#because i certainly do not

[lovelynim]

Ok so there was Robert E. Lee was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He was born in 1807. Now history books, movies, tv shows, pop music, etc have it wrong about Bobby and the demise of the confederacy. His name wasn't always Lee. Before the surrender on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House his last name was Ler although some historians speculate that it may have been Switch in the years preceding the Union (northern states) had the the last LAUGH. The conclusion of the war commenced with the articles of surrender agreement but it was really "arTICKLES of surrender" ya dig? Ulysses S. Grant (northern general) and Roberto decided to settle it with a tickle fight. Grant and his beard really gave Robert a lickin (lickle?) but eventually Robert E. Ler/Switch gained the High Ground (like obi wan kenobi). All seemed lost but then ABRAHAM LINCOLN (the president) chopped down the door. He takes off his stovepipe hat and pulls out a giant fluffy feather (of course) and said "he he he get a load of me here's how we did it in the Illinois State Legislature" or "talk about having a feather in your cap). Together Grant and Honest Abe tickle Robert (and the confederacy tbh) into submission. Robert was heard praying to Jesus HeHeHe Christ (the one on the lower case t for t word) for mercy. Afterwards when Robert E. Ler/Switch rested and regained his breath and said "I guess that makes me Robert E. Lee" and they all laughed.

Whatever you say, honey

[fitpacs]

If we get a memory loss trope and I have to sit through another set of months of slow burn all over again you will see me on the news

you really think qpac would be able to sit through another slow burn

[demaparbat-hp]

There is no such thing as personal space between them.

[bigfatbreak]

Birds of a Feather previous / next

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

This wine tastes like pigs blood!

[First] Prev <–-> Next

[moriipoda]

what a lovely team full of members who all love eachother and hold no grudges!!

[andstuffsketches]

Maybe not Impulse, But I think she would date Cissie

a glimpse into a possible future....

[grand-line-shenanigans]

For those of us who cannot comprehend big numbers (me) I have done the math. FOUR FUCKING YEARS. SECUNIT WHAT THE FUCK.

[fizpup]

pov: it’s the mid 2000s and you’re learning what love is

[viperwhispered]

Notes on Jamil's speech patterns

I was supposed to just pick out some examples of typical Jamil lines. How he speaks, the vocabulary he uses, things like that. Something I could easily refer to when writing to get the tone right.

But then it kinda blew up, oop – because it’s hard to talk about how a character speaks without also dipping into why they say whatever they say.

Plus then I wanted to get examples of Jamil in different moods, and could not resist some poignant things that were more related to his character or backstory rather than strictly the speech patterns themselves, so… It expanded a bit.

Anyways. Some things I noticed he tends to do:

Sighs (more than I realized)

Snarks

Tch (though could be a more general twst writing choice too)

Stutters when he’s flustered / embarrassed / caught of guard (what a cutie)

Goes ahem like an old man when he’s trying to get back on track in those off-kilter moments

Kinda formal with his manner of speech and choice of words (especially in servant mode) (I always worry I exaggerate this but he sure does do that)

But there’s still some animatedness with the way he emphasises words, for example

(so long-suffering and ready to bark out directions to Kalim oh boy - the way the directness just comes through when he loses it)

sugarcoating his opinions if he doesn’t feel like he can say them plainly (tyrant becomes rigorous, etc.)

sarcasm, sometimes with a side of deadpan, sometimes with a smirk

“Good grief” (another thing I didn't realize was that much of a catchphrase)

Very mild on the level of insults & swears honestly, (I mean, "drat"?) but I imagine this is more of a result of the game's rating (I guess for in-game reasons we can say he's been very conditioned by his upbringing)

I put the screenshots that seemed telling, and some related notes, on to a google sheet. That way one can filter and order it in various ways.

The sheet is probably best viewed on a computer or another larger screen, the screenshots might make it a bit difficult to navigate on mobile.

I did go in with the assumption that Jamil might speak differently pre-overblot (when the servant mask is firmly in place) and post-overblot (at least those occasions where he allows himself to be more honest). Like, there’s the sycophantic (as Leona calls it) flatterer, versus when Jamil’s honestly voicing his own thoughts. Which also shows in how I chose to categorize the screenshots.

