#Mistakes to Avoid

[the-aspiring-writers-blog]

Tips for writing characters in-character for a story:

So I've heard of a few incidents and even read stories where writers make the personality of a character so OOC that it doesn't even seem like the original character anymore. And this is something that I'd like to address to new writers as a HUGE no no. Most of your readers who are familiar with the characters will be turned off by your story if you continue writing them like this (once in a while is fine and that too don't overdo it). So what can you do to stop making this mistake?

Get to know your characters well. Whenever you are watching a show, focus on thier personality traits. If need be, you can even note it down. Do they swear alot? Are they shy? Are they outspoken? Are they aggressive? etc. You get the idea. Use those traits of theirs in your writing.

If two or more of your characters are starting to sound too much like each other in a story, try focusing on what makes them different from each other. Note down their names on top, make a line in the middle of your page (something like this: |) and then write their separate traits that you pick up on under each of their respective headings.

Character sheets are also a good way to help keep your characters in-character but I've never really tried those so I honestly don't know how effective they are.

Last but not least - try reading the stories that they are in as much as you can so that you can get a general idea of how to write them from others. Sometimes you just need a different perspective. This is especially easy in fanfics, where people are writing the same characters or pairing in HUNDREDS of different fics. Again, you will come across some fics that mischaracterize a character as well but those will be few and far in between when you consider a number in hundreds or thousands. Again because most good writers know what a turn-off mischaracterization is and generally steer clear of it.

[lovegatha]

The Love Language Blunders: 10 Mistakes to Avoid in Expressing Love

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Digital Marketing mistakes to avoid.

To achieve success in Digital marketing, it's essential to recognize and rectify common pitfalls. Neglecting SEO, ignoring mobile optimization, and lacking a clear strategy are frequent missteps. Additionally, businesses often stumble by underutilizing social media, creating low-quality content, misallocating budgets, and failing to analyze performance data. To overcome these challenges, a comprehensive digital marketing plan, including SEO optimization, mobile-friendly design, engaging social media presence, valuable content creation, data-driven decision-making, and strategic budget allocation is crucial.

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Top Mistakes to Avoid with MS Binding Wire in Construction

Discover key tips to maximize the effectiveness of MS binding wire in construction projects. Learn how to avoid common mistakes such as incorrect size selection, improper binding techniques, and inadequate corrosion protection. Find out how attention to detail can ensure the safety, stability, and longevity of structures. Dive deeper into our blog to explore essential insights for successful construction projects.

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Lost in Translation: Common Mistakes to Avoid in Video Translation Services

The world is becoming increasingly global, and businesses are expanding beyond their borders. As a result, there is a growing need for multilingual content, including videos. Video translation services have become one of the most sought-after services for businesses and content creators alike. However, there are common mistakes that can occur during video translation that can diminish the overall quality of the video. In this article, we will explore these mistakes and provide practical tips to ensure that your video content is both culturally appropriate and linguistically accurate.

Importance of Video Translation Services

Video is one of the most powerful forms of communication. It is a medium that can convey a message, evoke emotions, and tell a story all at the same time. In today's global market, video is becoming an essential tool for businesses to connect with their audience. However, to truly connect with a global audience, videos must be translated into the target language. Video translation services help businesses to reach a wider audience and communicate their message effectively. By translating your videos, you can ensure that your content is accessible to people from different cultures and languages. Explore the other 5 Benefits of Using Video Translation services.

Common Mistakes in Video Translation

Video translation is more than just translating words from one language to another. It involves understanding the culture, context, and audience of the target language. The following are the most common mistakes that can occur during video translation:

Poor Audio Quality

The audio quality of your video is just as important as the content itself. Poor audio quality can make it difficult for the viewer to understand the content, leading to confusion and frustration. When translating a video, it is important to ensure that the audio quality is maintained. This involves using professional recording equipment, editing software, and sound engineers to ensure that the audio is clear and easy to understand.

Ignoring Target Audience

When creating a video, it is essential to consider the target audience. The same applies to video translation. It is important to understand the culture and values of the target audience to ensure that the content is culturally appropriate and relevant. Ignoring the target audience can lead to miscommunication and misunderstandings. To avoid this, it is recommended to work with a professional video translation service that has experience in translating videos for specific cultures and languages.

Inaccurate Translation of Subtitles

Subtitles are a crucial aspect of video translation. They provide a way for viewers who do not speak the language to understand the content. However, inaccurate translation of subtitles can lead to confusion and misinterpretation. This can be caused by using machine translation tools or inexperienced translators. To ensure accurate translation of subtitles, it is recommended to work with a professional video translation service that has experienced translators and editors.

Key Strategies That Help You In Video Localization

To ensure that your video content is both culturally appropriate and linguistically accurate, it is recommended to follow the best practices for video translation services. The following are some tips to help you get started:

Hiring a Professional Video Translation Service

The best way to ensure accurate video translation is to work with a professional video translation service. These services employ experienced translators and editors who are familiar with the culture and language of the target audience. They also have access to professional recording equipment and editing software to ensure that the audio quality is maintained. Working with a professional video translation service can save you time, money, and ensure that your video content is of the highest quality.

