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#and not the asker thinking I do think that this phrase I've been seeing used for years on this website was created after it was used
doodle-mole Β· 1 month
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I'm pretty sure piss on the poor is older than july 2024
This truly is the piss on the poor website
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thatdeadaquarius Β· 2 years
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Was reading thru ur answered asks again (also hey lol i CAME BACK--) and like. Oh my god. It gave me The Most Idea.
So you get isekaied to Teyvat right? They hear your og language, they revere every single worf from your mouth, yadda yadda yadda. But like. How does SLANG AND THE OTHER ASPECTS OF UR OG LANGUAGE translate. I am having VERY heavy flashbacks to Pokemons "jelly filled donuts".
So like-- for example: (this is the first one that came to my head dont judge me i am tumblr trash) (lets also assume that traveler has perfect understanding of ur language and slang and all the nuances of it)
Lets say you and the traveler were hanging out with some of the Vision holders, and the traveler had some shenanigans and pranks or something planned. After they pull their shit, you say "i hate you so much (affectionate)". Which kind of throws the Vessels in for a loop because like-- their god literally just said they HATED someone. And hate is a PRETTY STRONG WORD. So they should DEFINITELY strike them down for catching their gods ire but-- AFFECTIONATE????? how does one hate someone affectionately???????? Does this mean their god hates the traveler but decided to recind their hate last second? Is it some form of Divine and Holy emotion that cannot be described by the mere words of their language????
Meanwhile youre just there vibin and having a blast with the traveler while you casually give them a philosophical crisis AHAHAHA
Another example is shortened words-- because i know teyvat doesnt have shit like "ily" or "omg" or "lmao" or "fyi" or "brb". Because honestly, without the cultural knowledge and background of the internet, these sets of letters are just fucking GIBBERISH.
And i know that like-- i know enough internet slang abbreviations that i can literally just talk in jumbles of letters, so how in the WORLD would the vessels interpret that? Because its very clear that their god is just using the letters of their language, HELL they might even use Teyvatian letters so what in the world are they saying????
So theyd just hear a convo between the traveler and reader thats like:
Reader: traveler, i gtg asap; tldr i forgot some stuff back in the cr brb
Traveler: wait fr?
Reader: yeah fr
Traveler: lol f
Reader: (sighs) ffs man-- anyways brb for real
Traveler: cya
And the vessels are just watching the exchange like "huh?? What????? What just happened here??????" And theyre just wondering if they used teyvatian to talk in the "divine language of the gods" but nah-- yall are just dickin around AHAHA
Hey, so it came to my attention some of this was AAVE, and while i am southern so things like "ya'll" got included w/o me thinking - thats not an excuse for me to use this as a white person.
so if you wouldnt mind letting me please know if i do this as we talk abt language more and more - i do not want to repeat shit like this again.
I'm genuinely sorry to any black readers out there.
I've personally seen and cringed with you when I see imagines/reader things that assume a white person as default,
All I can do in ur eyes is promise that I am actively putting a stop to my ignorance of things like AAVE, and ask for forgiveness (which you arent obligated to give, never feel that way).
So with that in mind, read the ask below with caution, although it has since been edited.
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ITS YOU!! >:D
A treat for ur ask my liege 🀲πŸͺ✨️
I think u were literally the first asker after my first SAGAU/Isekai language brainrot post!! Omg u came back with a banger LMAO
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What in the public menace is this...
(Gif is traveler and u pranking bitches)
Traveler knowing our world + language + SLANG?? INTERNET?? is SUCH A CONCEPT
So much room for inside jokes
I absolutely love the first one u said about phrases these days/gen z ig? slang
Its like so dramatic now that i think about it
Hate / love / dead / die / just straight up threats towards ur friends as affection or if theyre annoying u 😭
So many explicitives that make it hit harder too "go fucking die, my love <3"
^^^Or yeah like contradictions lol
♀
I think it was @nexylaza (srry abt the tag!) who replied to one of my earlier asks about blunt language how that might sound like to Teyvatians like ur emotions sound more extreme than what u actually feeling (which makes sense ur literally using hate = mildly dislike LMAO)
Same situation here like what u said ^^^
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(Ok i did lovely Aether awhile back so we'll go w/ Lumine this time! <3 u Aether!!)
