#If you get the reference you get a gold star sticker

[eeveelikessoda]

Chat how are we feeling

and by chat, I do mean the 5 Bittergiggle fans left after 6 months

[loverboybrightsideghost]

listening to rqg 159 and alex describes how zolf would recognize wilde’s “eeerrghhhhh it has to do with touchy-feely emotions” face. yeh

[anistarrose]

Everyone trying out image descriptions for the first time, I appreciate you very much and I'm mentally sending you gold star stickers. However, friendly reminder that what you want to include in IDs is the relevant information. That's the key word — relevant.

Recently, someone recently added a gif of a character to one of my posts, clearly intending to express "the above post could apply to this character." The ID they wrote described the physical appearance of the actor, and his outfit, and even the background, but it wasn't remotely clear what character was being depicted in the gif! If I'd only had the ID to go off of, I personally never would've guessed! This is a problem because the character in question was, presumably, relevant to why they added that gif, and the joke/reference they were trying to make!

So, a reminder. You do not need to write IDs so detailed that the image or gif could be replicated wholesale from the ID alone. It is okay to get a little more detailed (within reason) in IDs of art or photography, or anything else where the "point" is that it's being shared for artistic value. However, in other cases, focusing on details to the extent that the "point" is obscured can be an impediment to understanding. People relying on the ID should be able to get the joke that the image was making in the first place! If you're ever unsure if an ID for a quick meme is a good ID, reread the ID while pretending you don't know the image, and ask yourself if that prior condition is met — if you'd be able to get the point or the joke. If not, you should probably rewrite the ID with that concern in mind.

[desultory-novice]

Tis a TRAGEDY!! /lh

At the start of every month, the official JP Kirby portal site loads up with all the new merch we can expect that season. And at the start of every month (g-give or take a day) Dess peruses it for items of interest. ...Typically Marx and or Magolor.

BUT WHAT SHOULD I FIND THIS TIME!?

THEY'VE BEEN SEPARATED!! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Marx and Magolor, known for years for sneaking onto merch together in suspicious ways, now make an appearance on this "Kirby and friends" (lolol) sticker pack on utterly separate sheets!

...I shall cry. It's too cruel...

(Fufufu. Still, how should I take this piece of merch's branding? OUR Marx? Upgraded to a "nakama-tachi?" Still, I think it's funny that he's about as "friendly" as a Gordo. At least we had a Waddle Doo helper in Star Allies! "Kirby and Friends who will stab or shoot you. Or both, in Marx's case!" ...Gordo friend... Gordo friend...)

IN OTHER NEWS...

...the long awaited [Animal] plush is coming out! (Animal gets a tiny plastic figurine too!) Which I know will excite some people! The fur looks super fuzzy too! (...DMK? Mage Sisters? Who??)

Lastly, Marx finally makes a long awaited return (in reference form) to the Kirby Cafe (take-out vers.) since the sad disappearance of the shockingly gorey Marx-themed Eggplant and Meat Pasta and his amazing themed drink, le Mariage êntre Mensonges et Vérité

That's right! It's the "Popstar Blueberry ~ Milky Way Wishes" cake! And I love the use of the deep blue mirror (?) glaze with what could be edible gold sprinkles or just kinako powder for the stars XD

...Less excited about the blueberry filling but that's just me!

[vagueriddles]

THISISNOTAWEBSITEDOTCOM NEW STUFF LIST !!!

(very vague bear with me this is just stuff I've tried putting in, SPOILERSSSS)

Dipper - A letter from presumably Bill telling him how to solve the book - by staring at the sun for 13 hours straight to read the solar powered ink.

Mabel - Adorns the scene with stickers :)

Soos - LONG letter from Soos to us?? Anyways Mabel is telling him what to write about and there's PINATA in all caps on the last page.

PINATA - A video of a girl hitting a Bill shaped Pinata with what's either actual Alex Hirsch or a very good impression voicing Bill's agony.

