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0:00 Introduction 0:21 Career Opportunities: 1:56 Higher Earning Potential: 2:51 Networking and Communication: 3:44 Access to Resources and Information: 4:18 Enhanced Travel Experience: 4:42 Personal Growth and Confidence: 5:35 Cultural Enrichment: 5:56 Summary and Conclusion

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[maryleclerc]

𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞…

pairing: quinn hughes x reader

summary: quinn and y/n keep their relationship private (more like a lovestagram thingy) until fans found out. y/n’s not a celebrity, or public figure so y/n kept her ig private in this

warning: english is not my native language, i do not own any of these photos, social media au, smau!

au: hey hey mary’s back again with another social media au for quinny bear, and i wrote this for about 20-25 minutes soooo sorry about the typo and grammar!!. this smau! kida short so please let me know if you need a part 02 or maybe give me some idea too. btw wanna be moots on twitter follow me @/_43hughes. ok bye!! ENJOY! 🐻

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user1 finally, finally y/n post something on her ig after so many months being so unactive 😭

user2 so i heard this is quinn hughes gf

user3 maybe not, maybe yea but whatever the truth is i still support them, idfc

user4 i think she only accept fl request from Quinn Hughes fanacc only

_quinnhughes

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user2 Jack looking good yall

user3 HIS HAIRRRRRR

user4 who’s that girl? his girlfriend?

user5 his gf

user4 oh, what’s her ig user?

user5 it’s @/yourusername, but her ig is currently private so yo cannot see much other than her profile pic 🥴

user6 No that’s actually his childhood bestfriend you guys

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yourusername this literally my favorite photo so far, taken by ma bestie 💗📸

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ellenhughes 💗💗

user1 omfg!!! that’s literally Quinn in this photo 😭 he’s taken for now all my Quinn lovers, are u okay?

user2 are you dating quinn hughes? please tell us

_quinnhughes & y/n ig story

spillthehughes4386

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spillthehughes4386 Sent by anonymously, it seems our Huggy Bear was spotted by fans having dinner with his secret girlfriend in his hometown of Michigan during a summer vacation with family and friends. According to the source sent by an anonymous character, Quinn's girlfriend's name is Y/n Y/l/n, and also Y/n’s family is also a close family friends with the Hughes family.

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user1 noooo, just tell me this not true

user2 well i already knew it so not so surprise here :)))

user3 i mean she’s ✨CUTE✨ and pretty so i forgive you Quinn

user4 leave them alone guys!! stop stalking her, so creepy

[furiarossa]

| So, we're actually doing this thing now. Gonna translate it in English later (and also color and finish this cover!), for now it's only in Italian :) |

+ PUOI LEGGERLO QUI +

A Madison, tra le aule affollate e i vivaci corridoi della University of Wisconsin, Vlad e Maddie condividono una passione inarrestabile per il paranormale e la scienza. Sotto le stelle, tra racconti di spiriti e leggende metropolitane, il loro amore giovanile sboccia con la forza di un'apparizione notturna.

Ma le cose prendono una piega inaspettata quando un "incidente" orchestrato dal loro comune amico Jack li separa, lasciando Vlad intrappolato in un limbo tra la vita e la morte, trasformato in un'entità non-umana. Vent'anni dopo, il destino li riporta insieme, in un incontro carico di tensione e nostalgia. Maddie, ora una cacciatrice di fantasmi, è decisa a scoprire i segreti che abitano nel suo passato. Vlad, d'altro canto, si nasconde dietro una maschera di apparente normalità, temendo di svelare la verità sulla sua natura non-umana.

Man mano che si rincorrono tra la nebbia e le ombre del loro passato, Vlad e Maddie dovranno affrontare le paure e i demoni che tormentano entrambi. Riusciranno a ritrovare il loro amore, sfidando le leggi del paranormale e le cicatrici del tempo? "Fantasma d'Amore" è una storia di passione, segreti e redenzione, dove ogni spirito ha una storia da raccontare.

Chiudete gli occhi e immergetevi in un mondo dove l'amore supera ogni barriera, persino la morte stessa.

[Un capitolo al giorno, tutti i giorni, finché la storia non sarà finita! Questo è il nostro primo esperimento nella scrittura di un romanzo rosa "leggero"... e ovviamente è paranormale!]

+ PUOI LEGGERLO QUI +

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[lilithmymind]

Why do I feel like Joker should be French? And not exactly Joker, but his pre-Joker period, like,,,,,

I dunno, he just gives me some French vibes!😩😩 I never saw French people, never even googled it, all I know about France is what Paris is capital and verb 'aller'(go), but Jack supposed to be totally French.

Like imagine stereotypical French man, who calls his beloved something like 'mon chéir/ma chérie', 'mon amour' and etc. drinks wine, have an accent, dressup only in something what fashionable by the French style(+bonus I hc what he wore 1920's styled clothing because he's a goof) and act like the most Frenchest man ever.

But I feel like once he falls into the vat of chemicals he becomes more American-like. I mean he still has an accent, still mix French and English, but his whole stereotypical French romantic man attitude turns into stereotypical American old man who tries to be trendy.

And also I feel like he would just kill whatever person assumes he is French(except for Batman, of course, his bf is invincible for him.) because he Definitely isn't French while, in fact, he is.

[mazeofyeni]

౨ৎ GET TO KNOW HER MEET MAYA ? ….

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she was born in australia to her mother who is a teacher and father who is a chef , they later divorced and her dad remarried.

she lived with her mom and grandmother her entire life , her grandmother died in 2021 due to cancer.

she hasn't seen or talked to her dad since she was young because she doesn't get along with her stepmother so she lost contact with them both.

before becoming a dancer she did gymnastics for her school , traveling all around australia to run , she even got a few gold medals.

before she wanted to become an idol she wanted to become a famous gymnist and play in the olympics.

she lived in italy for a year during an exchange program and that's why she knows italian , her exchange family there taught her.

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[crimsonvelvet]

Meanings of names. Batim/Batdr edition!

Hello there! I'm back with another name meanings list! This time it's the Bendy verse, because it was immortalized (Hehe heh get it) yet again, and I couldn't be more excited.

So! I will be doing the primary characters for both games, BUT not all of them. I’ll be doing all the folks from Batim, since there aren’t as many as in Batdr, which added a TON of new characters and I for the live of me can't do them all. It would take me an eternity, so there... So, I won’t do those who had like one tape or memo. Sorry. I also will not be including characters from the comics or the books. Yeah. (but I can do a part 2 if you guys want ehehehehe)

Let's go!

Toons (not doing the corrupted versions, they’re technically the same)

Bendy. I'm pretty sure that Meatly made it up from the name of some editing program. Something something Bender, not sure.

Boris. From a Bulgar Turkic name, also recorded as Bogoris, perhaps meaning "short" or "wolf" or "snow leopard". Hey! Literally a wolf!

Alice. From the Old French name Aalis, a short form of Adelais, itself a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis, which means "noble type". Hmm, I like it! Fits her. I’m obviously also counting Twisted Alice and Allison Angel. They all have the same name.

