#and clunky to abbreviate

[judastarkid]

is there a way to say “future sister-in-law” faster

[paranormaljones]

YOOOOOO that edit is incredible 😭😭

also . . .

that is basically the premise of my ongoing fic 👀😂

So. I found this on tiktok, and it just shattered my soul. The caption was.. au where lucy is a type three visitor Lockwood falls in love with, and also dies I guess. Soooo if any fanfic writer sees this... PLEASE WRITE IT I’D DO IT MYSELF BUT I WONT DO IT ANY JUSTICE SOOO PLEASE THIS COULD POSSIBLY YOUR NEXT IDEAA (and the editor is @afflictionism on tiktok)

[dreadark]

Fresh Snow

some drabbles of kim dokja's company during a snow day, before the story of orv starts

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One could say Kim Dokja was lucky for reaching his apartment before the snowstorm truly picked up. Another could say he was unlucky for the storm happening exactly on the night he meant to go grocery shopping. And the first would argue with the second, saying if he’d just checked the weather forecast a day earlier he wouldn’t even be in this situation, so that couldn’t be called bad luck, only a lack of forethought…

…Damn it, he really was hungry.

It was lucky he had time to eat lunch during work today, and unlucky he had literally nothing left in his fridge or pantry now for dinner. Clear proof that trying to cut himself off from instant noodles was a mistake.

The cold was worse than the hunger, though. Kim Dokja knew this building had terrible insulation, but now he was feeling the lack of it seep into his bones. Wasn’t it some building code violation to let the temperatures indoors drop this low? Of course, having the time or money to do anything about that was out of the question, but he could daydream taking his bastard landlord to court anyway.

For now, he just had to bear it. If the Iron-Blooded Supreme King Yoo Joonghyuk could withstand being plunged into the coldest depths of Poseidon’s ocean, then Completely Average Salaryman Kim Dokja could definitely triumph over a particularly cold Seoul night…!

Before he could cringe himself to death over that thought, a notification popped up on his phone. A new chapter of Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World? tls123 had announced another hiatus earlier this week, which from previous experience would last a couple days longer, so he hadn’t expected an update today. Maybe, they’d come back early just to save him—?

>> lol there ws rly smn like this… s5gir antis r so sad

Unfortunately, it was only a reply to a comment he’d made years ago. Specifically, one on a chapter of SSSSS-Grade Infinite Regressor pointing out how obviously “Yoo Joonhyun” was ripping off his Joonghyuk-ie…

The person who replied had probably assumed his account was old enough to have been abandoned, especially with how much backlash his comments had gotten then. So they’d surely be in for a shock if the original commenter shot back with definitive proof of this so-called author’s plagiarism.

…Kim Dokja was twenty-seven now. Having graduated university despite all odds he now “contributed to society” by going through the motions of a meaningless QA job, so he would definitely be considered an adult. Definitely too old to participate in flame wars online. Definitely too mature to start typing up a cool reply (carefully composed, he couldn’t seem like he was letting emotion get to his head) on how much evidence he’d collected to support his point (all saved to a draft on his personal email account, so he could access it wherever) and how they should at least apologize to tls123-nim in place of this pretentious “writer” who still refused to…

And really, ‘s5gir’? With an abbreviation that clunky, no wonder they had to copy someone. Couldn’t even come up with a decent title.

Only after posting the reply did Kim Dokja realize he’d completely forgotten about the cold while typing.

read the rest on ao3 here

[basil-does-arttt]

DMC Questions Anon here!

As we all know today is the 23rd anniversary of the first Devil May Cry game, and the series as a whole. So I want to hear you talk about DMC 1, what you love about it, headcanons you have about it, alternate scenarios you want to share, anything DMC 1 you want to talk about.

Hello again! This is gonna be a long post i have a lot to say lol

DMC 1 was my introduction to the series way back when as a little kid, when i watched an older cousin play it and eventually tried it out myself. This was also the PS2 version, and i was gifted the disc + console as well at some point.

