#Chinese whispers

[setokaibapetty]

Fic Friday 5 + 1 Roundup: The Rumor Mill

Have some fics where a rumor gains some serious traction or gets the truth really twisted or both. Basically, underserving or deserving, some poor character runs afoul of the power of rumor mill.

Turn and Face the Stranger (AO3) - "(The Gotham Marina thinks Tim is cheating on Bernard with Red Robin, so they intervene. Jason is tired.)"

They are Out There Saying (AO3) - "There was a rumour going around the Hida Province that the infamous wandering monk was secretly courting the blue-eyed ninja. Not only has the monk not discarded his earthly desires, said some, but h"e actively sought to indulge them, insisted others. Something ought to be done, proclaimed few, lest he would turn into a demon or come back as a vengeful ghost, feared all."

Just Send Chocolates Next Time (AO3) - "When Jason's enemy-with-benefits gets a lot more serious with a grand romantic gesture, he never expected the impact it would have on the rest of his business endeavors. Now half the criminal population seems to think they can kill someone for Red Hood and get a favor."

A Case of Mistaken Death (AO3) - "How a shiny overhearing a rumor saved the galaxy."

Rumors (AO3) - "Sometimes rumors are bad, sometimes they can lead to something good." A different first meeting for Malec.

Bonus: cupid is so dumb (AO3) - "Obito finally gets the role of his career as the villain of one of Konoha's biggest TV productions, when a rumor about infidelity hits the media and threatens not only his friendship with Rin Nohara, but also his possibility of having his feelings reciprocated by his role partner and current crush, Kakashi Hatake."

[duskwoodgirl4life]

A/N well this as taken me forever to post I wrote it then life just got on the way as usual I had completely forgotten all about this until I was recently reminded. Well here it is I hope you enjoy it's something completely different from what I've written before as this one focuses on Phil. I don't think he's a bad guy no one will ever convince me otherwise.

Things are not always so black and white a lot of people think I'm this womanizer that doesn't care about. There is a lot that no one knows about me, a part that I have hidden from people, even the people closest to me I hadn't ever spoken about that day until a very dear friend of mine moved to duskwood and I told her everything.

3 years go:

Phil's POV

I wake up everyday with a smile on my face ready to start the day. I've never felt like this before the day I met her everything changed for me. The day I met Ashley I fell head over heels in love. We have been dating for 3 years now and today is the day I ask her to marry me. I have already picked out the ring. It's a perfect white gold diamond ring. I've had the ring for a couple days now. I've been planning everything I want the night to go perfect. I've booked us a romantic table at the black swan for tonight. Pulling myself out of bed I walk into the kitchen to the wonderful smell of coffee and the biggest smile spreads across my face. I see Ashley standing flipping pancakes dancing around in one of my t-shirts and a pair of shorts.

I wrap my arms around her and place soft kisses along her neck, she always smells so beautiful. “Good morning my angel” she turns round in my arms and wraps them around my neck. I see that beautiful smile forming on her lips the way the twinkle in her ocean blue eyes shines makes my heart beat only for her. “Good morning sweetie” everything about her just makes me who I am. She's made me a better man. I wouldn't know what I'd do without her in my life. She just lights up any room whenever she enters it. “I was thinking we could go to the black swan tonight for dinner. What do you say?” she leans in and kisses my lips and smiles. “I'd love to babe”

My heart still feels like it's going to leap out of my chest even now after we have been together for 3 years. She's the only love I will ever need. She's my soulmate, my one and only true love.

Later that night we finished getting ready to go out. Ashley always looks stunning in anything she wears. I stand and watch her as she puts her earrings in and sprays some perfume on her bare neck. The dress she's wearing hugs her curves in all the right places and she looks breathtaking. I take her hand and pull her close. I can smell her perfume, the smell of summer invades my nose. As we only live a couple of streets away from the restaurant and it's a nice summer day we decided to walk to the restaurant. We walk hand in hand talking about everything and anything. We make it to the restaurant and we get seated by the waiter. The ring box is in my trousers pocket.

After we finish our food I decide that now is the time to ask her. I take her hand in mine and look into her eyes. I see so much love in them. I take a deep breath and I get down on one knee. “Ashley these past 3 years have been incredibly amazing. I never thought I could feel like this about anyone I love so much. Will you marry me?” I see her face light up as I ask her the question. I opened the box and let her see the ring. “yes, yes I will marry you I love you so much” I take the ring out of the box and place it on her finger it fits perfectly. Everyone in the restaurant is clapping and cheering, the smile on my face just doesn't want to ever leave.

After we finish at the restaurant we take a walk around the town. It's such a beautiful evening. Suddenly we hear the sound of tires screeching. Within a split second the car comes flying around the corner and hits Ashley sending her flying into a shop window. I rush over to her as fast as I can. I dial 999 and an ambulance soon arrives and takes her to hospital. She has a big piece of glass sticking into her heart. Blood is everywhere. “Stay with me baby, I'm right here I'm not going to leave you I promise I love you”

Ashley gets rushed into surgery where the surgeons work on taking the large piece of glass out of her. I'm forced to wait in the waiting area every time a doctor or nurse walks past my heart drops. I can't lose her. I don't know what I would do without her. 8 hours later the surgeon comes into the waiting area and I jump out of my seat waiting for news on my love. “I'm so sorry Mr Hawkins I'm afraid Ashley didn't make it she had lost a lot of blood and the damage to her heart was beyond repair”

It's been 5 years since I lost the love of my life. That day a part of me died, a part that will never be able to be fixed again. It doesn't matter how close a woman thinks she's going to get, no one will ever be able to hold such a special place in my heart. I visit her grave side every single day and tell her about my day and what I've been up to. I tell her I miss her everyday and how much I love her. I promise her that one day we will be reunited.

