#i love adverbs

[cwritesfiction]

Out of Context Line Tag

Tagged by @revenantlore like 4 minutes ago to share an out of context line. From It's in the Cards:

"Slut," Harper said reverently.

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[holfelderwrites124]

on adverbs

You can pry adverbs out of my cold, dead hands. While using a Specific Word that is more Actiony is Great, sometimes a character says softly, or says gently or says quietly instead of just whispering. Those are different things and I will die on this hill.

[virovirokun-has-adhd]

LOL Spock is such a silly we love him

I know everyone says it’s best to just stick to “said” as a dialogue tag bc it disappears and that’s true and I mostly do but I want to take a moment for my all-time favorite dialogue tag, “lied.” Absolutely nothing hits like “‘I’m here to help,’ he lied.” NOTHING.

[retiredteabag]

you write sukuna so elegantly😮‍💨 i'm foaming at the mouth cuz i keep stumbling upon your recent fic

This makes me so happy :0 I wrote it pretty quickly and I was worried it might be obvious that it was a bit rushed- thank you for warming my heart like this 😳

[mrsbsmooth]

I—

I just—

😭

No

[good--merits-accumulated]

a wild Neil appears in the martian AU 🥳

[rothko]

one of the worst things about this translation class is that sometimes we are translating things that are poorly written and i have to resist the urge to edit the original in my translation

[lokiusly]

new url yall !! donkination -> lokiusly

[landwriter]

last ten fics meme!

Rules: Post the first lines of your last ten fics posted to AO3. (Sort by date posted.) If you have fewer than ten, post what you have. 

Thank you for tagging me, @softest-punk! <3 Reminded once more I have yet to post ten fics on AO3 or write a first line that isn't in truth a first paragraph (or at least a First Two Lines). Nearly all of these are meant to be in a huddle of other short sentences and it's funny seeing them on their lonesome!

The Death of Translation Hob Gadling loves the way living language changes.

Just Like Love It’s just like love, but it's not.

Flower King Once upon a time, there was a boy born in the summer, whose destiny was winter.

Emissary of the Night It was not, actually, love at first sight.

Oaths Hob tipped his face up to the sun and shut his eyes.

Black Shore The sound of waves lapping against the shore makes it seem like they’re saying hush hush hush, but you are hearing it wrong.

Border Country There are two things that Dream does only once a century.

Saint Morpheus Hob stood alone inside a lovely limestone cathedral.

Unsent Letter It may surprise you to hear that many in my life think me unfeeling after my outburst tonight, but I am certain you will wish they were right by the end of this letter.

Tagging @teejaystumbles, @arialerendeair, @mandolinearts, and anyone who sees this and wants to do it! <3

[kinnbig]

I just started learning Thai so I’m interested. What is the difference between jing and jingjing? On your tags about favorite Thai words

oh! so in Thai, repeating an adjective turns it into an adverb.

in this case, jing is an adjective that means true or real or honest, and jingjing is an adverb that means really, trully, honestly. they're just my favourite Thai words because I like the way they sound lol.

my other favourite is ning, which doesn't have a perfect English translation but that you might recognise from My Engineer. it means cool as in (a person who is) cold, distant, or aloof, or alternatively calm and self-controlled. it's often used sarcastically when describing other people. ningning is an adverb that means something like carefully or calmly - you hear people saying "ningning!" to tell someone to calm down or take more care. kind of like "chill out!" in English lol. I like these because their English translations are so interesting! and because of RamKing and ai'Ning, obviously.

[apollosbirthdayplaylist]

藤井風 (Fujii Kaze) - 死ぬのがいいわ (Shinunoga ii-wa, lit. 'I would rather die')

[aro-simp]

bitches have official certificates stating they have a level C2 proficiency in the english language and bitches will still start convos going "ugh word hard :((( man hot wet"

[slvtforcherries]

nothing can come between a girly and her adverbs

[strawbnetwork]

wildly vacillating between i hate my classmate so much for i hope they get hit by a car. and they are a nice person who i dont mind speaking to and there are so many better things to be thinking about instead of their mildly awful feedback

[cangrellesteponme]

you ever start reading a fic and immediately realise the author writes exactly like you

[fappellmoan]

he’s sooooo loser lesbian coded