Charley (one of my favourite characters hehehehe). Diminutive form of Charles, which means  "man". Literally. Just man. MAN. That’s it. I guess that fits... Charley is, after all, A MALE. Yeah.

Barley. Means “grower of barley”. Lmao. Just like that.

Edgar.  Derived from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and gar "spear". I mean... I guess? He has nothing to do with spears, but he’s got fangs. They’re sharp. Spears are sharp.

Humans (from here on going in alphabet order)

Allison Pendle. Norman French diminutive of Aalis, so basically the same as Alice. Cool! She’s very sweet, so it fits for her as well!

Audrey Drew (putting her here because I don’t really count her as an ink entity). Medieval diminutive of Æðelþryð, which is derived from the Old English elements æðel "noble" and þryð "strength". Oh, she sure is strong! 

Bertrum Piedmont. Means "bright raven", derived from the Germanic element beraht "bright" combined with hramn "raven". Uhhmm. Ooook then. Not sure where the raven comes from.

Daniel ”Buddy” Lewek. From the Hebrew name דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel), meaning "God is my judge". Nuuuu, Buddy:(      I still feel very bad for him... Man, poor guy.

Grant Cohen. From an English and Scottish surname that was derived from Norman French grand meaning "great, large". Well, his boss had GRANT plans for the studio (please don’t hurt me, I know the pun is bad).

Henry Stein (the man!). From the Germanic name Heimirich meaning "home ruler", composed of the elements heim "home" and ric "ruler". OOOOHH, i love it! Considering he is the actual creator of Bendy, he technically is the ruler!

Jack Fain. Derived from Jackin (earlier Jankin), a medieval diminutive of John, which itself is derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan) meaning "Yahweh is gracious". Maybe Jack is jewish? It’s unlikely, but I literally don’t know what to say here.

Joey Dr(ew). Diminutive of Joseph, which was from the Hebrew name יוֹסֵף (Yosef), meaning "he will add". Endless torment, that’s what he’ll add. Ugh, poor Henry.

Lacie Benton. Variant of Lacy. From a surname that was derived from Lassy, the name of a town in Normandy. I couldn’t really find anything else, so...I guess?

Nathan Arch Sr. From the Hebrew name נָתָן (Natan) meaning "he gave". Wha-  what’d he give? A new chance for Bendy to be relevant again? Idk, really.

Nathan ”Wilson” Arch Jr (please don’t hurt me, but I kinda like him as a villain... Like, yeah, he’s creepy as all heck, but isn’t that kinda the point? So there, I said it). I will be doing his moniker, since duh. The name comes from an English surname meaning "son of William". Eeeehhhh, almost fits, just replace William with Nathan.

Norman Polk (eeeeyyyy it’s ma dude!). From an old Germanic byname meaning "northman", referring to a viking. Now that’s interesting. I can’t tell English accents apart very well, but I saw someone say he’s got a southern accent. And then there’s NORTHman. Hmmmm.

Sammy Lawrence. Diminutive of Samuel, coming from the Hebrew name שְׁמוּאֵל (Shemu'el), which could mean either "name of God" or "God has heard". Lmao, I guess his god really did hear him. And decided to fucking murder him.

Shawn Flynn.  Anglicized form of Seán, which on itself is the Irish form of John, so basically the same as Jack.

Susie Campbell. Diminutive of Susan. This was derived from the Hebrew word שׁוֹשָׁן (shoshan) meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose"), perhaps ultimately from Egyptian sšn "lotus". Oh, maybe those are her favourite flowers!

Thomas Connor. Greek form of the Aramaic name תָּאוֹמָא (Ta'oma') meaning "twin". OH he and Buddy are technically twins! Or, well, clones.

Wally Franks. Diminutive of Walter, which comes from a Germanic name meaning "ruler of the army", composed of the elements wald "rule" and hari "army". Pffft, he’s the ruler of the army that got OUTTA THE STUDIO, yeah ok it fits.

Ink entities (not doing Sammy, Jack and Norman for obvious reasons)

Betty. Diminutive of Elizabeth. From Ἐλισάβετ (Elisabet), the Greek form of the Hebrew name אֱלִישֶׁבַע ('Elisheva') meaning "my God is an oath". The heck- did she turn into Sammy?

Big Steve. Short form of Steven, which derives from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown, wreath". Uhh, I guess? Is there something that we have yet to discover?

Heidi. German diminutive of Adelheid, which means "noble type", from the French form of the Germanic name Adalheidis. Damn, what’s with all the nobles? Unrelated, but I love her bowtie.

Porter. From an occupational English surname meaning "doorkeeper". Oooohh, ok then, he technically is one.

And that’s it! Whew, took me quite some time. Please do tell me if you want a part two with the other folks! I’m not sure, when (and if) I’ll make it, we’l have to see.

[xoxoladyaz]

AU-gust, Day 11: Doppelgänger

A/N: So this is the first part of a potential series that I'm thinking of writing because I want a reverse harem for Stevie and also because I like to mess with canonical events as much as possible. I definitely tried to do something a little different here with my writing so let me know your thoughts as always!

TW: Canonical violence and creature death, mentions of major character death

It’s not a smooth landing.

She collides with the damp earth, palms scraping against dried out branches, knees sliding in the frigid fall mud. She gasps, and the air that floods her lungs smelt of decaying leaves, of abandoned squirrel feed, of rotting jack-o-lantern corpses, of chlorine.

Chlorine.

The pool.

“You will go across and then you will go back.”

“Fuck,” she spits out, nauseous as she leans her forehead against the ground. “Fuck.”

The dulcet tones of Modern English float past her, cloying and faint. I’ll stop the world and melt with you – 

Faint. 

Too faint.

“Fuck!”

She pushes herself to her unsteady feet. Is it the bites acting up, or the sluggishly bleeding scar around her neck, or was Seven not fast enough to fully scare away the rigor mortis that had gripped her body back –

Not home. Don’t think of home. 

There’s no time.

“Save her, please.” She’d heard Nancy’s voice even as her eyes began to fail her. “Save Barb.”

“Barb,” she mutters as she forces her legs into a slow job. 

“Barb,” she says again as her legs grow warmer, the muscles screaming with exertion. 

“Barb,” she yells as she breaks into a run, the blood in her body rushing back to life all at once, pumping through her veins as she races across the forested floor, through the bushes and into her – the backyard.

“BARB!” She screams, and Barb – the other Barb – turns in her direction just as the lights under the pool go out.

Twenty feet away.

“Hello?”

“GET INSIDE – GET INSIDE THE HOUSE!”

Fifteen feet away. 

“I – sorry, who are you?” 

Ten feet away.

Faster, Harrington, you need to be faster – 

“RUN – GO NOW!”

Less than five feet and – 

The monster emerges from the shadows of the pool shed, taller than she remembers, its floral-shaped maw pulling into a snarl. Its screech sends shockwaves through the night air, through the pools’ small waves, through her memory and her body feels sweat for the first time since her almost-death. Other-Barb screams back, only a hair’s width away from the monster and, well, her knees are banged up anyways.

