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coquelicoq · 1 year

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if you're wondering what the big deal is about the louis-philippe sentence in les misérables, it is, in the original french, 760 words long. the subject of the sentence doesn't appear until 95% of the way through, at word #711; the main verb is word #712. the sentence contains 91 commas and 49 semicolons and is almost entirely a list of laudatory adjectival phrases describing the erstwhile king of france. this is perhaps especially notable because les mis is, shall we say, not known for being particularly gung-ho about the monarchy.

this sentence copied and pasted into Word takes up more than one page single-spaced. in the 1800-page folio classique edition, it is fully two and a half of those 1800 pages. that means that les mis is 0.14% this single sentence. more of les mis is made up of this sentence than earth's atmosphere is made up of carbon dioxide (0.04%). if the page count of les mis stayed the same but every sentence was the length of this one, les mis would consist of only 720 sentences total.

incidentally, guess who named hugo a peer of france 17 years before the publication of les mis?

#he also goes on for another six pages after this but by then he has remembered the existence of the full stop #the endnotes say that hugo 'se devait de faire [ce portrait] aussi favorable que possible à la personnalité de l'homme #qui avait favorisé sa carrière' (had to make this portrait as favorable as possible to the character of the man who had favored his career)#in fairness to hugo it's not like louis-philippe was alive to read this. so he wasn't just sucking up to get something out of it #he says at the end of the chapter that this description is 'entirely disinterested'. which like on the one hand i get #bc like i said louis-philippe was not in power and reading this. but otoh victor 'ancien pair de france' hugo u r not exactly unbiased. lol #les mis #lm 4.1.3 #i just looked up the english translation and gasp! hapgood turned it into four separate sentences!!!!#so i think y'all who are reading it via les mis letters (which uses hapgood i think?) are gonna miss out on the full experience :/#my posts #linked to #syntax #idk if i got this across but the worst part is that the subject of the sentence - the beginning of the independent clause -#doesn't occur until the very end. so for the first 95% of the sentence you're just waiting for the bass to drop!!!#like reading it out loud you have to raise your pitch at the end of every dependent clause because you haven't gotten to the subject yet #AND THERE ARE SO MANY CLAUSES!! 49 SEMICOLONS PEOPLE!!! FORTY-NINE!!!!#victor hugo would be TERRIBLE as a hype man. he would take so long that the crowd would tear him to pieces with their fingernails #before louis-philippe could come out on stage. and then they'd be so mad at louis-philippe for inspiring him that they'd tear LP apart too #actually i think i'm using hype man wrong. i'm thinking of the guy that gets the crowd hyped up for the main guy before the main guy #makes an appearance. a hype man is the guy who makes interjections during a song. victor hugo would be bad at both of these #like just imagine the announcer at the beginning of a basketball game. and now...your starting lineup...at power forward...#and then he just says the 760-word louis-philippe sentence.#dead. murdered at the hands of the fans. microphone shoved down his trachea.

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0-twentyone · 21 days

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PSG ain’t ready for the doggs 💪🏻

#Joao is always on his phone 😂#who’s texting him I’m very nervous about that #Pedri better put that beard on the pitch because im tired #basically just cousins having a trip with their uncle #i miss you gavi 🤍#nah fdj is way too old to be with this group 😂#no matter what - we will always love those boys #gavi #pedri #joao felix #ronald araujo #robert lewandowski #fc barcelona

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uselessgaywhovian · 6 months

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#braces myself for having missed something incredibly common/obvious and getting raked in the notes for it #baldur's gate iii #baldur’s gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate spoilers #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #bg3 emperor #the emperor #lae'zel #bg3 orpheus #in the words of brennen lee mulligan:#GET IN THE COMMENTS!#For me it was a combo of banging him and him immediately turning it into a tadpole sales pitch

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sourscratched · 2 months

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requested by @incorrect-play-it-by-ear: compilation of all the play it by ear end credit moments in season 2; many little dances and bops to be had

#play it by ear #heartbeat hospital heebie jeebies elevator pitch and missing member have my favorite end jams #and of course Goodnight Mano in backwards compatible #mano picking up the water bottle and vibing to Come Into The Scrum.. relatable #also ross seconds away from collapsing at the beginning of the joust because credits lmfao #the psychic aftermath of Okay Daddy Wheelbarrow Me was too much for him #was debating whether to go youtube or embedded vid so hopefully this is okay #tumblr app really did not like me trying to upload a 4 minute video

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demadogs · 4 months

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i like to mentally cast actors for hypothetical adaptations of my favorite books. for YEARS now i have been searching for the perfect simon snow. i have some baz contenders but ive never found a perfect simon. i am pleased to announce that i have FINALLY FOUND HIM…. its walker scobell. he’d be a perfect simon snow.

