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nameofallteams · 4 months ago

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269 Best Study Group Names (From Cool To Funny)

Study groups are an incredible way to boost productivity, share knowledge, and make learning more enjoyable. Whether you're tackling a difficult subject, preparing for exams, or simply want to encourage collaboration among students, a clever and creative study group name can make the process more fun and memorable. The right name helps define your group’s goals, sets the tone for your meetings, and can even add some much-needed humor during those long study sessions. Here are 269 of the best study group names, ranging from cool and motivational to funny and lighthearted. No matter your group's vibe, you’ll find the perfect name to keep you focused, energized, and maybe even laughing along the way.

Cool and Motivational Study Group Names

These names reflect ambition, focus, and dedication – ideal for study groups that are serious about hitting their goals and staying on top of their academic game. - The Scholars’ Society - Brainpower Brigade - The A-Team - Mind Masters - The Achievers - Elite Thinkers - Focus Group - The Knowledge Seekers - The Brain Trust - Future Leaders - Top Performers - The Study Strikers - Goal Getters - The Strategic Minds - Intellect in Action - The Overachievers - Success Squad - The Knowledge Network - Master Minds - Cognitive Crew

Creative and Clever Study Group Names

Looking for a name that shows off your group’s intelligence and creativity? These clever names are perfect for study groups that pride themselves on thinking outside the box. - The Wise Wizards - Cram Masters - The Study Stars - The Brainiacs - Knowledge Nook - Bookworm Buddies - Genius Generation - Think Tank - The Information Station - Cerebral Squadron - The Study Circle - The Idea Factory - Sharp Minds - Data Driven - The Intellectuals - The Mental Workout - Cognitive Collective - Mind Over Matter - Learning Legends - Solution Squad

Funny and Lighthearted Study Group Names

Studying doesn't always have to be serious! These funny and lighthearted names can add some humor and fun to your group, making even the toughest study sessions a little more enjoyable. - Straight Outta Coffee - Study Buddies - The Procrastination Station - The Know-It-Alls - CTRL + ALT + DEFEAT - The Examinators - The Caffeine Crew - Bookworm Bunch - Study Sapiens - The Panic Mode - Crack the Books - The Night Owls - The Overcaffeinated - Smarties in Training - We’ll Figure It Out - Book Avengers - Team No Sleep - Ctrl + Study + Repeat - Page Turners - Brain Drain

Study Group Names for Specific Subjects

Whether you're studying for math, science, history, or literature, these subject-specific names will help set the theme for your group and show off your focus area. Math Study Group Names - The Pi-rates - Algebra Avengers - Geometry Geeks - Number Crunchers - Mathletes - Equation Experts - Calculus Crew - The Derivative Divas - Formula Fanatics - Prime Time Thinkers Science Study Group Names - The Lab Rats - Periodic Table Talkers - Atom Smashers - Biology Buffs - Science Squad - DNA Dream Team - Physics PhD Candidates - Molecule Mavens - The Cell Cycle - The Experimenters History Study Group Names - History Buffs - The Time Travelers - History Hackers - Past Masters - Chronological Conquerors - The Heritage Heroes - The Historical Society - Back in Time - Era Explorers - Legacy Learners Literature and Language Study Group Names - Literary Legends - Grammar Gurus - Book Club Brawlers - Poetic Justice - The Word Nerds - Page Turners - Plot Twisters - Metaphor Masters - The Rhetorical Devices - Storyline Savants

Study Group Names for Exam Prep and Motivation

When you’re preparing for big exams, staying motivated and focused is key. These names reflect the grind and determination it takes to ace those tests. - The Grind Never Stops - The Final Countdown - Exam Crushers - The Cram Session - Test Takers United - Brainstorm Battalion - Mission: Pass - Study Mode On - The Exam Warriors - No Sleep Till Finals

Quirky and Unique Study Group Names

If you’re looking for something a bit more original, these quirky and unique names are perfect for groups that want to stand out and have fun while studying. - The Think Tanks - Brainy Bunch - Enlightened Elephants - Intellect Uprising - The Concept Crew - Mental Mechanics - Outside the Box Thinkers - Brainstormers - The Thought Processors - Mind Meld

Inspirational and Uplifting Study Group Names

For groups that want to stay positive and motivated, these inspirational names serve as a reminder that hard work pays off. - Rise and Grind - The Goal Setters - Dream Chasers - Aspire Higher - Believe Achieve Succeed - Mind Over Matter - Determined to Succeed - Ambition Alliance - Success Seekers - Perseverance Pack

Pop Culture Inspired Study Group Names

Pop culture references always add a fun and relatable twist to group names. These names are perfect for study groups that love TV shows, movies, or internet memes. - The Brainy Bunch - Hogwarts Study Hall - The Jedi Scholars - Study Wars - The Avengers of Academia - The Knowledge of Winterfell - Scholars of the Ring - The Fellowship of the Books - Mind Game of Thrones - SpongeBob SmartPants

International Study Group Names

For groups that love to celebrate diversity and international culture, these names reflect a global approach to studying and learning. - The Global Scholars - Worldly Wisdom - International Intellects - Culture Connect - The United Nations of Learning - Scholars Without Borders - The Continental Collective - The Diplomatic Studies - Global Learning League - The International Exchange

Thematic Study Group Names for Specific Vibes

These study group names are perfect for setting a particular mood or theme for your study sessions, whether it's relaxed, intense, or anywhere in between. - The Chill Zone - Study & Vibes - Zen Study Squad - The Calm Minds - Study Powerhouse - Chill & Learn - Study Fortress - Learning Lounge - Brain Bootcamp - The Knowledge Den

More Awesome Group Names

- Silent Scholars - Focus Factory - A+ Ambition - Mission: Education - Caffeine & Cram - Nerd Herd - Effort Equals Success - Study Breakers - The Brainy Ones - Pencil Pushers

Bonus Section: Even More

Because there are endless possibilities, we’ve added some extra cool, quirky, and motivational study group names to make sure you have plenty of options to choose from. - Mindful Minds - The Intellectual Collective - Sharp Scholars - Exam Enthusiasts - Academic Avengers - Curious Minds Club - Idea Incubators - Scholarly Solutions - The Cognitive Thinkers - The Study Architects Conclusion A great study group name does more than just identify your team; it sets the tone for your sessions, boosts morale, and fosters a sense of unity among members. Whether you’re aiming for a name that’s motivational, humorous, or reflective of your study focus, the right choice can enhance your group's dynamics and make studying a more enjoyable and productive experience. Read the full article

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wolfenm · 5 years ago

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*Pinches the bridge of her nose.* People, "everyday" is an adjective alone, telling what kind of a thing something ELSE is. "It's an everyday outfit -- there's nothing special about it." If you want the adjective-noun combo that tells WHEN something happens, you want to use "every day", WITH A SPACE. "Every day, I wake up with existential dread." I have seen the wrong version being used SO OFTEN lately, and it's driving me nuts! LOL

#everyday versus every day #everyday #every day #grammar #grammar maven #adjective #noun #writing #mine #English

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rekindled-rqau · 3 years ago

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Rekindled RQAU

Chapter 1 - Maven’s perspective

Chapter Summary• Maven wakes in a strange quiet cell. He doesn’t know where he is or how he’s even alive. He doesn’t get any answers until after guards drag him out into an unfamiliar room where he is faced with an unfamiliar face that he’s going to have to get used to. Notes/Warnings• strong emotions ig and maybe some strong language? imprisonment? I don’t plan on having too many triggering concepts anytime soon, but let me know if there’s anything I should cw/tw! [Also if anyone has tips for formatting!! It’d be welcome!!