She grits her teeth and dives just as the Demogorgon’s claw swing out, sending herself and Barb crashing into the rough concrete of the Harrington pool deck. Other-Barb gasps at the impact and starts to scramble, pushing up and away from her and the monster. 

Save her, please, Nancy’s voice echoed again. Save Barb.

The monster roars again, and she can almost feel its breath on her back. “Go,” she yells, shoving Other-Barb further along the cement as best as she can. “GO!” 

A claw grabs her leg, piercing through skin, and with a scream she’s yanked backwards and tossed into the pool. She lands in the warm water with a harsh splash and 

She’s there, paddling around with her Tommy and Carol in the summertime, ten years old and convinced she’ll never be happier than in that moment and 

She’s there, the first time her and Tommy went skinny-dipping, back before her small world burst apart and

She’s there, doing her laps as Billy Hargrove’s eyes burn into her shoulder blades and 

She’s there as the vines grab at her ankle and pull her down down down into hell, to the feast where she was the main course and 

She’s there, at the bottom of the pool, and there’s no monster in sight.

But there is a shadow above the pool, its claws scraping the ground as it stalks menacingly towards the glass door where a figure with red hair stands amidst others –

Amidst others.

Fuck.

“This will be your job, you understand?”

She’s ten years old and her father has just installed the pool. 

“You wanted the pool, so you have to take care of it, make sure we don’t get too many leaves. Understood?”

Her father’s face is shadowed but the tool in his hands is not. Long, metallic, with a basket on the end.

“Don’t make me ask again.”

“Yes, Dad.”

“Good. Keep it close. And if I see a single leaf, I will drain this sucker.”

She shoves against the bottom of the pool, ignoring the sharp burst of pain in her leg and the screaming that’s starting in her lungs and swims, pushing herself as fast as she can towards the leaf skimmer at the end of the pool. She breaks the surface just as the creature lets out another scream and this time it is echoed by a chorus of voices, almost all of which sound familiar. Her hand grasps the skimmer as the house lights start to flicker around her, and suddenly she’s back at the Byers’ house watching Joyce’s Christmas lights go awry.

“Where is it? Where is it?”

“Nancy, Nancy!”

“NANCY!”

“ – WHAT THE FUCK, WHAT THE FUCK - ”

“ – GET INSIDE, HURRY - ”

“ – BARB! BARB!”

“Be careful now,” her father says as he watches her handle the skimmer. “It’s sharp under the basket. You got it?”

“Got it,” she says, and then she’s swinging the basket-less pool skimmer around in her hand as she turns and charges towards the monster and 

Nancy’s firing her pistol, wincing with every pull of the trigger as the monster stalks closer. She can’t see Jonathan, he’s somewhere on the ground, and she sees that Nancy is going to run out of bullets soon but Nancy doesn’t stop, she just glares at the creature as she shoots and says 

“Go to hell you son of a bitch!” She yells in time with Nancy’s memory and thrusts the sharp end of the pool skimmer through the monster’s torso. The sound it lets out sends shivers rippling across her skin but she does it again, pulling the skimmer back out and stabbing forward again.

The lights flicker as the monster falls forward, its talons clawing uselessly at the air in front of it. She draws the skimmer out for the last time and, with a final roar, impales its head on the now bloodied metal stick.

The pool lights turn back on alongside the radio that flickers to life.

I’ve been waiting for a girl like you, I’ve been waiting – 

Panting, she drops lets go of the skimmer and watch as it falls forward slightly, still embedded in the monster’s skull. Its black blood is pooling slowly, staining the pool deck in a lethargic trickle that feels oh so satisfying after the last couple of days.

After the last couple of years.

“What the actual FUCK JUST HAPPENED?!”

Right. She almost forgot.

She lets a sharp exhale escape her lungs as she looks up and, sure enough, there’s Tommy Hagan, seventeen and half-dressed and utterly useless. There’s Carol standing behind him, pantsless. There’s Barb, bleeding but still alive. There’s Nancy and she can’t stand to look at her and see a stranger in her eyes, so she glances behind and – 

She doesn’t know him.

But she’d know the moles on that face anywhere.

“Demogorgon,” she says, kicking the thing in the foot. “And there’s more where that came from.”

“Okay, WHAT?!” Tommy hollers again. “What the fuck are you – is this some sort of sick prank Harrington because I swear to God - ”

“It’s not a prank, Tommy,” she cuts him off before he can work himself up into a full-fledged tantrum. Tommy – no, Other-Tommy – whips around to look at her and if she had the energy, she would laugh at how quickly his flushed face pales.

“What – how do you know my name?”

“Or, better question,” Other-Nancy speaks up and fuck, it burns how much she sounds like her Nancy, all matter-of-fact and in control despite the fact that she hasn’t stopped trembling. “Who are you?”

“It’s now or never, princess.”

“I’m Stevie. Stevie Harrington.”

Crickets. Crickets and the rustling of leaves in the trees and Foreigner’s last strains playing on the radio. Won’t you come into my life?

“Holy shit.” Carol is the first to break. “Holy fucking shit.”

Tommy shakes his head back and forth, like a dog trying to get dry. “No, nuh-uh, there is no fucking way Steve has a fucking doppelganger - ”

“Only one way to find out.” Barb is the one to interrupt Tommy this time, and she turns around to look at the other boy – to look at Steve. Steve, who’s been frozen since the monster stopped moving. Steve, whose arms are hanging uselessly at his sides. Steve with swoopy hair and a constellation of freckles on his neck that look like Orion, that match the freckles on hers - 

Steve, who hasn’t so much as blinked since he laid eyes on her.

“Steve. Steve,” Nancy hisses, elbowing him in the side, and then he’s moving, stumbling onto the pool deck.

Stevie steps over the Demogorgon carcass – since she gets not wanting to be near it, obviously – but he doesn’t stop walking towards her until they’re less than a breath apart. His eyes are locked on hers, and the shaking hand he holds out to her is clean and dry and warm.

She wipes hers on her pants leg – not that it will do much good, seeing as she’s soaked and covered in monster blood and scrapes and bruises – and she reaches back, taking his hand in hers and

The world flashes gold, just for a moment, and when the light fades from her eyes, the first thing she sees is a golden infinity loop wrapping around her wrist, its twin wrapping around his.

The others are screaming their exclamations, as apparently they witnessed the golden light too, but she’s not hearing anything they have to say. She’s too busy focusing on the way her other self looks at their enjoined hands, the way the warmth of their new bond seems to spread up his arms and into his now flushing cheeks, into his gleaming eyes.

“I’m Steve.”

“Stevie,” she says again, because that’s the only thing she can say and he knows, which is why he pulls her into his arms and there’s so much to do, God there’s so much to do, but for the first time in a long, long time she feels safe.

She can give herself five minutes to cry.

[maimoncat]

Ma da dove viene la rima dell'orco?

"Ucci, ucci,

Sento odor di cristianucci!"

