#and i can't let it stop me lol

[coquelicoq]

what i like especially about the pronouns in the goblin emperor is that this language doesn't just have the T-V distinction (aka informal vs. formal second-person pronouns, in this case 'thou' vs. 'you'), it also has informal and formal first-person pronouns. having BOTH of these distinctions in the same language lets you fine-tune your tone by mixing and matching. with only one axis of formality, when you use informal pronouns, are you being familiar in an intimate way, or in an insolent or dismissive way? when you use formal pronouns, are you being polite or standoffish? you can't tell just from the pronouns; there's ambiguity. but a language where you can use a formal first-person pronoun in the same sentence as an informal second-person pronoun allows you to distance yourself (via the formal first) while also being familiar (via the informal second), thereby achieving the conversational tenor known to linguists as Fuck Thee Specifically.

#just kidding i don't know what linguists call that tenor. or any tenors. i'm not totally positive what a tenor even is #but i can't let that stop me from writing a jokey post on tumblr dot com #register is a very interesting area of linguistics that i know very little about #so i'm probably revealing the depths of my vast ignorance here to all the sociolinguists who surely hang on my every word #but i've always thought of the formal/informal pronoun thing as being about two things: intimacy-distance & rudeness-politeness #and of course you can usually tell from context whether a formal pronoun is meant to indicate distance or politeness #(plus distance and politeness are related to each other (to various degrees depending on culture)) #but it seems like it would be cool to have a built-in alignment chart of sorts just for pronoun combos #instead of prep jock nerd goth...why not try intimate self-effacing polite superior? #the goblin emperor #pronouns #register #sociolinguistics #my posts #f #anyway i know i said i wasn't going to reread the goblin emperor...but guess what. lol #and i edited my tags on that earlier post but fyi the language DOES distinguish between plural and formal singular pronouns #i had said i thought it used the same pronouns for plural and formal but i just wasn't paying close enough attention #so anyway i just reread the part where maia is talking to setheris in formal first and informal second #and you can see setheris going ohhh shit. oh shit oh shit oh shit #i'm in biiiiiig trouble #you sure are dude. that's the Time to Grovel signal #it's interesting because at the very beginning of the book when i first saw the formal first used i just thought it was the royal we #because i knew the main character was supposed to be royalty #but then EVERYONE was doing it. so it's not the royal we it's just the formal we #however. this does make me realize that the way the royal we would function in a language that retains the t-v distinction #is the same way i'm describing here. it's just reserving that particular tone (i'm better than you and am displeased with you) #for royalty only. which makes sense given royalty's whole deal

[bleue-flora]

Wait... Dream was born on August 12, 1999 and Dream was arrested in the Disc Finale on January 20, 2021 soo... wait, wait, wait, that means he was only 21 when he was imprisoned for life in a small lava covered box!... Did I do that math right? 21?! Man was barely able to drink legally in the United States and they gave him a life sentence in a boiling cell with nothing but lava, raw potatoes, a clock, and some books?!... oh my god...

#sorry.... I just... give me a minute to process... I mean I knew we were close in age but I guess I never really thought about it #sometimes I forget it happened all the way back in 2021 and just... wow. #and Tommy would have been 16 so getting his driver's license in most states... The age gap is like that of my siblings and huh... #my brother can be a real prick... its a weird thought to imagine him getting through in prison just for messing with us... damn... #dreblr #c!dream #this is fine #don't mind me researching for my lastest maddening project..... i can't stop thinking about Dream being Sam's project....... #I'd blame my job but... let's be honest the prison arc lives rent free in my brain lol XD #dsmp #dsmp dream #dream smp #dreamwastaken #no one does it like c!dream #prison arc #pandora's vault #dishing up lore #kinda? I guess... #lore thoughts #ouch... I'm older than c!dream was in prison now... poor baby... :'(

[bigkickguy]

fear and hunger? more like - kiss and hug her <3 I just wanted to draw olivia and abella about to enter the smooch zone :,)

#kickdraw #fear and hunger #abella fear and hunger #olivia fear and hunger #i still can't decide if i like abella with karin or olivia - but also why not just have 2 girlfriends? #i still need to play through more of the game without playing olivia so i can get more of her dialogue.... #i also need to save mr chef more but... abella is so cool... its so hard to let her go :'( #i think... abella's head is a little too small... but i am out of energy to do corrections for this daily doodle attempt lol #i thought of kiss and hug her when posting that and can't stop laughing - im going to say this 600 times #my bf just gave me the worst look when i told him im crying laughig

[fairyroses]

— SMALLVILLE, “Wither” (6.03)

