#z is talking

[littlemizzlinguistics]

Studying linguistics is actually so wonderful because when you explain youth slang to older professors, instead of complaining about how "your generation can't speak right/ you're butchering the language" they light up and go “really? That’s so wonderful! What an innovative construction! Isn't language wonderful?"

#linguistics #gen z slang #english #as people in the reblog pointed out! #most gen z slang comes from (or was appropriated from) aave #honestly I was just excited to talk about how people in my field actually get excited about non standard uses of English #instead of ridiculing speakers #and I tagged incorrectly and didn’t point out the very real issues of language and power and appropriation inherent in modern slang #in that much of it was appropriated #and even that which experiences language change in the wider culture still originated in aave #aave is just as linguistically valid as any other English dialect because it is a proper language #and the grammar is incredible!!! #habitual be is fantastic and an excellent example of how a richer case system or a certain case can render an adverb unnecessary #and the phonology is just beautiful #anyway I’m very sorry #I fucked up

[clockmocker]

#reblog if you're jumbing pobring and jopring #this is how coach z talks

[fell-in-love-with-a-fantasy]

everyone please do this quiz

tagging @stars-and-birds @oh-lacy @mqstermindswift @tortured-poets-depxrtment @drewlooks @oh-mother-i-cannot-weave @a-bowl-of-soop @trafficlightsaysidk @allsfairinloveandpoetry13 @thatdelusionalnerd @skies-of-gray @bloodied-dagger @el-fandom-birb @hecateisalesbian @ literally anyone else who wants to

#tag game #z talks

[apollos-olives]

"waaa waaa israelis are getting killed" okay??? and??? palestinians have been getting massacred for almost 80 years non stop. i was three years old when an israeli soldier held a gun to my face. i don't care that a few colonial settlers (that are ILLEGALLY settled there btw. according to international law) are dead.

hey answer this for me- why are the settlers and civilians the first people who get hurt? why? you wanna know why? because israel does it on purpose. it's all systematically set up. israel systematically puts settlements with israeli people who are not soldiers RIGHT next to the palestinians, so if anything happens, the settlers will be the first ones to die, and israel and america can immediately put the blame and demonize palestinians even more. israel is doing this ON PURPOSE. israel doesn't care for it's people. they kill them off whenever it's convenient. they will do everything in their power, including allowing their own people to be killed, in order to make palestinians look less than human.

stop falling for propaganda. stop listening to the western media. listen to the palestinian voices. listen to indiginous voices. listen to the opressed. we need help, and we need all of you to support us. from the river to the sea 🇵🇸

#palestine #free palestine #z*onists this isn't up for argument. if you come in my notes talking shit i'll just block you #you can take your genocidal colonial ass and die.

[kittykat-pikachu]

list of things about mussed up houses

house of leaves by mark z. danielewski

skinamarink by kyle edward ball

the house in the ocean by mister manticore

myhouse.wad by veddge

this house has people in it by alan resnick (possible? its more like the people are the strange thing)

monster house by gil kenan (maybe not messed up in the right way for this list)

burning down the house by the talking heads (only in passing)

additions:

the haunting of hill house by shirley jackson (book)

the haunting of hill house by mike flanagan (tv adaptation of the book)

rose red by stephen king

vivarium by lorcan finnegan

changing planes by ursula k. le guin (not a house, but thematically close)

charlotte markham and the house of darkling by michael boccacino

slade house by dave mitchell

little, big by john crowley

the inner room by robert aickman

phantom architecture by phillip wilkinson

bite size terrors: erobos heaven by anoverthinker (seems like possibly the house isnt whats strange? but i dont know for sure i havent played it)

anatomy by kitty horrorshow

childhood homes (and why we hate them) by qrowscant

the house next door by annie rivers siddon

white is for witching by helen oyeyemi

haunted by poe (album counterpart to house of leaves??? holny crap)

the house with a clock in its walls by john bellairs (also has a movie adaptation)

p.t. by hideo kojima

coraline by neil gaiman (more like the creature is making the house messed up but yeah ill count it)(EDIT: okay yeah that house IS just messed up. forgot the beldam didn't make the other house)