Potrebbe sembrare scontato chiederselo, abbiamo sentito tutti questi versetti mostruosi dalla bocca dell'orco di Pollicino o del gigante di Jack e il fagiolo magico. Ma a pensarci bene non possono venire da queste fiabe: l'orco non ha alcuna rima nel testo originale dei Racconti di Mamma Oca, di Charles Perrault, e nelle versioni inglesi, il gigante di Jack dice una filastrocca del tutto diversa da quella italiana: "Fee-fi-fo-fum/ I smell the bones of an englishman!". Già le parole iniziali non corrispondono per nulla nei suoni, ma piuttosto che alla fede ci si riferisce alla nazionalità (se volete saperne di più riguardo alla storia di quella filastrocca, potete leggervi questo post di @adarkrainbow). Tralaltro, l'uso di "cristiano" come sinonimo di "umano" è tipico di modi di dire ed espressioni italiane, quindi se anche fosse stato un adattamento dall'inglese, il traduttore dovrà aver saputo il fatto suo sul linguaggio fiabesco italiano.

E quindi? Da dov'è che sono spuntati fuori questi versetti? Io un'idea ce l'avrei, ma non so bene come siano arrivati alle altre fiabe, come abbiano raggiunto questa fama.

Fatto sta, che nel 1885 il famoso studioso di fiabe siciliano Giuseppe Pitrè pubblica la raccolta novelle popolari toscane, tra le quali spicca per noi la n. XXIV, Il diavolo fra i frati, raccontata da Rosina Casini a Fabbriche. Per chi conoscesse le fiabe dei Grimm, questa è una versione del Diavolo dai tre capelli d'oro: un re si ammala, il suo servo fedele va alla ricerca della cura, una penna di una bestia favolosa, e sul suo cammino incontra tanti disgraziati che gli chiedono penne e consigli; questi li riesce a prendere la moglie della bestia, che, nascosto il servo dalla fame del marito, gli strappa le penne per "svegliarlo e chiederli cosa significhino i suoi sogni". Ora, la bestia, entrata a casa grida:

"Mucci mucci, /Oh che puzzo di cristianucci!/ O ce n’è, o ce n’è stati,/ O ce n’è de’ rimpiattati."

ed eccola qua, la rima orchesca! Perché anche se in altre fiabe la "bestia piumata" è qualcosa come un grifone, in questa storia ha proprio il comportamento da orco. Lo pensava anche Calvino quando inserì la novella tra le sue Fiabe Italiane cambiò il titolo in L'orco con le penne, mantenendo sempre la filastrocca:

"Mucci mucci, / Qui c'è puzza di cristianucci / O ce n'è, o ce n'è stati / O ce n'è di rimpiattati."

Anche se non tutti la conoscono, la sua raccolta ebbe una grande influenza nella conoscenza degli italiani del loro patrimonio fiabesco. La Prezzemolina di Imbriani è abbastanza conosciuta, e dalla stessa raccolta è anche tratta la fiaba che ispirò la miniserie televisiva Fantaghirò. Probabilmente è da questa raccolta di Calvino che la filastrocca è entrata nell'immaginario fiabesco generale degli orchi.

In realtà ci sono anche altri aspetti che il Pollicino che conosciamo noi possa esser stato influenzato da Calvino. Una delle prime traduzioni di Perrault, da parte di Collodi, rende il nome Petit-Poucet come Puccettino. Mentre le fiabe italiane hanno sia un Pulcino (nell'omonima fiaba pugliese, uguale per trama a quella francese) e un Pollicino (citato solo come sposo nelle rime di Gallo Cristallo).

Però per accertarsi di queste cose bisognerebbe controllarne altre edizioni di queste fiabe. Se qualcuno riesce a scovarne, ce lo faccia pure sapere!

Provo a metter 'sta roba anche in inglese, magari interessa a qualcuno:

You know that rhyme the giants in english fairy tales say? "Fee-fi-fo-fum/I smell the bones of an englishman!" Well, we have a similar one in italy: "Ucci, ucci/ sento odor di cristianucci!" "Ucci, ucci/ I smell little christians" (for the longest time "cristiano" was used as a synonym to human. It still is by some people). It gets mostly used in Perrault's Little Thumbling by the ogre or in Jack and the beanstalk by the giant. But it doesn't come from these stories. Perrault didn't use any rhymes and the verses from Jack are way too different.

So where did this come from? I might have an idea, but I'm not entirely certain how it reached national knowledge.

Point is, in 1885 the great sicilian folk tale scholar Giuseppe Pitrè published a collection of tuscan folk tales, novelle popolari toscane. Of these, n. XXIV, Il diavolo fra i frati (the devil among friars), told by Rosina Casini from Fabbriche, sticks out to us. For those of you familiar with the Grimms' tales, this is a version of the Devil with the three golden hairs: a king gets sick, his faithful servant sets out to find the cure, a feather from a magic beast, and on his way he finds many unfortunate people, asking for magic feathers and solutions as well. These are all coaxed out from the feathered beast by his helpful wife, who wakes him at night by pulling his feathers and telling him of "the weird dreams she just had!". Now, when this beast frist comes home, it says this:

"Mucci mucci, /Oh che puzzo di cristianucci!/ O ce n’è, o ce n’è stati,/ O ce n’è de’ rimpiattati." ("Mucci, mucci/ oh what stink of little christians!/ There either are, or there have been,/ or there are hidden away.")

There it is, our ogrish rhyme! Because even if this "feathered beast" is in some versions of the story a griffin, it has the same behavior of an ogre. Which is why, when Italo Calvino put this tale among his Italian folk tales, he changed the title to the feathered ogre, while keeping tge verses:

"Mucci mucci, / Qui c'è puzza di cristianucci / O ce n'è, o ce n'è stati / O ce n'è di rimpiattati."

While not everyone knows this collection, it had a big influence in italians being more in-touch with their body of fairy tales. Imbriani's Prezzemolina is fairly well known now, and the same collection also contains the fairy tale that inspired the "Cave of the golden rose" miniseries, Fantaghirò. It's probably Calvino's collection that brought a regional expression to a broader audience.

Calvino might have influenced in other ways the italian reception of little Thumbling as well: one of the first translations of this tale, by Carlo Collodi, keeps the sound of the original name (Petit Poucet) as Puccettino. The now well-known form Pollicino can be found in Calvino as a rhyming name in Crystal Rooster and in a similar form in an apulian version of Perrault's story (Pulcino, Chick).

Though, to be sure we'd need to check more editions

[nevis-the-skeleton]

Accents of my characters in my AU TFP

For a long time I thought about the accents and particularities of the languages ​​of each City-State in my AU: "The Polar Star". Because, yes, like on our very dear planet Earth, the Cybertronians, as well as the Colonies of the Transformers all have a different language, as well as different pronunciations.

And when the Autobots or the Decepticons ended up on Earth, even though they use a universal translator to communicate with humans, they don't use it to pronounce names. It's therefore often in these moments that we can hear their accents, even if they are subtle ;).

