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[ask-the-pioneer]

"The duality of Anon"

[dearest-amber-daily]

Awww!! <3

My sister’s husky has a fantastic costume this year

[iceb4gw-c]

Dear @henchmaniac-ford , I'VE GOT A WHOLE LOAD OF THOSE SPARKLY GIFS OF YOU. AND I WILL POST EM.

anways stay cool dudes!

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This is just the start man. JUST. THE. START.

Mwahahaha dude!

[dailygenos]

can we see him .. comfy on bed :3?

yeah :-3

bonus:

he doesn't make for a very good bedmate

[ask-ii-secretphantoms-au]

I will be turning off asks! Today it is currently the 24th for me and I'm not sure when I will turn them back on, perhaps around new years. Stay safe everyone!!

Hello dear!

Sorry for bothering you, but it's important to remind you to turn off your asks for a few days! Bad things are going to happen on Tumblr soon...

Don t know anything about this but BETTER BE SAFE EVERYBODY!!!!!!

[zorasarildim]

[startheskelaton]

Do elita and Megatron ever.. yknow talk to each other? Like about there grief and stuff about Optimus

They definitely do! It is a hard conversation though.

Elita did have feelings for both D-16 and Orion, while she was a self determined middle class girl, the two miners were able to open her eyes to the bigger picture of what was going on in Cybertron.

But more importantly, they made her feel happy, included… she really did love her time with them.

However ideals clashed and eventually things fell apart, Elita went with Optimus and Megatron went to start a dictatorship.

After Optimus died, things were hard. Because for a moment, it felt like the three of them were finally able to be together like they used to… then boom… gone.

Sometimes when it’s late at night, they head up to the roof of the base and look up at the stars together. Sometimes they talk, about life, their kids, work… how it feels a bit more quiet without them. But they both look at the same constellation together, Orion’s Belt. And sometimes when it’s really quiet… you can almost hear Optimus Prime’s voice, still talking about the stars.

[monk-has-a-phone]

you say spearmaster has purred before when did you see that happen

Yeah! When I took this photo they were actually purring!

[powder-ask]

Aww thank you... <33

Jinx in the parallel universe appreciation post

[the-muses-puppeteer]

"Uhhh GreEtings Everyone~! Is it just mE of is the worldxspining"

Mod: Just a little arc to have fun with for the holidays, may be canon may not be. I plan to keep it up for like, 2 or 3 days? I want him either sober or hangover for new years so we'll see

[dailygenos]

hey geno

meow

[shhitskinkytime]

Im getting CROSSFADEDDDDD hit me with em!!!!

Send an ask "If I met you in real life"

Bonus points off anon

[tf2-ask]

hey BLU soldier, i bought this dress in the wrong size. but it looks like it'll fit you, so you can have it if you want it

artist: @cringefortress2

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[zorasarildim]

[writers-potion]

Writing Character Accents in Fiction

Hey there, thanks for the question! I speak English as a second language; most English speakers I encounter aren’t native (yes, including fictional people); thus, this is a concern I’ve explored personally when I write. 

I think the core principle regarding accent writing is this: it shouldn’t be distracting. 

For the same reasons why Stephen King prescribes the basic dialogue tag “said” rather than fancier alternatives like “whispered”, “shouted” or “screeched”, dialogue must be first and foremost easy to read. It must flow like a real conversation – the pace and tone are a lot more important than how specific words are being pronounced by the character. 

Focus on what effect the accent has:

Using adjectives to describe their voice in general. Different types of English (American, British, Australian, etc.) will give off a different vibe, also partly dependent on how your character speaks in general:

Lilting: Having a smooth rise and falling quality; sing-song like. Welsh accent is often described as singing. 

Posh: from a high social class. This is the term generally used to describe the upper-class British accent.

Nasal: this happens when the sound goes through somebody’s nose when they’re speaking. North American accents are more nasal than, say, British pronunciations. 

Brash: harsh, loud, indicative of sounding a little rude. 

Slur: speaking indistinctly; words merging into one another.

Using metaphors.

Her voice was cotton and fluffy clouds. 

When he spoke, the ‘r’s scratched the insides of his throat. 

Mentioning their accent with a brief example(s). 

“Would you like to drink some wine?” she said, though her Indian accent gave extra vibration to her ‘w’s and ‘r’s, making the words sound more like ‘vould you like to drrrink some vine’.

“I want some chocolate.” His syllables were choppy and ‘l’s rather flat, saying ‘cho-ko-lit’. 

Some Tips:

Don’t phonically spell out everything. Perhaps give a few examples in the beginning, but stick to standard English spellings. 

Pay attention to word choice, slang, and colloquialisms. 

An Australian person would say “tram”, not “trolley; “runners” instead of “sneakers”

A Canadian may refer to a “fire hall” – what Americans call a firehouse or fire station

If your character comes from a non-Enligsh background:

Use vocabulary from other languages. 

“What time was the exam, ah? Two o’clock? Jiayou!” → putting “ah” or “la” at the end of sentences + Jiayou means “break a leg” in Singlish. 

“I can’t believe that 4-year-olds have their own SNS accounts now.” → “SNS” is short for “social networking service”, a term used to refer to social media in Korea. This would a subtle difference – even though it isn’t technically Korean at all!

Transpose grammar from different languages. 

For example, in French, plural nouns take plural adjectives (whereas in English, you would speak of ‘white cars’, not ‘whites cars’).

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