Waddles - redirects to pigplacementnetwork

McGucket - Redirected to Cotton Eyed Joe.

Ford - An xray of an 18 year old Ford's hand and a case report stating how remarkable his six fingers are, with a blacked out line at the end that goes "if I could kidnap him and bring him to our secret cloning lab." (Yikes)

Stan - redirected to brass knuckles on Ebay

Tad Strange - a video of sourdough being cut with.... oddly sensual music?

VALLIS CINERIS (this phrase shows up on the wall in the top left corner when lightning flashes) - a video of baby Bill from the book with two other triangles with a robotic voice repeating "why did you do it" (the phrase is also a reference to the great gatsby and the valley of ashes)

TJ ECKLESBURG - "NEVER MENTION THAT NAME AGAIN"

PORTAL - "PORTAL.EXE HAS BEEN DELETED. I BET YOU COULD BUILD ONE"

SEASON 3 - "SEASON 2"

SEASON 2 - "SEASON 1"

SEASON 1 - "SEASON -1: ANTI-GRAVITY FALLS"

BOOK OF BILL - "HIDE UNDER SHIRT DURING PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE"

Wendy - A note about a "totally legit way to ward off evil triangles on the bottom right corner of the book"

Robbie - a convo between Robbie and Thompson, before and then after which they find Bill and find out how they die? Picture included.

Gideon - Gideon singing and then saying "I love you forever mabel"

Mystery shack - Redirected to Confusion Hill on google

Gravity falls - "NEVER HEARD OF IT"

Disney - "RAT.GIF HAS BEEN CENSORED FOR YOUR PROTECTION"

Alex Hirsch - redirected to "flannel" on google

Bill + Cipher - Redirected to "jazzy triangle meets square square on youtube"

Blind eye - One of those sight test charts and it spells out "WKHBOOVHH" (leaving this to the book solvers lol)

Ducktective - "DUCKTECTIVE STARS IN 'LOVE, QUACKTUALLY' COMING TO 'OI, ITS THE COCKNEY CHANNEL INNIT' THIS FALL"

HELP ME/SAVE ME - A video of a Bill statue in a tank with an Axolotl

Axolotl - "YOU ASK ALOTL QUESTIONS"

Weirdmageddon - newspaper from gravity falls gossiper: "NOTHING HAPPENED"

Pines - "A GOOD FAMILY TREE"

Pacifica - Letter from Pacifica :)

Platinum Paz - A short story about Pacifica almost making a deal with Bill???

(Not words but other stuff if you press the screen)

Mason - a note from dipper to ford, later responded to by Ford as well talking about anagrams, there is one there as well, and ford mentions his CRYPTOGRAM CODEX

Cryptogram codex - downloads a file, I can't open it bc I'm on my phone but it has cipherfonts a and b, strange runes and 'Theraprism'

Theraprism - whatever this is

Knife - A page about the "Cipheropticon" and Bill-Hunters almanac

Skull's gold tooth - Get out of death free card!

Book - letter from Ford :) with this code on the bottom

(Also tells Bill to choke on glass)

[avs-serotonin-area]

SPOILERS FOR THISISNOTAWEBSITEDOTCOM

WIP

i wanted to compile all the results i got- mainly so i can reference it but if it’s helpful to anyone else that’s great! definitely not complete and there are 100% better lists though lol

when you type in:

Mabel - makes glowy stars appear!

Dipper - before this there was a message for Dipper to stare at the sun to see some secret writting

the image in then all black

Stanford -

Stanley - ebay link for gold chains or brass knuckles

Soos - his entry trying to dissuade you from trusting Bill, its like 3 pages long

Pacifica - her entry trying to dissuade you from trusting Bill

Wendy - you guessed it!

Gideon - audio of him humming and saying "I love you forever Mabel"

Robbie - messages between him and Thompson. They find Bill and are scared for life basically.

