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kitsune2208 · 3 years

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thinking again about TvTropes and how it’s genuinely such an amazing resource for learning the mechanics of storytelling, honestly more so than a lot of formally taught literature classes

reasons for this:

basically TvTropes breaks down stories mechanically, using a perspective that’s not…ABOUT mechanics. Another way I like to put it, is that it’s an inductive, instead of deductive, approach to analyzing storytelling.

like in a literature or writing class you’re learning the elements that are part of the basic functioning of a story, so, character, plot, setting, et cetera. You’re learning the things that make a story a story, and why. Like, you learn what setting is, what defines it, and work from there to what makes it effective, and the range of ways it can be effective.

here’s the thing, though: everyone has some intuitive understanding of how stories work. if we didn’t, we couldn’t…understand stories.

TvTropes’s approach is bottom-up instead of top-down: instead of trying to exhaustively explore the broad, general elements of story, it identifies very small, specific elements, and explores the absolute shit out of how they fit, what they do, where they go, how they work.

Every TvTropes article is basically, “Here is a piece of a story that is part of many different stories. You have probably seen it before, but if not, here is a list of stories that use it, where it is, and what it’s doing in those stories. Here are some things it does. Here is why it is functionally different than other, similar story pieces. Here is some background on its origins and how audiences respond to it.”

all of this is BRILLIANT for a lot of reasons. one of the major ones is that the site has long lists of media that utilizes any given trope, ranging from classic literature to cartoons to video games to advertisements. the Iliad and Adventure Time ARE different things, but they are MADE OF the same stuff. And being able to study dozens of examples of a trope in action teaches you to see the common thread in what the trope does and why its specific characteristics let it do that

I love TvTropes because a great, renowned work of literature and a shitty, derivative YA novel will appear on the same list, because they’re Made Of The Same Stuff. And breaking down that mental barrier between them is good on its own for developing a mechanical understanding of storytelling.

But also? I think one of the biggest blessings of TvTropes’s commitment to cataloguing examples of tropes regardless of their “merit” or literary value or whatever…is that we get to see the full range of effectiveness or ineffectiveness of storytelling tools. Like, this is how you see what makes one book good and another book crappy. Tropes are Tools, and when you observe how a master craftsman uses a tool vs. a novice, you can break down not only what the tool is most effective for but how it is best used.

In fact? There are trope pages devoted to what happens when storytelling tools just unilaterally fail. e.g. Narm is when creators intend something to be frightening, but audiences find it hilarious instead.

On that note, TvTropes is also great in that its analysis of stories is very grounded in authors, audiences, and culture; it’s not solely focused on in-story elements. A lot of the trope pages are categories for audience responses to tropes, or for real-world occurrences that affected the storytelling, or just the human failings that creep into storytelling and affect it, like Early Installment Weirdness. There are categories for censorship-driven storytelling decisions. There are “lineages” of tropes that show how storytelling has changed over time, and how audience responses change as culture changes. Tropes like Draco in Leather Pants or Narm are catalogued because the audience reaction to a story is as much a part of that story—the story of that story?—as the “canon.”

like, storytelling is inextricable from context. it’s inextricable from how big the writers’ budget was, and how accepting of homophobia the audience was, and what was acceptable to be shown on film at the time. Tropes beget other tropes, one trope is exchanged for another, they are all linked. A Dead Horse Trope becomes an Undead Horse Trope, and sometimes it was a Dead Unicorn Trope all along. What was this work responding to? And all works are responding to something, whether they know it or not

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The executive orders Biden signed on his first day in office: 1. Requiring masks and physical distancing on federal property

2. Halting the US’s withdrawal from WHO

3. Creating position of Covid-19 Response Coordinator to manage vaccine distribution

4. Extending eviction/foreclosure moratorium till March 31

5. Extending the student loan payment pause till September 30

6. Rejoining Paris Climate Accord

7. Cancelling KeystoneXL and directing agencies to review Trump environmental actions

8. Rescinding Trump’s 1776 Commission which was the thing telling government agencies not to incorporate racial justice into their training

9. Preventing workplace discrimination for LGBTQ+ people

10. Requiring non-citizens to be counted in census and taken into account for congressional rep

11. Fortifying DACA

12. Undoing Trump’s expansion of immigration enforcement

13. Removing Muslim ban

14. Stopping border wall construction

15. Extending deferrals of deportation and work authorizations for Liberians with a safe haven in the US

16. Requiring exec branch employees to sign an ethics pledge

17. Undoing Trump’s regulatory approval process

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kitsune2208 · 3 years

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Read Harry Potter with me🧙‍♂️ (1/?)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone

제 일 장: 살아남은 아이 || Chapter one: Surviving Child

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프리벳가 4번지에 살고 있는 더즐리 부부는 자신들이 정상적이라는 것을 아주 자랑스럽게 여기는 사람들이었다. 그들은 기이하거나 신비스런 일과는 전혀 무관해 보였다. 아니, 그런 터무니없는 것은 도저히 참아내지 못했다.

