to brainwash

verb

1. (transitive) to effect a radical change in the ideas and beliefs of (a person), esp by methods based on isolation, sleeplessness, hunger, extreme discomfort, pain, and the alternation of kindness and cruelty.

The word ‘brainwashed’ is massively overused and has all sorts of implications, but here’s a definition as per dictionary.com.

Who does isolation

hunger

pain,

and the alternation of kindness

…and cruelty

remind you of?

#Dossier: Lapdog #Dossier: Deranged narcissist

inlovewithalapdog

brokentoofar asked:

[text] I think I’m a mermaid

[text: Bravo] You sure you’re not drunk?

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Like this and I’ll put a coule things in your askbox!

inlovewithalapdog

[Bring it!]

#out of tablets #;can't sleep #;and it's like 4 am over here #;and I have work at 9 #;yolo #;I guess

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[ Hey guys! Sorry for my appalling activity over the last couple of days. I found out I have an assignment due tonight of 1200 words, and between planning it out and doing partial research, I’ve only done 300 words. So I’m afraid I’m going to be absent until it’s finished. I then also have to do a quiz due tomorrow, and study for two exams. So activity is going to be hazy until they’re complete/uni break comes. Low key can’t afford to fail my degree. See you on the other side! ]

inlovewithalapdog

[Good luck on the stuff bae! And see you on the other side of things :)]

#out of tablets #I should probably be writing my Master's...#but I have no friggin muse for that...

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The world will try to convince you that feelings make you weak, but fuck that. Never let this cruel world steal your spark.

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studie-s

hello!! if ur having trouble with literary devices, fear not bc here’s a list of the most commonly common devices used with definitions and examples. i hope this helps :-)

ps: here is a downloadable PDF file

DEFINITION OF LITERARY DEVICES: narrative techniques that add texture, energy and excitement to the narrative, grip the reader’s imagination and convey information.

ALLEGORY:

A symbolism device where the meaning of a greater, often abstract, concept is conveyed with the aid of a more corporeal object or idea being used as an example. Usually a rhetoric device, an allegory suggests a meaning via metaphoric examples.
Example: Faith is like a stony uphill climb: a single stumble might send you sprawling but belief and steadfastness will see you to the very top.

ALLITERATION:

literary device where words are used in quick succession and begin with letters belonging to the same sound group. Whether it is the consonant sound or a specific vowel group, the alliteration involves creating a repetition of similar sounds in the sentence. Alliterations are also created when the words all begin with the same letter.
Example: The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way.

ALLUSION:

Events or characters from another story in her own story with the hopes that those events will add context or depth to the story she’s trying to tell.
allusions are often to very famous works such as the Bible or Shakespearean plays.
doesn’t have to specifically name the character or event it’s referring to
Example: Night after night our hero lay in bed with the flu, hacking mucus and blood and seeing behind his eyelids the angels or devils come to collect him. But one morning, like Lazarus, he was whole again… (allusion to Lazarus who famously rose from the dead)

ASSONANCE:

Takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel but start with different consonant sounds
Repetition of only vowel sounds. Assonance is the opposite of consonance, which implies repetitive usage of consonant sounds.
Example: Men sell the wedding bells.

DICTION:

Author’s choice of words
When describing the events of her story, an author never has just one word at her disposal. Rather, she must choose from many words that have similar denotative meanings (the definition you’d find in a dictionary), but different connotative meanings (the associations, positive or negative with a given word).
Example: imagine that a child in a story comes home from school and tells his parents about his day.

· 'Tommy made fun of me, so I nicked his eye with a stick.’

· 'Tommy made fun of me, so I poked his eye with a stick.’

· 'Tommy made fun of me, so I stabbed his eye with a stick.’

· 'Tommy made fun of me, so I gouged his eye with a stick.’

words nicked, poked, stabbed and gouged all have similar denotative meanings, but notice how an author’s choosing one or the other would drastically affect how we understand how well Tommy fared.

EPIGRAPH:

a work where the author under the title has included a quotation from some other work; often the quotation is in italics.
Like an allusion, an epigraph is a reference to another work that an author hopes will help readers understand her own work.
Unlike an allusion, an epigraph stands apart from the text itself rather than being included in it.
Example: T.S. Eliot’s famous poem ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.’ The epigraph is from Dante’s Inferno…

If I but thought that my response were made to one perhaps returning to the world, / this tongue of flame would cease to flicker. / But since, up from these depths, no one has yet / returned alive, if what I hear is true, / I answer without fear of being shamed.