McGucket - youtube link for Cotton Eye Joe

Bill - a Sesame Street video about a jazzy triangle and a square??

Blanchin - video on blanchin vegtables

Abuelita - video on best vaccum for walls and ceilings

Trigonometry/math/Greece/geometry -

Blind eye -

Journal 1 - “The journal of fun”

Journal 2 - “The journal for you”

Journal 3 - “The journal for me”

Mystery - “?”

Book of Bill -

Ducktective -

Disney -

Tad Strange - it’s just a video of someone cutting bread… i think it has something like a romantic instrumental in the background

Toby Determined - takes you to a google search on “restraining order”

Triangle - i could’ve sworn it said “tri harder than that” or something along those lines but after typing it again i just see “ ) “ it’s just an end parenthesis

Gravity Falls - “never heard of it”

Season 1 - “season -1: antigravity falls”

Season 2 - “season 1”

Season 3 - “season 2”

Mat Pat/game theory - a video of mat pat saying he can’t help us this time

Weird - a video of weird al. he’s stuck in the computer

Baby/daddy -

Gun - “oh yes oh yes oh yes they both”

Mason -

Alex Hirsch - takes you to a google search for flannel

History - “‘I have received a message from the universe: 1 2 3’ - Nichola Tesla

Cipher - take you to a wiki page for the eye of providence

Portal- “portal.exe has been deleted. i bet you could build one”

Giffany - 1st time “Input deleted. AI antiviral activated” 2nd time “warning: secondary firewall breached” 3rd time "fatal warning. system under attack" 4th time "Soos!! I still love you (the distorted) we will be together" 5th time "Now downloading girlfriend. this action cannot be undone" 6th time a distorted giffany video pops up and the file is downloaded.

Blendin - “time agent lost and presumed incompetent”

No - “your loss…”

Pines - “a good family tree”

Death - “life’s goth cousin”

Fuck (other swear words etc) -

Mystery shack - takes you to a search for “confusion hill”

You’re insane - “sure i am what’s your point?”

Filbrick - “im not impressed”

Waddles - takes you to pigplacementnetwork.org

Who are you - “i could ask you the same question”

Reality - “is an illusion"

Divorce -

Disco girl - a singing audio presumably of dipper listening to disco girl

T.J. Eckleburg - “never mention that name again”

Kings of new jersey - downloads a “secret code” file

Love -

Axolotl- "you ask alotl questions"

Craz/Xyler - Jem and the Holograms theme song

Im still on your mind- seems to be a video of Stan and Ford on their boat...

Theraprism -

Rat - "Thurnburts' number?"

Deer teeth - "for you, kid!"

Tourist trap -

Paper Jam - picture of paper jam dipper. you can print him!

Fordtramarine -

Any "gen alpha term" and various other terms may result in this - "Life privileges revoked. Now releasing poison gas."

Bubble - I cant tell what it does if anything. Doesn't get a big red X though? edit: if you type in mabel after you enter bubble you get an eye sticker! if you keep entering mabel you get more stickers. the lab is now "fully mabelized"

Pinata - video of a child hitting a Bill Cipher pinata, with added sound effects

Dippy Fresh -

Weirdmageddon -

"Vallis Cineris (found when lightning flashes on the upper left corner of the wall) - "Why did you do it?"

[badstargateimagines]

I’ve recently developed an interest in making K-pop style top loaders. Don’t ask why, it’s not important. The important thing is I have every intention of making top loaders for Stargate characters. If you don’t know what they are here is a reference for what I’m talking about

Anyway here’s what I’m think for when I get my photo cards printed. This is basically for my reference but whatever I’ll hit post who even cares anymore.

Jack: green themed, lots of space stickers. I think I have a telescope sticker that I can put in the corner.

Sam: HEAVY SPACE IMAGERY!!!! Constellation washi tape as a boarder, blue theming. Maybe some computer stuff too?? Idk I have so many visions for Sam that I may have to make a few

Daniel: gold and blue theming, lots of hearts. I don’t think I will be able to find any ancient Egypt stickers but I will put my ass into finding them if they exist. I had a set as a kid idk where they went tho.

