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jugulate · 2 years

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Watching Heartstopper for the 1st time: *sobs hysterically*

Watching Heartstopper for the 237th time: *sobs hysterically*

#heartstopper netflix #heartstopper alice oseman #heartstopper #heartstopper edit #nick x charlie #nick nelson x charlie spring #nick and charlie #charlie and nick #nick nelson #charlie spring #narlie #gay #lgbtq media #lgbtqplus #WHEN I TELL YOU THE CHOKEHOLD THIS SHOW HAS ON ME #AND THE BOOKS #AND KIT CONNOR #NICK NELSON IS EVERYTHING #FIGHT ME

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atlantis-just-drowned · 15 days

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AU idea : Sun and Moon but they're ghosts. Sun is a kind one that manifest during the day and Moon a fucking poltergeist messing around the house every night to scare the new owner away.

Reader/OC absolutely doesn't care and can't afford to move out anyway so they just. Live with it. Casually.

At some point they have to take care of their baby niece/nephew and during the night witness Moon over the babyphone taking care of the child after they had a nightmare.

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fangirleaconmigo · 1 year

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What’s the feeling when you walk into your local library branch? The one you’ve been welcome in for thirty five years? Even as a sweaty kid with a cheap backpack with no parent home to care for them? Even as loitering vagabond teenager with nowhere else to go?

And you can walk in without a bank card or an id or an address and without sharing your data with Facebook or Amazon?

And there are water fountains and bathrooms and outlets and internet and computers and no one hassles you or charges you for using any of them?

(There are two men in here who are unhoused and one is telling the other “no one cares as long as you don’t hassle anyone” and the staff member at the front gives them the same cheery goodbye when they leave that she gives everyone else)

And there are BOOKS? The smell and feel and presence of BOOKS?

That’s right. I know the feeling. Gratitude. Home.

#libraries #books #i have my own home now #but this will always be a bit of home for me #I’ll always feel love for this building #and the books #and the friendly people #it’s a refuge #now more than ever

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redwinetalks · 13 days

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Thinking about how Effie wore a head scarf in Mockingjay part 1 to express herself since she didn’t have her wigs. How they used to be all the rage and we see that in TBOSAS and that makes me feel things.

I also love seeing the similarities in Effie and Tigris. Their love of fashion and expressing themselves through it. How they’re both Capitol, but caring people. And the growth that Effie goes through with Katniss and Peeta vs the Tigris and Coryo. Like Tigris continued to be kind by seeing the evil in Coryo and Effie grew more understanding because of Katniss and Peeta going through this trauma that she finally sees.

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teine-mallaichte · 12 days

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You know what irritates me in dragon age? Ok a few things but going to focus on one thing here, the languages... so we have all these diverse places, each with heir own fashions, customes, accents, etc but everyone speaks common (or trade which although in some codexes is said to be different seems to be basically treated interchangeably in the games).

Only a few places are said to be bi-lingual, implying that their own language is still used.

Also the inherent cultural differences between places are shown or mentioned and then totally forgotten about... In every game we get a diverse group of people with differing back grounds and yet there is almost never any language barrier of cultural misunderstandings, and even when they are they seem to be glossed over. Sten is about the only one I can think of where the cultural differences are even vaguely explored.

I want to see situations where characters are totally confused by what’s happening, where they don’t understand (or misunderstand) local phrases or dialects, where they fear making social forpars due to the inherent differences in their native societies or simply in their upbringings.

Alamarri died out in Ferelden and now everyone speaks trade and/or common, fine, ok. But in the real world when this sort of thing happens people often try to reclaim the language later, so there should be places where the language is still used, even if only for certain phrases like the elves use elvish. Or maybe there are scholars who still speak it? I used to live in Scotland, believe me although Gealic is a “dead” language people still use it in certain places and situations, same in Ireland, and in Wales there are signposts, TV channels, and radio shows in Welsh… It feels like Alamarri should definitely still exist and have some sort of presence. Ok as you may be able to tell from my user name I may be biased when it coems to this example...

But the same goes for Ander. I think Anders should have been able to speak it at the very least, and the fact that many of the Darkspawns name come from Ander should be seen as more of a thing. In a way it would make some sense for the Grey Wardens to be taught at least some Ander during training due to their history.

And Alsahiria, given the politics and history of Seheron it makes some sense for this language to be slowly dying out, but I feel it would still be spoken in remote areas and likely by members of the Fog Warriors. Some may even see the continuation of the language as a form of rebellion and carefully hold onto it. I wouldn’t be all that surprised in a fair number of slaves in Tevinter could speak it, using it as a way to communicate in secret.

Antivan… well to be honest Antiva is just fascinating in general, but their language is under used. It considered one of the most poetic and beautiful of Thedas, and yet it mainly only spoken in the rural and poorer areas. That seems like a shame… I mean yes the Codeses do imply that the higher members of society can and do speak it, but they also imply that in the cities common is almost exclusively spoken.