FORESHADOWING:

author hints at the ending of or at an upcoming event in her story without fully divulging it
Example: Ernest Hemingway’s famous novel A Farewell to Arms, a key character dies while it’s raining.

To hint at that death, Hemingway earlier in the book includes a scene where the character admits that she is afraid of the rain because sometimes she sees herself dead in it.While this is just an irrational vision, it also gives the reader an ominous detail and hints at an event that might be to come.

HYPERBOLE

uses specific words and phrases that exaggerate and overemphasize the basic crux of the statement in order to produce a grander, more noticeable effect.
purpose of hyperbole is to create a larger-than-life effect and overly stress a specific point. Such sentences usually convey an action or sentiment that is generally not practically/ realistically possible or plausible but helps emphasize an emotion.
Examples: “I am so tired I cannot walk another inch” or “I’m so sleepy I might fall asleep standing here”.

IMAGERY:

When an author chooses words for their connotative associations (see the above discussion of ‘diction’), she chooses sensory details for the associations or tones they evoke
Example: Theodore Roethke’s famous poem, ‘My Papa’s Waltz,’ we see a young boy dance with his drunken father. It’s a happy memory for the boy, but also the poem hints at the father’s dangerous condition. One of the ways Roethke achieves this is through his selection of imagery.

The whiskey on your breath

Could make a small boy dizzy;

But I hung on like death:

Such waltzing was not easy.

INTERNAL RHYME:

practice of forming a rhyme in only one lone line of verse
also known as the middle rhyme because it is typically constructed in the middle of a line to rhyme with the bit at the end of the same metrical line.
Example: The line from the famed poem Ancient Mariner, “We were the first that ever burst”.

IRONY:

playing around with words such that the meaning implied by a sentence or word is actually different from the literal meaning.
used to suggest the stark contrast of the literal meaning being put forth. The deeper, real layer of significance is revealed not by the words themselves but the situation and the context in which they are placed.
Example: Writing a sentence such as, “Oh! What fine luck I have!”. The sentence on the surface conveys that the speaker is happy with their luck but actually what they mean is that they are extremely unhappy and dissatisfied with their (bad) luck.

JUXTAPOSITION:

literary device wherein the author places a person, concept, place, idea or theme parallel to another.
two directly or indirectly related entities close together in literature is to highlight the contrast between the two and compare them. This literary device is usually used for etching out a character in detail, creating suspense or lending a rhetorical effect.
Example: A woman giving birth on a battle field in the middle of a war would be juxtaposition. This scene would compare the beauty of life beginning to the gore of lives ending by force.

METAPHOR

one of the most extensively used literary devices. A metaphor refers to a meaning or identity ascribed to one subject by way of another. In a metaphor, one subject is implied to be another so as to draw a comparison between their similarities and shared traits. The first subject, which is the focus of the sentences is usually compared to the second subject, which is used to convey a degree of meaning that is used to characterize the first. The purpose of using a metaphor is to take an identity or concept that we understand clearly (second subject) and use it to better understand the lesser known element (the first subject).
Example: “Henry was a lion on the battlefield”. This sentence suggests that Henry fought so valiantly and bravely that he embodied all the personality traits we attribute to the ferocious animal. This sentence implies immediately that Henry was courageous and fearless, much like the King of the Jungle.

PERSONIFICATION

one of the most commonly used and recognized literary devices. It refers to the practice of attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects, phenomena and animals.
Example: “The raging winds” “The wise owl” “The warm and comforting fire”

ONOMATOPOEIA

words whose very sound is very close to the sound they are meant to depict. In other words, it refers to sound words whose pronunciation to the actual sound they represent.
Example: Clack, Clack, the gunshots went off during a drive by in Compton!!

PARADOX

use of concepts or ideas that are contradictory to one another, yet, when placed together hold significant value on several levels. The uniqueness of paradoxes lies in the fact that a deeper level of meaning and significance is not revealed at first glance, but when it does crystallize, it provides astonishing insight.
Example: High walls make not a palace; full coffers make not a kin

POINT OF VIEW

Manner in which a story is narrated or depicted and who it is that tells the story.
determines the angle and perception of the story unfolding, and thus influences the tone in which the story takes place.

o Objective Point of View - writer tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story’s action and dialogue. The narrator never discloses anything about what the characters think or feel, remaining a detached observer.

o Third Person Point of View Here the narrator does not participate in the action of the story as one of the characters, but lets us know exactly how the characters feel. We learn about the characters through this outside voice.

o First Person Point of View In the first person point of view, the narrator does participate in the action of the story. When reading stories in the first person, we need to realize that what the narrator is recounting might not be the objective truth. We should question the trustworthiness of the accounting.

o Omniscient and Limited Omniscient Points of View A narrator who knows everything about all the characters is all knowing, or omniscient.

o A narrator whose knowledge is limited to one character, either major or minor, has a limited omniscient point of view.