Teal’c: gold and silver theming, may even do his forehead symbol with some glue and glitter?? Lots and lots of hearts.

General Hammond: baby blue and dark blue theming, gold stars along the border. Idk I don’t have a super strong vision for his yet but I will know when I go to make it. Top loaders are made with the heart more than the brain.

Jonas: SO MANY CUTE LITTLW ANIMALS ALL AROUND HIM AND HEARTS!!!!!! His will be maximalist and inspired by childlike joy and wonder. No colour palette yet all I have are vibes and excitement. Oh yes and dinosaur imagery for sure. I may have to make a few for him because I love him too much to only make one.

Vala: Black and pink, chain imagery and lots of Sanrio stickers. I also like the idea of incorporating a mcbling style with some chunky rhinestones

Cam: no solid ideas yet please let me know.

John: pink and orange theming and I will not be taking ANY criticism on this decision. I’m thinking making a heart shape, half orange, half pink as a frame and then using minimal stickers but they will be football themed.

Rodney: CANADA MENTION AHHHHHH anyway yeah I’m gonna make it Canada themed because I think he would hate it. Strong beaver and maple syrup imagery. I will be using a picture of him looking exasperated with his arms crossed.

Ford: HEARTS AND HEARTS AND HEARTS!!!!! I love him so much and his top loader WILL be showing that. I wanna make it mint and lavender with a bunch of hearts and flowers because I love him and I would die for him.

Anyway feel free to rb with pictures of these characters you think would make good photo cards for top loaders ( ^ω^ )✨💖

[stick-by-me]

How do you organize/store your stickers? :o

My friend. You have opened a whole Can of Worms*. I shall gladly answer your question, sorry it took so long I had to figure out how to do it with a ten picture limit asdfghjkl

*Worms would be located under "Wild Animals -> Bugs" or alternatively "Individuals -> Mostly Wild Animals -> Non-Butterfly Bugs"

So first off.

The sticker bins themselves are mostly kept in my closet, though the ones I use the most (Individuals, Domestic Animals, and Food/Garden) are kept under my bed for easy access.

I have 14 bins of stickers total (though I'll be honest some of them are getting Very Full and I probably need to get some more). Each bin has its own category, though many have subcategories. And they're all approximately shoebox sized.

Early Year Holidays/Seasons (New Year's, Winter, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Fourth of July, and Summer)

Late Year Holidays/Seasons (Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Fall)

Latest Year Holidays/Seasons (Christmas and Christian stickers)

Shapes/Patterns (Hearts, Stars, Smiley faces, Other Shapes™, Borders, and Words and Affirmations)

Wild Animals (Sea Creatures, Bugs, Woodland Creatures, Other Creatures™, Bears, and Dinosaurs. Admittedly the subcategories for this one are kinda wack)

Domestic Animals (Dogs, Cats, Bunnies, Rodents, and Farm Animals)

Miscellaneous (...I have a different diagram to explain the subcategories here)

Non-Disney Characters/Logos (Characters My Brothers Like, Scooby Doo, Superheroes, ""Girly"" Characters, Colleges, and Various Other Trademarked Stickers)

Disney Characters/Alphabet (Muppets, Mickey & Friends, Princesses, Fairies, and Alphabet. Weird combo I know but I have a surprising number of Disney alphabet stickers)

Food/Garden (Ice Cream, Candy, Cupcakes, Fruit, Fast Food, Other Food, Flowers, Other Plants, and Gardening)

Weird Shaped Packages (no real subcategories but this is where I keep Sticker Books and Sticker Flake Packages)

Individuals (I have another diagram for the subcategories here)

Mrs. Grossman's Sticker Club Part 1

Mrs. Grossman's Sticker Club Part 2

(Note that I hope to organize the Mrs. Grossman's Sticker Club stickers into their respective categories before I leave for college but that may or may not actually occur :P)

The Miscellaneous tote is an organized, if lawless, land. Here are the subcategories for it!