I am alive. In spite of all impossibility, I am alive. Confusion gives way to disappointment as I sit up, finding that I am in fact not in any sort of afterlife, but rather what seems to be a cell with silent stone. Some might argue that this would be a fitting punishment for the life I led, but I hold no such beliefs. I somehow escaped the wrath of Mare Barrow.

Mare.

A chill runs down my spine as the image of light fading from her eyes and my hands wrapped around her throat flickers through my mind. There is no way anyone would leave me breathing if she were dead— before I can stop myself, I a twinge of relief twists in my gut and sends a light wave of nausea over me. weak— weak— my mother’s voice is feeble, muffled by the silence of the cell, but neither her voice nor it being muffled are much comfort.

I’m not given much time to process or recover as the door to the cell opens, two guards entering in solemn silence. They don’t say a word as they hoist me up from where I was sitting, dragging me out into the hallway ahead. I don’t let myself hope for even a flicker: I know better than that.

Silences. The guards are silences, and judging by their undertones, they’re red blooded— newbloods. They’re merciless, their ability slamming into me and effectively snuffing out any control of flame I may have had and with it any thoughts of escape. Still, I hold my head high and sneer at them as they take a turn into a different passage. The cells —rooms— here don’t have observation windows, and when they open the door at the end of the hall I’m surprised to find that it seems to be a plain room, all neutrally colored and dimly lit. As they release me both physically and ability wise, I note the complete absence of fire for me to try and latch onto.

“Go get cleaned up, there is a change of clothes in the bathroom for you,” the taller of the guards instructs in a low voice.

With a better grip on my bearings, I survey them as they turn away, looking to see exactly who I’m dealing with. No insignia, no symbol— not even a defining color. Their uniforms are simple and neutral-toned. I don’t bother to speak to them, not as they close the door behind them, locking it with a light click.

In spite of the situation, I can’t help but straighten my spine and lean into my returning strength. No silent stone. I need to look presentable, so I must be seeing someone soon. Whether it be my brother or Mare or some faceless executioner, I do not know.

It has been well over an hour now, and I’ve since searched the small room. Nothing of use, just an empty bookshelf, simple bed, and some plain seating arrangement with a sofa, cushioned chair, and small table. The lingering voice of my mother has gone quiet with or without the work of silence to dull it, as it seems that even she doesn’t have a solution. So I wait, idling on the couch. For a moment, I ponder if no one is coming, if I’m just to live out the remainder of my life in simplicity, the mercy of my loving brother.

Click.

I straighten, but don’t tense. I prepare myself for my brother, to berate him for keeping me alive. Mare, to instigate her into striking me down, lightning and all. Hell, even that Farley woman, someone that’d relish in getting to put an end to my life. But not this.

A fairly young looking girl with tan skin and dark brown, short, curled hair steps into the room. Like the guards, she is dressed in neutral tones— albeit more casual with a white sweater and black-brown skirt rather than a proper uniform. Like the guards, her skin betrays her red blood. She can’t hardly be older than me. Instead of a weapon, she carries with her a tray with a cup of water and sandwiches.

She visibly starts as she feels my gaze on her, but she recovers quickly by clearing her throat and fixing her big, round glasses.

“Hello, you must be Maven— you may call me Celemence.”

Maven. Clemence. “Surely first names are a tad bit casual,” I drawl lazily. It’s clear to me that this Clemence is not who I’m supposed to be seeing— perhaps just someone to bring me a final meal.

I don’t bother to track her movements as she sits down in the cushioned chair opposite of me, setting the tray down on the small table. When I still don’t look at her or the food she brought, she gives the tray a push in my direction. I glance over at her and the simple but well-made sandwiches. I refrain from taking a page out of Mare’s book and spitting at her.

“It’s casual because you don’t have authority here and neither do I.”

If I were any other noble I’d blubber and blanch at such a notion, but I school my features into neutrality. you are not on even ground with her, you are above her, my mother’s voice finally speaks clearly for once since I’ve woken up, her familiar hand of guidance keeping me level.

“My brother may have stolen my throne from me, but I am still a prince born and raised,” I reply icily.

Clemence flicks her brown eyes over me before shaking her head. “Norta is no longer a monarchy and is in the process of redeveloping a government of blood-equality. In other words, you and your kin have been stripped of any nobility.”

Mother’s low hiss bounces around my skull as the revelation settles in. The monarchy of Norta is over. Although irked, I find this to be an explanation as to why this newblood shows no nerves in my presence. What a fool. Royal or not, surely she should know what I’ve done to her kind.

I sweep my gaze over her again, intending to spark discomfort in her. She doesn’t even flinch. “Since you’re being so transparent about that, I take it there are no secrets? Then tell me, where am I and what am I doing here? If you’ve nothing useful to tell me, I’m going to have to excuse you as I am expecting someone.”

Her eyes widened. And then she put a hand to her mouth. And stifles a bark of laughter. It’s a blatant insult. “Oh! Oho, nono. You misunderstand, I’m the only visitor permitted to be scheduled at the moment,” she explains, straightening her back and remastering her composure. “We’re on Tuck Island in a secure bunker, and all you’re here to do is to— how do I put— recover.”

It’s my turn to laugh now, a harsh, horse sound coming from me —damned dry throat— but as her pleasant, patient smile remains, I still. That was not a poor-taste joke. I am a prisoner and this floundering little thing is my jailer— or worse, someone to “fix me” as she sees fit. Again, my mother has nothing to say, a theme that’s becoming common in this situation.

As if she can sense my unease without picking apart my face, her smile falls into something smaller, softer. “I am not here to control you, nor am I a jailer. I am here with a single task: to help you.”

The pity does nothing to soothe me as my mask further slips.

“What are you,” I demand in a low, hissing voice. And then I feel it. I feel the gentle hands reaching within me, lightly brushing over the rising anxiety, smoothing over my nerves, leaving warm calm in their wake. If it weren’t for the caress of her ability, I’d be mortified. She must know it, because she pulls back enough for me to be able to shake off her hold on my emotions.

“I cannot look into your mind and I cannot control it. I am a tuner, and all I can do is attune myself to your emotions, past and present. What I just did only scratches the surface as to what I can do with my ability.” She must be able to see what little this does to put me at ease —of course she can, it’s within her damnable red ability— because she elaborates further, “I only affected your emotions then because the tension within you was palpable and I thought it would be a decent demonstration.”

If it weren’t so intrusive as is, I might find comfort in knowing that no one else would be pawing around in my head to take control. If it weren’t something I was unfamiliar with, I might welcome it. “So? What, your ability is supposed to let you help me? If the strongest whispers couldn’t fix me, I doubt you’ll be able to do much,” I scoff, piecing together the last pieces of the picture. Cal sent her to try and bring back whatever brother he foolishly still loves.

Clemence tuts softly. “Your mo —Elara’s— work is impressive if not monstrous, but it is imperfect,” she pauses for a moment before continuing, “at least, as I was told. I still needed to confirm it, and from what I've gathered it holds true. Yes, she cut apart your mind, but there are roots that remain. If I were to guess, she likely used methods of suppression to keep you or anyone else from properly feeling out such flaws in her schemes.”

I don’t know if it’s mother’s shriek or mine that rings in my mind, but it quiets as I feel a sliding hand gripping it, rendering it silent as the calm pours in. It’s a small action, but it helps quiet my mind better than most forms of silence have managed. I’d be appreciative if it weren’t completely incredulous and beyond what I’ve earned in my lifetime.

