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In writing, epithets ("the taller man"/"the blonde"/etc) are inherently dehumanizing, in that they remove a character's name and identity, and instead focus on this other quality.

Which can be an extremely effective device within narration!

They can work very well for characters whose names the narrator doesn't know yet (especially to differentiate between two or more). How specific the epithet is can signal to the reader how important the character is going to be later on, and whether they should dedicate bandwidth to remembering them for later ("the bearded man" is much less likely to show up again than "the man with the angel tattoo")

They can indicate when characters stop being as an individual and instead embody their Role, like a detective choosing to think of their lover simply as The Thief when arresting them, or a royal character being referred to as The Queen when she's acting on behalf of the state

They can reveal the narrator's biases by repeatedly drawing attention to a particular quality that singles them out in the narrator's mind

But these only work if the epithet used is how the narrator primarily identifies that character. Which is why it's so jarring to see a lot of common epithets in intimate moments-- because it conveys that the main character is primarily thinking of their lover/best friend/etc in terms of their height or age or hair color.

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Celebratory end of college Gon and Killua to ease my mind. I got my degree so I could draw gay people and that's it

#hxh

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RIP Miss Lemon from Agatha Christie's Poirot, you would have loved Wikipedia.

#miss lemon my beloved

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what if i just rest my eyes for a second

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#DAMN #art

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#me at the dinner table w my doctor dad

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HAPPY NERO LOSES DEVIL BRINGER DAYYYY!!!!

go rip your own son's arm off in a pursuit of power to celebrate!

Non-gif version of the second image under cut cause Tumblr died a bit trying to load the gif

#devil may cry

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frustration collection

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WAIT I HAVE AN AWESOME HOUSE DESIGN

#no exit #memes

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Me: I hate gossip

Also me:

#what it’s like being the quiet girl in high school

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Me: I hate gossip

Also me:

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this is what girls do right after they log off

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She must be thinking about bills, education, food

(Source)

#cats

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#hmmmm it’s been a while but i think it was jou that was tied up by the yoyo gang not yugi #he n his ghost showed up and electrocuted them #then broke a roof underneath them #yugioh

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Masaaki Iwane did some art of Wes this morning. We could dream of a remake/remaster (XD too), but I was always hoping for a new game set in Orre too. There was unfinished business with Cipher. (Ardos did get off a free man after trying to have everyone on Citadark killed, and the implications Cipher was still active in his note to the player.

Edit: more of his Wes art was uploaded.

#ONE DAY #copium is insane rn #pokemon colosseum

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Pokémon Special doodles (the last one is from last year…)

#pokemon #pokespe #silver