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Vos: Vossian

In Vos they have a rolled "R" (like in spanish), and an almost mute "F". This means that when a Vossian speaks in another language, he can have a fairly pronounced accent even if it's very soft. The rolled "R" is difficult to reproduce for those learning Vossian, and the almost silent "F" can lead to confusion for certain names.

Example of how Starscream says the names of certain characters:

Rrra(f)

Rrratchet

(F)owlerrr

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Praxus: Prax

In Praxus, the City between Vos and Iacon, the language is closer to Ia (the language of Iacon), but one of the particularities is that the "K" is pronounced "Ki". This makes a rather cute sound, but also difficult for some names.

Example of how Smokescreen says the names of certain characters:

Mikio

Bulkiead

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Iacon : Ia

In Iacon, the "R" is an "R" that sounds like in English. On the other hand, the accent is placed on the penultimate syllable. For a two-syllable name the accent is on the first syllable, but is sure the penultimate when the name is three or more syllables long.

Example of how Optimus says the names of certain characters ([…] where the accent is placed):

[Star]scream

Bum[ble]bee

Ultra [Ma]gnus

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Kaon: The Kaos

The "R" in Kaos is very pronounced (like the R in German). On the other hand, the "V" is very soft, posed and a little longer. A name with a "V" then always sounds sweeter than a name with a "R". So, in Kaos, if you want your child to have a strong character, custom dictates that you give him a name with a "R". On the other hand, if you wish him to be calm, his name will necessarily have a "V".

Example of how Megatron says the names of certain characters:

StaRscReam

Soundwavve

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Velocitron: Delt (this is the most used language on Velocitron)

At Velocitron, regardless of the language used, the "R" very often sounds like a French "R" (less pronounced than in German but still hard to say for the uninitiated). The "A" is long, it's the only long vowel, all the others are rather short.

Example of how KnockOut says the names of certain characters:

Staarscream

Breakdown

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Delphi: Delphia

In Delphia, the "J" is pronounced "JJ" not "(D)J" (it's hard to explain but look for "J" in French on google trad and compare in English). The "C" is said to be "S", and it is always pronounced

Example of how Ratchet says the names of certain characters:

Jjask = (d)Jack

Starssream = Starscream

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Caminus: Kalius (this is the most used language on Caminus)

In Kalius, the vowels are short which can make it sound fast. On the other hand, when a consonant is at the end, they accentuate it, which makes it sound louder than the rest of the sentence.

Example of how Arcee says the names of certain characters:

JacK

RaF

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Anecdote of the accents in TPS (Transformers the Polar Star):

Ratchet has long called Jack: Jjask. And Jack took a while to figure out that was him Ratchet was talking about

Everyone thinks Smokescreen's accent is cute, which tends to annoy Smokescreen, who argues that he's not cute.

Starscream first called Fowler: Lower, then Flower. Not understanding the difference. Fowler was sure Starscream was doing it on purpose.

Starscream never managed to do Kaon's "R", which is too hard to pronounce for him. Megatron can't roll the "R" like in Vos, he tried, but it quickly annoyed him.

When Arcee before called Jack or Raf, they were sure she was scolding them because of the accent on the last consonant

When KnockOut called Starscream, the fact that he made a long "A" disturbed Starscream a lot. He long believed that KnockOut couldn't help but be flirty even when calling out to someone.

The tone on the penultimate syllable in Ia may be surprising to the uninitiated.

Smokescreen had a hard time pronouncing his own name when he was young, because Smokiescreen is not easy to say. His Creator had done it on purpose, because he didn't want Smokescreen to speak Prax but Ia. He considered that Prax was a "formless dialect".

When Megatron calls out to Soundwave when he's angry, the soft "V" sounds like Megatron isn't angry anymore.

Shockwave doesn't really have an accent, he speaks several languages, and knows how to speak them all perfectly. This plays on the fact that after his empurata he forgot which language he spoke, so he learned them all (in doubt).

[curious-l1ght]

Alright, time to say what needs to be said!

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[honey-minded-hivemind]

The platonic yanderes I've mentioned before all have nicknames and relationships with their bby (a.k.a. you, the reader!). How they met their bby is considered a special, life-changing moment in their eyes, and they are protective in their own... special... ways. But that story will come at a later date. For now, I think I should delve into some smaller stuff , so let's explore the type of humor and nicknames between these platonic yans and their bby:

• 🧡Wolverine/Logan Howlett🦡: nicknames for his bby: pup, bub, darlin', shortstack (regardless of if you are shorter than him or taller than him)

Nicknames his bby gives him: Lo, Old Guy, Wulv, Mr. Cigarette Duet (the bby might have either been testing the waters with that one, or under anesthesia. People say weird things under that stuff)

Their humor: dry humor and small quips

• 🦁Sabretooth/Victor Creed🦷: nicknames for his bby: cub, fresh meat, whelp, kitten

Nicknames his bby gives him: Vic, Large Lion Man, Shere Khan, Mr. Backstabber (both literally and metaphorically, bby has seen him do both, it was messy)

Their humor: cat puns

• 🦡Wolverine 2.0/Laura Kinney💛: nicknames for her bby: fox, pearl, sibling-in-arms, honeybee

Nicknames her bby gives her: Laurel, Kin-ship, Baby Claws, Little Badger

Their humor: stand up comedy (where you pretty much do a spoken caricature of your life, poking fun at it, or something that happens to you)

• 🐺Daken/Akihiro🌀: nicknames for his bby: beautiful, doll, handsome, my favorite (insert sexuality/gender)

Nicknames his bby gives him: Wolf Guy, Seducter, Nature's Child, Lone Wolf (the bby calls him Seducter because they found out about his pheromone ability. And yeah, the bby poked fun at the fact it failed on the bby, because they aren't attracted to him in the least like that)

Their humor: quips and movie references

• 🔥Marvel Girl/The Phoenix/Jean Grey🦚: nicknames for her bby: sunshine, dear, sweetie, firecracker

Nicknames her bby gives her: Miss Marvelous, Venus, mind games, Jeanie

Their humor: inside jokes

• 😎Cyclops/Scott Summers🚨: nicknames for his bby: kiddo, shortstuff, kid, gremlin

Nicknames his bby gives him: Scout, Shades, Laser-Light, Ruby in the Rough (bby wanted him to feel good about his power, so they say those nicknames in a nice fashion)

Their humor: puns all the way

• 🥈Cable/Nathan Summers🤖: nicknames for his bby: tiny, powerhouse, tyke-bomb, brat (he means these nicely, even if he is gruff and stern)

Nicknames his bby gives him: Back To The Future, Terminator, Metal Man, Mr. Robocop (bby couldn't help themself, they saw so many nickname opportunities)

Their humor: banter and witty remarks

• 🎭Mystique/Raven Darkholme💙: nicknames for her bby: child, precious, dear, little heathen