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*idk at an event/party for your arrival or something, and ya hungry fucks r hoarding the buffet table lol 🍻
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You: "Shut the fuck up Lumine-"
Lumine: "Why r u pouring ur drink like ur in a earthquake lmao? Shaky hands lol"
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*The immediate area of people around you go dead silent
*Lumine laughs
πŸ’€πŸ’€!!
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Lumine: "Your gonna miss our cups LMAO"
You: "Bitch!" (u grinnin too lol)
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*the whole rooms now quiet 😭
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Lumine: "Don't spill- 🀣"
You: "I fucking hate you u whore <3"
(And u give the most genuine like abt to laugh smileπŸ₯° )
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*...a confused and kinda scared tension fills the room lol
*So poor Noelle, is like, oh. my. god. Creator is that upset with Lumine?? I must try to see what happened, how I can help! I dont remember Lumine doing anything bad to them! Shes wonderful y u do this to her πŸ₯²
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Noelle: "Uh, um, e-excuse me? Is every-everything al-alright, Y-y-your Majesty?"
You: "Huh? Yeah why??"
Noelle: "...w-well..."
UR FACE LIKE "πŸ˜—?" LMFAO
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*The room is staring at Lumine, in a mix of like shock, fear, and a little admiration for taking ur hate?? mood swing??? so well,,
theyre just waiting on Noelle to get an answer from you as to why you hate someone u seemed to care so much about, esp since they were ur first vessel πŸ’€
look what you did their poor hearts u gonna give them a heart attack soon
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Noelle: "A-a-a-a-are y-y-you s-sure??"
SHE IS SWEATIN
You: "🀨🀨??"
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*Lumine finally notices why theyre all quiet and kinda concerned looking, bc u sure as hell wouldnt 😭 (i mean it is normal speech for u)
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And Lumine's like: "No Noelle we're all good! It's just how Your Grace's home world, er, speaks for slang? Its overexagerated purposely dont worry love"
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*Im sure they dont all believe her (or even you if u tell them 😭) and are just like,, REALLY NERVOUS CHUCKLING WHILE LIKE SWEATING-
And it takes a good like 10 minutes for the conversations to start getting back to their volume again, and they all still are looking over their shoulder checking on you guys 😰
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(U did pour drinks w/o spillin tho🍻)
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THE TEXTING SLANNGGG
Ok, but u and Lumine would fucking write letters to people, and being the little shits pranksters u are,
(Bc u kno Teyvat dont got nothing else bc we're in the medival ages, besides having cameras- πŸ™„ )
And u guys r constantly-
"oh yes yes, that sounds all well and good Keqing, please inform the Qixing that I'll be there ASAP"
AND THEN-
"oh haha, silly me, i forgot that only Lumine/you get that stuff, sorryyyy πŸ˜‹!!!"
SOME PUBLIC MENACES LMFAO PLEASE
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And it just spreads to ALLLL the official documents u write or literally any letters sent to anybody-
And everyone else is feeling like the friend that got sacrificed to walk in the grass instead of the sidewalk πŸ’€πŸ’€
While also being like "??ΒΏ?ΒΏ??? πŸ₯²πŸ₯²πŸ˜€πŸ˜€???"
Is this ancient code?? Why does Lumine get to know it??
Why dont the like??? really old deities understand it??!!
But then nerds like Tighnari, Albedo, Alhaitham, Zhongli, Sucrose, Ayaka, Kokomi, Xingqiu, Childe, Yanfei, Shenhe, Kazhua, Sara, Ayato, Heizou, Cyno, Kaeya
Try to "solve" the letters or slang, poor things and not a single one of them gets it (y did u do this to them lmao)
(God i finally looked at a character list so i wouldnt leave anyone out, but theres so many of these fucks by now help)
^^^But all these ppl try to solve it in different ways/for different reasons that im too lazy to type out individually, u can see it right??