#he literally looks like how i imagine 5th year simon snow SO SEEING HIM WITH A SWORD FIGHTING A CHIMERA??!!! I WAS SO DISTRACTED #rn hes a baby so give it like 3 more years bc simon and baz are 18 but HED BE PERFECT #i always say i dont want the adaptation but then i cast it perfectly and now i kinda want it #but itd be SO hit or miss and id be absolutely devestated if it sucked bc this book… these characters.. they are everything to me #i read this book when i was 16 and i still think about it every day if they completely flopped the movie i wouldnt recover #im still looking for penny i do have a contender for agatha #walker scobell #carry on #snowbaz #percy jackson #simon snow #baz pitch

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fisheito · 4 months

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What is this weirdly feelyweely status exclusive to yakumo

#unless i missed something #it felt like everyone else had pretty rational text effects...like standard conditions in their status boxes....#was this the only status that explicitly mentions being all squishy to GENTLY convince someone #because right now it feels like #eiden in a sequential interview situation. he is alone in a board room with someone he needs to win over. he's prepared his thesis(?)#with edmond first #eiden brings out his master plan and says OK HERE'S MY PITCH. PLEASE GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TRUST ONCE YOU HEAR IT #we're going to do THIS at THAT PLACE at THIS TIME with the goal of THESE RESULTS. My capabilities include: THIS. ThaT. AND PERHAPS THOSE.#PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES indicate that method A and B will do well but in case that fails i have prepared options C D and F #eiden pointing out his massive presentation board with the spreadsheets and red strings #edmond deliberates very seriously before cautiously approving of eiden's plan #when edmond exits and oli takes his place. eiden starts the presentation anew #oli nods thoughtfully and encouragingly throughout... like yes! this sounds like a good plan! i trust you with this :) let's do it :)#then oli leaves and yakumo comes in to take his place #eiden doesn't even need the presentation materials.#he just sits across from him. gently places yakumo's hand on his chest over his heart. then stares soulfully at mr protoserpent #and says (please trust me? 🥺)#yakumo crumbles IMMEDIATELY #and when they emerge from the room into the hall where edmond and oli are waiting #eiden's like GREAT! EVERYONE'S ON BOARD! let's get this started n_n #and edmond's just like.... yakumo why did you come out so fast. eiden's presentation lasted at least 7 minutes #oli just smiles knowingly and thinks lmao eiden heckin got im #journey to a nu world #yakumo

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remyfire · 4 months

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The fact that I know BJ is reveling in this, Mr. What-About-Me himself, that he loves having all the power. Embarrassing man.

#there's a lot to take in actually which is first of all hawkeye did not come up with the nickname beej himself #or if he did then he wasn't the first one ever to use it like it is not unique to him #leo is using it here and you know that is pissing hawkeye the FUCK off #also let's talk again about the fact that leo has been here for TWO YEARS #he's been here as long as hawk at this point #bj you have been here for so little in comparison don't be pitching a fit and making him miss his flight #god i love when bj is just the worst person alive i am eating him #third of all this reeks of sub begging his dom to let him have his toys back leo is so pouty about it like this is NOT the first time #leo bardonaro #bj hunnicutt #hawkeye pierce #m*a*s*h #mashposting #mashblogging #last laugh #s6e4

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swaggypsyduck · 8 months

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i miss my man (gio reyna)

#i havent seen him in so long...#is he still injured??#come home (pitch) the kids (ur fans) miss u #gio reyna #bvb

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carryonmylovelies · 1 year

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sometimes a sweet holiday short story will straight up murder you and kill you. for fun.