“My brother is a fool and so are you. Whatever you may be able to sense, you’re mistaken. There us nothing left of—“ the lie dies in my throat as my voice becomes choked and breathing turns ragged in my chest, a wave crashing over me as I feel myself being enveloped. And it pours out. Rage, Misery, Fear, Long Forgotten Warmth And Love, Imagination— it assaults my senses so much so I stagger, my hands fumbling to brace myself against the sofa. I realize why my throat closed up as fat tears prick the corners of my eyes, spilling down my cheeks. I can’t remember the last time I cried without it being on my command or my mother’s.

And then it stops. The overwhelming cacophony of emotions dribble away into soothing hands caressing my nerves once again. I don’t have time to process as my tears are dabbed by a soft cloth. I lean heavily into the couch, my breathing taking more time to ease than the emotions that were pulled out of whatever roots remain. I stare up into Clemence’s eyes, boring into her as I search for any explanation. She obliges.

“Like I said, acting as a means of stress relief only scratches the surface. I was contacted to help you because attuning myself to your emotions allows me to draw them out. Past and present. I cannot remove what has been implemented, but that was never the problem.” Her voice is as soft as the cloth that she presses against my silver flushed face as she continues on, “puzzles cannot be completed with damaged pieces. I am here to help you regrow your emotions from the root by drawing them out enough for you to take them back. Everything that we are doing is going to be all you with a nudge from me, but I can’t do that if you’re not willing to work with me. Please, consider this a chance to be more than what your mother made you. Consider this a chance to be you.”

The hands of her ability linger even as she pulls back, tucking the damp cloth into a pocket in her skirt before dipping her head to me, turning to leave. “If you need more water or food, all you need to do is call— I’ll be responsible for serving meals at decent times.”

I don’t have a response as Clemence leaves, the door locking behind her. My mother has no response either, no. What response could either of us come up with for what should be impossible. What response could either of us muster for what I don’t deserve.

chapter 1 • chapter 2

#Red Queen #RQ #Victoria Aveyard #Maven Calore #Maven #RQ Maven #Red Queen Fix It #Fix It AU #Maven x Therapy #Rekindled-RQAU #WHOOO FIRST CHAPTER #I’ll try to update frequently whether that be with chapters or filler content #Also if I made any spelling or grammar errors no I didn’t you’re seeing things

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amandaklwrites · 4 years ago

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Top Ten Favorite Fictional Villains

Another Top Ten! And one of my favorites—my favorite fictional villains! I love villains way too much, and I always look for an interesting one. Villains that are more than just revenge or greed, ones that take another step forward, and I can understand them. So, here you go, with my favorite villains: I hope you enjoy.

1. The Darkling (Grisha Universe)

He was my first experience with loving a villain. In the sense that I wanted to know more about him. I was just out of high school with this series, and from this villain, I learned that you could make your villain so complicated that sometimes they seemed more gray than utter darkness (though I personally don’t think evil = darkness). He inspired my own tastes in villains and how I write villains, and that is why he has a special, dark place in my heart.

2. Maven Calore (Red Queen series)

MAVEN. Talk about an utter complicated, messed up person. You feel sorry for him all throughout the series. At least, I can personally understand how he became a villain, how twisted he became because of complicated, outside sources. But he still made decisions that weren’t right. I think he’s one of my favorites because of the deep, deep layers and scarring attached to him.

3. Loki (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Loki was the first time I fell head over heels for a villain (I still don’t know if that’s a good thing?). He’s snarky as hell, magical, devious, hot as hell, and he’s intelligent. I like villains that are ten steps ahead of everyone (actually, that’s how my brain works, and I share personality types with him, so there’s that…). He’s interesting, complicated, but also flat out mischievous, and he does have a caring heart. I can’t wait to see his new tv series, just to see what they do with the “old Loki.”

4. Rumpelstiltskin (Once Upon a Time series)

I think everyone has a soft place for Rumple. He’s my top villain of the tv series, because he just IS. I know there’s some reasons for his choices, but he ultimately didn’t mean to become the Dark One, not in the way he expected. Yes, he wanted power, he wanted everyone to see him. But once he gets that power, there’s no reason behind it. He just likes to know everything, be ahead of everyone, to be hanging out in the background while the whole world sets itself on fire (yeah, that’s me too). He’s manipulative and cruel, but man, there’s a man beneath the beast, isn’t there?

5. Barbossa (Pirates of the Caribbean franchise)

Who doesn’t love Barbossa? He’s a fantastic pirate villain, one that turns into a frenemy (that’s what I would call him anyway). He completely flips by the fifth movie, but I loved that he was who he was, and he didn’t give a damn what anyone thought. Plus, he’s smart. He had to have some interesting background, because he’s intelligent, he speaks well, and that grammar isn’t one for a pirate. I want to know his past as much as his present, and I love seeing him on screen.

6. Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes fandom)

All Moriarty’s. I love the rich viciousness of this character. The one who likes to play games and watch everything unfold. Honestly, he rarely has his own hands dirty, he’s just the puppetmaster. (Okay, why do I like the villains that are always ahead of everyone else—oh that’s right, because I think of ten different things to say before someone responds, so I know where to turn, what to plan). There is a demented thing to him, and he seems so normal to everyone else around him. And he loves finding someone as smart as he. I’m all for it.

7. Zelena (Once Upon a Time series)

Yes, another ONCE villain. There are so many, but I loved Zelena. I love her transformation, that even though she becomes a “hero,” there are still qualities of her that are just her, even if they could be considered villainous. She’s human, with some magic, and that’s the bottom line. She’s the villain that I connect with, and I love her damn wit and sarcasm.

8. The Headless Horseman (Sleepy Hollow)

He’s scary, that’s the bottom line. And there’s something so mystical and awe-inspiring about him. I love seeing artwork, statues, people dressed as him. My personal favorite is the version from the tv series Sleepy Hollow, because that damn shot of him whipping out an automatic weapon blew my flipping mind.

9. The Devil/Luc (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue)

I don’t know if you call him the Devil, as he himself doesn’t, but he technically is, or at least, what we consider the Devil. I like the lusciousness of him, the way he likes to show his smile as he makes your life crumble. He has humanistic qualities, that brings him down from that dais he created, but I like that he fights with himself over it. That he sneers, he stays quiet, he listens and watches, he punishes and delights. He’s just so fascinating and cool.

10. Pitch Black (Rise of the Guardians)

Up front, he would seem simple, which goes against what I said about how I like my villains complicated. He’s evil, he’s darkness, he’s nightmares. He’s the living embodiment of fear. Seems simple right? But I love him because he’s not. He may be terror incarnate, but he has the same desires as the heroes: to be believed in. Though his is for all the wrong reasons, you actually pity him at times. It’s not even necessarily about jealous, he just wants to be believed in. And I like that he’s used as a mirror to Jack Frost—a path Jack could have taken. It’s so interesting and I dig it so much.

Runner Up: Kylo Ren (Star Wars Universe)

Oh, Kylo. The bad boy that everyone loves and hates. I love him because to me, he’s like a scared little boy. He wants power, he wants a voice, he wants to find a place for himself. But he went down the wrong path. And he still reacts like a frightened child. He eventually changes and everything he believed crumbles around him, but he still has that path. It’s different and amazing to watch.

