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Salaam, I’m Grace, she/her, age 26, welcome to my blog. Please feel free to make tag requests. (FYI, If I post something tagged with some variation of “read later” it means I haven’t read/finished reading the post. I’ve only reblogged it so that I can find it at a future point.) I hope you have a good day! Icon Credit:https://www.artstation.com/blogs/malzeick/PlGO/little-kobold-by-nerea
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Anonymous asked:

do you know where "no beta we die like x" comes from and how it is used?

The term "beta" in this context is short for "beta reader" - a person who reads a fic while it's still in the editing stage and helps the writer get it ready to post. Some betas check grammar. Some check canon compliance. Some are sensitivity readers. There are lots of things that betas can do.

So functionally, saying "no beta" means that the writer didn't get this checked by a second person before they posted it. It's a warning that there might be errors or typos etc. It's mostly used when an author has written something quickly and is posting without doing a lot of (or any) edits first.

As for where it comes from? It all started with a bumper sticker.

This image was an internet meme at one point, and it got meme'd on in the form of "no ___ we ___ like men"

Here on tumblr, one of the versions that got really popular was from now-deleted user @grec1a who created this version:

From there, it migrated to AO3 as the "no beta we die like men" tag, and very often the word men is replaced by the name of a character who dies in canon.

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I did not know this, but it makes so much sense, and it's SO good to learn fanfiction history.

Is THAT where "No [X], we die like men" comes from?????

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Reblog if you didn’t write My Immortal

We’re going to find the author by process of elimination.

I wasn’t born yet

what are we looking for?

Wasn’t me

I would cry of shame if I wrote My Immortal

but she caught me on the counter (It Wasn’t Me)

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totally-ikea

I love that fic so much omg

I wish I wrote it

I haven’t read it but I’ve heard legends

oh neat thanks, here @probablyautism since you were asking

I Knew it! I knew you could still find it on FF! I knew I wasn’t crazy!

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Listen, I'm not making excuses for Anthony's behaviour in Season 1. But imagine trying to run a household, and one day you come home to all this.

Once again, this meme has started showing up in my Twitter, Facebook and Reddit feeds, (proving once and for all that I peaked in 2021).

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mulder: we're stuck in a timeloop and blow up every single time, sometimes one of us gets shot, we're stuck on this stupid monday, i am having the worst day in fucking ever, my waterbed had a leak, i got abducted by aliens, we're having a baby

scully: since when do you have a waterbed??????????

i can't get over how offended she is that mulder has a waterbed she doesn't know about. scully really went if you get a bed it will be OUR bed, otherwise you'd choose the shittiest mattress known to mankind.

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male1971

The Waltons (1972-1981) CBS

Ellen Corby (Grandma Walton) had a long-term romantic partnership with Stella Luchetta, who was her companion for many years. They lived together and shared their lives until Corby's death in 1999. Their relationship was known and acknowledged by those close to them.

Will Geer (Grandpa Walton) had a romantic relationship with Harry Hay, who was a prominent gay rights activist. Geer and Hay were involved in a relationship that lasted for many years.

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handyowlet

Run, don’t walk, over to AO3 to read this fic. Crowley gets summoned to a slumber party by 4 American teenage girls. It’s sweet and hilarious.

Here’s a sample (you is Crowley)

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9:00pm (London time)

You: <I’m going to literally die and it’s your fault>

Reya5Stripes4Life: <There is zero chance that any of that sentence is true>

You: <Aziraphale liked your nail polish kit and now he’s making his own kit>

Reya5Stripes4Life: <I’m not seeing a problem>

You: <Imagine Aziraphale saying “My dear, I think the one called ‘Tootti Frootti Booty’ is a lovely shade”>

Reya5Stripes4Life: <Laughing emoji>

You: <Yesterday he found one called Let Me See Your Bong. Listening to Aziraphale say “Let Me See Your Bong” is actually literally fatal.>

Reya5Stripes4Life: <More laughing emojis>

You: <And THEN he had to describe it, and I quote, “It’s—what is that lovely word the children are using? Ah yes, ‘trippy.’”>

Reya5Stripes4Life: <Even more laughing emojis>

Reya5Stripes4Life: <I bet you invented inappropriate nail polish names>

You: …

Reya5Stripes4Life: <YOU DID DIDNT YOU>

You: …

You: <Might have given someone a nudge in that direction at some point>

Reya5Stripes4Life: <so many laughing emojis>

Reya5Stripes4Life: <So what color are your nails right now? Send me a pic>

You: <It’s called Bling of Fire>

Reya5Stripes4Life: <Send me a pic>

You: <Imagine Aziraphale saying “Bling of Fire.” Repeatedly. My lungs still aren’t working right.>

Reya5Stripes4Life: <SEND ME A PIC U DORK>

You: <image sent>

(“Crowley, you simply must come see this shade,” called Aziraphale. “It’s called ‘Baby Got Smack.’ Charming, don’t you think?”

Crowley choked on his wine.)

This is IMMEDIATELY going on my TBR list.

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starpeace

i am. so sorry if i have ever used the phrase “i have an au where—” and led you to believe that there is an actual fic out there for you to read rather than, at best, a post where i explain the concept, and at worst it is simply something that lives in my brain

if it helps i also wish there was a fic

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anarkiddo

this is like 100% petty all things considered but i just can’t wait until some of u learn that it is absolutely normal for people of any age to refer to their dads as “daddy” in many parts of the south like it isn’t a red flag there. 60 year old women in my family still refer to their dads as “daddy.” and btw i think anyone should be allowed to call their own fathers whatever they want without someone either making it nasty or being accusatory like don’t you get tired of making ppl uncomfortable for no reason

good morning to every person who calls their parents mommy or daddy or pápi or papa or mama or baba or any other “childish” name. and to everyone who is unnecessarily rude or condescending under this post please go back to sleep and get some good rest so you’re not as cranky and mean to strangers on the internet.

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