Did we even hear Zevren speak Antivan? I don’t remember him doing so, but I could be wrong.

I’m going to skip Avvar for now because there is a LOT to unpack there… same for Chasind and Ciriane.

The Drawves are said to have several languages, including Trade, and the language spoken specifically in Orzammar (often incorrectly referred to as Drawven), but to be honest I don’t think we know much about any of the Drawven languages… which is a shame.

Elvish is another complex one as it makes sense why that one is essentially lost beyond a few key terms and a few phrases known by the Dalish. However, I feel like it’s one that has potentially to be, at least partly, reconstructed… there are ancient elvish ruins and artifacts, though of course as with all reconstructed languages it would never be what it once was.

Qunlat, finally an actual language that although not used much is definitely a distinct language with significance and logical usage. We even get to hear it used a few times, though only for the odd word or line it at least makes sense.

Orlesian, again a language that is referenced and appears to be in regular use. It’s said that most Orlesians are bilingual. So it makes sense that they tend to use common around the player, but it feels like the language could be utilised more.

Rivaini… You know what we know far less about Riniani than I realised when I started this mild rant… They essentially have thie rown religion, and the only peaceful Qunari settlement that I can think of, but there’s language… very little seems to be mentioned. It would make sense that it is still spoken those given their general culture and identity, it is likely that they are bi-lingual in a similar way to Olaris.

Tevene… ok this one is my main bug bear… So it’s said in the codexes that Tevene is essentially a dead language, certain phrases still exist (many swear words) and it’s used by the elite as a show of status but everyone mainly speaks Trade – which once again is meant to be slightly different to common. But just look at Tevinter society, the idea that they don’t retain their language, or a modern variant, at least for things like ceremonies, ritual, and events seems unlikely. The most we really hear of Tevene in Fenris swearing. Which is another thing... The guy literally only has memories of being a slave and then been on the run (with a short period with the fog warriors in between) there really should be some serious cultural/social/linguistic barriers there.

This… this got away from me a little and escalated lol, but ye… this irritates me probably more than it should… and I haven;'t even ccovered ALL the lagunages. Anyway, i this I think is why I keep trying to crowbar language and cultural differences into AUs.

#dragon age #Thedas #DA:O #DA2 #DA:I #languages in thedas #culture in thedas #world building #just a random rant #bit of an info dump #yes i read all the codex #and the books #and the comics #this likely only bothers me #i may be a little TOO into the lore #I want to see the characters in dragon age experience language barriers and culture shock

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only-god-canstopme · 1 year

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controversial opinion: i don’t like andrew having an eidetic memory. feels like nora was just like “how can i make this MORE traumatising lol” and i don’t think it actually adds anything to his journey.

and if it was abt ‘sides of andrew neil was discovering that he’d hidden from the foxes’, making him really smart wouldve worked just as well

idk it just feels kinda lazy

#aftg #all for the game #aftg andrew #andrew minyard #obvs i still love him tho #and the books #i could just discuss what’s WRONG with the books all day long

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ordophilosophicus · 2 years

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The Bastard - Onyx and Malachite

„Mother did you know, the stories are real. I wish you could have seen..“

#mirrorworld #nerron #god how i love him #and the books #someone give this boy a hug #and a pup

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daily-spooky · 1 month

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bookslutskye · 3 months

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so i recently got top surgery and this was on my discharge papers after a mild complication

#me and my family have been laughing about this nonstop #transmasc #top surgery #book talks

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ur-daily-inspiration · 1 month

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#art #draw #drawing #words #quotes #books #book quotes #flowers #flowercore #naturecore #cottagecore #aesthetic #artists on tumblr

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septemberkisses · 4 months

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the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

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mostly-funnytwittertweets · 2 months

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#reading #books #read #book #twitter #meme #memes #tweets #tweet #funny #lol #humor

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the-overanalyst · 6 months

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it's always so fascinating and heartbreaking when a character in a story is simultaneously idolized and abused. a chosen prophet destined for martyrdom. a child prodigy forced to grow up too fast. a powerful warrior raised as nothing but a weapon. there's just something so uniquely messed up about singing someone's praises whilst destroying them.

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lucidloving · 7 months

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@roach-works // Melissa Broder, "Problem Area" // Mary Oliver, "The Return" // @annavonsyfert // Koyoharu Gotouge, Demon Slayer // Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance // David Levithan, How They Met and Other Stories // Tennessee Williams, Notebooks

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justalittlebluetiefling · 18 days

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#i don't believe that people for serious reasons sort their books any way but by author #and then obviously by release date/series within that #i am being told that i am being JUDGY #also if you sort your books any other way HOW DO YOU FIND THEM #i really need to know #polls #can't believe i forgot to include genre in here

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animentality · 4 months

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kicking a hornets nest.

#booktok #writing #writers on tumblr #bookblr #book recommendations #book rec list

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