#the darkling #maven calore #loki #rumplestiltskin #captain barbossa #moriarty #zelena #the headless horseman #luc addie larue #pitch black #kylo ren #my top ten favorite villains #I love my villains

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caramel-whiskeys-writing · 3 years ago

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Loki ~ Fluke of Romance

Loki Masterlist

Summary: Maven grew up in the royal castle and spent a lot of time with the young princes. Once she took on the responsibilities of being an adult she started to feel some new found feelings for her good friend Loki.

Pairing: Loki x OC Female Asgardian

Warnings: swearing, violence

Word Count: 3518

Time: Mostly before the book Loki

Recommend Song: Sinner by Andy Grammar

In the childhood of the two princes Thor and Loki, they had always had a friend nearby that Odin liked a lot since her family came to the castle and begged for help. Now, with Frigga by his side when they arrived, her father was the sorcerer for the Alfather. Ever since she was about seven years old, in Midgardian age, she had lived in the castle and didn't remember her life before it once she was brought around the castle for a tour with her mother, who was working for the queen Frigga. She was shown all of the wonders of the castle and loved how big her room was beside the fact it was connected to her mothers. One day Odin was having a conversation with her father out in the training grounds and as they talked she noticed two boys, one blonde as hair from a piece of corn, and the other with hair black as the sky at night, without all of the burning balls of fire, of course. She watched them for a good ten minutes training together, but not as well as the adults around them. They were laughing and having fun even though they had cut each other with the blades they were holding.

She admired them as they didn't fear that they would hurt each other and in fact laughed when they drew blood. Maven didn't like it, but then again her father was very protective of her and would never let her join in on the fun, probably ever. At that moment she knew she wanted to be a fighter and became one of the best fighters in all of Asgard, besides the rude and annoying goddess of war, Sif, of course.

The two boys walked over to her and she didn't know why, but she brought her attention back to her father who was still talking to Odin as she sat on his lap. Soon the boys came running over and arguing, but it sounded more fun than angry based on the fact that they were laughing every now and then. The blonde one tugged on Odin's pant leg and yelled,

"Father, Father! Look! I bet Loki this time in a fight!" He looked down at his sons and smiled, rubbed Thor's head and said to him,

"Good job son. But next time, try holding the blade like this." Odin grabbed his son's blade and held it with two hands holding and moving it with a lot more ease than Thor was, it was probably too heavy for him to be as swift with it like his father was, but by the look on his face, he knew that his son could do it, someday at least. The other son, Loki was standing off to the side and watching this all go down, Maven's attention was drawn to his boy, his eyes were a bright green and shone in the sun. His hair looked nothing like his brother's or his father's, not even his mother's, but Maven didn't know what that could mean so when he looked at her she smiled at him and he smiled back with a big toothy smile. Odin handed back the blade and looked to Maven's father and said,

"Sorry I've never introduced you to my boys, you know how things have been."

"It's no problem sir, my girl, here," He said bouncing his leg making her look at him.

"She and work have been on my mind for a while, I knew that at some point I would meet them." He smiled at the princes, Thor smiled back, but Loki just kept looking at Maven who wasn't paying attention to him anymore. Odin grabbed both of them and had them sit on his lap across from Maven and her father who looked happy as can be.

"This is Thor," He rubbed his son's hair again and Thor cried out with frustration at his father who always messed up his hair.

"He has my spirit in fighting, and this is my youngest Loki. He has been blessed with Frigga's magic, but hasn't learned too much on how to control it." He bounced his leg that Loki was sitting on and Loki hummed to the feeling and gave a slight smile to Maven's father then his eyes were brought back to her. After introducing his kids to the two they ran back off to fight again in the training grounds and Maven was brought back to her room where her mother was working with Frigga in her study. Her father told her to stay here in their shared room as he went to go work on something Odin needed to be done by the end of the week. As they had just moved in about three weeks ago, she didn't really have too much to do in her room as most things people did for fun in the castle was in the library or outside the grounds somewhere, maybe a pub, but obviously a child wouldn't be allowed there. So with nothing to really do, Maven pulled out a small book she had kept under her mattress hidden from anyone who would want to find it and started to write about her day. She waved her hand over the spine and it unlocked. That was a trick her father had taught her, but the only thing he said he would ever teach her. He wanted her to be able to lock herself away from danger if she needed it, but she hadn't needed to do it yet just so she decided to use it on her diary.

Within the next 300 years, Maven and the two princes spent so much time together either training, messing with Sif and making her angry all of the time, or they would get down at the pubs within the city, although Loki never really got drunk, just a bit tipsy. Not to mention all the rules they liked to break and then get banned from seeing each other for a full day just so Odin didn't have to go around chasing them for breaking small rules. Thor treated Maven as a little sister and she treated him as her brother, which in her mind meant to tease the living shit out of him and sometimes Loki would join, but over the years Loki started to grow apart from his brother. Maven never said anything to either of the princes and Frigga had even noticed it, but she did talk to Loki about it and he just brushed her off probably not wanting to tell his mother that he doesn't feel happy around Thor, but only Loki knew that. Outside of messing with Thor and training with him, Maven would head to the library and read something or she would go find Loki who hangs out by the dungeon or is somewhere in the city not wanting to be around the people in the castle. Maven would talk to Loki about what things her father does, different training things. Thor has shown her and honestly, she just loves his company and he likes it when she's around.

Over the years Maven was taught how to do magic, her father was completely against it, but with Frigga teaching her secretly and when she told her father about it, he finally came around and let her learn things from Frigga and she had picked up on a few tricks Loki had shown her once she told him about it. This made it a lot easier to mess with Thor and to win against him in training, but he would always know that she cheated and yell at her. Maven was now really good at magic and hiding the fact that she did it, but she wasn't as good as Loki let alone her father who did it for a living.

As Maven walked through the empty halls searching for a black-haired weasel she ran into a guard who was standing out in the middle of the hall as she rounded a corner. Slamming right into him she immediately apologized and straightened out her outfit which was just a simple black sorceress dress. The guard that Maven ran into stood up straight with wide eyes catching her before she fell backwards, but very quickly took his hands away from her, yes it makes sense, don't touch the royal family or they're friends, but Maven had told everybody it doesn't matter to her, only if it isn't in a nice way then yea don't touch me. He cleared his throat and held onto his spear that he had in his hand and said to Maven,

"Strange to see you here Ms...." He said not actually knowing her last name to speak of her formally, in response Maven said,

"Just call me Maven, it's no biggy." She smiled at him and spoke again saying,

"No need to worry about me, just cruising around looking for my friend, might head down to the dungeons and scare some prisoners." She said laughing a bit to herself on the fact that he had done it many times.