(I wanted to color code the text but Tumblr only has like 7 colors 😔)

Maroon: Stationary/School

Red: Music/Theatre

Pink: Travel/Countries

Magenta: Modes of Travel

Orange: SPACE!!

Yellow: Science/Technology

Gold: True Miscellaneous/Pretty Things

Bright Green: Fantasy

Forest Green: Sports

Teal: People/Occupations (ie clowns, cowboys, ninjas, etc.)

Cyan: "Girly" Things (ballerinas, teacups, purses, etc.)

Royal Blue: Parts of People (eyeballs, mostly)

Indigo: Games/ Toys

Purple: Baby/Birthday

Then there's the Individuals tote. "Individuals" basically refers to any sticker that is smaller than your average sheet that I'm worried would get lost in a big tote. This includes sticker mods, stickers off a roll, sticker flakes, anything cut out of a larger sheets, water bottle/laptop stickers, and just. Small sticker sheets.

I, apparently, have 20 main snack bags, each with several subcategories (though there's enough of them that I'll leave most of them to your imagination rather than list them all XD). Most of them mirror the categories of the big totes, but some are unique.

A: Shapes/Patterns

B: Nature (includes weather, plants, and beach stickers)

C: Miscellaneous 1 (art and travel focused)

D: Miscellaneous 2 ("true" miscellaneous)

E: Miscellaneous 3 (school and science focused)

F: Early Year Holidays/Seasons (Winter-Summer) + Birthday

G: Late Year Holidays/Seasons (Fall-Winter)

H: Food/Scratch and Sniff

I: Domestic Animals

J: Mostly Domesticated Animals

K: Mostly Wild Animals

L: Wild Animals

M: Zoo Animals**

N: Bears

O: Disney Characters

P: Non-Disney Characters

Q: Logos/Companies

R: Words and Affirmations

S: Water Bottle Stickers Overflow (they physically don't fit in the other bags)

T: Tile Stickers

**Zoo Animals is different than Wild Animals in that "Zoo Animals" means the sticker has one particular animal instead of an assortment of different animals (which falls under "Wild Animals".) Yes it's very arbitrary. All the animal distinctions are tbh.

Of course, putting the stickers under my bed and in my closet means I don't get to admire them very often. To counteract this I have a display board I put some new/seasonal/favorite stickers on.

Currently on display I have a Discowing sticker, a summer sticker mod, and a sticker sheet from my penpal when she visited (plus some bonus sticky notes from the penpal as well).

Since I'm sure you're wondering, the stuffed rabbits are named, from left to right, Blueberry (made by a friend!), Snorb (also made by a friend!), Mocha, Mellie, York, and Spotty.

Of course not every sticker I get is fortunate enough to have a backing. Sometimes I'll get stickers from the supermarket or I'll peel them off a package and I know they'd never survive in the bins, so they go in the Hello Kitty sticker book!

I've had this thing since I was like 4. I'm a little bit obsessed if I'm being honest. She's never let me down.

And that's the important stuff for stickers! Though I wanted to show off my other stationary, too.

I keep all my miscellaneous scrapbooking materials/stationary in a Batman lunch tin. All of my letters and envelopes are in an old shoebox. Both are stationed at the end of my comic book shelf! The tin and the assorted letter sets are hidden behind the two Batman stuffies :P

.....does that answer your question? :D

[mama-scarebear]

Oh I loooove sticker sleeves. Those are my favourite.

Although I do refer to them as "chipotle bag" tattoos, your name is cuter. Anyway, that's an awesome goal.

Is that because of the whole keeping it out of the sun thing? Because if so, I totally get it. I started on retinoids as of a few days ago and I wish I could have started during the winter for the same reason.