The Alastor cutscene stuck in my head for literal years after i first saw it as a kid, that and DMC 3's mission 20 arena. Every so often it'd pop into my head as a memory, untill recently when i decided to get back into DMC fully rather than just occasionally remembering it.

DMC 1 holds a very special place in my heart because of that, its a huge nostalgia thing for me and is my favourite game in the series.

I love the setting and tone of the game, its so unique compared to the others, of course all in thanks to DMC 1 starting out as RE4. That whole gothic castle, almost horror vibe is something you dont really expect from hack&slash games these days, and even though it made for some real clunky and annoying moments in game (cough cough Nelo 2 and Griffon 2 cough cough...) to me, the good far outweighs the bad.

Oh and the soundtrack! Its so good, every theme works so well in the scene it's used for, even the abient tracks. I will say however, the bg music got real messed up on the HD remaster which is very dissapointing. (it sounds flat and doesn't have any echoing anymore, specicially the divinity statue room and Phantom's church arena in the start of mission 3). It may not be noticable to some who have only played the HD release, but i noticed it immediately coming from the PS2 version oof. I guess i have to be greatful that a HD release exists in the first place though, and it is a very old game. Still.

The combat also, (and this might not be an opinion shared by everyone which is fine) i feel is the smoothest out of any Dante in any game. All the attacks are so responsive, and although you're limited, you can still style on enemies pretty easily.

Finally the bosses. Arguably the best lineup of any DMC game, every boss is fun in it's own way and brings something new to the table in terms of mechanics. Phantom is a lot of timing correctly, Nelo pushes your fighting style to be more agressive and direct, Griffon challenges your dodging skills, Nightmare is a puzzle solving boss, and Mundus is all three. The designs are also amazing, and most of the arenas are perfect. Griffon 2 and nelo 2 aren't so great arenas but their 3rd arenas more than make up for it.

Okay enough of me gushing about how much i love the mechanics, some HCs i have for it!!

1/ That motorcycle Trish bust the door down with (and then throws at Dante) wasn't hers, right? We see it in the into cutscene before it cuts to Dante at his desk. Well, its my HC that was Lady's bike (she was not happy).

2/ (aside from gameplay mechanic reasons) The reason Dante cant use DT at the start of the game, despite having awakened it in DMC 3, is because Dante wants to push away from embracing his demonic side even more so now after his brother has been "killed". He always disliked being part demon and preferred not to tap into his demonic abilities because of that, demons are evil creatures after all and Dante is far from that, but that hate is even further exemplified after Vergil fell into hell.

3/ When Trish split off to fly solo as a devil hunter, she kept the name "Devil Never Cry" for her business. People do often confuse her for Dante's "Devil May Cry" especially when the names are abbreviated. Dante finds it mildly annoying, Trish finds it hilarious. (Sometimes she'll direct clients to Dante out of pity too when they call her number asking for Devil May Cry rather than Devil Never Cry, instead of convincing them she's the right person. Dante however always sends them over to Trish if they've called the wrong number.)

4/ Dante probably knew Trish was trying to lure him to his death on Mallet island, but he went anyways to avenge his family's death. We know he'd been searching for Mundus ever since DMC 3 (it says so in DMC 5's "history of DMC" cutscene), and he knows that finding and killing Mundus wouldn't be nearly as easy as Trish made it seem. Wether he came back or not, he was going to kill Mundus, or at least try.

As for alternate scenarios, i dont have much in mind. Maybe it would be interesting to see a scenario where Trish never betrayed Dante, and instead she tried to help him during the nightmare fight. It still would've ended the same way for her, but maybe also Dante wouldn't have gotten so angry with her when he saved her.