"You always are the one to bring fear in them." She gently smiled up at the guard who didn't seem to be on patrol which was strange since Odin is never really nice to the guards and barely lets them have breaks. She then looked down at his wrist and noticed that he didn't have his armor on and when she looked back up at his face she saw his eyes were bright green. The kind of green that only the God of Mischief had, Maven caught onto this very quickly and said to him as she walked away,

"And you'd know all about that, wouldn't you Loki?" She smirked to herself as she heard him quickly catch up to her. They walked together in the direction of the dungeons as Loki said,

"How did you know?" She smiled again and said without looking over to him,

"Well, your eyes were still green, and you missed some armor pieces." Loki sighed as he went back to his normal look and kept walking with Maven. Loki then asked her another question,

"Why did you want to go to the dungeons anyway?" She looked over, smiled to him and said,

"To look for you." Loki was a little shocked by her words but smiled back at her as they continued to walk. Maven had been hiding it for a while now, about 4 centuries to be exact, but she really had taken a liking to Loki. From the way, he messes with his brother to how nice he is to Frigga. She loved everything about him. But of course, there was the possibility that he had feelings for someone who has been around for a little less than her. Amora. She was being trained in magic, but of course, Maven's Father, before he died, was the sorcerer of Asgard. Maven was a lot better at magic than her and Loki, but she never showed anyone. Yes, Amora was great at magic with her mentor, but Maven had agreed to stop practicing magic after Odin caught her years ago. She goes out at night and practices all of the time. She knew that Loki was different and really loved being friends with Amora as she was someone who also wasn't allowed to use magic. They walked quietly down to the dungeons to mess with some of the prisoners, but normally Loki would cast a spell on them to look like they were guards. This time though Maven wanted to show Loki that she could still do magic and was very good at it. As they walked down the stairs to the dungeons Loki started to cast a spell on both of them, but Maven stopped him with her hand, looked over at him and said,

"Let me do it this time."

"But you can't do magic, Odin made you stop." That was another thing about Loki. He called Odin by father around everyone, but Maven. She wasn't sure what he says to Amora, but she doesn't really seem to care as she always says his father. Everyone is meant to call Odin by father of Alfather. Maven only called him Odin unless it was a formal meeting. Maven Smiled at Loki as she lowered her hand and said quietly back,

"He can't always watch me." Then with a golden flash of light hey both were completely like an Asgardian guard. Loki was stunned. The last time that he had seen her do magic was when they were still kids. He stared at her as she started to walk down the steps to the main floor. She turned around to him lost in thought and she said to him,

"Come on Lok." She was the only one who had made a nickname for him and he loved it. He never really thought too much of Maven because she was basically the only one who would have as fun as him when breaking the rules. Sure Amora was smart and never got them caught, but he wanted to do a lot more and didn't care if they get caught. It was all apart of the risk they took. He was brought out of his thoughts when she spoke and softly said back.

"Right, sorry." Maven raised an eyebrow at him and slowly turned around to walk side by side with Loki. She knew that she had shocked him with her quicky and perfect magic. She had seen Loki's magic before and he clearly wasn't as good at it as her. She could only imagine how shocked he was after she did magic that was on the same level as his Mother. They walked past the prisoners watching them as they slowly walked by trying to find the right one to mess with. Along with changing their faces back to normal when they passed those who they happened to mess with before. Soon they found a basic Asgardian who killed some kids. He had bruises all over his face so clearly his cellmates didn't like the fact that he was a horrible person. Maven felt that one hit her in her great too because that's how her family ended up begging to Odin's feet in the first place. Maven looked over to Loki who nodded back at her. They had some fun watching as they first messed with his mind stopping before he started to lose his mind. Loki then started to change his appearance and thy laughed along with the other prisoners. These ones enjoyed watching everything happen to people so it was nice to hear the laughs. While Maven was doing her own thing with her magic Loki just watched as she clearly was very powerful. Normally she would just give Loki ideas and laugh at them, but now she was the person doing it. He took a gentle step backwards to admire her. Loki knew now that Maven wasn't just a friend to him. He had learned a bit of mind magic from his Mother, which is mostly what they use on the prisoners, but this time Loki wanted to see if he could just blankly look into Maven's mind t see what she thought of Loki. He did have trust issues with people that get too close to him and it was starting to get to that point with Maven, so he just wanted to be safe. He didn't want t mess up the friendship obviously, but he wasn't sure.

Loki closed his eyes and focused on her laugh. He slowed his breathing and remembered her face in his mind. Soon he lost all of his thought and saw strings of magic along with feeling them. It was a level of magic he had never felt before. It was... Beautiful. He stayed with his eyes closed for a while and maven did feel something in the bad of her mind, but pushed it away as she laughed with the prisoners. Soon one of them looked at Loki and said to Maven,

"Hey, what's his problem?" Maven slowed her laughing and stopped messing with the poor soul. It was then that she felt Loki's mind inside of hers. She turned around to look at him with his eyes closed and a smile on his face which slowly faded when she showed her eyesight to him. She was looking right at her and that's when he pulled out of the spell. He slowly opened his eyes to her stunning face along with the prisoner's looking too.

"Loki..." Her voice sounded broken like he had just crossed the line. His face dropped as he said,

"Maven, I'm sorry, I just wanted-" She ran up to him and jumped into his arms hugging him tightly.

"You can read minds!" She pulled away from him for a second and asked him,

"Where did you learn that?" The smile on her face made him relax and get excited himself as he had never been able to do that before.

"How? Well, I think I might've gotten some off of Mother." Loki smiled back at her as her grin was bigger than he had ever seen.

"I think you might've helped too." She blushed lightly and hugged him again. Laughing like an idiot she couldn't stop smiling. This was also the first time they had hugged. It was a new feeling for both of them since most Asgardian's don't do physical contact unless it's sexual. Loki smiled with her and she said back,

"I can't believe it. We're just finding out new things about each other today aren't we." She pulled away chuckling and looked Loki in the eye. They stayed like that for a bit with the magic Maven had cast wearing off showing their true eyes and faces. One of the prisoners' wolf-whistled at them and the rest of them did too. She turned around chuckled and fogged up their cells. She rolled her eyes at them and looked back at Loki who was very close to her. He had his lips parted and his eyes were soft as he blinked slowly. Maven looked back with the same soft eyes as she looked down at his lips. Feeling closer to him than ever Maven's crush feelings kicked in and at that moment her own lips parted showing that she too was feeling something between them. Loki noticed this and slowly leaned into her until their lips were touch gently.

She could feel his breath on her lips as she closed her eyes waiting for him to kiss her, but when he stopped she opened her eyes to see him stopped and staring at her. Feeling impatient she grabbed his shirt and pulled him into her lips. When two mages touch each other's bare skin a weird, but nice, feeling gets sent through their bodies. The magic that runs deep within them comes to the surface and lights up the skin. Maven was giving off a golden glow and Loki had a green one. All of the other cells that weren't fogged out could see this happening as the two misunderstood mages kissed. Loki then deepened the kiss get a small moan out of Maven causing him t smile. He hadn't noticed how much he liked her unit now and he was glad that he didn't hide it back any longer. He moved his hands up to her face to rest on her cheeks and she wrapped her arms around her shoulders and played with his hair. Loki smiled than creating a loop of smiling coming for both of them as they kissed and pulled apart every now and then to catch a breath.

Breaking apart they looked into the eyes of each other deeply and quickly Loki noticed that the veins in her eyes were glowing gold. He then pulled away and saw his glowing green. Maven raised her arm and noticed hers. It was funny really green was Loki's first choice of colour, but really wanted gold. Maven loved gold but also had a liking to the colour green. Not realizing that those colours were of each other they jumped back to together and this time the kiss was very gentle and sweet whereas the one before was driven by lust. Loki put his arms around her waist as Maven kept hers on his shoulders. They smiled at each other and decided that it was time to leave the poor souls alone and maybe talk somewhere else. All while Maven's heart was continuous skipping a beat.

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aerticent · 3 years ago

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I think it’s weird how some people act like you can’t love Maven’s character or else you condone his actions. Like Maven is my favorite character for so many reasons but if he were real I would hate him. But he isn’t so i don’t lol. Like obviously don’t romantize what he did like he’s still a mass murderer and an abuser and that shouldn’t be seen as like a quirky attractive thing.

like i don’t think we should shit on people for liking the villians. but then again if you love a character like Maven because of what he did like you agree with what he did then i do think that’s weird(if that makes any sense lol).