Of course events are a bit wibbly wobbly in relation to the main story so can’t be placed in the timeline in the same way, but there are still those occasions where it seems you can tell the difference between the servant mask and a Jamil who’s not saying things just for the sake of appearances.

So, to explain the logic of the sheet:

First column has a screenshot of something Jamil says. The second two columns give the source.

The column for whether or not this happened before or after the overblot is only really used for main story things, since event stories are kinda murky timeline-wise.

Next is whether Jamil seems to be putting on the servant mask or speaking more honestly. This is where get more to interpretation territory, and I’ve not applied it to every screenshot (either because that didn’t seem like the relevant part for that line, or because I couldn’t tell).

The last column of the sheet is where we get most to my personal interpretations. So of course you might read these lines differently than I do, and that’s completely fine, these are simply the aspects that seemed poignant to me. Some notes are simply pointing out specific word choices or style of speech, others delve more into character analysis side of things.

Totally fine if you want to copy this file or modify it to your own needs. All I ask is that you don’t pass off anything I wrote as your own thoughts.

Order of lines is based purely on the order the pics were in my screenshots folder, so guess this is also an insight on the order I played things in, lol.

Tagging some jamil peeps in case y'all find this useful:

@crystallizsch @diodellet @moonyasnow @twstgo @lex752

@majestickitty @viperbunnies

[itspileofgoodthings]

one of the things that continues to strike me on reread is how much the character of Darcy, and Austen through him, finds Mr. Bennet dead. And how much Elizabeth, in growing and changing and discarding her past blindness, has to move past her way of seeing her father and thus of seeing reality, because the two are connected! Darcy’s letter exposes her father’s flaws to Elizabeth in a way she’d never been able to see before. Most especially the way his laziness and neglect of his own gifts have hurt his family and that ultimately he doesn’t. care. Not enough to change. It literally says that she comes home from Hunsford and tries to laugh at her sisters’ and mother’s folly (the way she used to; the way her father has taught her to by example for her whole life) and she can’t anymore! It sticks in her throat. She is grieved by the failures that she sees in him, all the more so because she IS his favorite and she loves him! And the thing about Mr. Bennet is he never changes. The Lydia/wickham situation exposes to him sharply his own conduct and the consequences and he feels it! Because he is neither stupid nor unfeeling. But he, like everyone, has free will. And he chooses not to change when the opportunity presents itself. He even jokes about how quickly his feeling bad will pass and how soon everything will go back to normal, to his laziness and his selfishness. He is set in his ways and he serves as a contrast to Elizabeth’s personal journey because he embodies a version of a person she could have become and was in danger of becoming if her only goal at all times was to laugh at and judge people from the sidelines.

[tezzbot]

I really like the headcanon that a very select amount of people are allowed to actually call Tails 'Miles' and Shadow is on that list, it's very cute to me ^_^

[agnesandhilda]

watched conclave last night and then read the wikipedia entry for the book and now I'm wondering about the category ten shitstorm that a publicly intersex pope would cause

[odakota-rose]

spoilers for the star beast novelization but I'm not sure I'll ever be able to be normal about them again

the doctor was going to give up visiting london FOR ALL OF THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY

[rocketbirdie]

Cloud Strife

1 in 3 chance for each played 7 to create a Planet card when scored.

[literateowl]

Hello my friends

I'm starting a picrew chain because I thought we could use a little brain break from our feelings. Yes, we are going to essentially play with dolls again 💜

Here is the link to the picrew.

All you have to do is go to the link and make a little fantasy world. You can share by making your own post or put it in a reblog on mine here and then tag more people. This one is really cute and I had fun with it so I wanna see everyone else's cute things please 💜💜💜

Here are my creations

Tagging a few people to hopefully get this going but please tag more people and spread it around! But OPEN TAG too!

No pressure tags for @bonheur-cafe @ladytessa74 @lemonlyman-dotcom @carlos-in-glasses @laelipoo @thisbuildinghasfeelings @nisbanisba @eclectic-sassycoweyes @captain-gillian @nancys-braids @toomanycupsoftea @goldenskykaysani @heartstringsduet @carlos-tk @hereghostslive @herefortarlos