#can't believe they danced together in a fountain and we didn't get to see it 😭 #anyway I love the comfortable physicality of this scene #like lex talking with his hands while still holding lana's hand in the second to last gif #and the fact that they're both walking around the mansion barefoot #and their smiles!! (especially in gifs 2 and 6!) #(pretty sure this is the last time we really see lex genuinely smile like this... but that's depressing so let's not think about it) #(also I could obviously dig into lex refusing to admit that he's actually happy but hoo boy I don't have time for all that lol) #in my head time stopped here and nothing bad happened after this like that's it THE END #smallville #smallvilleedit #svedit #lex luthor #lana lang #lexana #sv 6x03 #dcmultiverse #my gifs #I told y'all that I had a gifset from this ep floating around in my drafts somewhere lol #not pictured here: me fist-fighting the smallville lighting department in a denny's parking lot

[elizais]

"ranpo is the smartest!" this

"fyodor is the smartest!" that

asagiri is the smartest for not showing his face considering all the shit he pulls

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #kafka asagiri #genuinely though like good for him #hes a wiser person than i am #no bcs like when ppl were theorising ab how dazai is still alive i would have been replying to each of them just to install false belief #or like fyodor being alive i feel like i would just like reply with “lol” each time #i also can't be famous i would not be able to ignore the haters #not in the sense of letting their comments get to me i would just say something even worse back #i need 2 stop talking #BYE #elizai is a yapper #this is on queue and my queue is very long atm even when i put it to 3 posts a day

[bluastro-yellow]

get it Kim has a lot to unpack do you get it

it's imperfect I'll never polish it just take it as it is

#I don't know how the hell to draw kim #PLEASE gib me feedback #pretend the dialogue is better this is all I can do lol. but you get the gist of it #aaa give me constructive criticism. the other post about kim secretly being a loser made me think about what his apartment would look like #and this popped in my head I had to draw it #is this in character? #there's no eyebrow battle because in my head this happens some time in the future where kim opens up a little more easily #at this point he trust him with his secrets more (but not completely. harry's not touching the blue box today) #but it's a mixture of ''maybe if I tell x he will stop asking for more'' and real trust #but like do you see that happen #it's a secret because he doesn't want other people to learn that insisting can work #like I said in the tags of the other post I think he never lets anyone in to the point of avoiding calling the plumber even if the sink #has been broken for months #addition: fuck I should have putted more machines in there. I couldn't think of anything else other than radio controlled airplane #and a sewing machine. he must have more stuff like the camera. #he'd have some dangerous thing to warm the room #and nerd stuff. I'm not sure if he'd display it or keep it boxed somewhere #disco elysium #that's a convertible couch-bed if you can't tell. half covered with the Pile #pointless microblogging #it's so hard to draw them right they look different in every official thing #believe me I have tried #idk how to put more of the skills here :/ #I have achieved peak kimharry brainrot I can't go back

[alivegirlmari]

soooo interesting to me that misty is like. so shameless / guiltfree / nonchalant about the cannibalism & cult & poisoning & murder of it all like she is NOT haunted by those 19 months the way literally every other girl is bc she did what she did and she had fun doing it! and yet she literally also cannot listen to stayin' alive for five seconds bc it reminds her of crystal, who she technically didn't even kill. lol. 🔨

#girl let me into ur PSYCHE. #'i'm sorry bestie' was so unserious but i do think that first 'i'm sorry' when she's screaming over crystal's body was real #do we think the guilt comes from the fact that it's like. if she'd /killed/ crystal at least that's deliberate #and she can justify it as oh well she was gonna tell the group about the box so i had to stop it etc #whereas crystal accidentally falling is like...there's no closure! there's no fixing it! and misty has zero control over it!!! #if crystal had agreed to keep silent obvs the friendship would be different but even then it's kinda like. on misty's terms again #yes crystal would have the power of the secret but she also then now knows what misty is capable of #so misty has the power really bc she could make crystal agree to anything for fear of being killed #and they could ~work on it~ and ~fix things~ (lol) but with crystal dead and not on her OR misty's terms...you can't!!! #spilled blood and not even on PURPOSE!!! not even for a REASON!!!! it's soooo hollow #and then like. the whole that was her best friend / spiritual clone part of it ajsfajfskfsk #anyways fly high crystal the pistol & rip crusty 2x01 - 2x05 <3 #yellowjackets #yellowjackets spoilers #* #misty

[phoenixcatch7]

Man I am just SO CONFUSED. About the time line of this game.

No one is telling me how long links been gone! Or how long the botw-totk timeskip was! They all just started selling my stuff again lol. I'm going to have to get everything redyed!

Me: hey random stranger! Lore dump? You look like a lore dumper.

Kindly npc: why hullo there, link ^^! My, I haven't seen you in a while since the calamity ended! I was so worried when they said you and the princess had gone missing! But it's good to see you're well.

Me: aw, thanks. How long has it actually been tho.