Some see this as an ancient scholarly code thing, some of them think of it like a rlly hard puzzle, and some just rlly want to put the mental effort into knowing/not being left out 😭😭
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And if anybody happens to see some letter exchanges w/ Lumine or like any written responses, you do not. stop. using. text slang. back to back.
(Like what u put in the askπŸ’€)
And its so miserable for those characters mentioned especially, bc they look like scrambled letters 😭
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Honestly them seeing u two talk to each other via letters just proves that the letters even mean anything at all to them, bc how did u understand each other, otherwise???!!
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(No one would ever realize u guys were fucking around unless u told them πŸ’€)
✨️Sorry✨️this✨️isnt✨️that✨️great✨️i✨️just✨️wanted✨️ to✨️ expand✨️ on✨️ what ✨️u ✨️already ✨️had ✨️nothing ✨️new✨️ πŸ§šπŸ½β€β™€οΈπŸ§šπŸ½β€β™€οΈ
I felt feral and out of it when i wrote this, i literally dont remember a single word i typed on that bullet list..
SO i still have asks/requests im gonna answer but i will be posting my follower event poll!! CLICK ME :) β™‘
Yall get to choose what i write about for some posts :D
(You can be a new follower!)
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BTW
UR SO BIG BRAIN SMART 2ND RANDOM U EVEN THOUGHT ABT TEYVATIAN LETTERS GETTING INCLUDED ADHJSLALASLL
WHAT A GENIUS
I hope my shit writing was somewhat ok of a reply to read to pay u back for that great idea lol
Cheers,
πŸŒ’πŸŒ§πŸŒŠAquariusβ™’οΈπŸŒŒπŸŒ˜
β™‘the beloveds
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lopposting Β· 7 months
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Korea Game awards Game Director interview transcription <Lies of P>
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Hey so, I went through some Korea Game Awards stuff. It looks like there was a lot of content recorded for the event, but it doesn't really seem available online. I did find this interview with the director uploaded by a ruliweb user. It ended up being more of talk related to the industry and not all that related to LoP, but I figured I might as well share it since and I had gone through it anyway [and who knows, this could all be lost media one day!].
On LOP winning GOTY - South Korea
The Metacritic score was honestly higher than he expected
Talk about expanding the console games industry in Korea. Again, in South Korea - a leading world of PC Bangs and E-Sports, MMORPGs reign supreme! [Reading around the k-net supposedly LoP is notably one of the first major south korean developed single-player console title? I want to write about this more]
Influenced by other console, single player titles like Naughty Dog's Uncharted Series. [me: I love you, NG's The Last of Us.]
I'm pretty sure that based on his answers he will continue to spearhead the Lies of P IP
Send me an Inbox if you have a correction or see possible error/clarification needed!
[The "footage" doesn't seem available so it's a little hard for me because we can't hear the phrasing, so it's my best guess]
[VERY ROUGH TRANS]
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Hello, nice to meet you, I am Choi Ji-won, general director of Lies of P [Jiwon Choi]
What games have you participated in developing so far? Asker Online, and just recently I was in charge of Lost Ark. [note: MMORPG and he did combat direction]
What do you think are the virtues of a good developer?
Above all, I think it's being clear and unwavering in direction
To what extent have I achieved compared to my goal? I think I've achieved about 80% of it.
I think the remaining 20% area
I want to at least overcome that level of fun I had, and the remaining area is one where the goal is to explore new fun
To do that, you have to put in a lot of effort, enjoy the game a lot, and talk a lot with your fellow development colleagues to achieve the fun you want
I want to get into that zone This is really honest
What advice can you give to juniors who want to become developers? Above all, you must become a gamer 'Does that fun really move you?' And do you want to give this feeling to yourself by becoming a developer?' I would like to take this opportunity to tell you once again that it is more important than anything to make an effort just to have fun
Why did you become a game developer? I've been a console game fanatic since I was young So, while enjoying famous masterpieces in console games, I also want to create a game that can provide this kind of fun I think it would be The Uncharted Series at that time I think I was able to analyze why this was fun while playing So I decided to become that kind of developer
What do you think about the Metascore rating results? [note: I'm assuming they're talking about the metacritic score, which is a critic aggregate (Lies of P currently sits at an 80)]
I'll be really honest about this too I thought it was a better score than the score I received. [Note: This is what he says, but I think what he means is "It was a better score than the one what I was expecting"] When I saw the evaluations of the metascore I realized I was only thinking about a small aspect and thought, 'I was [too] focused on the completion of just this area' But now, 'I need to think about a broader field and focus on it again.' It was that kind of experience
What is your ultimate goal as a developer?
