You are locked in a cage with only a small Nicolas cage action figure and a tiny cage in which to put the action figure. Nicolas cage has trapped you in the cage. He won’t stop making cage puns and references to his own films.
sorry i wasn't trying to "hate" i was just stating my opinion? usually writers like reader input unless they think they are so above everyone that they dont need it
There’s a difference between giving your opinon and giving constructive criticism though. That’s the thing people don’t get. Opinions can come across as rude whereas constructive criticism is useful.
If I was to come up to you and say ‘that jumper looks weird omg’ and then if you got offended and I was to say, ‘oh I wasn’t trying to be rude just trying to give my opinion’. Whereas if I said ‘I don’t think that colour looks good on you… maybe this colour?’ that’s useful and it’s not rude.
You could say ‘She seems a little too ‘perfect’ you could try and develop her fear of things more or her flaws more’.
Like it’s great getting constructive criticism, honestly, I love it, but getting a message that simply says ‘millie seems like such a mary sue omg’ is pretty rude.
I want constructive criticism. You think she seems like a Mary Sue, please tell me why you think that; why does she come across that way? Are there ways I could improve? (I’m not mad or fighting, these are genuine questions I’m asking because this is the stuff writers’ want to know). x
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moodboard: ron weasley
“I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me.”
Merry Christmas, Harry.
For fucks sake start living in the real world
what am i living in right now?
am i in a fake world?
is this my imagination?
where am i?
what is life?
has my whole life been fake?
when did tumblr collectively decide not to use punctuation like when did this happen why is this a thing
it just looks so smooth I mean look at this sentence flow like a jungle river
ACTUALLY
This is really exciting, linguistically speaking.
Because it’s not true that Tumblr never uses punctuation. But it is true that lack of punctuation has become, itself, a form of punctuation. On Tumblr the lack of punctuation in multisentence-long posts creates the function of rhetorical speech, or speech that is not intended to have an answer, usually in the form of a question. Consider the following two potential posts. Each individual line should be taken as a post:
ugh is there any particular reason people at work have to take these massive handfuls of sauce packets they know they’re not going to use like god put that back we have to pay for that stuff
Ugh. Is there any particular reason people at work have to take these massive handfuls of sauce packets they know they’re not going to use? Like god, put that back. We have to pay for that stuff.
In your head, those two potential posts sound totally different. In the first one I’m ranting about work, and this requires no answer. The second may actually engage you to give an answer about hoarding sauce packets. And if you answer the first post, you will likely do so in the same style.
Here’s what makes this exciting: the English language has no actual punctuation for rhetorical speech–that is, there are no special marks that specifically indicate “this speech is in the abstract, and requires no answer.” Not only that, it never has. The first written record of English (actually proto-English, predating even Old English) dates to the 400s CE, so we’re talking about 1600 years of having absolutely no marker whatsoever for rhetorical speech.
A group of teens and young adults on a blogging website literally reshaped a deficit a millennium and a half old in our language to fit their language needs. More! This group has agreed on a more or less universal standard for these new rules, which fits the definition of “language.” Which is to say Tumblr English is its own actual, real, separate dialect of the English language, and because it is spoken by people worldwide who have introduced concepts from their own languages into it, it may qualify as a written form of pidgin.
Tumblr English should literally be treated as its own language, because it does not follow the rules of any form of formal written English, and yet it does have its own consistent internal rules. If you don’t think that’s cool as fuck then I don’t even know what to tell you.
i love this post
This is super cool! Also idk if this has any relevance whatsoever but if you wanna have an argument inside one tag you cannot have commas in it so that’s a real existing constraint that has forced tumblrites to construct commaless sentences and perhaps this has helped in adopting the custom into posts as well ok I have no idea if this is what’s happened just I think it’s a reasonable assumption there might be a connection
^this.
The tags are absolutely a factor. You want someone to take a breath in the middle of a sentence, you start a new tag. You want to have, as seen here, this removable piece between commas (does it have a name?) - you have 5 tags in this sentence alone. And sometimes you just
pause in the middle of a sentence…
and let your voice
trail away
look at all you precious brilliant nerds nerding about language you make me so fucking happy omg
language is this constantly evolving thing tbh, it doesn’t remain the same unless it’s dead and the people who used it gone so seeing the evolution of the language used on tumblr is literally so fucking amazing i want to cry with joy at it
because we also add in words from other languages, or make entirely new words up as additional terms to denote something (see ‘tol’ and ‘smol’ in relation to ‘tall’ and ‘small’) and this is constant. we are doing this daily without any sort of breathing space because there’s millions of us on this hellsite and we are constantly talking and so the language changes day-by-day until we have general, universal rules for what to do in a post, what to add in our tags, how to add it, why we add it, what we mean by it
we’ve created a language in the same way our ancestors all did: by building on the ones that came before and changing them to suit our needs and our system
and that’s fucking awesome okay
awesome
I love this so much and language is so great and I’ve noticed the lack of punctuation thing recently, even on twitter, and used it for like a specific kind of rhetorical effect. idk it’s so fun I fucking love linguistics and the evolution of language
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Couples receive “parent points”, which they can use to purchase their children. Most parents wait for a few thousand, but you chose to buy the cheaper, 100 point child.