starling house by alix harrow

the witch's house by fummy

house (hausu) by nobuhiko obayashi

the house is alive and the house is hungry by the paper chase

my house walk-through by nana825763

control by sam lake

house of bones by jeffery scott lando

lungbarrow by marc platt

if anyone knows of other things that fit this niche, any type of media, feel free to add on. i'll edit and add it to the original post. i just really like this specific niche

thank you to @bas-fish, @eggmixercortex, @ohiotpke, @posteriorpeasantpresents, @hadoom, @dougielombax, @lite-weaver, @mimillion, @elvriskastello, @apotheoseity, @hauntedhousez, @sophiewooloo, @jumbledthemes for contributing :3

i should sort this + add links putting that on my to-do list

#house of leaves #skinamarink #the house in the ocean #myhouse.wad #this house has people in it #monster house #talking heads #burning down the house #mark z danielewski #mister manticore #alan resnick #kyle edward ball #ergodic media #ergodic literature #the haunting of hill house #rose red #stephen king #shirley jackson #mike flanagan #vivarium #changing planes #charlotte markham and the house of darkling #slade house #little big #the inner room #phantom architecture #bite size terrors: erobos heaven #anoverthinker #ursula k. le guin #anatomy

[gwentbleidd]

still my favorite thing about all this is that joey batey really woke up one day, said 'hell yeah queer jaskier' and made thousands of people SO mad

#i'm polish and lemme tell you something #polish str8s are so angry rn it's so funny #imagine u get mad at random points during the day and can't sleep at night bc a fictional man kissed another man lmao??? #'it wasn't in the books' boi do u wanna talk about what wasn't in the books but was in the netflix series i'll go first #they just make stuff up from the very beginning #anyway stan jaskier bi agenda #jaskier #dandelion #wiedźmin #the witcher #season 3 #geralt of rivia #geralt z rivii #geraskier #radskier #radovid #joey batey #hugh skinner

[zarla-s]

I saw this post about how Engie was probably born into generational wealth and I can't stop thinking about it.

[patreon]

#team fortress 2 #engineer #scout #z art #z comic #who's the poorest merc do you think #not accounting for how they're all rich while working for team fortress and all #demo engie and spy are all rich #medic seems to be doing okay for himself but it's hard to say for sure #sniper lives in a van but he also says sniping is solid work and you won't go hungry #soldier is homeless but he did fly to europe and had a roommate at one point #heavy went to college and flew to america he's stingy with money but he's fine i assume #pyro's an unknown #scout has seven brothers and lives in a single parent household #he doesn't talk about money but i assume it was tight #things to ponder... #drink oval brand beer!

[ghost-bxrd]

okay so this is an idea I’ve seen brought up maybe once before, but maybe Jason (before the Bats find out who he is) accidentally lets something slip that makes them realize that he’s literally, like, a child (seventeen, sixteen, I’m not sure how old he is at that point exactly, but either works)

and Bruce “adoption addiction” Wayne promptly looks at this obviously traumatized teenager and decides that he should adopt Red Hood.

I just think Jason would be so confused (maybe a little pissed too)

I’ve touched on that a little bit in What you’re longing for (you claim to abhor)!

I think this trope is wayyy underrated. Like, Jason is still so, so young. Basically a child. Even if he died at sixteen and then spent two years with the league (even if we’re counting the time he spent dead as aging). He’s barely even legal when he returns to Gotham. Or if we’re being generous let’s say he’s nineteen.

Doesn’t matter, he’s barely out of his teens (maybe he’s still IN his teens if you bend the timeline of your fic a little) and he’s experienced horrors that would have most people become utterly unable to function. But Jason? That boy takes his trauma and channels it into anger. Which, not exactly healthy, but well.

Anyway, getting off topic:

YES. Jason is still basically a kid when he debuts as the Red Hood, and you know what else he is? A good boy who’s not gonna touch any alcohol until he’s officially 21.

“But why would he do that? He grew up in Crime Alley! Ain’t nobody got time for age limitations!”

Hear me out! Let’s assume he grew up in a household where his father, Willis Todd, drank quite a lot on the regular in addition to his mom’s addiction. Jason experienced the aftermath of this (perhaps domestic violence?) every time his dad returned from a job/jail and he grew to loathe any and all substances, including alcohol. Knowing Jason and his convictions it wouldn’t be too far fetched to assume he’d never touch a single drop of alcohol at all.