Rather than being a developer who receives positive reviews from users, I actually want to remain as a developer who has a positive influence on other fellow developers in the field I hope to become someone who can serve as an opportunity to further improve and develop the development culture and development capabilities of our country's game industry
How do you feel when you receive positive and negative feedback?
(If you think positively) Thank you But I think we should never be satisfied with that (When receiving negative feedback) More and more, there were instances of reflection from a gamer's perspective like β€˜Okay. I should have been more in his shoes.’
Any last words you would like to say? I don't think this award is ever meant for me I think this is an award given to everyone on the team I will take this as a sign to work even harder in the future We will continue to do our best to become a developer that can provide only fun and emotion
KOR
μ•ˆλ…•ν•˜μ„Έμš” λ°˜κ°‘μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€ <> 총괄 λ””λ ‰ν„° μ΅œμ§€μ› μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€
Q: κ·Έλ™μ•ˆ κ°œλ°œμ— μ°Έμ—¬ν•˜μ‹  κ²Œμž„μ€ ?
<μ• μŠ€μ»€ 온라인>, 직전엔 <λ‘œμŠ€νŠΈμ•„ν¬> ν”„λ‘œμ νŠΈλ₯Ό λ‹΄λ‹Ήν–ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€
Q: 쒋은 개발자의 덕λͺ©μ€ 무엇이라고 μƒκ°ν•˜μ‹œλ‚˜μš”?
무엇보닀 λšœλ ·ν•˜κ³ , 흔듀리지 μ•ŠλŠ”
λ°©ν–₯성을 μ œμ‹œν•˜λŠ” 것이라고 μƒκ°ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€
Q: λ‚΄ λͺ©ν‘œμ •μ— λΉ„ν•΄ μ–΄λŠ” μ •λ„κΉŒμ§€ λ‹¬μ„±ν–ˆλ‚˜μš”?
μ•½ 80% μ •λ„λŠ” λ‹¬μ„±ν–ˆλ‹€κ³  생각을 ν•΄μš”
남은 20% μ˜μ—­
본인이 느꼈던 κ·Έ 재미 이상을 λ„˜μ–΄μ„œ
μƒˆλ‘œμš΄ 재미λ₯Ό 좔ꡬ할 수 μžˆλŠ” μ˜μ—­μ΄λΌκ³  생각을 ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€
그러렀면 정말 λ…Έλ ₯도 많이 ν•΄μ•Ό 되고
κ²Œμž„λ„ 많이 즐겨야 되고
같은 개발 λ™λ£ŒλΆ„λ“€κ³Όλ„
μ›ν•˜λŠ” 재미λ₯Ό 정말 많이 ν•œ λ°©ν–₯이 λ˜λ„λ‘
λŒ€ν™”λ„ 많이 ν•΄μ•Ό λ˜κ±°λ“ μš”
μ €λŠ” κ·Έ μ˜μ—­μ— λ„λ‹¬ν•˜κ³  μ‹ΆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€
이게 정말 μ†”μ§ν•œ κ²λ‹ˆλ‹€
Q: κ°œλ°œμžκ°€ 되고 싢은 ν›„λ°°λ“€μ—κ²Œ 해쀄 수 μžˆλŠ” 쑰언은?
무엇보닀 κ²Œμ΄λ¨Έκ°€ λ˜μ–΄μ•Ό λ©λ‹ˆλ‹€
κ·Έ 재미λ₯Ό ν†΅ν•΄μ„œ λ³ΈμΈμ—κ²Œ 정말 감동이 λ˜λŠ”κ°€?'