Ugh i just love DMC 1 so much, like i said before it holds a special place in my heart. I hope that answers everything :> <3

[ficoandleo]

((since it's hard to tell who's speaking in more online posts and i personally feel like typing who's speaking in script feels clunky and it's easy to miss tags and i feel weird about ascribing emoji to my canon characters, very quick test of how it looks if i just use small icons

This is a leo post

Usually short

Punctuation in contractions and questions but rare otherwise

Some abbreviations and writes you as u

Will spam u if he wants attn

This is a Romeo post. They can be longer and have good punctuation except the end of the last sentence unless it's a question or exclamation

He uses his acronyms in his texts. They're capitalized, as are words he wants to emphasize. The sentence structure is pretty proper

Sometimes separates texts if they're getting a bit long or one is for getting attention(like "Hey!" or "New girl!" would be their own texts)

[bluelockhalloweek]

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[tyrannuspitch]

vintage thor dialogue is such a fascinating phenomenon. i'm sure 50% of it is just general old comic stuff, but the addition of the need to sound Ye Olde and Mythological results in something so bizarre and unique. like, on top of the characters' need to announce who they are, what their motives are, what they're currently doing, and whether that's evil or not (at every opportunity), vintage thor dialogue also has such quirks as:

a need to remind us of plot/character details in specifically mythological terms, leading to constant use of words like "fabled", "glorious", "loathsome", "accursed", "eternal"...

elaborate fantasy swearing, based almost entirely on the MC's dad

peppering in "thee" and "thou" (but never consistently enough to imply an actual t/v distinction)

a deep-seated aversion to all abbreviations except "tis" and "twas"

including "that"/"which"/"who" more often than is quite comfortable, but still not all the time

characters referring to each other by epithets

characters referring to themselves in the third person

characters referring to themselves by epithets in the third person (thor: "the mighty odinson shall vanquish thee!!")

metaphors for the sake of metaphors that either aren't complete or just don't make sense...

the result is simultaneously melodramatic and matter-of-fact, old-fashioned and anachronistic, flowery and clunky, pretentious and completely without subtlety... it's so much. it's just so fucking much. i'm in awe.

[popblank]

Because I write slowly and work is tiring, here is an extremely abbreviated set of thoughts after seeing Lempicka at the Longacre Theatre (more detailed post to come later):

Saw it twice, both times with Mariand Torres in the role of Tamara de Lempicka and once with Ximone Rose as Rafaela.

Mariand Torres did a fabulous job on "I Will Paint Her" in particular – gave me chills.

There were defiinitely some changes made to streamline & clarify the story, though in some cases I thought things got a little too expository to the point of clunkiness, especially in the first act.

Amber Iman, George Abud, Natalie Joy Johnson continue to be great.

Beth Leavel really makes the most out of her relatively limited role as the Baroness.

The ensemble costumes and choreography were kind of puzzling (these are a couple of the elements I want to think about more).

Very much looking forward to the cast recording.

I am crossing my fingers that the show can manage to stay open for another couple of weekends at least because I would like to go see it again (and hopefully see Eden Espinosa in the title role).

Really happy that Lempicka got some (deserved) recognition in Tony Award nominations.

[mephinomaly]

[TL] BIOHAZARD/Chapter 2

[ This post uses Ois~su ♪ ]

Koga: Stop givin’ out lectures like we’re newborns or somethin’~.

I get it, I know all that! That’s why I hate it and I hate even more that there’s nothing I can do. All that happens is I keep goin’ on those stupid shows with a stupid smile on my face!

Rei: Hm. As a result of that, we’ve become a unit that completes activities terribly half-heartedly.

We were unable to specialise in hardrock nor being playboys therefore other units were able to monopolise that gap in the market.

Well, the world is in recession. If you are struggling financially and want to go out to eat, it’s better to go to a restaurant that specialises in what you want to eat rather than a family restaurant that serves a variety of dishes.

Our fans have made themselves clear via numbers. It’s only human nature to want to eat something more delicious if the price is the same.

Therefore in our current state, we are struggling in comparison to units that have specialised in something. The difference between effort and experience is being laid bare for all to see.

Koga: Yeah. It’s like that story where the bat keeps messin’ around who’s side they’re on and then both the beasts and the birds don’t wanna be friends with him.[1]

Rei: Quite. Whilst the foundations are still stable, it will only be so long before it begins to shake.

One day, we will be alone and have nowhere to go. We will end up standing in solitude in a trap of our own design.

We’ll be at rock bottom, we’ll be idols that don’t sell anymore.

Koga: Then, then what do we do? If we understand what's happenin’, we can actually do somethin’ ‘bout it, right?