Kindly npc: ^u^

#Having a great time btw I've just been chased across a near sea of miasma by stal riders and more! 10/10 nearly died in a high speed chase #Made it out relatively unscathed which is truly amazing lmao #Spoilers ahead: I have had the funniest time doing the great plateau quest chain. Once I sucked it up and made nice with the creepy statue. #He's(?) been alright. Fair trader. Good deals. I've mostly been terrorising kohga in between absolutely failing to craft working vehicles X #His new boss fights are so much easier than the first one lol. Less fun I'll admit but the music is groovy. You can probably make a #Machine and try and dog fight him but with few exceptions the turning circles are decrepit so I just stuck to mild dodging and shooting him #And running over to hit him some more. Kinda bland for a boss fight I'll say. Could have done with a lot more pizazz. It's kohga come on. #Anyway I do feel kinda bad because apparently he's been stuck down there for however many months/years and I AM kinda cheating with the arm #After the first fight he fled to the gerudo mine and the steward very nicely showed me how to get there but never underestimate #My procrastination because I'd already found it by just exploring so I just teleported. In game it must have been terrifying lmao #Racing across an endless void filled only by the light of your rapidly running out of battery glider and the red glow of the gloom away fro #The apparently immortal ancient warrior who beat you up and tossed you down there and there's no sign of perusal so you're probably safe #But you get there and he's already sitting there poking some bananas having wiped out your goons and plundered your supplies. #Like sorry man but the arm comes with the hero territory I can't exactly take it off. #Maybe if you stopped terrorising the people purah would let you have one of her long distance teleportation slates. It comes with photos? #It can't have been long since botw link hasn't grown an inch XD. Also I've been turning the lore timeline over in my head and still no idea #Are we not sure Rauru isn't from some alternate timeline that got fused with the main loz timeline by accident?? #loz #legend of zelda #totk #loz totk #tears of the kingdom #loz tears of the kingdom #totk spoilers

[sysig]

Very cool and not at all uncomfortable vent sesh (Patreon)

#Doodles #Wander Over Yonder #Emperor Awesome #Commander Peepers #Some friendly Eyesome :D #This is all Awesome's fault lol I thought about him being dramatic and lying on the ground and venting to Peepers and it became an Idea #Awesome stop being fun to draw challenge - at least it's not as hard a challenge as Peepers stop being being fun to draw lol #A lot of his poses were really fun for this as well :D Although I didn't mean to put Awesome behind him initially lol #They're probably at Awesome's actually - Peepers brought something to work on the workaholic needs his enrichment lol #I just can't imagine Awesome being comfortable on the Skullship let alone Peeps' quarters lol ''Damn bitch you live like this?'' #Like he can talk ♪ But at least he knows what he likes! #Peepers gets all the vent sessions haha - at least Awesome would probably return the favour! Gossip ♫ It's still probably mismatched #Both for Awesome's selfishness and Peepers' discomfort with relying on others and being kinda repressed #If Awesome pushed him the right way he'd probably spill a lot though hehe #But anyway this is about Awesome! I think actually becoming friends with Peepers after he told him off would recontextualize some things :) #Still some hard feelings but not enough to reignite the fight over haha #And actually letting Peeps in and his words sink into his bones - and as he says watching Peepers work so hard but still just be a minion #What does this say about me??? thinks the self-obsessed shark man lol #Meanwhile Peepers was just expecting a self-centered rant but he actually got caught in the crossfire enough to be complimented hehe #At least Someone around he recognizes how hard he works! #''Alright fine you've got my attention keep puffing my ego'' lol #His little quirked ''brow'' hehe <3

[momomallowart]

Come on Barbie let's go party~ ʕ⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴥ⁠ꈍ⁠ʔっ🎉

#I can't stop thinking about how they would react in situations in my life so I'm coping with art #I think often about the men in my phone #i think they would like barbie #i did #I listened to the soundtrack on repeat while drawing this #Zen is literally Ken change my mind (you can't) #I was so close to drawing Yoosung in Alan's outfit (still might) #the Kenough hoodie is iconic tho #this was a lot of fun to make tho #the posters in particular are so funny to me #If anyone has any better taglines pls let me know bc I struggled for some of these lol #mystic messenger #mysme #barbie #barbie crossover #my art

[xenoshadow13]

Pspspspspsspspspsps

Don't mind me here, just smile and giggle at these two dorks for a bit.

