Habits Of The Mc

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The Stellar Buddy System

Our Sun has an entourage of planets, moons, and smaller objects to keep it company as it traverses the galaxy. But it’s still lonely compared to many of the other stars out there, which often come in pairs. These cosmic couples, called binary stars, are very important in astronomy because they can easily reveal things that are much harder to learn from stars that are on their own. And some of them could even host habitable planets!

The birth of a stellar duo

New stars emerge from swirling clouds of gas and dust that are peppered throughout the galaxy. Scientists still aren’t sure about all the details, but turbulence deep within these clouds may give rise to knots that are denser than their surroundings. The knots have stronger gravity, so they can pull in more material and the cloud may begin to collapse.

The material at the center heats up. Known as a protostar, it is this hot core that will one day become a star. Sometimes these spinning clouds of collapsing gas and dust may break up into two, three, or even more blobs that eventually become stars. That would explain why the majority of the stars in the Milky Way are born with at least one sibling.

Seeing stars

We can’t always tell if we’re looking at binary stars using just our eyes. They’re often so close together in the sky that we see them as a single star. For example, Sirius, the brightest star we can see at night, is actually a binary system (see if you can spot both stars in the photo above). But no one knew that until the 1800s.

Precise observations showed that Sirius was swaying back and forth like it was at a middle school dance. In 1862, astronomer Alvan Graham Clark used a telescope to see that Sirius is actually two stars that orbit each other.

But even through our most powerful telescopes, some binary systems still masquerade as a single star. Fortunately there are a couple of tricks we can use to spot these pairs too.

Since binary stars orbit each other, there’s a chance that we’ll see some stars moving toward and away from us as they go around each other. We just need to have an edge-on view of their orbits. Astronomers can detect this movement because it changes the color of the star’s light – a phenomenon known as the Doppler effect.

Stars we can find this way are called spectroscopic binaries because we have to look at their spectra, which are basically charts or graphs that show the intensity of light being emitted over a range of energies. We can spot these star pairs because light travels in waves. When a star moves toward us, the waves of its light arrive closer together, which makes its light bluer. When a star moves away, the waves are lengthened, reddening its light.

Sometimes we can see binary stars when one of the stars moves in front of the other. Astronomers find these systems, called eclipsing binaries, by measuring the amount of light coming from stars over time. We receive less light than usual when the stars pass in front of each other, because the one in front will block some of the farther star’s light.

Sibling rivalry

Twin stars don’t always get along with each other – their relationship may be explosive! Type Ia supernovae happen in some binary systems in which a white dwarf – the small, hot core left over when a Sun-like star runs out of fuel and ejects its outer layers – is stealing material away from its companion star. This results in a runaway reaction that ultimately detonates the thieving star. The same type of explosion may also happen when two white dwarfs spiral toward each other and collide. Yikes!

Scientists know how to determine how bright these explosions should truly be at their peak, making Type Ia supernovae so-called standard candles. That means astronomers can determine how far away they are by seeing how bright they look from Earth. The farther they are, the dimmer they appear. Astronomers can also look at the wavelengths of light coming from the supernovae to find out how fast the dying stars are moving away from us.

Studying these supernovae led to the discovery that the expansion of the universe is speeding up. Our Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will scan the skies for these exploding stars when it launches in the mid-2020s to help us figure out what’s causing the expansion to accelerate – a mystery known as dark energy.

Spilling stellar secrets

Astronomers like finding binary systems because it’s a lot easier to learn more about stars that are in pairs than ones that are on their own. That’s because the stars affect each other in ways we can measure. For example, by paying attention to how the stars orbit each other, we can determine how massive they are. Since heavier stars burn hotter and use up their fuel more quickly than lighter ones, knowing a star’s mass reveals other interesting things too.

By studying how the light changes in eclipsing binaries when the stars cross in front of each other, we can learn even more! We can figure out their sizes, masses, how fast they’re each spinning, how hot they are, and even how far away they are. All of that helps us understand more about the universe.

Tatooine worlds

Thanks to observatories such as our Kepler Space Telescope, we know that worlds like Luke Skywalker’s home planet Tatooine in “Star Wars” exist in real life. And if a planet orbits at the right distance from the two stars, it could even be habitable (and stay that way for a long time).

In 2019, our Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) found a planet, known as TOI-1338 b, orbiting a pair of stars. These worlds are tricker to find than planets with only one host star, but TESS is expected to find several more!

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Kabedon

POV: This piece of shit brother (I don’t know which one is your fav) do the kabedon at you.

This one took forever to complete.. just kill me already

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“Eugene Davis is one of his brothers” - HOW MANY DOES HE HAVE?!?!?!

Twins childhood story, from the doujinshi “FREAKS” by Shiho Inada.

Oh hey, this one is actually serious!

Even Kogami can be slow sometimes.

Ghost Hunt Volume 9

 by Lysiithea 

 This is three months after the Agawa investigation. The SPR has been called to investigate strange happenings at a boarding school/orphanage. The case was brought to them first by a mysterious letter claiming to be written from a dead person, then by a councillor representative of the orphanage school. Upon investigating, things are not what they seemed to be. 

This fic does a really fine job capturing the feel of Ghost Hunt, picking up right after the Akumu series. It’s written similarly to the Ghost Hunt novels, with Mai as the narrator, so that it feels a lot like the real deal. 