I hope it's not *too easy* (I say while still hiding behind a nonnie mask which means I'm not making it easy at all but you know) :D If you wanted to be incredibly kind, I'd love to do something you wanted. I want your approval.

- 🪽

It is indeed for keeping it out of sun and also out of water. A submerged tattoo is an unhappy tattoo.

Now you asking for a task is fascinating. Let's see you want my approval hmm? You want me to say I'm proud of you? Maybe get a little gold star? Then humiliate yourself for me. I'll leave this task intentionally vague. I want to see your creativity in how you approach it. So humiliate yourself for me. Maybe then you'll earn some small portion of my approval

[brattylikestoeat]

The gold star drama crops up every once in a while on Tumblr, and like most Tumblr drama people love to blow both sides completely out of proportion lol.

I'm not one but I am a lesbian. "Gold Star" was a funny little joke about lesbians who made it out of the closet without ever having to touch a dude. It's not about purity or anything like that, it's literally a reference to a little gold star sticker you might get on a book report. People are always mad about lesbians not centering men, and I think attacking the concept as though women can't have a dumb little joke to themselves without it being Secretly Evil says more about others than us. People already think lesbians are mean and humorless, I think this discussion going around so much just proves it. 🤷

I’m new to this discourse and of course I don’t know the ins and out of it. I really have no stake in this argument.

From the perspective you talked about I understand.

That’s like me saying I’ve made it to my age and not a baby momma, damm right I want a gold star. Everywhere you look it’s baby mommas and single moms, so yeah I made it out.

Once again I’m new here, but I don’t like the shaming of someone else.

While I’m happy to NOT be a babymomma, I’m not gone shame the women that are. It’s not my place to shame or judge.

But at the end of the day we all adults and if you don’t wanna have sex with someone that touched dick that is your right. And the women that touched dick shouldn’t be bad that you don’t want them.

Babymommas can’t be mad at me cuz I choose not to be one.

[thecourtjester12]

Hey there!! Your SS here 🎅❄️ I just wish to double check a few things on your JDCAU designs if that's alright!

1. Their hands: they have a total of four fingers in their refs, and I just wanted to make sure that's the right amount 🫡

2. Does Sun's upgraded design still have the ruffle collar?

3. Moon has a silver sun pin on their cravat which reminded me of the gold one he receives from Roxy in their bday fic! Is it okay to color that as gold as a reference to it? 🩵💛

4. The pin on Moon's hat! I noticed you mentioned it's a trans fem flag in another au, but what is it for your JDCAU? (Sorry if this is answered in one of the fics!! I haven't read through all of them yet 😅)

And if you think of anything important about them that you want to make clear I would love to know!! Been having lots of fun reading and working on your gift so far!! Hope your day has been well, and thank you for your time!!

Hello!!!

Was a bit surprised to see this, seen a few others getting and sending anon asks for Secret Santa wasn't sure if I would get one (And it seems I have! How exciting :3)

Onto your questions!

I do tend to draw them with 3 fingers (plus the thumb) it's just stylistically easier to draw usually >~< But I do draw them with 4 fingers and a thumb sometimes especially for ASL, so it's completely interchangeable! :3

2. Yup! He kept the ruffle its just…generally covered by his rays whenever I draw him XD Moony also still has his ruffle, they sometimes wear it instead of the cravat (Sentimentality and familiarity, he also has their old hat for this reason!)

3…..eheh…ya…umm…that's just me misremembering what color it was, the one in the refs is supposed to be the one from Roxy I just mixed up the color >~< So…It technically is supposed to be gold! Oopsies…I shall fix that on the refs XD

4. The pin on JDCAU Moon's hat is a 'Monty in space' pin from Monty! Since he's a fan of 'Freddy in space' Monty gave them one of himself XD I just…never really draw it properly for a ref so…here you go! And one of my other Moon's (Moo) is from J-TOL which is set in the same universe as JDCAU but is just the other plex location in the AU (I enjoy referring to the 2 AU's as my JAu's XD) So Moo is the one with a trans fem flag on their hat!