So that’s one way he could slip up while taking to his goons (and having the bats overhear) or even straight up talking to one of them where maybe Dick banters a bit and goes “Hey, perhaps you should chill out a bit. Have a drink maybe” and Jason just instinctively goes “Fuck you Dickwing, I’m seventeen/eighteen/nineteen! I’m not allowed to drink!”

And Dick just— bluescreens. And immediately goes to tell Bruce, obviously.

OR

The Bats assume Jason is this old guy (Bruce’s or Drathstroke’s age maybe) and consequently they keep alluding to things that happened way before Jason was ever even born and at first he’s so? Confused??? But eventually it just gets really annoying and eventually he just— snaps.

“How the fuck would I know which Nokia gen hit the market that year? I was born in fuckin’ XXXX, I’m an iPhone kid!”

“Stop referencing the Cold War dipshit, I’m fucking seventeen! I’m glad I remember my own damn birthday!”

“I don’t know, I was like— two back then.”

Bruce, obviously, would take .1 seconds to realize:

“Omg. That’s- that’s a whole child. That’s a whole damn TRAUMATIZED child, killing people and sawing off heads. Omg someone must have hurt him so bad. Don’t worry tho, son, Batman’s got you. You won’t have to hurt anybody ever again. We’re here for you. Would you like the room next to Tim’s or Dick’s?”

Meanwhile Jason: “what the fuck”

#ghost talks #lmao Jason would be so done at this point #like pls spare him all the horrible references he doesn’t understand #he’s gen z #and everyone is suddenly using boomer memes #and he’s so lost #dick isn’t helping #jason todd #batfamily #batfam #bruce wayne #dick grayson #robin #tim drake #red hood #fic #batdad #good dad bruce wayne #brainstorming

[tsumnoda]

no flirting with lewis or max mister you gotta babysit ollie this week

#z talks f1 #f1 #saudi arabian gp 2024 #cl16 #charles leclerc #ollie bearman

[zahri-melitor]

Just because it needs to be said: Tim pulling Dick off someone who he’s punching in a righteous rage is a GOOD THING. Dick feels intense guilt after these incidents if he actually hurts the person.

(Cue minor breakdown)

If you care about Dick as a character at ALL, Dick’s anger having a rein on it is avoiding SO MUCH ANGST later on.

Because it needs to be said again: Zdarsky is clearly, CLEARLY referencing Transference.

(Gotham Knights #10)

(Joker Last Laugh #6)

(Batman #138)

These are the SAME CHARACTER BEATS.

Dick’s righteous fury about harm done to a member of the family. Tim pulling Dick off because he knows how Dick will feel about this when he calms down.

And if you don’t believe me that Zdarsky is thinking about Transference:

(Gotham Knights #11)

Here Bruce installed a mental block to stop himself accessing his memories until someone recited the Oath.

(Batman #138)

Here Dick’s override access to Bruce’s central computer includes reciting the Oath, and he’s doing it to protect them from a mentally-controlled Bruce.

It’s obvious to me what is being referenced here and while I love watching Dick lose it and start punching as much as the next person when someone deserves his rage, I also am aware of the eventual fallout. So you know, maybe think on that.

#z canon read throughs #tuesday spoilers #Dick punching someone and Tim pulling him back is a motif now #please if you’re going to talk about JLL read JLL and Dick’s reaction following it #dc meta #gotham war

[65810-29]

hey sorry but they goyified your inherently jewish written character. yea. yea no they tried catering to a wider audience. yea they made him scorf down a pile of bacon. i’m so sorry

#star trek snw #spock #judaism #leonard nimoy #also apology to leonard nimoy #i’m not even at the episode yet but i saw a bunch of spoilers on twt. and That clip #not to mention the nonsensical exaggerated gen z talk paramount put in the caption #not to ALSO mention the way they try so desperately to make him straight #quite harrowing from everything i’ve seen #yes i’m aware some jewish people don’t keep kosher and i don’t mean offense with this post #but many jewish trek fans feel it important to keep spock’s unabashed jewishness in tact #DISCLAIMER: i am not jewish. this post does not have significant weight and i do not wish to speak on behalf of jewish friends #lamb of blog

[lowcallyfruity]

Noble bell being silly 🥰

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#hi guys I missed talking about the NPCs so yeah I drew them being silly :] #twst #twst art #twst fanart #noble bell college #twst rollo #twst rollo flamme #twst npc #twst meme #twst shitpost #twisted wonderland #Z’s art💛?! #💛!Robinette #💛!August

[biillys]

did you see that? yeah, i saw that! that was at least seven feet! i don't know what it was, but it almost gave me a heart attack.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILLY!

