS LIKE SWEAT AND FAILURE.

Venom: HE HAS A MOTORCYCLE.

 
#venom: I HAVE ONLY KNOWN EDDIE FOR 48 HOURS BUT IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO HIM
                                                                                                       #I WOULD KILL EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND THEN MYSELF

(via @viciousmaukeries)

I’m developing a theory that after attending a writing workshop or class, the best thing a writer can do is write something REALLY self indulgent. Just ignore every lesson you learned and go for the soppiest, most cliche, kink-driven thing that makes you happiest and revel in it. Have a ton of fun. Totally ignore EVERYTHING you learned.

This is for two reasons.

1) It’s really easy to freeze up after a workshop. You’ve got too many voices in your head and too much advice you’re trying to apply all at once. This can lead to months if not YEARS of writerly gridlock in your head that becomes a self fulfilling prophecy on your own belief that you suck and you sucked before the workshop and you’ll suck forever after and that voice isn’t just an asshole it’s also WRONG because

2) It takes time for the lessons you learned to sink in. Not to mention they’re ALL better applied to a second draft. Advice has very little place in most first drafts, that’s where you get to have fun and tell yourself the story and let the creativity flow.

If you keep writing and keep the creativity flowing, including if not ESPECIALLY with super self indulgent stuff, the lessons you learned WILL sink in and begin to show up in your writing. But the only way that’s going to happen is if you avoid getting blocked in the first place.

So thank you for coming to my TED talk, now go forth and write whatever soppy angsty h/c self-indulgent happy fic you’ve been DYING to write. Be free!