Anything else….hmmmm…Only thing I can really thing of is if you want to dress them up at all in stuff, Asides the Earrings from Roxy you can go with whatever! (but stuff like suns, moons, stars, clouds, rainbows are very his style) same goes for stickers since I don't have very many specifically stated!

And I know i have a good handful of items listed they have (clothes, accessories, lil gifts and hobby items in their room) and most don't have any references, so…if you need refs for anything like that just send in another ask and I'll get you the refs you need should you need any!

And if you end up dressing em up for Sunny masc or fem styles work! But for Moony masc or androgynous no fem for them please! :3

And just AHHHHHHHH omgoodnesssssss I can't believe you've been reading my stories >-< Makes me really happy to hear you've been enjoying reading them and what you're working on!!! I'm super excited to see what you make! And I hope your day has been good as well!!!! <3

[infantisimo]

buddy, listen.

why do you get so sore when i refer to you as a brahmin? are you not one? (you are). is it because you think it's a direct and malicious attack on your parents? (it's not). is it because you 'admitting your privilege' gives you pardon clemency amnesty a gold star sticker for being one of the good ones, or - as you love to drape all over your body - a staunch ally? (it does not).

you don't understand what privilege is, literally and in reality. what caste is. you're incapable.

you've renounced nothing because you can't because it doesn't matter to you because it means starting from nothing because it means a fundamental tectonic change in your body and soul. your 'guilt, listening, learning, unlearning, platforming marginalised' is to just get laid by ghouls on the internet and in your network and promotions at work. see even here, you get an orgasm and an increment. why would you renounce all that for violence, spit, tonsuring, humiliation, lynching, landlessness, servility, precarity, indignity, dispossession, being violated, immolated, pissed on, less than human and other terms of endearment?

why would you renounce brahmingiri, buddy? makes no damn sense.

go make a life, enjoy it. yeh sab tension kahe ko lena ka. chill kar, mazze kar, aish kar.

all i am saying is i never got a certificate for being queer from you lot. and here you are begging for rights from depraved old fuck budhas in the supreme court who jack off in chambers while wearing their gowns. tumko ijaazat chahiye pyaar karne ke liye? marriage certificate chahiye? woh bhi unn logo se jo tum par thhookenge, tumko jaan se maarenge? pehle toh tumko thekedaar kisne banaya? humne toh nahi -- usse zyaada -- humko nahi gidgidaana inke saamne. hijro ko toh haqq aur izzat abhi tak nahi dila sake. oopar se aur baddtarr unki zindagi bana di hai. tum aapas mein, apni jaat mein shaadi kar ke kya sudhaarne wale ho? zara humein bhi batao.

but i do have a certificate from the government attesting that i am 'not you'. in this world of yours, there are worse off people than me, who are below me so that should make me happy, right? that's your game. but the certificate that most in this country have is a different 'not you' certificate. and that is the point and the difference. you also have a certificate now --- the eewwww certificate --- that says you also have a difficulties. do you smell the shit like most of them do? come on, tell me.

the 'not you' means most have to stand in line for grains at the pds, then return to the work on the farmlands owned by you. you think jajmani is dead? don't tell that to the 'not you' cause it'll make them laugh and – inadvertently – the spittle from their mouth might fall on you and then you'd have to go to the pujari or maulvi or pastor or granthi or the shakha or the police or the prime minister or the friendly neighbourhood gunda to kill them. actually no need, your uncles and brothers and cousins can do that work just fine. what happens at home, stays at home, right? mohalle mein shor kyun machana.

we are not equal in this. it's not about equality. it's about burning it to the ground. but the thing is. you are willing to rule over dust and ashes – even if all that remains is dust and ashes. that is what you do not understand. it's in your mind and veins. you hate the 'not you'. and the 'not you' hate themselves already. so it's easy peasy lemon squeezy.