#m #she's late and she's not great but she's Something #ily i miss you i've wrote like. an insane amount of fic about you in the last week alone. #literally over 2 hrs of audio msgs just talking about u sent to z yesterday. Insane. #happy BIRTHDAY come back bitch #billy hargrove #billyhargroveedit #gifs

[snailfen]

ik im a big johto/unova lover (THAT goes without saying) and feel more nostalgia for unova rather than kalos (i grew up on the B&W anime before ever getting pokemon x) but im actually really glad theyre making legends z-a rather than a johto/unova remake or legends title.

legends z-a is coming out on its own, unlike legends arceus, which means gamefreak can put most of their focus on that

they arent trying to release it within a year. i hope they keep this up, because if we ever DO get those aforementioned titles i NEED them to be good. i NEED them to stay in the oven a lot longer

#pokemon presents #pokemon presents spoilers #pokemon #xy #legends z-a #ALSO CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT NAME? #ZA? REVERSED AZ? IS THERE GONNA BE MORE TIME TRAVEL IN THIS GAME? #mossball.txt #also welcome back mega evolution i missed you baby #plza

[moobrvoobl-moobmoob-oobmpoobroom]

I just saw a thing that said the majority of Gen Z’s don’t learn to read or write cursive so. poll.

reblogs appreciated bc I’m nosy <3

#swift talks #polls #swift polls #tumblr polls #gen z #gen z culture #kids these days

[decolonize-the-left]

Also idk what parent needs to hear this but with the curriculum changing to reflect bigotry, you'll have to pickup the slack at home.

Not knowing your history and awful education leads to entire countries of people that dont know what communism actually is, never learned about organized workers movements (despite capitalism being the system), and can't recognize fascism when it's staring them in the face.

It's not a coincidence bigots are densely populated in areas with awful education systems. And it's not a coincidence they don't even see it as bigotry.

My kid is 9. She knows about police brutality, classism, and racism and why we fight it. She had to. She's brown kid, poor, and ADHD; naive by nature for the moment and I don't want her being taken advantage of or exploited. It's why she knows about boundaries, saying "no", and listening to herself.

This year during PRIDE she'll learn about stonewall and why we're still fighting for that too. She's old enough to tag along and participate with more understanding so she will. She's learned about bodily autonomy and women's rights as well. And she's learned about having a healthy relationship with nature; to respect the critters, plants, water, and climate.

Protest and fighting and standing up for yourself and your rights and being a good ally are all family values in my house. And if the school won't teach that to her then it's on me, just like it's on all of us.

And no, she doesn't know or understand enough to have a whole debate but she's 9. There's still so much time to teach her more. But she understands the basics and for kids, it really doesn't need to be more complicated than that because she's just interacting with other kids.

I taught her about police & homophobia in 2020 as soon as I got her back from her homophobic dad. She was 6.

It was as easy as "But I'm a gay people too & when you say theyre gross that hurts my feelings. Do you have to think what your dad thinks?"

Giving her the freedom to make that choice herself, to disagree, and grow out of it and end that association with "gross" was the best thing I could've done for her. Cuz guess who told me she might like boys and girls 3 years later?

Those many tiny talks over time could've saved her from decades of shame induced trauma.

Our kids deserve everything. And they deserve better. We must teach them that and we need to teach them to fight for it. Teach them what to fight against.

They aren't too young. Give them more credit. "Think of the children" by educating yours.

#im also not sitting there giving lectures #just every now and then we'll talk about it - bring it up while watching a show or talk about inflation at the store for example #i don't want to discuss it with her so much that she becomes stressed by it so its only maybe once a month or so #keeps her critical thinking skills enaged #parenting #parents #allies #gen alpha #millenials #gen z #solidarity #fascism