그리고 이 감동을 본인도 κ°œλ°œμžκ°€ λΌμ„œ μ„ μ‚¬ν•˜κ³  싢은가?'
μ§„μ§œ μž¬λ―Έλ§Œμ„ μœ„ν•΄μ„œ λ…Έλ ₯ν•˜λŠ” 게
무엇보닀 μ€‘μš”ν•˜λ‹€λŠ” 것,
λ‹€μ‹œ ν•œλ²ˆ 이 자리λ₯Ό λΉŒλ €μ„œ λ§μ”€λ“œλ¦¬κ³  μ‹ΆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€
Q: κ²Œμž„ κ°œλ°œμžκ°€λœ 계기?
μ €λŠ” 어렸을 적뢀터 μ½˜μ†” κ²Œμž„ λ•ν›„μ˜€μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€
κ·Έλž˜μ„œ μ½˜μ†” κ²Œμž„μ—μ„œ 유λͺ…ν•œ λͺ…μž‘λ“€μ„ μ¦κΈ°λ©΄μ„œ
λ‚˜λ„ κΌ­ 이런 재미λ₯Ό 쀄 수 μžˆλŠ” κ²Œμž„μ„ λ§Œλ“€κ³  μ‹Άλ‹€
κ·Έλ•ŒλŠ” <μ–Έμ°¨ν‹°λ“œ μ‹œλ¦¬μ¦ˆ>일 것 κ°™μ•„μš”
ν”Œλ ˆμ΄ν•˜λ©΄μ„œ 이게 μ™œ μž¬λ°ŒλŠ”μ§€λ₯Ό 뢄석을 ν•  수 μžˆμ—ˆλ˜ 것 κ°™μ•„μš”
κ·Έλž˜μ„œ κ·ΈλŸ¬ν•œ κ°œλ°œμžκ°€ 되기둜 결심을 ν•˜κ²Œ λμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€
Q: λ©”μ„Ένƒ€μŠ€μ½”μ–΄ 평점결과 에 λŒ€ν•΄μ„œ μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ μƒκ°ν•˜μ‹œλ‚˜μš”?
이것도 정말 μ†”μ§ν•˜κ²Œ μ–˜κΈ°ν• κ²Œμš”
받은 μ μˆ˜λ³΄λ‹€λŠ” 더 λ‚˜μ€ 점수라고 생각을 ν–ˆμ—ˆμ–΄μš”
κ·Έ λ©”νƒ€μŠ€μ½”μ–΄μ— λŒ€ν•œ 평가 λ‚΄μš©λ“€μ„ 봀을 λ•ŒλŠ”
납득이 κ°€λ”λΌκ³ μš”
μž‘μ€ μ˜μ—­μ—μ„œλ§Œ 생각을 ν–ˆμ—ˆκ³ 
'κ·Έ 뢀뢄에 λŒ€ν•œ μ™„μ„±λ„λ§Œ λ΄€μ—ˆκ΅¬λ‚˜...'
근데 μ΄μ œλŠ” 'λ”μš±λ” 넓은 λΆ„μ•ΌκΉŒμ§€λ„ 생각을 ν•˜κ³ ,
또 정진해야겠닀.' κ·ΈλŸ¬ν•œ 계기가 λμ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€
Q: ꢁ극적인 κ°œλ°œμžλ‘œμ„œμ˜ λͺ©ν‘œκ°€ μžˆλ‹€λ©΄?