But we can’t just give up ‘n pretend everythin’s fine.

Rei: Indeed. We must fight against this, we cannot lay in wake, waiting to be destroyed.

Kaoru: Yep, we need to do something, definitely.

Rei: Mhm. Of course, Rhythm Link is getting antsy and, as always, is trying to interfere.

Koga: Those guys are so fuckin’ conceited… That’s what I hate ‘bout them.

They’ll always treat us like we’re newbies that can’t do anythin’.

Rei: Though in the past, they would have left newcomers like us to our own devices.

A while ago, at the idol industry’s biggest festival, SS, all of the veteran units that RhythmLink boasts about failed to produce any meaningful results.

As a result of that, the value of youngins like us has increased. As well as that, we are RhythmLink’s main breadwinners so if we were to crash in popularity, it would create a massive problem for management.

Consequently, in order to break this deadlock, they have requested we participate in a “certain experiment” that ES seems to be planning.

Adonis: Experiment…? That’s a rather disconcerting word.

Koga: Haa? What kinda experiment do they want us as guinea pigs for then?

Rei: The project is top secret, so we will be kept in the dark until we accept—

The name of the experiment is “Artificial Intelligence Idol Experiment”, abbreviated to AIIE.

Koga: Huh? Artificial intelligence…?

Kaoru: Seems to be a pretty popular topic nowadays. AI, I mean.

Adonis: Ah, artificial intelligence is something that can create images and pieces of text with skill.

I am still not good at writing in Japanese, and when I was struggling with it, Yuuki, who is very well informed on the topic, introduced it to me.

The AI was really good at drawing pictures, so when I patted and praised my phone, Yuuki looked shocked.

Koga: Oh yeah speakin’a which, I like that four-eyed bean sprout. Haa, what a nerd.

Adonis: In Yuuki’s case, he’s really good at what he does. You can’t ridicule him for that.

To be honest, using AI was very convenient. My previously clunky sentences had been transformed into beautiful Japanese prose.

It was so convenient that I almost felt as if I had lost any motivation to learn to write or draw myself.

Rather than struggle with Japanese, wouldn’t it be better if I allowed AI to do it all for me?

Kaoru: I’ve heard that AI scours the internet and uses images without the artists’ permissions, leading to issues to do with copyright and stuff. I don’t think it’s a good idea to rely too much on AI, you know~?

If everyone else is doing it, you shouldn’t feel guilty, but it’s still a crime at the end of the day, right?

Adonis: I understand. Even a kitchen knife can be used to kill someone. I suppose it depends on the moral values the user has and how they intend to use it.

Rei: Hm. Since the exact details are unclear, I cannot say this for sure, but is AIIE about AI versions of idols that can… draw well?

I am an old man, I do not really understand newfangled technologies such as that.

Koga: You’re still pullin’ the grandpa card… Anyway, pisses me off if RhythmLink is tryna order us around but guess there’s nothin’ we can do ‘bout it.

Do we seriously hafta take part in an experiment called AIIE?

Rei: If we try our best and it doesn’t work out, we can pull out. This is just a trial.

Since we cannot come up with anything else to escape this situation, I suppose there is no issue with taking advantage of this.

[ ☆ ]

koga references one of Aesop's fables “the bats, the birds, and the beasts”. Basically the birds and the beasts declare war against each other. When the birds ask the bats who’s side they’re on, the bats say “i have wings, so i am on your side.” but when the beasts ask too, the bats say “i have sharp teeth and fur, so i am on your side.” later, once peace had been negotiated, the beasts and the birds realised how deceitful the bats had been and turned on them. Now bats live in fear, and only come out at night

Chapter 1

Chapter 3

[baconmancr]

It’s remarkable, given how clunky and awkward some of those passages from Worm were, that the abbreviated edit is strictly worse. just say no to the present tense

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[lilyblackdrawside]

Most of the Module abbreviations make sense. MAR = Marksman MER = Merchant SIE = Besieger and so on. But some aren't so 1-to-1 and a few leave me really stumped. The graphics for the module icons are probably the same on CN, so it's most likely just a translation difference.