Nicknames her bby gives her: Karma Chameleon, Blue, enchantress, The Blue Fairy

Their humor: witty and dry remarks

• 🎱Rogue/Anne-Marie🥀: nicknames for her bby: suga', hun, love, sweetheart

Nicknames her bby gives her: Miss-Anne-thrope, Marie, Killer Queen, lovedove

Their humor: Southern stand up comedy and phrases ("sweet Southern heat is not just a flavor", "sweeter than apple pie", and jokes of all the various animals found in the South, especially in weird and concerning places)

• ♠️Gambit/Remy LeBeau♥️: nicknames for his baby: Ace of Spades, imp, bebe, ma moitie

Nicknames his bby gives him: King of Hearts, Sugar and Spice, trickster, Jack

Their humor: poking fun at languages and their relationships (the English and French language are hard to master. Good job if you understand half of it, or even a little of it)

• 🌌Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner😇: nicknames for his bby: angel, treasure, friend, beauty

Nicknames his bby gives him: doll-baby (it is a Southern nickname, it means sweet, charming, and innocent, in my area), Angel of the Night, fluffball, Blue (Da Ba Dee)

Their humor: pranks. Pranks all around

These are all my opinion, and if you get the references, great job! If not, that is okay! These were my ideas of nicknames and humor for previously mentioned platonic yanderes (plus their bby's nicknames for them!). I hope you enjoyed these platonic yandere honeycomb thoughts!

[oliverferrie]

It's Trans Day of Rememberance, time to support your local trans author while they are still alive

I originally put this thread up on blue birb hellsite, but I wanted to make a longer, more nuanced post for Tumblr. TDOR is a heavy day for me, and every time I see the list of names it makes me want to squirrel away and cry. So instead I want to spread around some books by trans authors, to uplift our voices. The books themselves are not necessarily about trans characters (mine is not) but my experience as a trans guy does inform the text, and when I read these other works, I feel a kinship to the author in that regard, however imagined that is.

I'll start, it's me, buy my horrific (seriously, read the content warning) fantasy book about young queers surviving atrocities: SUGAR PEOPLE

Next up: Δάιος, by Andromeda Ruins (@andromedaexists). A heavy anti-establishment retelling of the fall of Icarus that leans heavily into the reality of queer folk as outcast and put at risk by the powers that be. I have yet to finish it but the prose really slaps you with its urgency.

Next up: FEMININ GANGE (Feminine gait), by Molly Øxnevad, a contemporary novel about the trans healthcare system in Norway. It's written in Norwegian (bokmål) but I really hope to see it translated in English one day because it's such an important piece of literature on the state of our centralised transmedical health system here in norway.

Next up, MAO SIN RAUDE KJOLE (Mao's Red Dress), by Jan Elisabeth Lindvik, (also norwegian, nynorsk) a coming of age novel set in the backdrop of the sixties. It's only really available in Norway, and it's another one I hope to see translated someday, but it's worth knowing about, as it's a seminal novel by a trans activist with so many decades of lived experience, as the country slowly changed its views around trans folk.

Next, we have JACK OF THORNS, Book 1 of INHERITANCE by AK Faulkner, a dark urban fantasy featuring messy queers and LOTS of trauma. I had the pleasure of meeting Faulkner at a con earlier this year, and they have got an awesome thing going with the Inheritance universe. I've been enjoying Jack of Thorns a lot, it does not hold back.

Next, it's the astounding FRESHWATER by Akwaeke Emezi, a magical contemporary novel about dissociative experiences and trauma, and how they interplay with culture and growing up. A very intense and beautifully written book that isn't afraid to tackle dissociative identities AND gender identity (something those of us who have both often have to mask for fear of being denied treatment).

AND THEY LIVED... by Stephen Salvatore, a very contemporary YA romance that deals with societal issues around being gay and nonbinary. It's written from the POV of a cringey, hopeful teen, and dances between happily-ever-after romance and a pointed exhumation of incredibly dark things.

Finally, LARK & KASIM START A REVOLUTION by Kacen Callender, a contemporary YA written in a comfortably snappy rhythm, about love, friendship and a social media mishap that spirals out of control.

If you are an author listed here and you want off this list, just let me know! If you are an author and you want ON this list, feel free to reblog and add your stuff.

Otherwise, go forth and support a trans author today! Connect with our stories, real and imagined. Increase empathy and understanding around the world. Maybe TDOR will be a memorial of the past one day, instead of a memorial of the present day.

[millylotus]

Rasberries & Lemon Delights

Country Boy!Danny x Emo Punk!Duke

Danny[18] goes to live with Aunt Alicia on the family farm for a gap year, which just so happens to be in Smallville. He’s been there since January. A town in the middle of nowhere with at least a nice small population of people, it's not a big jump from small town Amity Park.

Duke[18] doesn’t usually visit the Kents but he had nothing better to do and Damian[16] wanted to go see Jon[15] for the summer, so roadtrip it was. Besides, Duke didn’t have much else to do and Martha & Jonathan had invited him to stay as well. It’ll be fun to just get away from the constant buzz of Gotham.

The Palad Family Farm has a rasberry orchard [it should be spelled this way or like raz(s)berry, not fucking RASPberry I had to fucking look this up, it’s only ever been spelled rasberry in my head, english can go suck my dick [sorry bout that anyways]] with a couple chikens and cow and a produce garden. it’s off to the side compared to the others in Smallville, separated by a line of trees that you might be able to call a forest. Their closest neighbors are the Kents, and that’s through the trees.

For this AU i changed the boys’ appearance a little bit

Duke is less emo-punk and more punk-emo when it comes to his aesthetic

Danny’s bigger in the muscle aspect kinda like a toned down version of Jack

About a week into their stay Danny comes over to the Kent’s to bring over some rasberries as a gift.

The kids just so happen to be hanging out outside when he walks up.

Duke sat lounging on a chair he’d dragged out to the front lawn, reading his book which sat heavy between his cross legs.

Damian and Jon were further into the brush chatting and messing around.

The only thing really odd were the sunglasses the brothers wore, heavily shaded and thick, with the bright Kansas sun and being from one of the gloomiest cities of the world it was practically a necessity.

Jon paused as he spoke and looked down the road, both brothers turned their heads in interest.

A couple meters down the road a young man Duke’s age was walking their way, a straw garden hat on his head, holding a crate in his arms.

The kryptonian smiled and stood up waving at the approaching stranger, “Hey Danny!” he shouted in greeting.

The stranger whose name was evidently named Danny walked up the driveway to the Kent house.

“Hey Jon! Who are your friends?” He said with a smile.

“Damian and Duke, family friends. They’re visiting for the summer.” Jon said happily as he pointed at each sibling.

Damian stood up and walked over to Jon’s side “Nice to meet you” . His voice was as flat as it always was with strangers.

Duke nodded at Danny, “Sup.”

Danny nodded back with a smile, before turning back to Jon, “Me and Aunt Alicia harvested some rasberries yesterday, we got a lot and where wondering if y’all wanted some.”

Jon’s face lit up like a star, “Fuck yeah! Ma’s gonna love ‘em! Come on!”

Jon took Damian’s hand and pulled him back to the house, Damian and Danny following. Duke sighed and decided to go as well, closing his book he stood up and caught up with them. He ended up walking side by side with Danny.