μœ μ €λ“€μ—κ²Œ 쒋은 ν˜Έν‰μ„ λ°›λŠ” κ°œλ°œμžμ΄κΈ°λ³΄λ‹€λŠ”
ν˜„μ—…μ— μžˆλŠ” λ‹€λ₯Έ λ™λ£Œ κ°œλ°œμžλ“€μ—κ²Œ
긍정적인 영ν–₯을 λ―ΈμΉ˜λŠ” 개발자둜 사싀 남고 μ‹Άμ–΄μš”
μš°λ¦¬λ‚˜λΌ κ²Œμž„μ—…κ³„μ— λŒ€ν•œ 개발 λ¬Έν™”λ‚˜
개발λ ₯이 λ”μš±λ” κ°œμ„ λ˜κ³  λ°œμ „ν•˜λŠ”
κ·ΈλŸ¬ν•œ 계기가 될 수 μžˆλŠ” μ‚¬λžŒμ΄ λ˜μ—ˆμœΌλ©΄ μ’‹κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€
Q: 긍정적 & 뢀정적 ν”Όλ“œλ°±μ„ λ°›μ„λ•Œμ˜ 기뢄은?
(κΈμ •μ μœΌλ‘œ μƒκ°ν•΄μ£Όμ‹œλ©΄) κ°μ‚¬ν•˜μ£ 
ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ κ·Έκ²ƒμœΌλ‘œ λ§Œμ‘±ν•΄μ„œλŠ” μ ˆλŒ€ μ•ˆ λœλ‹€κ³ 
생각을 ν•˜κ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€
(뢀정적 ν”Όλ“œλ°±μ„ λ°›μœΌλ©΄) λ”μš±λ” 게이머 μž…μž₯μ—μ„œ
'μ•„μ°¨, μ œκ°€ λ”μš±... 더 κ·ΈλΆ„μ˜ μž…μž₯이 λ˜μ–΄μ•Ό ν–ˆμ—ˆκ΅¬λ‚˜'라고
λ°˜μ„±μ„ ν•˜λŠ” κ²½μš°λ„ λ§Žμ•˜μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€
Q: λ§ˆμ§€λ§‰μœΌλ‘œ ν•˜κ³ μ‹ΆμœΌμ‹  말은?
이 상은 κ²°μ½” μ €μ—κ²Œ μ£ΌλŠ” 상이 μ•„λ‹ˆλΌκ³  생각을 ν•΄μš”
νŒ€ λͺ¨λ“  λΆ„λ“€μ—κ²Œ μ£Όμ–΄μ§€λŠ” 상이라고 생각을 ν•˜κ³ 
μ•žμœΌλ‘œλ„ λ”μš±λ” μ—΄μ‹¬νžˆ ν•˜λΌλŠ” 뜻으둜 λ°›μ•„λ“€μ΄κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€
였직 μž¬λ―Έμ™€ κ°λ™λ§Œμ„ 선사할 수 μžˆλŠ”
그런 κ°œλ°œμžκ°€ λ˜λ„λ‘
계속 μ΅œμ„ μ„ λ‹€ν•˜λ„λ‘ λ…Έλ ₯ν•˜κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€
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vulturevanity Β· 2 years
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Didn't want to add this to the post it's about bc I don't want to bother OP, but I don't think mentioning that you are or have been a part of a christian community is forcing your religion on other people.
It's almost the same experience I've had in other online circles where I said I'm christian because it was relevant to the discussion and had annoying Armchair Atheists derail the conversation just to condescend to me about how The Bible Is Full Of Innacuracies (i know) or Jesus Isn't A Real Person (historical documents at least confirm the existence of a religious leader called "the Christ" by followers) or whatever Atheism Fun Fact.
Like, someone saying they're Christian when it's relevant or brought up is not prozelityzing, trying to convert people against their will or, as the asker phrased, "shoving jebus down [their] throat". And acting like it is only fuels the egos of obnoxious conservative christofascists who think they're being oppressed for being called out when they actually do those things. It's what keeps them screaming "see?! The world hates us for merely being christians!!!" And continuing to campaign for bigotry and christian supremacy to stand on top of minorities' blood and bodies.
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lilfellasblog Β· 3 years
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πŸ˜‚ What’s the funniest comment someone has left on a fic of yours?
πŸ”ͺ Fuck marry kill 3 tropes (asker’s choice of tropes). Hurt/comfort, fantasy au, soulmate au
πŸ‘€ Do you have any words/phrases you use habitually?Β 
πŸ“Œ If all your fics/WIPs fell off a ship and were drowning (go with it), and you could only save one, which would it be?
