I don’t know how much of a thing this is, but a pronoun-use oddity I’ve both observed and participated in (without thinking about it until afterwards) is using they/them for a person whose gender is known and is, as far as can be noted, unambiguously cis (this is to say, the they/them use here isn’t to avoid using a trans person’s correct pronouns)

The situations in which this occurs are ones where, like, the person being they-them-ed is like, someone who has caused a minor problem at work, or someone who has delivered or has possession of information that no one actually wants to hear.

Like, for example: A singular, apparently cis, man, knows information about when tables will be arriving for an event. The tables were supposed to be at a location at 9am. The singular man tells me that the tables will actually be arriving at noon. This is not something he has control over.

When I relay this information to another coworker, it sometimes comes out naturally as “they said the tables will be here at noon.” But we both know it was one individual man who told me that, there’s no one else who had that info.

It’s like...saying “he said the tables will be here at noon” is placing responsibility on him and I don’t want to do that? He’s not in control of table delivery, he was just passing along the message. 

Non-they/them pronouns as markers of individual responsibility? 

“She told me X” (and if she told me something incorrect, there should be consequences)

“They (referring to the exact same person) told me X” (the information has somehow gotten to me. I am trying to confirm it but I don’t want to make a big deal out of it.)

For the record: this odd they/them use is something that I’ve noticed mostly in work/professional situations. Maybe it’s meant to show an understanding of the lack of power most individual employees have? If some problem is happening it’s probably not her or his or xir fault, it’s probably the company, which is collective and genderless. Or maybe I’m trying to be too logical about this. I’m noticing this in the American midwest, which has a lot of arcane politeness rules to begin with.

trucy teaching apollo how to use his baby face to get evidence like mittens teaching bolt how to beg for food

A shy snail and a russula mushroom.

thing from early last year that i will never finish.. you can probably piece together the basic premise

Imagine if Machete was Muslim instead of Catholic. His name would be something like Saif سيف, and Vasco would probably be something like Dhahabi ذَهَبِيّ

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when you accept that the unique things about you are the best things about you. when you fall in love w your uniqueness and become obsessed w it and reject conformity. when you think for yourself and draw your own conclusions and adore that you don’t perfectly fit into a mold. that’s when you’ll know true peace

the hills are alive with the sound of music

heeseung's dusky complexion is the sexiest, most beautiful sight i have ever laid my eyes on. fuck ANYONE who dares whitewash his sunkissed skin!!!!!!! whoever dares to commit such a heinous crime to his ethereal, exotic complexion deserves INTENSE persecution!!!!!

heeseung’s skin is mesmerizing in every way possible. he is the epitome of eye candy. he’s the living personification of honey. I wanna lick his skin because i’m SURE it tastes like honey. pretty sure the sun kissed his skin a little too hard 😮‍💨 I’m actually quite jealous of the sun because it was able to even KISS heeseung’s skin in the first place!!!!!!

could you just IMAGINE kissing heeseung’s sunkissed, naked body? and seeing him get all flustered and holding back his whines because he’s so shy by all the praise you’re giving him about his beauty!???🥺

god. the way i view unwhitewashed idols is no different from a victorian in the 1800s freaking out at the sight of a woman’s ankles or wrists….

hanguang-jun...

lan wangji in ace attorney!! turn on sound 🔊 / traced over edgeworth's sprites :) more info below the cut ↓

also including a bonus Happy Wangji that i couldn't fit into the video!

his share code is YCNKBA! the music used is Recollection -- Light and Shadow of the Film Studio. I thought it had a nice, contemplative feel, between Suspense, which was too intense for the scene, and Heartbroken Maya, which was too sad. the wwx/jc/lwj reunion scene is truly sososo interesting in every adaptation.

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do you think Dazai would just call Chuuya "angel" in his mind or whatever, and then call tiny!chuu "cherub"(not based off the the biblical ones, but the baby ones with chubby cheeks and stuff from those church murals) so he doesn't get confused or smt? please i need to know someone elses opinion before i self combust

While I do enjoy the thought of Dazai making up small equivalent of Chuuya pet/nicknames for Tiny Chuuya very much, I don't like it when Chuuya is called anything relating to godhood :[ My boy spent so much time angsting about his origins and was convinced for so long he was nothing but a container for a fake "god" that couldn't truly be called human. I don't want to even remotely allude to that when trying to be cute. "Angel" specifically is also a loaded word in the context of bsd (many characters were placed on an unwanted pedestal through being nicknamed or compared to an angel) so I personally wouldn't throw that one around carelessly with any pairing.

Tiny Chuuya nickname suggestions: (the) slugling, (the) dust bunny, Chuu-chan (condescending)

Ellen McLain’s commentary from my trivia playthrough

I think an underappreciated aspect of s1 of Elementary is Joan being like “ugh grisly murders? dangerous crimes? other bizarre problems and antics my client is getting up to? Can’t wait to be done with all this” and turning around and getting so invested in solving the case. Like no wonder Sherlock was offering her an apprenticeship by the end of the season, despite what she said Joan was not only highly skilled but also very interested in Sherlock’s work.

Can I just gush over how much I love the way that Roger delivers these bits of Sonic laughing for a second? They are so simple and short yet bring a smile to my face each time I hear it.

I combined footage from my Detektiv Conan Blu-ray with audio from my Case Closed FUNimation DVD and made an HD English dub clip compilation for Episodes 57-58, "The Holmes Freak Murder Case."

something about lawrence thinking he’s a little past it, looking at adam and feeling a strange mix of envy and insecurity creep in alongside the fondness, wondering what adam sees in him and then .. well then there’s adam. love hearts in the air, cartoon eyes popping out, hammer on head looney tunes style, the whole deal just. absolutely head over heels over lawrence’s whole .. everything at all times, going cuckoo if lawrence’s shirt buttons strain slightly, grabbing a handful whenever lawrence bends over, burying his face in lawrence’s chest at random intervals because, hey, he never claimed to be gods strongest soldier and boy oh boy. man oh man, lawrence gordon md will do that to a guy. lawrence is just trying to get changed? well you better believe adam’s getting a front row seat to that show and. if lawrence happens to let it slip that he’s been feeling a little inadequate? yeah, adam is absolutely taking that as a challenge. good for them both

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