Danny looks down to the shorter boy walking by his side. Duke is gorgeous in an ethereal way, brown eyes almost glowing under his sunnies, winged with perfect black eyeliner. His face was stoic in the same way Damian’s was, little to no emotion shown. It didn’t take away from his serene and chill vibes though.

Duke glances up at Danny, and the taller boy quickly looks away to the Kent house, face flushed.

He almost missed the playful smirk that spread on Duke’s face.

Ma thanks Danny for the raspberry and ropes him into chatting for a bit with the boys adding little commentary and things

Duke’s trying to not be obvious about staring at Danny’s muscles

Dami & Jon notice of course

Jon and Dami glanced at each other as Duke tried to grab their attention, desperately trying to make them stop whatever they were scheming.

“Hey Danny?” Jon says

Danny looks towards the teen, “Yeah?”

“Damian and Duke kinda just got to Smallville and they haven’t even gone all that deep into the fields, – Jon leans in a bit with a wide smile – We could go out tomorrow and us country kids could show them around?”

“I wouldn’t mind that, how ‘bout ‘round after 10?” Danny afford with a smile.

Danny shows them around the area near his family’s farm

Damian and Jon end up scurrying off to let Danny & Duke be alone, of course they’re watching from the sidelines

Duke pretends to be externally calm but is kinda freaking out on the inside his internal monologue is “Hot Boy Hot Boy That was so fucking weird don’t say that again God he’s so fucking funny I kinda wanna kiss him”

Danny is much the same, but he’s not very good at hiding how flustered he is, he’s smiling like a goof and his face is all flushed “Pretty Boy Cute Boy Pretty Goth Boy I have a type Ancients I wanna kiss him”

Duke is not so subtly flirting with Danny, complementing his muscle, being actively interested when Danny talks about the farm and his friends back home

Danny’s also flirting back of course, drifting closer to Duke, asking him about Gotham and his friend, the book he was reading yesterday

When they get to the Palad family farm, Jon and Dami had already gotten there and where drinking some sweet tea with Alicia

Alicia is of course entertained with Danny’s crush, and watches as he and Duke walk around the rasberry orchard

When Jon and the brothers have to go back Duke and Danny trade numbers, even though they’ll probably talk again tomorrow and basically the rest of the summer

They’re both smitten with each other

Duke and Damian are in the attic of the Kent farmhouse, each on their own twin bed on either side of the room

Duke: *yearning sigh*

Dami *teasing*: You like the Palad boy don’t you?

Duke *suspicious*: No ... Whatcha gonna do about it?

Dami: Oh nothing it’s just funny, you always said you wouldn’t fall for someone on the family type list

Duke: What are you- *realization* oh OH! Screw you, you can’t say shit Dames! *chucks pillow at Dami who’s laughing* I see how you look at Jon *teasing*

Dami: Shush! Don’t say that he could hear you!

Duke *smirking* : Or what? not my country boy to worry about

Dami groans and flops into pillow tossing back Duke’s pillow & flipping him off

Duke laughs and lays onto his back, staring up at the ceiling with a smile, before closing his eyes and going to sleep

Danny and Alicia are eating dinner

Alicia: So the Wayne boys, I only really got to talk to Damian, what’s Duke like?

Danny *excited*: Oh he’s so cool! He’s reading this romance novel right now. Sounds really cool, so I might drop by the library to check if they have it!

As Danny talks about Duke, Alicia watches him with a smile

Alicia: When are you gonna go out and see him again?

Danny: Not sure, but I hope sooner or later

Alicia: mmm, If you like so much you better ask him out soon

Danny *high pitched*: What!

Alicia *laughing*: Duke’s the new mysterious pretty boy in town. The other kids your age will be falling over themselves to get to know him

Danny tries not to let himself look stressed, Alicia shakes her head fondly

Alicia: Don’t worry to much kid, Duke already seems to like you, you’ve got a good chance of winning his heart

Danny sighs at his food

Danny: I hope so

I don’t know where I wanna put this but like Alicia has a weird reputation in Smallville

She doesn’t leave her farm very often, only for big events like the Farmers market

And she has most of everything she needs for food at her farm

If she does need to buy something she’ll pop into town at the weirdest of times and leave quickly

When Danny comes around this doesn’t really change, he goes out into town more than her

There were a couple rumors about Ms.Alicia’s nephew staying for awhile

Danny’s been basically the line connecting Alicia and the rest of town

Anyway back to the main plot!

What Alicia said is true, the few other college kids visiting their family in Smallville do want to get closer to Duke

Duke doesn’t really mind, since he’s always kinda been popular, but he insists on staying with Danny at all times

Danny sometimes feels jealous so he often does things to catch Duke’s attention, even though he knows he doesn’t have to do much

When Summer Farmer’s Market time rolls around a bunch of farmers in Smallville drive to the bigger town nearby Dolmeny Town

Alicia & Danny have their own stand selling more rasberry desserts & treats, along with some little carved statues that Danny makes

The Kents also have a stand, selling breads, a few milk products, and flowers pressed and or fresh from Ma’s garden

The stands are like right across from each other as well, both in the food section

Danny & Duke  staring at each other from across the street, going over to each other’s stands to buy a few things

Duke complementing the rasberry pastries, and Danny promises to save some for him later

It ends up becoming a a date, they meet up near the end of the day, Duke brings a bouquet he made and Danny brings some rasberry scones

They sit at a bench and just start talking about themselves learning more about each other

Cute stuff like that, by the end of it they’re holding hands when Danny walks Duke back to the Kent’s at the end of the day

I have other date ideas, as well. Maybe there’s a party or concert going on in Dolmeny that Danny found out about and they go there. I think they’d have similar music tastes

Going to a cafe, and talking about their favorite foods

The library, where Duke gets Danny to read some of the romance novels he loves

Duke buying some gotham brand lemon candy for Danny, like the really sour stuff cause Danny mentioned he liked sour stuff

Going to the lake for a beach day with the others

Just hanging out together

Danny fixing Duke’s makeup cause he’s done it for Sam before

Of course I want a scene or part where the rest of the Superfam and Batfam, and the Fentons plus Sam & Tucker of course

Come over to visit their family in Smallville for the summer, like a week or even just a day or two

Jazz, Tuck & Sam meeting Duke for the first time and him & Sam immediately getting along

Conner dragging the kids to a bigger concert than they’ve ever been to before

Batfam mildly hazing Danny because they can

The Fentons being able to play wrestle with the Supers with no real problem cause of liminal bullshit

The three families having a big dinner on the last day with barbecue and such, it’s basically a feast with how many people and food is there

Danny & Duke walk away near the end and go for a walk together

The sun’s set and the sky is filled with stars, as Danny talks on about the constellations and planets the two sit together

Eventually they get to talking about what will happen when the summer's over, Danny’s going to either Caltech or Princeton and Duke will be going back to Gotham U for his second year

Princeton’s in Gotham, so it would keep them closer, but Caltech has the first best Space Science program in the country

Duke doesn’t want to affect such a big decision in Danny’s life, and Danny really wants to go to Caltech

Danny chooses Caltech [Cause he deserves it gosh darnit! and if their relationship doesn’t pan out at least they have a whole country between them]

They end the night with a kiss!

