#but I don't judge a book by it's cover!

[red-dead-sakharine]

Loopholes

I saw the tags in @changeling-fae 's reblog, so...

"I swear" does not necessarily mean he put it in the contract. He might have, but we don't know. He gives us his word, not a magically bound contract for this. Though I personally think he will not break his word, considering that Korilla says he's always fair and honest, it still is something to be aware of.

"never use the crown..." doesn't mean he can't use his innate powers against mortals. Or his army. Or send other lackeys, like Korilla or Yurgir, against mortals. Or use ordinary weapons against mortals. It only refers to the crown's power specifically. And against puny mortals he hardly even needs the crown to snap them out of existence.

"to dominate a mortal" doesn't mean he can't use the crown to kill, maim, torture, teleport, displace, tickle, explode, humiliate, and-so-on a mortal, or conquer the material plane. Dominate is a very narrow, singular action to exclude.

In short, he literally only gives us his word, that he won't use one of his weapons to do one specific thing with mortals. He can still use the rest of his arsenal, to do whatever else he wishes.

It's such an obviously flimsy promise full of loopholes, I was very disappointed, that Tav wasn't able to point it out to him at least with an insight check.

And considering that he states during his post-credit scene, that he'll "come knocking at your door", I'd say he was very deliberate with his wording here, and doesn't intend to spare the material plane. But we'll probably never know for sure. He could just mean to take us out for dinner, after all. Right? RIGHT?

[who-do-i-know-this-man]

⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️

[quackle]

there's no fucking way she's straight like absolutely no way.

[kimabutch]

My Hot Take is that moralizing on how people choose their next book is very silly.

If you have to get mad at anyone, get mad at publishing companies that market books by emphasizing only one aspect of the books (ex. plot, atmosphere, representation, themes, tropes) and ignoring all other aspects that potential readers might enjoy.

When you get mad at people who choose books cause the plot sounds intriguing, or they want to see themselves represented in a character, or cause it has particular tropes they'd like new takes on... it makes you sound like people who say that genre fiction is inherently inferior to "real" books. You sound goofy!

[thelov3lybookworm]

Okay so I just came across a short where Timothee Chalamet wraps about baby face with Domingo (idk his name correct me if I'm wrong lmao I only know him cus of the espresso song he did 😭) and like....

First of all, HOW IS HIS VOICE THAT??? I DID NOT. I DID NAWT THINK HE WOULD HAVE A VOICE LIKE THAT.

But also. THE LYRICS??? HIDE YOUR GRANDMA???

Yeah no I really did think of him as an innocent pookie wookie just cus he had a baby face huh 😔

[ephemeralscreamer]

Any Master fans listen to this series and is it worth it? I've held off because the picture looks bad to me idk. Was it great or just okay? Compared to War Master? I would like to hear opinions, thank you ❤️

[ilikestuffthatsparkles]

Can we all agree that Boltons would dress like this?

Like, their outfits are always on a thin line between swag and tacky, and I love it.

[tealeavesandthorns]

[eastendripper]

I don't know what I just found but is it like,,, eh,,,, legal for this guy to do this?????

[fracturedodr]

((Bell muse has new icoooons I'm SO EXCITED TO USE THEM THANK YOU CXDEMUSINGS ))

[writeouswriter]

Hrghggh I want this book but can only find the ugly cover version anywhere to buy, usually wouldn't be a problem if I was getting a better deal, but I just really dislike this one for some reason and can't find the good cover I know for a fact exists anywhere

[toastingpencils37]

Thinking back on it, I don't think hearing "Leggo my eggo" and my brain automatically thinking of "Leggo" as "LEGO" was quite normal

[littlelordalphinaud]

I love writing characters that communicate differently, because my verbal ability varies wildly from day to day and I like giving my characters parts of me.

Adya mimics and mimes. They repeat back the last word or sound they heard and gesture with their hands to communicate.

Ihzi can speak in full sentences but that exhausts her and makes her feel uncomfortable and unsafe, so she uses her own dialect, and just uses the single words to get her point across.

Sai communicates with sign language, or by her Esteem, Sana, taking over their body and speaking verbally.

Raza has so many accents and languages and dialects crammed into them that they struggle to sound like they're from one place and people often struggle to understand them when they get excited and talk fast.

Tola understands Eorzean but only speaks Drivanian, relying on Ysayle to translate what's necessary to the people around them.

Nergui has a very intense stutter, so often tries to shorten her sentences so she can get them out quicker, avoiding words with W or S sounds as they make it worse.

All of these characters have varying education and intelligence levels. Nergui is an Archon, Ihzi stopped getting any education at age 5, but none of that is related to their methods of communication.

Sometimes I get self conscious, as when I've written characters with alternate communication in the past, people have accused me of ableism and mockery, when I'm only trying to give voice to my own experiences.

If you have characters that communicate in unique ways, please let me know! In replies or reblogs, I'd love to hear about them!

[foundfamilyhq]

[shymaidxn]

❝ don’t you dare talk to me like that. ❞ pretend im on my multi. from fenrir

andor sentence starters | @lunarcry

Retracting her hand, holding it to her chest, but...Not taking a step back. The fear and surprise that laced her face for the briefest of moments fades into her previous seriousness. Diantha even takes a step towards Fenrir - even if her arms are now stiff and unmoving - taking a deep breath and continuing.

"I'm sorry if I offended you in any way. But you have feelings too. Even if you don't want to talk about them...I saw how upset you were, and wanted to make sure you were okay. That's all." Her delivery is a little stiff, as is her whole body, but Diantha was nothing if not a genuine girl. It took ever ounce of strength in her to not cower away from all of Fenrir's hostility and bite, but she stood strong by choice. Not even in the sense that she liked Fenrir that much, but in the sense that...She knew hurt when she saw it. And they were working together, in the end, no longer true "enemies", so the hostility on Diantha's side had melted more into an...understanding worry. She's stupid for feeling that, she knows that. And she knew she would get such a reaction from such a hostile primal. But, even then...

"I just wanted you to know that I'm here if you needed somebody." That was all she could really offer her, but she was glad to do it.

[tealeavesandthorns]