Shane knows what it’s like to be a 100 point child. He knows how it feels to see potential parents–potential families–come through the facilities doors, faces bright with excitement. He knows how it feels to see them reading the little plaques on the nursery doors, scanning the lists there for the right bits of knowledge and etiquette and grace that they want their baby to have.
He knows how it feels to see their faces pinch outside the window before they hurry to the next room.
Shane grew up in a 100 point nursery. They had torn, ratty, books and no teachers, and when snack time came, the tray was pushed through a slat in the door. They were called “unruly” and “damaged” and “stupid.” A lot of the other kids threw tantrums and broke furniture (and sometimes other kids). A lot of the other kids went quiet after the first few years when they realized they’d never be adopted until they were old enough (or pretty enough) to be useful. A lot of the kids cried and didn’t stop until they got taken away or were aged out.
Shane’s grown up a lot since aging out. He put himself through school, got himself a job, shed his 100 points like the torn clothes he’d left the facility in. He’s powerful now, successful, and he’s grown out of the twisted nose, big ears, and gap-toothed smile that had made him one of the less attractive 100 point babies. Or maybe he’s grown into them. Who’s to say?
It’s taken him a long time to get enough Parent Points to do what he wants. Being a man is, for once, somewhat hindering as most of society equates “parental” with “maternal.” He’s lost count of how many social workers have politely hid expressions of surprise when he told them he wanted to adopt stag, that he’s willing to take the classes, get the grades, make the oaths to get even one Parent Point.
So I found this caterpillar on my way to class
We’re bros
I named him chicken nugget
Aaaa he’s turning a duller color… I hope he’s alright
So apparently chicken nugget is a spicebush swallowtail and they turn yellow before they pupate. He was making little silk things everywhere Bruh this caterpie is going to evolve to metapod today my boy isn’t messing around
update hes entirely yellow now
i made him a tube room
hes crawlin all over the place checking it out
its happening
False alarm he moved a bit This guy
??? caterpie doesnt evolve into kakuna
whats he doing
its happening part 2 For Real This Time
chicken nugget using those advanced tactics balancing my man doesnt do anything halfway
i put on some tunez for him so he can get into the metamorphazone
sorry for keeping you all in suspense but chicken nugget is doing fine and he has a cool hat now
hes been chillin like this for a couple days
hes been in cocoon for 10 days now 🎉🐛🎉
let me know how he’s doing soon
HES BUSTIN OUT
im going to sleep, chicken nugget is snoozin and ill check up on him as soon as i wake up
hope he doesnt party too hard
🐛 💤 💤
hes gone goth hes in his emoteen stage
CHICKEN NUGGET IS A CHICKEN WING NOW BABY WE HAVE LIFTOFF!!!!!
hes’s in a bigger container than the one in the pic now but im gonna let my home boy find his way in the world after he gets used to his wings a little bit
this kid doesnt have a bad angle dang
there he goes he’s free and im so proud and a little sad
this was an incredible experience
(thats my family oohing and ahhing in the background)
something to cheer you up: Sirius's most sensitive spot is behind his ears. Remus uses that as pay-back for Sirius putting his hair in a bun when he knows it drives Remus crazy
There’s this tiny little scene I have in my head that I partially want to throw into WWI but it’s so random it may just work better as a quick little HC here…
James comes into the dorm late one night and is about to get in bed when he hears someone whispering his name.
“James…James, come here.”
It’s coming from Remus’ bed, which James is usually wary of, since he has made the mistake of peeking behind the curtains before only to find his two best friends in the midst of some…private moments….
“James you have to see this…come here.” It’s Remus’ voice, which admittedly is more trustworthy than Sirius’, and he seems to be trying hard not to laugh, so James approaches the bed and peels back the curtain just enough.
Sirius is asleep with his head on Remus’ lap and Remus’ fingers are gently scratching behind the dark haired boy’s ear. What’s so funny is that Sirius’ leg is kicking in rhythm to Remus’ scratching.
James snorts and Remus shushes him, still trying to hold back his own fit of giggles.
But James can’t help it and he leans in and whispers, “aw who’s a good boy?” And both he and Remus lose it.
Sirius eventually is woken up by both James and Remus’ “puppy praising” as he calls it, and he acts offended but as soon as James leaves to go to his own bed for the night, Sirius lays his head back in Remus’ lap and looks up at him with pleading puppy eyes to continue being pet.
Of the 20,520 words in Hamilton… 176 are “what”.
List of how many are in each song below the cut.
Doing a keychain giveaway!
Thanks to @zapcreatives, I was given extra characters! And because I also have extra hook chains, I will select two winners who will get their own keychain of their choice completely free!
Rules:
* US participants will get the keychain shipped free. * Participants in other countries may have to pay a small fee for shipping. * Reblogs count as entries! Likes are fine too but won’t count. * Anybody can enter. You don’t have to follow me! * No giveaway blogs * A number generator will select two winners * Winners will have 24 hours to claim their prize! If prize isn’t claimed, another winner will be selected. * This giveaway ends on December 19th, 11:59 pst!
If you’d like to buy the keychains without entering, they’re up for preorder here.
& some of Leslie’s Winter Song!
10 minutes of Hamilton Clips