SOL = Pioneer Maybe something with "Solitary?" They tend to be designed to stand on their own, the subclass name we have also reflects this.

HES = Duelist My immediate thought her was "Heavy Shielder". This sounds pretty clunky in English, but I wouldn't say it's impossible. There's no use trying to compare it to the Heavyshooter module to draw a parallel.

ARC = Heavyshooter Now the easy out here would be "Archer", but none of the Heavyshooters use a bow and it wouldn't make sense. I could imagine something like "Arc Shooter" in a similar way that "Heavy Shielder" could make "sense", but this type of Sniper is probably the furthest from arcing their shots out of all of them. Not counting the hitscan ones.

BOM = Flinger I think this is just "Bombardier" or "Bomber". Flinger sounds kinda weird to me anyway.

PHY = Medic This is clearly "Physician". But then we wouldn't have "Medic Medic".

RIN = Multi-target Medic I got no clue for this one. Range-INcreased medic? Not really what they're about.

WAH = Therapist Could be "Water Healer". They're all quite watery. Could also just be a cry for help. Wah!

UMD = Hexer Again, no clue here. Unilateral Magic Definer? Undefined Module Designation?

PUM = Dollkeeper Probably something like "Puppetmaster". If it is that, then Dollkeeper is definitely the stronger translation.

[stranded-in-the-gobi-desert]

ive created a problem for myself. in f1 they abbreviate drivers' last names to the first 3 letters for graphics in the races.

However, in my mdzs f1 au, when you have many people with the same surname (and similar given names cough jin zixuan and jin zixun), it becomes a problem to give these 3 letter identifiers.

like i cant have 4 WEN or using XWE/ZWE/NWE/CWE as has been shown the precedent with michael and ralf schumacher (MSC/RSC) looks clunky to me

why must everyone have the same surnames..

[neewtmas]

i'm so excited for the next part of THOAH (can i call it that???) do you know when you will post it??

ofc you can call it that!! not only is it a little clunky otherwise but a fancy little abbreviation makes me feel like I'm doing something special here🤭

and i'm so glad you like it! I have started writing part 4 and i'm at almost 1k and i'm nowhere near where I want to be oops so it might be a few more days

[illfoandillfie]

Hi sweetheart, i hope you are doing great! i think you are a beautiful person and an amazing writer, i’ve written lots of things already but i would like to hear some advice from you about writing so i can improve my skills, i really love writing 🫶🏻😩🥹🥰💌✨

lots of love from Argentina

oh gosh im 🤧🤧 thank you, thats so lovely of you to say!

First of all I keep a writing advice tag for any posts I come across with useful writing tips. Some of them are really general, some of them are about writing specific things (like kissing or children), so probably not everything in there will be useful but hopefully some of it is.

As for my own advice.... none of it is going to be groundbreaking stuff. I've never studied writing, I don't think too hard about how I write, and at the end of the day I just write silly fics about silly boys to keep myself entertained. But I'll put a few things under the cut. These are all more general sort of tips so if there are any specific parts of writing you want me to talk about let me know and I'll see what I can give you!

Number 1 is to just have fun with it. Don't get hung up worrying about if a concept is cringe or if its something no one else will like or if it sounds too much like something else you wrote. If it's an idea that interests you, then you're going to find it easier and probably more fun to write. And if you already love writing then you don't want writing to turn into a chore or something you don't enjoy.

Number 2 is to read real books. Reading fanfic is great and fun but it's very useful to read some books that have been professionally edited and published too. There is a craft to writing things that sound good and one of the fastest ways to learn what sounds good is to read books. You don't have to study them or analyse them, your brain will just pick up on patterns, on how sentences fit together, on what sounds good and what doesn't.

One of my fave examples of this is the way we describe things, at least in the English language. There is an unwritten formula for making a description sound good. opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose. It's why saying "the silly little pink French book" sounds good but "the pink silly French little book" sounds very strange. No one is taught this formula, no one does it consciously. It's just that one sounds better than the other. And it's the sort of thing you subconsciously pick up from reading.