Providing a Detailed Brief

To ensure that the video translation service understands your requirements and expectations, it is recommended to provide a detailed brief. This should include information about the target audience, the purpose of the video, and any specific requirements or instructions. A detailed brief will help the video translation service to deliver a translation that meets your expectations.

Reviewing the Translation

Once the video translation service has delivered the translated video, it is recommended to review the translation carefully. This involves checking the accuracy of the subtitles, the quality of the audio, and ensuring that the translation is culturally appropriate and relevant. If there are any issues or concerns, it is recommended to communicate them to the video translation service and work together to find a solution.

Conclusion

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[mangywayway]

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[cubbihue]

Does Mr. Turner like rubbing his “son’s” successful career in Dinkleberg’s face??

He does! He brags about Timmy's success to every person within the neighborhood's vicinity. Mr. Turner loves how successful his son is! It really secures his reputation at the neighborhood HOA meetings they host at their house.

Timmy's worked very hard to gain more successes than failures. The more successful he is, the greater his family's social standing!! And the less he gets to overhear his dad ranting to the neighborhood about his failures.

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[dykedvonte]

You ever just see a Mouthwashing take that makes you want to bang your head into a wall? I literally just saw someone claim Curly couldn't have been emotionally abused by Jimmy before the crash because he was in a higher position of power than Jimmy.

-Shrimp Anon

The mouthwashing fandom has shown me that people genuinely do believe that certain types of abuse are not as detrimental as other types especially when they deem those immune/resistant, ergo, believing one is objectively worse no matter how it affects the person nor the intersections of power, history and dynamics at play.

Get ready cause this is a yap session:

Cause like it's heavily implied that Curly and Jimmy's friendship was toxic and abusive, pointedly in the direction of how Jimmy uses Curly's belief/comfort in him. Curly wasn't forced to enable Jimmy but he was emotional and mentally on edge around him in almost every scene in some way. Mental and emotional abuse are not contingent on what positions you have at work. Yeah, he's Jimmy's boss but he was Jimmy's friend first and it's like getting into Psych discussion to talk about how social power tends to overshadow any perceived organizational power in the human mind. People are concerned about their jobs ofc but they tend to hang onto and put more value/investment into their personal relationships, hence why there tends to be laws and restrictions around mixing the two.

I always see the sentiments that "Curly is a grown ass man", "Curly is bigger than Jimmy", "Curly is Jimmy's boss", "He just needed a backbone" as criticisms of Curly and while I do agree that on the surface level all of these to be true and viable ways Curly could've taken more control of the situation, I often look at the parallels of Anya and Curly as victims of Jimmy pre/post crash.

The way Jimmy talks to Anya post crash is how he talked to Curly in the pre-crash segments. It's hard to pin-point mainly because we know he hates and wants nothing to do with Anya compared to his contrary but similarly handled obsessions with Curly. It's a weird sort of "honey-moon" effect of abuse Jimmy does in terms of emotional and mental victimization. He is always horrid to Anya, always talking down or questioning her abilities and thoughts in a situation, this of course includes the harassment and assault. However, he has a moment of attempted gentleness/conditioning when he question her about the mouthwash when she's contemplating drinking it at the table. The key difference is he has no personal investment in Jimmy outside wanting nothing to do with him, meaning there is no sort of romanticized version of him that he can condition her off of. He knows this, hence, why he always reverts to trying to make her to scared to oppose him.

This sort of give and take of "kindness" doesn't work on her because she knows he is just doing it to take more from her than whatever he could possibly give but it reflects even the "softer" scenes between him and Curly where he always rewords or rephrases Curly's sentiments and concerns to sound more shallow. He is feigning a deeper understanding by reworking Curly's emotions into something bad and needing to be hidden. Everything is laced with envy and resentment, an outburst just around the corner, I mean he even slams the table in the birthday party scene, a tactic in emotional manipulation to set the victim on edge and cloud their ability to respond. Even if Curly knows Jimmy won't get physical in that moment, the physical actions is intended to make him back down in the confrontation in case it does. This is something that is just not person specific. It ingrains itself into how you interact with the world and life and it shows in major and minor ways with Curly.

Post-crash, the abusive nature is more in tandem to the physical victimization Anya went through and the stripping of voice and autonomy we see take place. Like the parasite in HFIM, Jimmy speaks for Curly most of the time and puts words in his mouth, similarly to how he takes Anya's plans as his own. He very commonly, with the both of them mind you, supplements the worst aspects of himself into them; pettiness, selfishness, lack of understanding... And tries to cover himself with their best qualities; kindness, planning, initiative, etc...

These parallel are just to say that positional power has little to do with if a person can be abused and how it can even be flipped to further the abuse. There is no doubt that Curly could've picked up on Jimmy's envy of his position hence another reason he never confronted him as a Captain but as a friend as doing so would immediately put Jimmy in a space to be confrontational/combative.