Maven’s writing is phenomenal and he’s so complex and that’s what i love about him. He’s not evil to be evil and he wasn’t born evil. Things happened all throughout his life that made him into what he is. He’s so interesting that it’s hard for me to not think about him. And i also love that, while there is an explanation of sorts as to why he is the way he is, it isn’t used to excuse his actions. Idk i just think he’s super interesting lol

I don’t know if this made any sense and it’s kind of all over the place so sorry about that. Also i know my grammar is shit so sorry if this is hard to read as well lol😭

#Lmao this is just rambling haha #I hope this makes sense lol sorry if it doesn’t😭#Maven calore #Red Queen

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wild-aloof-rebel · 4 years ago

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Hi!

I wanted to get your opinion on something, as you are both a fanfic maven and a writer. I am someone who loves reading fanfic, and also have a sort of gift for spotting typos, grammar errors etc. It pulls me out of a story when I stumble across errors and my inclination is to tell the writer so they could correct the issue(s). (I know if I were a writer I’d want to be sure I was putting out an error-free product). However, it feels presumptuous or awkward to reach out, especially when the author acknowledges a beta who must have missed the error as well. Should I just keep my mouth shut and try to gloss past the errors or do you think an author would welcome some unsolicited feedback? I don’t want to be rude, I just want to help but I acknowledge that no one asked for my help! :)

generally speaking, my answer is always to ignore it and not say anything. it’s pretty widely considered to be bad form to offer any less-than-positive writing feedback unsolicited. some authors will put in the notes that they are open to constructive criticism, in which case it’s fine to provide that kind of feedback (as gently as possible), but otherwise, don’t do it.

anyone who writes fic is doing so for free in their limited spare time, often around the responsibilities of work or school or family, and it can feel really shitty for someone to say, hey this thing that you spent your precious time and energy on and that you put out here purely for fun and that i didn’t have to pay you for, it could be better... like, yes, of course it could be better. most of us are not professional authors—most people writing fic don’t even want to be—and we’re all human and fail to catch mistakes from time to time, even when multiple sets of eyes have looked at it, but most of us are also really proud of the things we write too, even with their flaws, and to have people criticize them in even small ways can be really upsetting. and you don’t ever want to be the reason that someone deletes their fic(s), decides to give up on writing entirely, has a bad day, cries, whatever... it doesn’t hurt you to just not say anything, but it definitely could hurt them if you do. so why take the chance?

of course, there are exceptions. some authors are more gracious about that kind of response than others, even if they don’t have a note welcoming it, and certainly i think you might be able to get away with it if it’s an author with whom you already have a rapport, so while my advice is still 100% just don’t do it, if you decide to do it anyway for one reason or another, i would advocate for treading very lightly. for a start, it’s always better to do it privately if possible. if they have an email or social media account listed in their notes or on their profile, message them there rather than commenting on the fic itself. if you have to do it on the fic, i would encourage doing it in a completely separate comment from your effusive praise for their fic (because if you’re gonna leave them criticism, you better also be telling them the things you loved), that way they (or you) can choose to delete it after they make any edits they might want to make and not lose your praise for the fic in the process. and finally, be absolutely certain that what you’re pointing out is an actual mistake (and that you are correct in knowing how to fix it). i’ve had instances where people have tried to tell me things that were “wrong” with my fics, that were not actually incorrect and were instead just different than the way they personally would have phrased them. don’t do that. the point isn’t to tell someone how you would have written their story. if it’s a genuine typo or a missing word or something like that that’s a clear error, that’s one thing. but if you’re getting into word choice or comma usage, things that are often more stylistic and personal to how an author chooses to write, you’re probably overstepping.

in short, be kind. the kindest option is almost always going to be saying nothing, but even if you choose to say something anyway, do it with as much consideration for the author as possible

#anon #replies

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kopikuestudies · 3 years ago

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Tag 9 people to learn about their interests!

I was tagged by: @nr-studies <3

MUSIC

Fave genre? Loud

Fave artist? FALL OUT BOY

Fave song? Last of the Real Ones - Fall Out Boy,

Most listened song recently? Fahrradsattel - Pisse

Song currently stuck in your head? Cringe - Matt Maeson

5 fave lyrics? “I swear I’d burn this city down to show you the light” “I got your love letters. Corrected the grammar and sent them back” “We will grow old as friends. I’ve promised that before. So what’s one more?”

other lyrics are also available

BOOKS

Fav book genre? Contemporary, romance

Fave writer? Alice Oseman

Fave book? Solitaire - Alice Oseman

Fave book series? Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard, Our Australian Girl - Various

Comfort book? Solitaire - Alice Oseman

Rainy day book? Bloom - Kevin Panetta

Fave characters? Tori Spring, Maven Calore, Francis Janiver

5 quotes from your fave books? “All I know is that I’m here. I’m alive. And I’m not alone” "You're not alone, you have your crown" "I could set the world on fire and call it rain" “You may be very small but you are all very important in the universe”

TV AND MOVIES

Fave tv/movie genre? Drama, Mystery, Crime

Fave movie? The Dressmaker

Comfort movie? Shazam, Scooby-Doo: Camp Scare,

Movie you watch every year? How to Train your Dragon

Fave tv show? Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Comfort tv show? M*A*S*H

Most rewatched tv show? Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

5 fave characters? Bert and Cec, Tilly Dunage, L Lawliet,

Tagging (no pressure!): @0akdown-reblog @4ngel-studi3s @hoodiestudy @diaryofastemstudent @julystudying

#O Speaks #Tag Game #Thanks for the tag!!!

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imjulia-andilikecats · 1 year ago

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Albanus was an impoverise place, full of miserable, greedy people, living in creeking houses resting on stilts.

Any traveler with a sound mind would steer far away from such a place.

However, the rumors did not faze Maven Calore, who stood before it's stone bridge.

As he is no common traveler, who sought for fame, gold or glory.

Only a place to miserably at peace. To be alone and forgotten by the world and his past.

Yet, as he looks across the bridge, a figure emerges; small unassuming and filthy.

A troublemaker or a friend, that he will find soon, once he crosses this bridge.

Note: A big thank you to @nymphenberger for helping me with grammar and just making writing enjoyable.

#red queen #mare barrow #glass sword #war storm #king's cage #cal calore #maven calore #old meme #random #tiberias vii calore #mareven fanfic #mareven #maven is a dollmaker with attachment issues #mare has a stick and is not afraid to use it

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majesticalmareventrashbitch · 8 years ago

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I have been seeing this lately and I decided to do it with the rq characters. this is my message to maven and my description of maven

#tomorrow I'll upload kilorn's #maven calore #red queen #glass sword #king's cage #red queen spoiler #has this been done yet #i'm sorry if i already had been done #I'm surprised about how many 'betrayal' songs there are #wow did I grammar right

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icycoolslushie · 4 years ago

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Maven + IQG

Maven: Helpful grammar trick: "farther" is for physical distance, "further" is for metaphorical distance, and "father" is for emotional distance.

#incorrect quote generator #maven calore

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wolfenm · 5 years ago

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THE ART AND MATH OF THE COMMA

Regarding commas, I personally feel that "When in doubt, leave it out" is actually some pretty bad grammatical advice. I realise that there are some hurdles in the world of education in regards to getting that education, so yes, it's potentially classist and / or abelist to hold bad grammar against a person. But if you really want to be a writer, I'd say that far better advice is, "If you want to use a tool, do all you can to learn how it works." (Also, "If you want to break the rules for effect, you need to know what they actually are.") So for those of you who might be afraid of commas, let me show you how important they are!