Number 3 is don't be afraid to do some research. No one knows everything. Sometimes you'll want to write about something that isn't super familiar to you. Whether that be because you're writing is set in a different country to where you are, or you're writing a smut scene with a kink/position you've never done in real life, or you're writing a character with a kid when you don't have kids. Research it! Go on google maps and find the place you want to write about so you can see how the streets look. Find a cosmo article or a youtube video that talks about the kink. Find a site that includes those little drawings of sexual positions (or heck, find some porn if thats more helpful) so you can see how it looks. Find a blog post from a parent and see how they talk about their kid. Listen or watch interviews if you're writing RPF to see how your person talks and what their mannerisms are. Not everything has so be 100% accurate and you're absolutely allowed to make some stuff up but if there's anything you feel unsure about, see if some research helps you.

Number 4 is to read everything you write out loud, but especially dialogue. Sometimes things can sound good while you're writing it but then when you read it back you realise it sounds clunky or it doesn't flow properly. Plus it helps you pick up on mistakes you might otherwise miss (like incorrect spelling or if you meant to delete a sentance but didn't). And I say especially for dialogue because when people talk they'll abbreviate words, they include slang, they use contractions. By reading things out loud to yourself you can hear where inflections are, you can hear if something sounds too formal, or wrong for the emotion you're trying to convey. When I write I make sure that I read it out loud to myself when I'm editing. You don't have to read it to someone else and you can whisper it under your breath so no one else will hear, but it is one of the best things you can do while editing or even if you get stuck while writing a conversation. Sometimes just hearing it out loud will help you identify why its not working.

Those are all the things I can think of off the top of my head but like i said if theres any areas of writing that I haven't mentioned that you'd like my take on let me know!

[naamahdarling]

I've seen VAST used as well.  Variable Attention Stimulus Trait. That is a bit clunky but abbreviates well, and it's at least better than "Can't Pay Attention Or Sit Still Disorder." Not using patbologizing language de-medicalizes and de-stigmatizes it a bit. The person who coined it has applied (SM) to it though, so that gives me the ick.

[metaregress]

So I've been watching an anime and it has a kind of clunky title. I got tired of calling it that all the time so I thought "oh ho, I will abbreviate it for ease of communication" and only then realized the title was clunky for the sake of a joke. The anime's name is "Gods' Games We Play" which of course abbreviates to GGWP, a very fitting name for an anime about playing games.

More thoughts on the show itself under the cut.

I have a constitutional weakness for stories about games. I watched No Game No Life, then read all the light novels. I (tragically) read Ready Player One because I didn't know better, but did successfully not see the movie. I recently watched Shangri-La Frontier (which kicked ass, please watch it). So when I saw the premise for Gods' Games We Play I kind of figured I'd watch it no matter how good or bad it was, because it was about games.

It's been pretty hit-or-miss so far. On the plus side, most of the games are quite clever without being overbearingly complex, and they naturally create a fun mystery-resolution structure that plays quite nicely. On the minus side, most of the stuff outside the games is very very generic. Especially from the way the first episode played out, I had hoped that all the characters being super into games would be reflected outside of their 'professional' forays into the games, and they'd spend time playing with each other and talking about games they found interesting between missions. But it's mostly thin drama and fanservice.

After the first game, the main character even talks about forming a team of people who love games! Then he picks someone who does not seem to care about games one way or the other as their first teammate because she has a useful magic power. It's truly baffling. Please, give me a team full of people who are deranged about games - game freaks, if you will. There could even be some fun thematic stuff where these people who are seen as weirdos are in some ways able to connect to the gods through their games precisely because they're such weirdos, so it takes people like them to connect to these inhuman gods who have such a different perspective on the world than regular people.

Anyway, this is just part of my bad habit of getting excited about what a show COULD do or be, then being disappointed that it's not actually doing that. But it's still fun fluff and I've been liking it fine overall to just have around each week.

Side note: I'm generally kind of blah on stories that just incidentally feature game mechanics, like certain isekai or Solo Leveling because they're usually just kind of a plot contrivance and aren't the real meat of the story. They're an object, not a subject.