RHYME SCHEME

Practice of rhyming words placed at the end of the lines in the prose or poetry.
Order in which particular words rhyme.

SATIRE

Practice of making fun of a human weakness or character flaw.
Inclusive of a need or decision of correcting or bettering the character that is on the receiving end of the satire. In general, even though satire might be humorous and may “make fun”, its purpose is not to entertain and amuse but actually to derive a reaction of contempt from the reader.

SIMILE

Referring to the practice of drawing parallels or comparisons between two unrelated and dissimilar things, people, beings, places and concepts.
Using similes a greater degree of meaning and understanding is attached to an otherwise simple sentence. The reader is able to better understand the sentiment the author wishes to convey.
Key words: ‘as’ or ‘such as’ or ‘like’.

SYMBOL

Contains several layers of meaning, often concealed at first sight, and is representative of several other aspects, concepts or traits than those that are visible in the literal translation alone.
is using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
Example: The phrase “a new dawn” does not talk only about the actual beginning of a new day but also signifies a new start, a fresh chance to begin and the end of a previous tiring time.

SYNECHDOCE

uses a part of something to refer to the whole or vice versa. It is somewhat rhetorical in nature, where the entire object is represented by way of a fraction of it or a fraction of the object is symbolized by the whole.
Example: “Weary feet in the walk of life”, does not refer to the feet actually being tired or painful; it is symbolic of a long, hard struggle through the journey of life and feeling low, tired, unoptimistic and ‘the walk of life’ does not represent an actual path or distance covered, instead refers to the entire sequence of life events that has made the person tired.

SYNTAX

actual way in which words and sentences are placed together in the writing. Usually in the English language the syntax should follow a pattern of subject-verb-object agreement but sometimes authors play around with this to achieve a lyrical, rhythmic, rhetoric or questioning effect. It is not related to the act of choosing specific words or even the meaning of each word or the overall meanings conveyed by the sentences.
Example: The sentence “The man drives the car” would follow normal syntax in the English language. By changing the syntax to “The car drives the man”, the sentence becomes awkward.

SOURCES

#Out of tablets #;reference

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@whiskeyandtwoshotglasses Malibu. Even she needed a time off. A time out. It was Christmas in a couple of days and she was missing her family. Families, actually. But she is an outcast now. She needs to at least atone for what she's done under Hive's control. However, even Quake needed a vacation. So, Malibu. An inconspicuous bar then. She sits there, sipping eggnog - that she asked the bartender to make - until something, someone, familiar catches her eye from the peripheral. Does she need to run again?

#v: Quake on the run #Hunter: whiskeyandtwoshotglasses #Christmas starter #;bwahahaha #;rping's gonna kill my Master's thesis lol #;sorry. it was the shortest thing I could come up with #;with setting and all #;and I wanted Daisy and Hunter go all on-the-run-bros on each other xD

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From thread to string to rope || CLOSED || +theblindxdevil

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Her heartbeat was still shallow, both from the sprint and the rage at the group of bullies. “It’s- it’s okay. Matt, right?” She accented her words with a shrug. It was good, to finally feel appreciated. But she did the right thing.

Skye felt stupid for not helping him up but she was younger and smaller and she doubted she’d be of much help but she could go and fetch him his cane, which was too far for him to reach on his own - that was what she gathered from his looking around (or, what seemed like it). She shuffled away for a short moment and then, she was back.

“You were lookin’ for this?” she asked, her small hand putting the cane back in his. “It’s not fair they were picking up on you only because you are…” another shrug “…blind.” It was blunt, alright, but blunt is who she was.

Not really sure, if he’d like for her to keep him company, Skye started slowly walking away. But after taking just a few steps, she turned back around and asked, “You okay? I mean, ‘m not sure if you should be out here on your own. They can still come back before lunch. And…I may be small but, uh, they got scared of me, a little.” She knew they hadn’t but her loud voice and firm defense were enough to repel the group. “And, you should have sister Vincenta look at your head, I think. You hit it pretty hard.”

Her heartbeat slowed down a little as she waited for him to either accept her invitation to hang around together or to tell her to go and mind her own business. He seemed nice. Nice enough to be her friend. And, maybe, to go at some shenanigans with her?