The author weaves the mystery well with plenty of unsettling and creepy moments involved. Plus they also sneak in some superb (and believable) MaiRu gems in there! The author had gone on hiatus for a while due to their manuscript notes getting lost, but it seems like they finally managed to get everything set up again, so I’m looking forward to more updates in the future! If you’re looking for that good old GH scare, I fully recommend this giving this story a try! And I urge you to leave the author some lovely comments to welcome them back into the fandom!

Art and review by GHHQ member @soulsborne123

Hi! I really love your work, it's incredible! I was wondering if I could get headcanons for the brothers. Something where the Mc notices how stressed they are and starts giving them a massage and running their fingers through their hair, asking them to take a break and stuff! English is not my first language but I hope you understood haha, thank you in advance! Stay hydrated 💕

Aye babe thank you 😭💕 stay hydrated too!!!

THE BROTHERS being stressed and MC giving them a massage/caresses to relax them

Lucifer:

Despite obvious signs of being stressed, depressed, and work obsessed, he will deny ever feeling any of these things until the day he dies, which is a long way out. Don’t get him wrong, he appreciates the concern, especially coming from you, but as you probably figured, it takes actions with this guy. Don’t listen to him when he tells you to stop or wait just a few more minutes. In reality, he loves how your palms dig into his tensed shoulders, your hands kneading firmly. A groan will escape him as his head rolls forward, silently thanking you because this is exactly what he needs. Probably lets his coat drop down, and if you’re lucky, he’ll lose the vest too. He probably won’t stop working all together, because it’s Lucifer, but he will let you massage him, letting out a series of noises he never thought of letting go. 

Mammon:

It’s not that he’s stressed, per se, it’s more that he’s tense from everything he has to keep up with. Being beaten down on the regular, both physically and emotionally, from his own family takes its toll on him, no matter how much he tries to deny it. In all honesty, he won’t talk about it, but he will cave in when you ask him to just lay his head in your lap. Your fingers would rake through his hair and his confused face would turn into a pout before his eyes closed. He’s enjoying this, keeping quiet for once although there are so many thoughts racing through his mind in the moment; thank you MC. He really did need this. 

Leviathan:

He’s been gaming for over two days, literally, and the screams of frustration you heard coming from his room every once in a while made you jump up in the air. You knew he was getting angry at whatever was happening on screen and you knew that you should at least attempt to make it better. Slowly, you snuck into his room, your hands startling him once he felt them on his shoulders. His head snapped back to look at you, rolling his shoulders to tell you “later. I need to finish this.” But you would have none of it. Soon enough, his controller fell down and he leaned against you, closing his eyes as pleasure took over. “O-Okay…. Maybe a little break.”

Satan: 

You absolutely despised how he sat and read his books. You’re surprised he isn’t the next hunchback of Notre Dame at this point. “Satan…” you warned him for the 50th time today, finally having enough and just sitting behind him, forcing him to lean against you. At first, he was kind of agitated by that; who gave you the right? But you were warm and comfortable… perfect for when he wanted to do a little reading. You read along with him over his shoulder, lost in the story although you missed the first twenty pages or so. Slowly, your hand snuck up. Fingertips first caressed over his neck and then up into his hair, making him purr out and a blush creep across his cheeks. He didn’t enjoy this; he secretly loved this. 

Asmodeus:

If it weren’t always about him and trying to be better than everyone else, maybe he wouldn’t be so stiff right now, He always preaches about how good self care days are, but then turns around and claims to be a little too busy for them himself. You hated his hypocrisy concerning that and when you saw him fall down onto his bed in exhaustion, you went to work. You were lucky he landed face down as you could sit on his lower back like that. Your fingers ran underneath his shirt, making him shiver, but before he could say anything sexual, you shushed him. “Shh… It’s time you take some of your own medicine and relax.”

Beelzebub:

All you really did was watch his workout routine, which was killer. I mean, you were sure it was killer to any non-demon, but it still made you feel sore and you didn’t even participate! “Beel, let me massage your shoulders.” It was more of a demand than a question and he quickly turned around to look at you. “You want to… why?” You shook your head smiling, already standing behind him and reaching up for his sore muscles. “Because it’s just what you need after a killer workout like that. I know you’re sore.. Let me help that. Just relax, okay?” And he did, groaning and moaning everytime you released another one of his knots in his tense shoulders. 

Belphegor:

He flat out denied you every time. “Laying my head in your lap is not an invitation to touch my hair.” You didn’t even think he could be all that stressed at first; he literally just sleeps! But… he’s more angry than Satan sometimes and you know what anger does to people; it makes them tense and vengeful. You didn’t need that. “Just… I promise you’ll like it.” You didn’t give him the chance to protest again, slowly running your fingers through his hair and down his back. He visibly relaxed, much like you thought. “See?” “Ssshh… keep going.” You laughed softly, finding him dozing off. 

Writing Fanfiction Is:

Losing motivation when you have time

Getting motivation at ungodly hours of the day or when busy

Going back to your story trying to remember what the fuck you said

“Am I writing this character good or nah?”

“does the plot make sense?”

feeling guilty sometimes for absolutely no reason

waiting for comments on your fic from specific readers

writing something and thinking “oh yeah, thats definitely going to hurt them”

procrastinating on writing by writing other fics

having too many ideas and not enough time

never finishing your wips

debating whether to add the fucking dumbass joke in that scene or not

wondering if you should or shouldn’t add that angsty scene purely to fuck with the readers bc its not like its gonna kill them or anything

Hoping no one finds it while simultaneously hoping ppl read it

playing music for inspiration and zoning out

planning fics and never writing them

thinking its shit but ppl like it and suddenly ur imposter syndrome acts up LIKE A FUCKING BITCH

loving ur readers so so much