The Dursleys, who live at 4th Privet Street, were people who took great pride in that they were normal. They seemed to have nothing to do with weird or mysterious things. No, they couldn’t stand such an absurd thing.

프리벳가 4번지에 살고 있는 더즐리 부부는 자신들이 정상적이라는 것을 아주 자랑스럽게 여기는 사람들이었다.

프리벳가 4번지에 - 4th pivet street 프리벳 = pivet ~가 subject marker 4번지 = (address number) 4 ~에 location marker

살고 있는 - living 살다 = to live 있다 = to be ~ present progressive

더즐리 부부는 - the Dursley’s 더즐리 = Dursley 부부 = (Married) couple ~는 topic marker

자신들이 - themselves 자신 = oneself ~ 들 = multiple 자신들 = themselves ~이 subject marker

정상적이라는 것을 - normal 정상적 = normal ~ (이)라는 called as (The Dursley’s call themselves normal) ~ 는 것 Describing a noun with a verb (Describing The Dursleys with to be normal) ~ 을 object particle

아주 자랑스럽게 - very proud 아주 = very 자랑스럽다 = to be proud ~ 게 adverb suffix

여기는 사람들이었다 - were people 여기 = here ~ 는 topic marker 사람 = person ~ 들 = multiple 사람들 = people 이었다 = were ~ past tense of 있다

그들은 기이하거나 신비스런 일과는 전혀 무관해 보였다.

그들은 - they 그들 = they ~ 은 topic marker

기이하거나 신비스런 - weird or mysterious 기이하다 = to be weird ~거나 [verb] or [verb] 신비스럽다 = to be mysterious ~ verb to noun form

일과는 - routine 일과 = routine ~ 는 topic marker

전혀 무관해 보였다 - seemed to have nothing to do with 전혀 = completely 무관하다 = to have nothing to do with ~ 아/어 보이다 to seem like ~ past tense

아니, 그런 터무니없는 것은 도저히 참아내지 못했다.

아니 - no 아니 = no (informal)

그런 터무니없는 것은 = that absurd thing 그런 = that, that kind of thing 터무니 = outrageous/absurd 없다 = to not exist/none ~ 는 것 Describing a noun with a verb (describing that thing with to be absurd)

도저히 참아내지 못했다. = cannot stand 도저히 - absolutely 참다 = to endure, to stand ~ 아/어 내다 to express results ~ 지 못하다 to not be able to do something ~ past tense

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kitsune2208 · 3 years

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2021 language learning goals

This year I want to radically improve some of my languages and I'm going to be setting precise goals every three months.

For Spanish I want to maintain, continue doing some duolingo when I'm bored and more importantly journal and read several novels during the year.

For Korean I want to journal and work on my expression and oral comprehension. I also want to try and read a book.

For Arabic I want to find a new motivation. (I have a student who doesn't speak a lot of French, no English and his native language is Arabic so that is a good motivation)

For Japanese I've been stuck and had many pauses so it's also a matter of motivation.

I also want to dabble in Italian since my boyfriend started learning it and learn signs for FSL

I'll post some journal entries sometimes I think and try to use Instagram as a motivation as well as Tumblr.

#languages #languagelearning #langblr

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kitsune2208 · 3 years

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Hey, what are your favourite books on language and linguistics?

Looking for stuff to add to my tbr pile

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Hyvää uutta vuotta! Buorre ođđajagi! Happy new year! 明けましておめでとうございます！ Gott nytt år! Gutes neues Jahr! عام جديد سعيد!

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Free Online Language Courses

Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos. You can always check the audit course or no certificate option so that you can learn for free.

American Sign Language

ASL University

Arabic

Arabic for Global Exchange (in the drop down menu)

Arabic Without Walls

Intro to Arabic

Madinah Arabic

Moroccan Arabic

Catalan Sign Language

Intro to Catalan Sign Language

Chinese

Beginner

Basic Chinese

Basic Chinese I. II, III, IV , V

Basic Mandarin Chinese I & II

Beginner’s Chinese

Chinese for Beginners

Chinese Characters

Chinese for HSK 1

First Year Chinese I & II

HSK Level 1

Mandarin Chinese I

Mandarin Chinese for Business

More Chinese for Beginners

Start Talking Mandarin Chinese

UT Gateway to Chinese

Chino Básico (Taught in Spanish)

Intermediate

Chinese Stories

Intermediate Business Chinese

Intermediate Chinese Grammar

Dutch

Introduction to Dutch

English

Online Courses here

Resources Here

Faroese

Faroese Course

Finnish

A Taste of Finnish

Basic Finnish

Finnish for Immigrants

Finnish for Medical Professionals

French

Beginner

AP French Language and Culture

Basic French Skills

Beginner’s French: Food & Drink

Diploma in French

Elementary French I & II

Français Interactif

French in Action

French for Beginners

French Language Studies I, II, III

French:Ouverture

Intermediate & Advanced

French: Le Quatorze Juillet

Passe Partout

La Cité des Sciences et de Industrie

Frisian

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in English)