[dioptre-hertz]

[ASMR] Chinese Vampire Drains Your Blood And Mixes It With Sichuan Pepper (花椒ASMR) 🧛‍♀️🌶

[softness-and-shattering]

If they decline and walk out, as they pass through the door a bucket of paint falls on them and an automatic photo is taken like on a theme park ride. The next room is a gallery of painted people. The next room you can buy the previous paintings for astronomical amounts of money (prodits donated to the museum or a charity or something)

[shotbyshe]

Words of the Day - from the film Tar

extemporaneous: (repeat)

Carried out or performed with little or no preparation; impromptu.

Prepared in advance but delivered without notes or text.

Skilled at or given to unrehearsed speech or performance.

arvo: afternoon (I heard this from an British youtuber I like. He doesn't make videos anymore 😞) (This is also why I don't watch YouTube anymore. It's boring and repetitive now)

kanji:

Adopted logographic Chinese characters used in the modern Japanese writing system

** it's how Hattori Hanzo wrote the 'i' in Bill's name on the window.

sundries:

Articles too small or numerous to be specified; miscellaneous items.

Many different or small things; sundry things.

conclave:

A secret or confidential meeting.

The private rooms in which the cardinals meet to elect a new pope.

interloper:

One that interferes with the affairs of others, often for selfish reasons; a meddler.

One that intrudes in a place, situation, or activity.

One that trespasses on a trade monopoly, as by conducting unauthorized trade in an area designated to a chartered company.

intrigue:

A secret or underhand scheme; a plot.

The practice of or involvement in such schemes.

A clandestine love affair.

legato:

(adverb & adjective) In a smooth, even style without any noticeable break between the notes. Used chiefly as a direction.

Chinese whispers

Game involving whispering

Chinese whispers, or telephone, is an internationally popular children's game in which messages are whispered from person to person and then the original and final messages are compared.

galumphing: Galloping in a triumphant manner.

Glissando

In music, a glissando is a glide from one pitch to another. It is an Italianized musical term derived from the French glisser, "to glide". In some contexts, it is equivalent to portamento, which is a continuous, seamless glide between notes. In other contexts, it refers to discrete, stepped glides across notes, such as on a piano.

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Watching Kill Bill and Tar......again

[songs2aiart]

Depeche Mode - Told You So

“Brothers and sisters playing Chinese whispers If things aren't suited then they'll get diluted” https://youtu.be/ku17WM4PwhE

[wisdomfish]

Verbal Transmission

Anyone who has played Chinese whispers knows that verbal transmission can go horribly wrong! Certain scholars in the past assumed that parts of the Bible were subject to years of verbal transmission before being written down, the assumption being that many details would have changed in the interim. To this charge, two points should be made.

Firstly, the ancient powers of verbal transmission were amazing. We tend to forget this in our modern world of PCs, photocopiers, and the printed page. Early Muslims memorized over 6,000 verses of the Qur'an accurately and many still do today. Powers of memory are increased further when teachings are composed in easily memorable forms, as were Jesus' parables, for instance.

Secondly, there simply was no long chain of verbal transmission for most of the Bible. Scholars tended to assume that the gospels as we have them were not written down until the second century or later, therefore requiring long periods of a verbal transmission. This is not the case, as later scholarship has shown. The gospels were either the products of eyewitnesses [13] or those who knew the eyewitnesses.[14] Furthermore, Paul's letters were direct literary compositions and the prophetic books would have been composed by the prophets themselves. Even books spanning long sections of history were composed largely from earlier written sources.[15]

~ Mark Pickering, Peter Saunders 

[fadas-are-important]

I had to google "telephone game" cause, to me, what was described was Chinese whispers. I had no idea that the Americans had a different name for the game.

But I fully agree with the point of the post. The movies are definitely the Chinese whispers of the book.

Okay in my opinion the Percy Jackson movies is how Percy tells the story. Like it’s a young camper and he’s kind of tired, but sure he’ll share and then he says the most insane version of everything.

The musical is how Annabeth remembers it with Grover. Like a retelling at the campfire and makes it a whole thing for morale.

The show is Chiron explaining the story to new campers, while trying to stay current as well. He’s immortal time is weird, so of course Percy knowing how to floss is totally accurate for the timeline of the books./sarcasm

I personally just love how let’s be honest, Percy would lie and say Annabeth hit Medusa with a truck.

[xinyuehui]

# help! why is my jiejie like this?!

Love Game in Eastern Fantasy · 2024

[txttletale]

i truly had no idea about the origins of that word and would freely use it due to the prevalent use of it in gaming spaces, so thank you for talking about it and educating people. i don’t understand why the people who cling so much to a word and complain to you about it.

right? with this level of investment you'd think these people had named their son Degenerate

[lyselkatzfandomluvs]

Xiao ShùnYáo 肖順堯

田間的少年 (Youth in the Field) BTS.

[nelc]

A wasp behind your glasses.

[valyrfia]

So you’re telling me the trophy for the Chinese GO is a BRIGHT RED COLLAR.

[thedreamerstoryteller]

[librathefangirl]

@whumpgifathon | Day 5: Water | Drowning Sea Patrol | S01E11 | Chris "Swain" Blake

[cnladies]

ZHOU YE 周也 | Whisper Livestream Event

Zhou Ye: more photos here brand livestream: more photos here