He nodded the once. “My name Matthew but I like Matt.” He muttered and then gave in with trying to find his cane so he just got to his feet. His knees and hands hurt and felt a little wet so he guessed he was bleeding a little.

He really didn’t want to tell sister Vincenta or sister Margaret about this because they would both freak out and tell him he need to go out with one instead of on his own. He pushed his glasses up and moved then till they sat right on his face.

Matt her moved to the direction of her voice. “Yeah, it was.” He smiled bit and as she pressed the cane into his hand. “Better me then someone else right?” That was they way he saw it.

He held onto his book and thanked god that it hadn’t got ripped up or something, it was one of the books his dad had got him. “I’m okay, I was going to go back in anyway.” He struggled a little bit his head was fine. “Sister Margaret is the only one in at the moment, sister Vincenta is out for the day.” He stared to walk his cane going one way then other. “You want to come along?” He asked over his shoulder.

He noticed her heartbeat was slowing and getting calmer and he smiled a little. She seem nice and he didn’t have any friends, maybe it was time he had one but Stick said he shouldn’t have friends or anything like that but Stick wasn’t around any more.

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I want an inverse spy flick. The spy is a woman. Her whole team is made up of diverse women. All the villains are women. There is only one man in the entire movie and he is a Strong Male Character who is like 25 and decently ripped and has a scene where he slowly steps out of a pool wearing speedos because he is Confident and In Control of His Sexuality. We see his ass when he has to tug down his pants to get at the knife strapped to his thigh. His nipples are always erect for no fucking reason.

They are undercover in a nightclub. In order to keep their cover from being blown, he has to kiss another man.

He knits to relieve stress and to keep his mind sharp. It is never discussed by any of the characters.

followthebluebell

Someone asks him how he knows how to do Traditionally Feminine Thing. “I have four sisters,” he answers.

This is also how he knows how to fight while armed with nothing but a purse, a high heel shoe, and a can of hair spray. During this fight, he is, for no apparent reason, shirtless.

roachpatrol

The lead spy is Helen Mirren. She nails the Action Boy in the shower. There’s a lot of lingering closeups on the way the shower spray runs across his breathlessly ecstatic face. We also hear every breathless whimper of his climax, while out in the hallway Lucy Liu is smoking impatiently, a duffel bag full of rocket launchers slung over her shoulder. The President isn’t going to kidnap herself, here, christ.

Action Boy emerges in a small towel, sheepish yet radiant. Helen Mirren emerges in a tuxedo, also smoking, also with a duffel bag of rocket launchers.

teashoesandhair

In one scene, the lead villain captures the Strong Male Character. He is, once more, inexplicably shirtless as she ties him to the chair. He makes some quips about his sexual independence before he is rescued by a sweat-drenched Helen Mirren, who kicks down the door and nukes everyone in the room. Strong Male Character’s hair remains perfect throughout the ordeal.

Strong Male Character is heartlessly slain in front of Helen Mirren’s eyes despite all of his skills and combat prowess. His body slumps to the ground, lifeless but supple. Helen Mirren makes a witty quip at Strong Male Character’s killers before quickly and dramatically slaying them all.

She steals one last glance at Strong Male Character. His beautiful eyes stare back from a handsome face with perfectly tussled hair, lips positioned a if in a gentle sigh. There’s no bringing him back now. Helen Mirren walks away, stronger than before. Strong Male Character’s death has hardened her, but given her the strength and resolve to complete her task.

imorca

Roll credits.

An after credits preview clip comes on as a teaser. Helen Mirren with a huge explosion tearing things up behind her walks toward the camera with a new Strong Male Character wearing the tiny, tattered remnants of a burned shirt about his flexing pecs and deltoids, and he is carrying the bag of rocket launchers as he steps in behind her.

tygermama

So Matt Bomer?

I’m seeing Matt Bomer

and then fandom burns itself to the ground trying to find some guy to slash him with

valeria2067

Nah, Matt Bomer is almost 40. Despite his good looks and great bod, he’s way too old to play the shaggable romantic supporting character to 70-year-old Helen Mirren.

Matt Bomer plays Helen Mirren’s sadder-but-wiser ex, computer-savvy, gorgeous but still single, fiercely independent (but it’s all an act).

Helen Mirren shows up on his doorstep to ask him for one last hacker job, for old time’s sake. Matt hauls off to slap Helen in the face, but Helen catches his wrist, pulls him close, and kisses him long and hard. Matt struggles at first but finally melts into her embrace.