[actingaliped]

♣ - a fading memory

The wetness of your pillow was starting to get annoying, and for a moment you thank the lord for the annoyance, as it was enough to pull you out of whatever funk you found yourself in. You'd been crying for hours by now.

Your name is Wybe Playerz. You are eight years old, and you're pretty sure you're the loneliest person in the whole entire world. You're only eight years old and you've felt your heart break a billion, million, gazillion times over, and you're not sure how a kid is supposed to deal with all those big emotions. Lifes never been too easy for you, being born into a world that doesn't believe in god was one thing, but being the black sheep of the few believers that did exist was a whole other thing entirely. Your sister, Fani, got two gold stars today, and a big blue one. Your brother, well, he didn't get any stickers, Fani usually is the only one to get the stickers, but your Brother Wyat, he got a pat on the back from your dad and a forehead kiss from Fani.

You?

You got screamed at, until your fathers face was red. Fani got to have your water bottle while on your daily hike, because she "needed" it more, and Wyat got to have a portion of your dinner, because he's bigger and needs more food to help him grow. And you? You got sent to bed early, for being found with a make shift slingshot in your bag. The very same thing that got you screamed at in the first place. It was hard, being Wybe in a family of Playerz. You bet it was the hardest, most worst thing anyone's ever had to go through. You would do anything to get out of this house.

But you didn't want to get out, you didn't want to leave anyone and it made your heart shatter into four thousand little pieces like a broken water glass. All of your water was spilling out and you couldn't clean it up like the doofus you were. You hated yourself, so so much, and you didn't know how to handle it. Crying into your pillow the entire night wasn't something you wanted to do, you hated this, you should be sleeping like a good boy. But you felt utterly alone, completely empty, and desperate for someone to tell you how much they loved you. You wrap your arms tightly around your body, imagining what a mother might hold you like, sniffling as you tuck into yourself deeper.

You don't think eight year olds are supposed to feel like this, but you don't have a frame of reference. Everyone here cries so often.

[camelspit]

I have since realised something. In school, do you get prizes? No. You don't. So why should you get them in Roisins Reading Rumble? Instead I am grading them with a totally accurate and not at all fucked up grading system :). Might post an average at the end of the curriculum.

@malewifegradyruewen While your answer was charming, it lacked both capitilization and punctuation. You also failed to restate the question or compare the differences, focusing only on a singular similarity. For these reasons, I have decided to award you a 34%.

@amandayetagain Considering you typed quite a lengthy response in the tags of all things, I won't judge when it comes to punctuation and capitilization. Overall, you did quite a good job listing the similarities and differences between the lost cites and forbidden cities. Your thoughts on immortality and overpopulation were quite insightful. The only thing I think your response lacked was balance. You focused much more on elves than humans. I have decided to give you a 94%.

@rainy-nights-and-fairy-lights Your response has many of the same problems as the first. Poor grammar skills with "fucked up" capitilized for seemingly no reason. You also failed to elaborate on your response in the slightest. You recieve a 15%.

@bookwyrminspiration Good thing I don't grade on a curve because you would have destroyed it. I don't even know where to start. You summarized all of the similarites and differences in a very interesting and grammatically correct way! I was not expecting such a long response, and my brain is still spinning, hence why this is a bit less detailed than the others. 100% and a gold star sticker for you, Quil.

@anomanxious You lack capitilization and have many of the same problems as the first and third. However, the reference to Chipotle was exceedingly creative. 47%.

Kotlc Curriculum: Question 1

Compare the Forbidden Cities of Earth and how humans live there to the Lost Cities and how the elves and the other creatures live there. How are the two places and their inhabitants alike? How are they different?

best answer gets a prize :)

[border-collie]

⭐️ Went to an important networking lunch, got an in to a REALLY big IT company (redacted), had an amazing pork chop, and didn’t talk about my dog to a bunch of strangers!

[feebledetective]

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