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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.

#i like using epithets so i don't constantly begin sentences with names and pronouns #(when i don't want to)

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Francis: When life gives you lemonade, make lemons. Life will be all like “Whaaaat?”.

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Francis: I am an expert at identifying birds.

Zag: Okay, what about those ones flying over there?

Francis: Yeah, they’re all birds.

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Jonah, to Gabby: You are my answer. My answer to everything… Which is why I’ll probably do very poorly on the written part of my driver’s test.

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you're going about your normal day when, suddenly, surprise! you've been pokémon mystery dungeon'd!

unfortunately, due to budget cuts, the pokémon assigning quiz has been canceled. instead, you must spin THE WHEEL, assigning you a random, unevolved, non-legendary and non-mythical pokémon. you must now go on some sort of world-saving adventure as this pokémon. good luck!

tell me in the tags what you rolled, and how you feel about it - for bonus points, you can spin the wheel again for (or just take your pick of) a pokémon to be your partner.

bonus rules:

you're not shiny unless the wheel tells you you're shiny

take your pick of regional forms and evolutions (for example, if you roll vulpix, it's up to you whether that means normal or alolan vulpix)

apply whatever logic you like with regards to gender

have fun and be yourself!

#sh...shieldon?? #i guess it's alright

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Persona Dashboard Simulator

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polls that would have broken the featherdom in the 80s

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This is Green Parakeet erasure

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do Parakeet fans don't know how to fucking read???

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I dreamed I was in a church. But it was a floating church in space. The Phantom of the Opera was there too (never seen the movie/musical?) and he asked me about my name like a fucking kindergarten teacher. I think my dream self thought this was a Death Note episode??? Because I said smth like "Nah, no cuffs for your homosexual ass" or some shit like that. Idk I wrote this as soon as I woke up cause it seemed like something my audience would like.

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What the fuck is everyone in the notes talking about? OH MY GOD DID I TALK TO GOD??? GUYS???

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My grandparents are from Inaba. The fact that not even 5 years have passed before some Hollywood exec decided to capitalize on the murders and their trauma? Honestly, fuck everyone.

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i mean, we ARE talking about the same industry that made movies gloryfying the Zodiac Killer, JOKER and Ted Bundy y'know

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I swear Sumaru isn't even a real place anymore

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I swear i'm not making any of this up. This isn't a creepypasta or anything like thag. Last night my phone turned off in the middle of the night. Ofc i panicked and tried to turn on the light but it didn't turn on. So i'm thinking that maybe the power is ojt and go check outside but everything was green. As if there was a green light or something. And then i noticed there was a fuckgin coffin in the middle of the street. Just floating tjeew. I know my horror movies so i just go back inside and watch it from my window. I'm fucking terrified. But then everything goes back to normal and i swear the coffin turned into a person walking their dog. My lights worked again and everuhting. I'm fucking scared and i don't know what to do cause i know it was real i lived it. Idk

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And everyone clapped.

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Imao the Kirijo Group got them

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Ok, but do vampires walk their dogs at 12 o'clock? Asking the important questions 🤔

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Risette this, Kanamin Kitchen that. Why are y'all always pitting bad bitches against each other?

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Just found this blurry ass picture in my gallery??? Apparently I took it on Christmas Eve. I feel like I'm tripping

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The way this cat goes into its cup

(Source)

#ooooo i'm so tired #i'm gonna be hot chocolate now

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"theres no such thing as stupid questions"

-go back in time

-find the person who said that

-ask them what the dog doin

-return to the present

-vtubers no longer exist (butterfly effect, hard to explain)

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This is actually the best intro to a porno that has ever existed

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This is actually the best intro to a porno that has ever existed

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Are clowns patriotic