Lucy Liu strolls past them into Matt’s chic apartment, slapping Matt on the ass as she mutters “Some things never change, do they?”

Late the next night, as Matt and Helen hack into the CIA database, Helen tucks a stray lock of Matt’s hair behind his ear and asks him why there’s no husband or kids in the picture after all this time.

Matt turns his sad, beautiful eyes toward her and confesses that there has only ever been Helen for him, but he couldn’t stand never knowing if she would come back alive when she left on a mission. Helen and Matt nearly have a moment, but the computer beeps with the results of their search.

The next morning, Helen goes into the kitchen to find Matt’s 20-year-old nephew has come to stay for the weekend. Helen and the camera slowly pan up and down his gorgeous, toned, oiled-up and glistening body as he stands, nearly-naked but for his tight, black satin booty-short underwear, and starts making a gourmet vegetarian omelet.

He turns around and smiles at Helen. “You must be a friend of Uncle Matt. I’m Caden. You hungry?”

Helen’s eyes drift down to Caden’s bulging crotch. “Oh, I could eat,” she quips.

mathildia

Helen Mirren and the actor who plays the 20 year old nephew get together in real life. Everyone is delighted by this.

I don’t think financing this would be a problem; distribution probably would. We could hack into the network feed for the Super Bowl, perhaps.

I would watch this a million times

jennaambervisions

I love this so much I’m gonna illustrate it.

Here is @kehinki‘s part 1

OK, seriously, why isn’t this movie already real?

ospreyarcher

Somewhere a male studio exec has woken up screaming in agony, and he doesn’t know why.

Someone start on a script. I might do it

Every time I see this it gets better.

inlovewithalapdog

@theleaderofhydra you have to see this lol

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Transparent Grant Ward

#theleaderofhydra #;you need to have this :D

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He rolled his eyes again and took the plate. “Thanks Rookie,” he picked up one of the sandwiches and took a bite. “And this is healthier than PB&J so it’s probably a better idea.”

inlovewithalapdog

“Healthier, alright, but sure less tasty,” she remarked and moved to their usual board game table. “Want to get your ass kicked again?”

#v: The Tide is Rising [S1]#Grant: wewereagoodteam

inlovewithalapdog

ctd. from here: x

“Okay, true. But still, you can’t make it official that you are so intimidating, with a thing like that in your record, eh? Can you, now?” She asked, cutting the sandwich in half and placing it on two plates, one of which she passed to Grant. “It’s not PB&J. Be grateful, Robot.”

#v: The Tide is Rising [S1]#Grant: wewereagoodteam #wewereagoodteam

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recyclmeme

things said to or by my siblings:

“They break your heart, I break their face. Simple as that.”
“Trust me, I know people.”
“I SAID DON’T TOUCH ME!”
“I’m hugging you, shut up.”
“Oh my god are you hugging me?”
“Stop doing that it’s creepy.”
“YOU JUST LICKED ME! SHE JUST LICKED ME!!”
“I tolerate you.”
“See this is why we can’t have nice things.”
“Ok but look, sometimes he gets off in his own little world all alone where he doesn’t care about anyone else. You don’t wanna be like that. No one likes that person.”
“If you do that again I’m hitting you…”
“I’M TELLING MOM!”
“So you’re telling me that…. You didn’t eat this because you thought it was mine, and I didn’t eat it thinking it was yours… Oh I’m eating this now.”
“Get out of my head please.”
“W h a t are you wearing?”
“Is that my shirt? That’s my shirt isn’t it….”
“No you can’t have my pants, I need them.”
“Eh, just go grab something from the closet and you’ll be fine.”
“I need you to dress me today.”
“I’m wearing your shirt. It’s mine now.”
“Would you stop taking my clothes with out asking?!”
“Oh hey I was looking for that…”

#meme

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wxldyxuth asked:

"I AM NOT CUTE GODDAMN IT I AM INTIMIDATING."

inlovewithalapdog answered:

“Yeah, right, okay, Tin-Man. Pass me the tomatoes?”

He rolled his eyes and came over, handing her the bowl of tomatoes. “I’ll have you know that there have been many instances where people have been intimidated by me.”

inlovewithalapdog

With a “Thanks” she returned to composing her sandwich. She couldn’t, however, pass on the opportunity that presented itself. “I’m sure. I mean, I remember the one in Belarus. That guard was really intimidated,” the comment went by with a soft chuckle.

#v: The Tide is Rising [S1]#Grant: wewereagoodteam