(Grammar Credentials: I've been a staff writer for SequentialTart.com since late 2001, a proofer for them since 2002, and an assistant editor for them since 2008. Not saying I never make mistakes, nor that I never have questions or need to look things up, but I think I have a fairly solid grasp of grammar by now! LOL!)

COMPOUND SENTENCES

One important use of a comma (and other punctuation) is to give your reader a rest. Let's look at a couple of sentences:

1 - The dog barked and the cat meowed.

2 - The dog lectured the cat on proper etiquette and the cat scoffed at the dog.

Any time you have two (or more) sets of subjects and predicates (if you don't know what I mean, search engines are your friends), you have what's called a "compound sentence". These are two sentences that could stand alone, but have been joined because they are closely connected regarding a topic. When the two sets still make a short sentence, like #1, yes, it's generally considered okay to not use a comma between them (although it IS still okay to use one -- "The dog barked, and the cat meowed."). But 99% of the time, a compound sentence is more like the second example, which really should have a comma separating two clauses that could be sentences on their own.

As two separate sentences: The dog lectured the cat on proper etiquette. The cat scoffed at the dog.

As a compound sentence: The dog lectured the cat on proper etiquette, and the cat scoffed at the dog.

Without the comma, for a moment, we have what I like to call Schroedinger's Pause. Will the writer tell us about something *else* the dog is lecturing about?

The dog lectured the cat on proper etiquette

and how to meow.

Or will the writer tell us about something else altogether?

The dog lectured the cat on proper etiquette,

and the cat scoffed at the dog.

The comma tells us that a new thought, still related to the same subject as the first, is coming, rather than a continuation of what they were already talking specifically about. Yes, a reader will likely figure things out after the fact, but why make them mentally stumble in the first place? They're already doing you the kindness of reading your work -- don't take up even a millisecond extra of their time by make them work to discern *your* meaning! And don't tire them out by writing what's called "a run-on sentence" -- that is, writing compound sentences without commas. Imagine saying a compound sentence aloud without a breath -- reading can feel mentally a bit like speaking while running out of air before you get to the end. Commas (and periods, exclamation points, question marks, semicolons, and em-dashes) signal a place for the reader to take a mental breath. (Seriously, if a story has a lot of run-ons in the first few paragraphs, chances are high that I'm going to quit reading it.)

There are also situations that use "and" (or "but"), but aren't actually compound sentences, yet still are best served by using a comma. For example:

The dog lectured the cat on etiquette, and also had a snack.

"Also had a snack" is not a complete sentence on its own, so this isn't a compound sentence. Here, the comma tells us that what follows the subsequent "and" refers to the noun in the sentence, not the verb -- it's a list (even if it only has two items) of verbs the dog performs (lecturing and having a snack), not a list of subjects being lectured about.

And then there's ...

THE SERIAL (aka Oxford, aka Harvard) COMMA VS NON-SERIAL

There's a sort of war between people who feel one should use a comma before the last "and" in a list (Serial) and those who feel it's not necessary.

SERIAL - The dog played with the cat, his toy, and his food.

NON - The dog played with the cat, his toy and his food.

With the serial comma, it's absolutely clear that we're listing three separate items. Without it, it seems like we COULD be offering a further explanation on the first item -- saying the cat is the dog's toy and is the dog's food. If we made the serial comma the grammatical standard, we'd never have to wonder which the writer meant. Just sayin'.

THE PRESENCE -- OR LACK THEREOF -- OF COMMAS CAN CHANGE THE MEANING WHEN A SENTENCE HAS MULTIPLE CLAUSES

Let's get a little more complex with our sentences.

1- The dog lectured the cat on proper etiquette, and the cat scoffed at the dog, making his displeasure known.

2- The dog lectured the cat on proper etiquette, and the cat scoffed at the dog making his displeasure known.

In the first sentence, the cat scoffs and makes the CAT'S displeasure known. In the second, the cat is scoffing at the dog for making the DOG'S displeasure known.

PREPOSITIONS / PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

1- In the meantime the cat took a nap.

2- In the meantime, the cat took a nap.

It used to be standard that, if you started a sentence with a prepositional phrase, one would always put a comma after the phrase. That rule has gone by the wayside in recent years, but personally, I'm still a fan of it, for the same reason as one really should use them in compound sentences: it gives the reader a natural resting point. The longer the opening clause, the more highly I would recommend using one.

Okay without: After dinner the dog took a nap

Not so much: After running around the house a hundred times with a case of the zoomies the dog fell fast asleep.

Better make it: After running around the house a hundred times with a case of the zoomies, the dog fell fast asleep.

Further, commas can mean the difference between a sentence fragment and a finished sentence.

Fragment: After the cat fell asleep.

^ That was a prepositional phrase with nothing to do. After the cat fell asleep, what happened?

No longer a fragment: After, the cat fell asleep.

"After" tells us when the cat fell asleep -- after whatever happened in the prior sentence.

THE PRESENCE -- OR LACK THEREOF -- OF COMMAS CAN CHANGE THE MEANING WHEN USING "AS", "SINCE", "SO", "LIKE", "AS WELL AS", "BECAUSE", "WHO", and "WHERE"

1 - The dog stopped eating as his teeth became sore.

2 - The dog stopped eating, as his teeth became sore.

The first example, with no comma before the "as", tells us *when* the dog stopped eating -- at the same temporal moment that his teeth became sore. The second, WITH a comma before the as, tells that what comes after the "as" is an explanation of WHY the dog stopped eating. It's a subtle distinction, sure, but still there.

1- The dog had been tired since it had started raining.

2- The dog had been tired, since it had started raining.

The first sentence tells us at what point the dog had become tired -- when it had started raining. The second tells us the dog became tired because of the rain.

1- The dog ran round the house, so the cat went into hiding.

2- The dog ran around the house so the cat went into hiding.

The first sentence means that the cat went into hiding as a result of the dog running. The second sentence means that the dog ran around with the specific intent of driving the cat into hiding.

1- The dog was so happy, that he wagged his tail.

2- The dog was so happy that he wagged his tail.

In the first instance, the dog wagged his tail because he was so happy. In the second, he was so happy because he was able to wag his tail (presumably it had been restricted somehow before).

1- The dog couldn't land on his feet, like the cat could.

2- The dog couldn't land on his feet like the cat could.

The first example is saying that the dog couldn't land on his feet at all, but the cat was able to. The second says the dog CAN land on his feet, but not in the same way as the cat could.

1- The cat barked as well as the dog.

2- The cat barked, as well as the dog.

The first example tells us that the Cat performed the task in a fashion that was as satisfactory as the dog was able to perform it. The second example tells us that the dog barked in addition to the cat having barked.

1- The cat didn't run because he knew the dog who was approaching him.

2- The cat didn't run, because he knew the dog who was approaching him.

The first sentence suggests that the cat DID run, but that the fact that he knew about the approach of the dog was not the reason why; he had some OTHER reason, like maybe he felt like stretching his legs. The second sentence tells us that he didn’t run, and that the fact that that he knew about the approach of the dog was the reason he didn't

1- The dog hated the rat, who kept stealing food.

2- The dog hated the rat who kept stealing food.