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in Dutch)

German

Beginner

Beginner’s German: Food & Drink

Conversational German I, II, III, IV

Deutsch im Blick

Diploma in German

Rundblick-Beginner’s German

Advanced

German:Regionen Traditionen und Geschichte

Landschaftliche Vielfalt

Hebrew

Biblical Hebrew

Know the Hebrew Alphabet

Teach Me Hebrew

Hindi

A Door into Hindi

Business Hindi

Virtual Hindi

Icelandic

Icelandic 1-5

Indonesian

Learn Indonesian

Irish

Introduction to Irish

Italian

Beginner

Beginner’s Italian: Food & Drink

Beginner’s Italian I

Introduction to Italian

Italian for Beginners 1 , 2, 3 , 4 , 5, 6

Intermediate & Advaned

Intermediate Italian I

Advanced Italian I

La Commedia di Dante

Japanese

Genki

Japanese JOSHU

Japanese Pronunciation

Sing and Learn Japanese

Tufs JpLang

Kazakh

A1-B2 Kazakh (Taught in Russian)

Korean

Beginner

First Step Korean

How to Study Korean

Learn to Speak Korean

Pathway to Spoken Korean

Intermediate

Intermediate Korean

Nepali

Beginner’s Conversation and Grammar

Norwegian

Introduction to Norwegian

Norwegian on the Web

Portuguese

Curso de Português para Estrangeiros

Pluralidades em Português Brasileiro

Russian

Beginner

Easy Accelerated Learning for Russian

Advanced

Reading Master and Margarita

Russian as an Instrument of Communication

Siberia: Russian for Foreigners

Spanish

Beginner

AP Spanish Language & Culture

Basic Spanish for English Speakers

Beginner’s Spanish:Food & Drink

Fastbreak Spanish

Introduction to Spanish

Restaurants and Dining Out

Spanish for Beginners

Spanish for Beginners 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Spanish Vocabulary

Intermediate

Spanish:Ciudades con Historia

Spanish:Espacios Públicos

Advanced

Corrección, Estilo y Variaciones

Leer a Macondo

Spanish:Con Mis Propias Manos

Spanish: Perspectivas Porteñas

Swedish

Intro to Swedish

Swedish Made Easy 1, 2, & 3

Ukrainian

Read Ukrainian

Ukrainian Language for Beginners

Welsh

Beginner’s Welsh

Discovering Wales

Multiple Languages

Ancient Languages

More Language Learning Resources & Websites!

Last updated: March 1, 2017

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Breakfast vocabulary as Gaeilge 🍳

bricfeasta - breakfast leite - porridge pancóg - pancake bocaire - waffle órshúlach - golden syrup marmaláid - marmelade brioscarán - shortbread arán - bread ubh scothbhruite - soft-boiled egg óraiste dearg - blood orange úlla rósta - baked apples péitseog - peach eogart - yoghurt calóga arbhair - cornflakes im - butter bainne - milk sú - juice caife - coffee cupán tae - cup of tea

ithim (verb) - to eat maidin - morning go moch ar maidin - early in the morning

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If you haven’t check out Xiran Jay Zhao roasted on Mulan movies, here you go.

(also it’s VERY refreshing to know that the people who worked on the 1998 movie took her criticism so humbly)

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Breakfast Across the Globe

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Different ways to say ‘to change’

There are several words that translate to ‘change’ in Korea, so here are some of the nuances of those words. Some are active (to make something change) and some are passive (to become changed):

바꾸다 = to change, alter, swap something out, e.g. to change one’s plans. To change one’s seat/position = 자리를 바꾸다. “In other words…” = 바꿔 말하면…(basically “If one uses altered words…”)

변하다 - to change into something, to transform, turn into something else, to change state e.g. this town has changed a lot. To change from a caterpillar to a butterfly = 모충에서 나비로 변하다.

변화 - noun form of 변하다 = “a change” e.g. a change in behaviour. A change in the weather = 날씨의 변화.

달라지다 - to shift, vary. The 달라 part means “different”, the -지다 ending means something is “becoming” different. Her mood varies each day = 그녀의 기분은 매일 달라져요.

갈다 - to replace, renew, actively change something. To change a tire = 타이어를 갈다.

갈아입다 - specifically about clothes. To change one’s clothes out of something into something else. The 갈아 part means “to make something change”, the 입다 part means “to wear”. I changed my outfit = 옷을 갈아입었어.

갈아타다 - specifically about transport. To transfer, change vehicle, to get off and board something else. The 타다 part means “to board/ride”. To transfer onto another bus = 다른 버스로 갈아타다.

교환하다 - to trade, exchange, specially about giving and taking something. To exchange (e.g. clothing) for a bigger size = 더 큰 치수로 교환하다.

Some of these seem very similar, but seeing them in contextual sentences will help you become familiar with when/when not to use them.

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