#the way that i just COMPLETELY broke down and fell apart and disintegrated into a fucking puddle of misery when i read that.....#PEOPLE HE GAVE HIM HER KISS #HE DID IT #WE'VE LITERALLY COME FULL CIRCLE FROM CARRY ON . IM GONNA START SOBBING I CANT DO THIS AGAIN TODAY QKWNSKSNSJ #IT ONLY TOOK 7 YEARS #IM GONNA GO LAY DOWN IN A GRAVE #its like a fundamental part of myself has been missing for years and years and years and now its finally in its place #i was 13 when i read that scene for the first time 😭😭😭😭😭 now im almost 20 and im STILL THIS FUCKED UP ABT SIMON AND BAZ #the snowbaz brainrot is eternal #that shit will not only stay with you but you will GROW UP ON IT #i have to go stare blankly at a wall for awhile goodbye #simon snow #baz pitch #snowbaz #snow for christmas spoilers #scattered showers spoilers #the snow for christmas sickness

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2hoothoots · 2 years

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Hmm.... does the lover archetype get along with the agent or performer archetype? Or is just like arguments all around? XD

they get on okay in that they don't really argue, but there's also kind of a clash of personalities. the Lover is all about emotional openness and sincerity, and the Performer is. well. hmm

#future superstar agents au #fsau archetypes #(concerned noises)#i already mentioned this but probably gonna be quite on the art front here for a while #got a lot of work to do this month lol. busy busy #managed to squeeze in this tonight though!#also i hope it's clear that the performer is doing the 'say what you said back in an annoying high-pitched voice' thing #NO I FORGOT THE LOVER'S EARRING IN THE LAST PANEL AGAIN #ask #OH! i also totally missed that you asked about the agent as well #the agent and the lover have an okay relationship. pretty cordial #they recognise that they both have very different roles in the mindscape #agent knows lover is important for Raz's emotional stability and well-being #and lover knows that the agent's stoicism is often important in high-stress situations #the lover isn't... happy exactly with the agent. but he respects him #(gestures to the previous post & the concept of 'storge')

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footballfangworl · 9 months

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PSG v Jeonbuk (Neymar 40’ , 83’)

#omg finally he’s back I’ve missed him on the pitch so bad #neymar #neymar jr #psg v jeonbuk #psg

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aberfaeth · 10 months

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i do actually want to share the highlight of my day which was when our editorial mentor said something in his extremely british accent and one of the girls mimicked him and he gave her a look like he was affronted about this. and she stared him dead in the eyes and said “hey what day is it” to which he took a moment while we lost our minds and then replied “it’s between monday and wednesday”

#and by this point we were crying with laughter over this and also from our terrible title pitch session which always devolved into nonsense #and after a minute he went FINE it’s CHEWSDAY and we lost it again #so it’s been a good time :)#c.txt #OH AND OUR OTHER MENTOR MISSED IT WHICH SHE WAS SO SAD ABOUT #so tomorrow my partner is gonna ask him ‘hey what day are books always published on again?’ to see if we can catch him off guard #ALSO ALSO he says x y zed its very sweet

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hinokas-abs · 10 months

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my number one flaw as a dc fan is that i’m a dc fan. my second is that i’m just a massive hater

#robin talks #every time i see someone talking about how they wanted tom king's pitch of tim being nightwing instead of the ric grayson arc.. anger #like I Understand. I Also Did Not Want The Ric Grayson Arc #but every time a bat character takes one of dick's identities i get violent #and also i do not care for tim. once again i am a Hater #but they take robin! bruce takes away Dick Grayson. like his birth name. gone for the agent 37 stuff #and for nightwing. symbolising his freedom and independence..... NO!! HANDS OFF!! LEAVE HIM ALONE!!! YOU'RE MISSING THE POINT #like i ama firm believer that no other character should be nightwing (not for a very very long time) bc of The Point #it feels redundant making it a mantle passed down like robin is now. also i just want dick to have an identity nobody will steal from him :(#anyway my toxic trait is i will never love timmy and every time someone wants for him to have taken up nightwing i get violent #like he deserves to move on from robin. 'red robin' lol but if he touches dick's name again i will stab him

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livelaughlovepedri · 3 months

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we have the most toxic fanbase everrr im so tired of those fake Barça fans

#attacking lamine for missing a few chances when he was the best player on the pitch putting his whole soul to help the team #and don’t forget that if it wasn’t for his goal we could’ve lost wayyyy sooner #he’s been our gem this whole season and is our future everyone need to shut up and respect him #fc barcelona

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riaki · 5 months

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the correct answer is aki AKI ABOVE ALL 🤞

WORD 🗣️🗣️‼️‼️‼️ U GET ME POOKIE!!!!! as much as i love megs n wrio n all the other dark haired tall blue gray green eyed men of the media none of them will ever hit like he does 🫶🫶

THE one and only pls he’s everything

#shout out to young aki 🫡 he makes me wish i was amab somwtimes is that weird #no other man will ever simultaneously make me cry and scream at the same time in the same way same pitch #he is the only one ever #inbox 💌#i miss him sm 💔#yes i do have an aki album on my phone!! i come ready 💪💪

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