#submission #answered submission #submitted post #Shades' Art #Friend's Art #giftart #giftart from friend #Keith Burlington #Doppel #Doppel the Doppelganger #friday night funkin' #friday night funkin #fnf #fnf boyfriend #fnf bf #himbo boyfriend #himbo bf #himbo boyfriend fnf #himbo bf fnf #FAV #Gosh I love this so much asjkaskj #I know I've already said this in our Discord DMs but thank you again for this #It's so just freaking cute #Like seriously I can't stop help but let out a little “d'aww” whenever I look this #Poor Keith's so confused by the sudden kiss but alas Doppel ain't gonna explain anything #Doppel will immediately askjsakjaskja away as soon as he's done with the kiss #He's a shy dork ok lol #Oh yeah and for those who sent messages inquiring about my Faker BF heh well here's the dork! #Yes the dork who's kissing the himbo here is my freaky boi #Feel free to send me asks about him if ya want~

[essektheylyss]

I presume that if you follow me you probably like D&D-esque storytelling, amoral mages, and also treason, and if so you are in luck!

I wrote probably the most on brand piece for a very cool publication called Ballads of the Distant Reaches, in which all of the stories take place in (and build the lore of) the same fantasy world. Mine is the story of a former magical arms dealer turned priest of chaos on trial for treason following a siege of the capital by his former collaborator. (Like I said, very on brand.) I got to write some absolute bastards in some absolute shit situations, and also a very fun description of a realm of chaos. Check it out!

#I do in fact only know how to self-promote in [tacky middle school PSA voice] I'm so sorry #this is the last one for the time being lol. reminders for myself that I need to like. submit things again. and also WRITE #I do not in fact know ever when things are getting published. what is time. #genuinely loved pitching and writing this. @ the universe pls let me write more things on pitch. #truly this pitch got picked and I was like 'literally all of my favorite fucking things. god bless.' #advice for pitching stuff: only send pitches that you actually want to write. that seems obvious but like. #it's real easy to go 'what does this publication want' and that should ALSO be a consideration but #three rules of pitches: what does the publication want? what are you excited to write? what gaps can you identify that you can fill? #anyway as always I will stop chatting in the tags about business things again #i can't help it i'm a capricorn 😔

[aeons-domain]

#creator speaks #a funny i saw on my twitter thought i should insert my ship into it 👍👍👍 #WHICH IS FUNNY BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL *IS* A TUMBLR POST but oh well #man the thoughts that simmered in my head in the past year and a half over them and how her inclusion kinda changes the story... #lol ik i always “speak” of it and discord besties would know a little more than those who aren't but i digress #i love it i love the thought of just...Madison putting so much of her faith and trust and love in them that she just becomes loyal to them #helping their cause and personal issues wanting to be a reliable friend and loved one to them #(probably the abandonment issues that's operating in that brain of hers lmao but) she just wants to stay by their side !! #and hope that they let her stay there in the years of them growing up together #somewhere in the messy notes in my brain and in my laptop's notepad did i think far in changing their overall fate to make the ending happy #but i just feel like that's just gonna stay there or be discussed in really tight circles IF i feel like sharing it hehu #i feel like madison and me inserting her into the jojo universe as a sort of “fix-it” tool is one that araki and many others wld surely hat #HAHAHAHAHA #when my notes and lore try to go against the biggest theme of fate in the series and how we're destined to go through it- #-that it can't be changed. how the joestars are cursed yadda yadda #i'm so normcore domestic life happy ending mary sue fix it canon divergence pilled okay !!! #i want both jotaro and kakyoin to be happy and alive !!! and making that possible by inserting my lame ass op oc 😎😎😎 #HAHAHAH whatever i'll stop yapping <33

[illiana-mystery]

Make It Color, Pt. 8 (I think...I've done so many of these I've lost count...lol)

#that first pic #bruh #goddamn son #let me just get on my knees real quick #didi chill lol #girl stop #why is he so beautiful #i can't even #my sweet alfredo #my heart #❤️❤️❤️❤️ #alfred molina #make it color

[after-nine-at-the-oasis]

seen people saying it seems kind of odd that Melissa would go over and be nice to the new sub and. hear me out. what if she knew they were queer and wanted to show solidarity

#listen #I'm not getting this across well but I just had this thought a second ago and I went AOUGGAH #melissa seeing someone who's like her and knowing that she can't let them do this alone #has to protect them #just a theory #maybe barbara's colorful friends and jacob and zach being a prominent feature of the episode just got me thinking extra queer but :/ 👀 #abbott elementary #ae #oasis's ae chatter #anyway I will be going insane over this #I might write a fic about barbara (just considered that as I thought about what I'm about to say) and now I might have to write one about #melissa #and I'm already writing one (*cough cough a fix it*) about jacob and zach so like xD #I can't write every fic ever about this episode lol #someone stop me #anyway #going insane over this idea just a bit

[taralen]

I wonder...

Will I receive another letter? 💕

Don't be afraid of my tears... You don't make me angry or sad.

You make me so happy. 🥰

#musings #anon you've won me over #I can't stop thinking about you now LOL #please don't let the eighth letter be the last I hear from you... please