❓Write an alternate summary for a published fic without using names. (Points if your followers can guess the fic.)
πŸ˜‚ - Oh gosh, there have been so many funny ones! I think one of my favorites is by Cat_boy_virgil on chapter 181 of Healing Broken Wings and it goes, "Low key your my favorite author and I have faith that everything in this story happens for a reason but t h e h e l l". I still cackle at that one!
πŸ”ͺ - Oooooo, okay, so I think I've gotta kill the fantasy au right off the bat because that one takes so much more world-building work than the others tend to and I'm lazy. I think I'd fuck w the soulmate au just to see what I come up with, and you all know I've gotta marry the hurt/comfort.
πŸ‘€ - "And with that," "I'm... I'm so italicized."
πŸ“Œ - I mean, it's gotta be HBW, that's my baby.
❓- In which I spend multiple chapters picking on the green boi specifically.
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gabesapwhoreta Β· 7 years
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The first and only time I've been out during my stay in a mental hospital, there was a transgirl on the same unit as me. One day we were all having lunch in the main room, and a discussion got started up about transitioning, mostly me and her comparing mtf vs ftm transitioning and what it was like/the research we'd done on it. Naturally the other kids were curious about it, so we had like, a big discussion, just sort of answering every question they had about being trans- like, how pronoun preferences work, what's polite, and some of the less talked about stuff too, like what surgery is like and why dysphoria/wanting a full physical transition isn't across the board for every trans person. Neither of us minded at all since we were already talking about it, and since obviously they were just curious and seemed really scared of accidentally being rude.
But like, towards the end of the conversation, this girl says something that makes me wanna tear up- she's just like "You know, I used to disagree with people wanting to be called pronouns and names and stuff before they got surgery, but you guys completely changed my mind. Like, you're both completely the gender you say you are, anyone who talked to you would see that, it doesn't matter whether you've had surgery, you guys are both so sweet and awesome."
And like, it kind of made an impression on me, like- I changed someone's mind. Just by talking to her and letting her know me. It kinda blew my mind to think about how many other people are like that- people who seem transphobic and 'respectfully disagree' or whatever they say they're doing with our 'life choices', meanwhile they just grew up only surrounded by people and media that was telling them completely reversed facts. It's like those dumb videos you see on YouTube titled "Gay People Hug Homophobes" or whatever, and the videos end with the person saying something like "I didn't think gay people acted like you," and you almost want to cry because, what did you think we act like?
Impressions are so important, especially when the person you're talking to isn't particularly exposed to many viewpoints. I remember talking to my grandmother once, and she was talking about why she didn't believe in interracial relationships, or something insane like that, and she explains why- "I had a friend, he was black, and he used to tell me not to trust black guys who wanted to date me, because he'd never choose a white girl over a black girl, because they're sexier." Obviously the dude was joking to a degree, but she took it totally verbatim.
Anyway, that's why I answer questions way more personal than most trans people are willing to answer, provided the asker is just curious and not trying to be rude or something- I feel like there's a big trend in this community to hate straight and cis people, and yeah, it's hilarious and therapeutic to make jokes on tumblr, but sometimes impressions can change a person's entire perspective. Yes, I get it, it's not our responsibility to educate people, it's theirs to seek the information out- but that's not how to actually change anything. When people come on tumblr asking critical questions about being trans, most of the time, they're trying to seek that information out- but the response they get is just people yelling at them for their bad phrasing and overly formal nerdbro-associated typing style borrowed from reddit, and two months later they're an anti-sjw blog, because the conclusion they drew is that we're aggressive and entitled, since they had no fucking clue why anyone was yelling at them when they didn't know.
What I'm saying is we need to start differentiating between ignorance and people genuinely being rude on purpose. Privacy invading questions suck, but it's possible to gently tell someone why they suck, and giving them the benefit of the doubt, instead of just yelling at them. I feel like tumblr culture has a big tendency to fuck that up.
Yes, it's exhausting that we have to explain ourselves to every single person, and yeah, it's super fucking unfair. But no one is going to listen to us when we're insulting them.
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