THE END

I think this the first one with a proper ending! :D

DEADLIGHTS MASTERPOST, GENERAL NOTES, MEMES, AO3

[jackatlas]

commission info!

hi, i'm kay! i'm an english BA & creative writing MA graduate who is opening fic & poetry commissions via my kofi! i have a few different tiers:

fics/original prose is priced at the following: 200 words - £20 1000 words - £50 2000 words - £100 5000 words - £150 (please message me regarding any alternative lengths)

poetry is priced as below: short form (2-3 stanzas/one prose paragraph) - £10 long form (4+ stanzas/two prose paragraphs) - £20 (please note that rhyme schemes are an additional £5)

please send a message with any questions or requests; i'll do my best to accommodate!! see below for extra information.

if you do not see anything on this list, please ask about it! i probably haven't thought of it lol. feel free to message regarding anything i will write with limitations too. please see here for fandoms/ships i will not write for.

here are some things i am happy to write:

prose, poetry, lgbt content (especially sapphics!), romantic ships, platonic & familial relationships, horror, mild gore, smut (with limitations), kink (with limitations), fics with your ocs (includes oc/canon), self-insert (not x reader, sfw only), any pov, letters from a fictional other (sfw only), mecha (sfw only), fantasy/sci-fi, monster of the week concepts (includes original monsters), vampires, werewolves (sfw only), genderbends (trans headcanons, cis-swaps - please specify), historical fiction (with limitations), fics based on songs/albums, age gaps (adult/adult only), mild violence, angst, dubcon (nothing too intense though), characters from media i don't know (please provide info!!), polyam ships, AUs, crossovers, pregnancy (sfw only)

things i will not write:

incest, underage smut, adult/minor ships, noncon, suicide, dead dove, smut for minors, aging up minors for smut, zoophilia, rpf, hard gore, hardcore kink (please ask if you need clarification), furries, mecha nsfw, x reader, nsfw self insert, hard violence, major character death, over 1000 words, multi-chapter (with exceptions), human/non-human (excluding vampires), omegaverse, zombies, prison aus, royalty aus, sex worker aus, slavery aus

some fandoms i will write for:

yugioh (duel monsters, gx, 5ds, zexal), the x files (seasons 1-3), death note, doctor who (seasons 1-4 of reboot), superstore, how i met your mother, madoka magica, fire emblem (sacred stones, awakening, fates), legend of zelda (botw/totk), marvel (mcu up to phase 3, + dsmom & wandavision), howl's moving castle (studio ghibli movie), classic literature (rebecca, wuthering heights, sherlock holmes), pokemon (most familiar with gens 1 + 5 and original anime run), avatar (atla), twilight, five nights at freddys (no ships), sabrina the teenage witch (seasons 1/2), stardew valley, + more as i think of it

ships i enjoy writing:

my faithshipping, mulderscully, doctorrose, lawlight, gx rivalshipping, matsuda/misa, peachshipping, violetshipping, scoopshipping, amy/jonah, lily/marshall, barney/robin, zelink, howl/sophie, chrom/robin, chrom/frederick, bella/alice, leo/takumi, bella/rosalie, bella/edward, ironstrange, stevetony, peppernat, tonynat, pepperony, palmerstrange, homura/madoka, frostiron, strangefrost, wandavision, doctor/jack/rose, misa/rem, doctor/jack, matsuda/light, mello/matt, gameshipping, mastershipping, fianceshipping, chaseshipping, puzzleshipping, thiefshipping, sherlock holmes/professor moriarty, dragonshipping, wishshipping, heathcliff/catherine earnshaw, edward/jacob, katara/zuko, katara/aang, sokka/zuko, + more as i think of them

[waeirfaahl]

The language in Samurai Jack

I want to cover the aspect about language. There are two moments. And both of them are connected to both Jack and Aku.

Let's start from Jack. Did you ever realize that Jack is a polyglot? Yep, as a kid he travelled and trained in different countries, that's how he learnt many languages. And also this ability helped to him to understand habitants of the future and even of the past.

As well as it saved his life. Now about Aku. Although he was born in Japan and hated humans and other mortals, he kept exactly languages humankind used (and he is okay with many habitants using their native languages).

But as the main one Aku stated the English language (or maybe some mix of many languages, but with still dominant part of exactly English and with minimum of changes even after eons of his reign).

I think, he decided to do so, 'cause English language is one of the easiest (if not the easiest) languages to learn, hence it is both official and international language every habitant of Earth has to know since childhood. And at the same time (I guess, it is for tourists) we can see some alien language (probably international too, so habitants of various planets and galaxies can also communicate with each other without problem).

Pretty cool detail. And, well, Aku kept ancient fairy tales, made by humans.

Another cool detail.

Wait, "Aku X-mas"? You mean, Aku is okay with citizens having/spending Christmas Holiday? Surprisingly nice.

Weird that nobody imagined Aku in A Christmas Carol style.

[somanywords]

Writing Patterns tag

rules: list the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there’s a pattern!

Tagged by the lovely @allofthebeanz -- thank you, friend!

1. “I need your advice.” 2. As soon as the strike is settled, settled for real by the big hats and names up in their gilded offices, Davey makes his move. 3. “Do you know something funny?” Steve says. He doesn’t wait for a response, doesn’t really want one. “I slept really good last night.” 4. Jack’s father dies when Jack is four years old. His father has been dying for a long time, but of course, a four year old doesn’t know that. One day his father is well—white hair, wrinkles and shakes, but that’s just old people—and the next he’s carted away under a sheet, faceless and cold. 5. “You gonna be okay there?” 6. “Becs, what’s the word for when you’re searching for stuff. For the mystery stuff. On a mystery.” 7. On the first day of the warmest months, Inej wakes up to the smell of spices and fried dough and her mother singing, and for a few moments of gentle confusion, she dreams of feasts and family and togetherness. 8. “I wanna show you somethin’,” Jack says, almost shyly. Jack Kelly shy is enough to get Davey’s attention, and he follows as Jack sticks his hands in his pockets and nods upwards—they walk past rows of dressing rooms lit with lots of tiny bulbs, up through sheets of rigging and curtains, and then Jack pushes open a door simply marked roof and they’re stepping out into stars and smoke, the Bowery streets lit up below. 9. Bucky is two years old when he learns to talk. Nothing fancy at first, just a word or two. Ma, or Papa. Blanket, maybe apple, said proudly if confusedly, in both English and Yiddish. Then he learns to string words together into sentences and there’s no stopping him. 10. “Are we there yet?” Yelena whined.

As far patterns, I'm seeing that I really like to set the mood right away. 😊 No pressure tags for anyone that sees this, and also @dharmasharks @moodymelanist @its-tortle @tessabennet @hipsterdiva and @piedoesnotequalpi <3