The first example tells us more about a rat -- and suggests that there is only one in the scenario. The second example rat specifies which rat, suggesting there's more than one rat in the scenario, and that the dog doesn't hate the ones who aren't stealing food.

!- The cat was washing his face when the dog shook water all over the place.

2- The cat was washing his face, when the dog shook water all over the place.

The first one tells us when the cat was washing his face -- at the same time that the dog was shaking water all over. But the second example actually tells us that the cat was in the process of washing his face FIRST, and THEN, while the cat was STILL WASHING, the dog shook water all over.

1- The cat sleeps on the sofa, where it's warm.

2- The cat sleeps on the sofa where it's warm.

The first example tells us more about the couch, explaining why the cat sleeps there. The second example specifies *which* sofa, telling us there must be other sofas (or spots on the same sofa) that are not warm.

Now, I know what you're thinking: "Wolfie, what about 'which'??" Looking at "who", you might think that using a comma means that what comes after will elaborate on what comes before it the comma -- and you would be right, in that particular case -- and that NOT using a comma means that "which" is used to specify which one out of multiple. But actually, instead of using "which" without a comma, you should use "that", instead!

The bowl, which was empty, was silver.

The bowl that was empty was silver.

WHEN IT COMES TO "TOO"

1- The dog likes milk too.

2- The dog likes milk, too.

There are style books that will say you MUST ALWAYS use a comma with "too", and others say that it's up to the writer. What I'm about to suggest IS NOT CONSIDERED A HARD-AND-FAST GRAMMAR RULE, just a matter of my opinion. I contend that the first sentence suggests that someone else besides the dog likes milk. The second sentence suggests to me that the dog likes milk *in addition to* something else the dog likes, such as food or a toy. BUT YOU DO YOU when it comes to "too". (Or do whatever your editor tells you to do.)

COMMAS AND QUOTATIONS

There is disagreement as to whether a comma should always go inside quotations, or if there are times when they should go outside. I fall in the camp that says that, if the comma is not necessary punctuation for what goes inside the quotation marks, then it goes outside -- as I used a little ways back when listing words. Sometimes even phrases or sentences in quotes should have quotations outside.

The cat said said she would "be right back", so the dog waited for her.

"Top of the morning to ya!", "Smoke me a kipper; I'll be back for breakfast.", and "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." are some of the dog's favourite things to say.

Also, when you're writing dialogue, it's done THIS way:

"Let's go get something to eat," the dog said.

NOT this way:

"Let's go get something to eat." The dog said.

*shudder*

WHEN TO USE A SEMICOLON INSTEAD OF A COMMA

All too often, I see people using a comma in instances where they should use a semicolon. If you're joining two complete sentences together into a compound, but are not using "and" or "but", then if you want to be grammatically correct, use a semicolon, NOT a regular comma. It's

The dog ran away; the cat chased after him.

NOT

The dog ran away, the cat chased after him.

If you're making a list that involves asides or sub-lists, then use a semicolon to separate the items, instead of just a comma.

The dog loved sci-fi films like the Star Wars, Star Trek, and Alien movies; fantasy films like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and The Dark Crystal; and comedies like Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Deadpool.

The cat wrote letters to George, who was his cousin; Frank, who was his best friend; and Mary, who had been his teacher in third grade.

And those are the ONLY times to use a semicolon! Well, unless you're winking. ;)

These are the most common comma issues I can think of off the top of my head; I may add to this later ….

#grammar #mine #grammar maven #commas #comma #how to use commas #the art and math of the comma #my writing #writing #2020

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wrenarrior · 4 years ago

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Under the Night Sky ‘20

For those who don’t know already, I ran an event called “Under the Night Sky” last year back when Wattpad had their version of community forums on Discourse. Given the unfortunate removal of said forums, I had to find a new place to host my event. Fortunately, the community rose up and this past summer, a new writing forum known as Wacky Writers was born.

Long story short, I ran my event there and did the scavenger hunt and nomination for titles similarly to my event from last year. As I did last year, I’ll be sharing the winners again this year. (For those who are curious about the posts from last year, you can find them by clicking here and here.) Now, without further ado, I present to you the winners from this year’s UTNS event!

For the scavenger hunt this year, users were tasked to find the following:

Link to a completed sci-fi novel on Wattpad

Link to a poetry book with under 1k reads on Wattpad

Link to a literary fiction novel with under 5k reads on Wattpad

Link to a 2020 Watty Winning Story

Link to your favorite blog post from the Wacky Writers blog

Before a full hour was even up, I had heard back from all three winners. I was honestly impressed by how fast everyone was with finding answers. Round of applause to all! I’ll be announcing the winners before sharing their answers. If you click on their Wacky Writers username, you’ll be taken to their given link.

Drumroll, please.

In third place, we have...

...

W.L.Ink!

In second place, we have...

...

Theora!

In first place, we have...

...

JJJ000YYY!

As promised, here are the answers I’ve received from all of the winners:

1. Link to a completed sci-fi novel on Wattpad

https://www.wattpad.com/story/167056357-wisdom-of-the-ancients

https://www.wattpad.com/story/112739000-formulated-love-%E2%80%A2book-1-completed

https://www.wattpad.com/story/19000117-d%27spayr-a-knight-in-the-withered-land

2. Link to a poetry book with under 1k reads on Wattpad

https://www.wattpad.com/story/243490811-under-the-magnolia

https://www.wattpad.com/story/157967238-pyromaniac

https://www.wattpad.com/story/230961963-free-falling-through-life

3. Link to a literary fiction novel with under 5k reads on Wattpad

https://www.wattpad.com/story/240473864-vanishing-acts-nanowrimo-2020

https://www.wattpad.com/story/153078396-the-codex-lacrimae-part-3-the-book-of-tears

4. Link to a 2020 Watty Winning Story

https://www.wattpad.com/story/238052692-we-are-never-getting-back-together

https://www.wattpad.com/story/99343757-how-to-be-the-best-third-wheel-%E2%9C%94

https://www.wattpad.com/story/195414946-in-the-arms-of-my-enemy-completed-book-1

5. Link to your favorite blog post from the Wacky Writers blog

https://wackywriters.com/tip-cauldron-1/

https://wackywriters.com/wacky-pumpkin-winners/

https://wackywriters.com/the-tip-cauldron-3-subplots-writers-block-and-british-vs-american-grammar/

Last but not least, it’s time for us to recognize our special nomination winners. Compared to last year, I’ve narrowed down the titles and I’ve also added new ones to accommodate the uniqueness that is the Wacky Writers community. It may be a few months old but it has already become such a wonderful place.

Similarly, to the scavenger hunt winners above, I’ve also allowed each nomination title winner to share a link to a platform they would like shared. Last year, everyone had their Wattpad account shared since the event was hosted in the Wattpad forums. However, this year, I gave users involved more choice.

Best Aesthetics Curator: eggqueenluli

Best Established Writer: LacySheridan

Best Undiscovered Writer: alcoholandcaffeine

Gif Usage Pro: greekmyth

Most Friendly User: TheMidnightAssasin

Most Helpful User: astrophile (me, basically)

Most Inspirational User: CJtheSiteWizard (creator of Wacky Writers!!)

Most Likely to Revive Raza: Theora

Social Media Maven: JCRohrer

Wisp’s Biggest Fan: Honeybubbles05

Thanks for making it all the way to the bottom of this post. Running UTNS has always been a huge undertaking for me but it’s always been rewarding to watch as the writing community engages positively and boosts each other up.

Hope you all have a wonderful 2021!

#utns #wackywriters

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