I think the disdain some people have when they talk about the heavily implied if not implicitly stated emotional/mental abuse Curly experienced being Jimmy's friend is when treating it as an excuse to why he didn't do more. I can understand that completely because it is not an excuse to why he didn't do more but is a very real reason people in his position in these scenarios can experience whether in the context of a work or social environment. However, I also think the way people talk about it really does demonstrate a bigger problem when talking about abuse when somehow who is/was abused is either part of the issue or enabled it.

Harkening back to the sentiments about Curly's inaction regarding Jimmy, I think the exact phrases I used/have seen show how there is an inherent belief that it is easier to overpower the effects of emotional/mental abuse that go in tandem with the perception of Curly as someone who should be able to. There is not an age you suddenly stop being susceptible to abuse nor a set point or low where you realize how it has affected you. You don't suddenly know to stand up or put a face on to face your abuser nor admit that you inadvertently enabled them to subjugate someone else to the same treatment. Maybe it's my psych brain but their is this growing belief that direct action is somehow easy or always the best method with the game shows you instances where it is not always the case. In real life that rings true too. He should have done more, but it's not impossible to see why he struggled to find a way or didn't even if it makes us mad.

It's not easy to suddenly gain a "back-bone". You don't immediately want to resort to aggression, especially if it mirrors the type you were a victim to. You don't want to believe you allowed yourself to be treated this bad, let it get that bad or allowed something bad to happen to someone else. It is easy to be in denial, to retreat to your thoughts or make excuses to avoid the painful truth. It's frustrating but in a way we know is relatable. It why we both hate and love Curly for it. We know we'd be better, we think we'd be better, we like to think we wouldn't falter in the same ways but it's always easier to say that from the outside looking in. It's easy to see what he was doing wrong because we are seeing it, not him, but the game really does make you picture what you would do if this was your raw reality and it's why this debate about Curly seems so never ending/contradictory. We can all say what we'd do but bottom line is that's much different when you're in the moment with all the emotions and human feelings attached.

I personally think Mouthwashing tackles the themes of rape culture, enabling, toxic masculinity, types of abuse and patriarchy in ways that are meant to deconstruct the typical straightforward views we mostly have of these concepts and how little subtilities of them are just as, if not more, detrimental than the overt/obvious parts. The game deals with the idea of little details and bigger picture in a way to show that sometimes the bigger picture is not the issue but the little details that make it up. It's why I have a personal dislike of depictions of Jimmy as the typical horrible person who would of course do something like this because the game is about noticing the little warning signs, the foreshadowing and foresight.

It's why I dislike the typical discussion of "bro code" and "boys will be boys" for the game because the game makes a point to avoid the standard depictions of such. It is about the type of men who still enable despite not condoning, agreeing or even perpetuating harmful beliefs because they can't see the little details or the ways it seeps into their everyday. The severity is not obvious to them as it was not obvious to Curly, Swansea or even Daisuke the way it was to a woman like Anya. There are little details about Jimmy that should ring alarms but if you are too naive like Daisuke, too distant like Swansea or too conditioned like Curly, they are just off markers.

There is 100% more constructive/concise ways to say "Curly was a victim of Jimmy's abuse on an emotional and mental aspect that clouded his judgements and perceptions in the scenario" while also critiquing on the side of "Curly still had a responsibility to protect Anya as a crew mate and Captain that he failed to do due to biases and stigma's he failed to surpass" without the weird condemnation people give him about should've knowing better than to let himself be manipulated by a person he considered a close, if not family/best-friend and had his own reasons to trust initially. Also stop being weird about victims of abuse in general with this fandom, like sorry not everyone has a like social epiphany the moment someone's nasty to them. People are treating it like you immediately know when you are in a toxic relationship immediately or comprehend when a person is actively dangerous and either it's your fault for not knowing how to leave/cut them off or you deserve it. Like the hypocrisy of people believing how certain fans treat the story reflect their irl views but not their own is crazy.

End statement is: I honestly don't even know man, I've been writing this too long and just like no man on that ship was perfect or really helped Anya when it mattered and I feel like pitting them against each other in discussion on who did the least or most or how it was justified sucks cause in the end Anya always did the most and best thing for herself.

[bearsandswears]

Sequel to this.

You know that “Ha!” Gale does when he dodges an attack? I’m imagining a more good natured version of that. Just, like, a little bark of a laugh.

Funny enough, since I originally used Asena as a serial one shot character, in another life she has actually been in an adventuring party with a lizard wizard (they were not romantically involved and it also may have been a tiny sentient wizard hat controlling a regular lizard).

Bonus:

[foalfangs]

wanted to draw something happy to cheer myself up. and i needed an excuse to draw larry with. yknow. expressions LOL. enjoy goofy old gay dudes

[ghuleh-anima-mia]

come, mist eternal