#idiom thesaurus

[jaimetout]

I do realize fanfic writers aren't necessarily open and wanting criticism but sometimes it's just so hard to get through a story because of a minuscule error in their process that keeps happening but I can't say anything (because it's canon/j) and it kills me because their writing is so cute and I just really need them to re-read their work before posting and not be the me from a couple years ago

[writingquestionsanswered]

Hiya, I hope youre having a good day!

On your advice for stiff writing, you said to 'avoid purple prose'. Im just wondering what that means? Sorry if I missed something from an earlier post.

Purple Prose and How to Avoid It

"Purple prose" is what we call writing that is "flowery" or ornate to the extent that it's melodramatic and pulls the reader's focus away from the actual story. Some things that contribute to purple prose:

1 - Overuse of Elegant and Elaborate Words

Normal Sentence: Clara stepped to the balcony and looked out over the crowd, finely dressed and buzzing with courtly gossip.

Purple Prose: Clara traipsed to the wrought iron precipice and gazed upon the throng, opulently clad and susurrous with scandalous hearsay and scurrilous palaver.

The problem: One of our biggest goals as writers is to effectively communicate the stories inside our heads, and we do that by making sure our prose is generally clear, direct, and precise. The overuse of elegant and elaborate words in the second example defeats the clarity because the reader is constantly having to think about what each word means, and maybe even look them up. When you read "balcony" you don't have to think about what that is. But "wrought iron precipice" requires a little more time to work out. "Crowd" is straightforward and clear where "throng" isn't. Everyone knows what gossip is, but "susurrous with scandalous hearsay" is just... whut.

The Solution: Most of the time, try to use the clearest, most direct words to communicate what you're trying to say. Don't constantly run to the thesaurus to find a fancier word. Ornate words should be saved for times when you really need the special impact.

2 - Overuse of Long Sentences

Normal Sentence: The finely dressed crowd buzzed with courtly gossip. (8 words)

Purple Prose: The throng was opulently clad and susurrous with scandalous hearsay and scurrilous palaver. (13 words)

The Problem: A variety of sentence lengths creates a cadence that helps your story flow. Since purple prose usually adds unnecessary words ("susurrous with scandalous hearsay and scurrilous palaver" takes seven words to say the same thing as "courtly gossip") you end up with more long sentences than short or mid-length sentences, if any at all, so not only do you not get that cadence, you often end up slowing the flow of the story.

The Solution: Keep an eye on your sentence length. If you see a lot of long sentences, see which ones you can tighten up. Not only will this help eliminate purple prose, but it will give you a nice variety of sentence lengths that will give your prose cadence and improve the flow of your story.

3 - Overuse of Figurative Language

I'm fudging the example here because I'm tired and my brain can't do figurative language right now, but it's things like metaphor, simile, hyperbole, idioms, symbolism, onomatopoeia, euphemism, and alliteration.

The Problem: Figurative language isn't usually the clearest, most direct to say something--though once in a while it does add much-needed clarity--so it's definitely not something you want in every sentence. Another issue with figurative language is it can be tricky to come up with something new or not over used, so a lot of figurative language falls into cliché territory. ("Their muscles were hard as rocks," "It was the calm before the storm," "They woke up on the wrong side of the bed...")

Solution: Make sure figurative language is used with intention and purpose. Before you use it, ask yourself what the figurative language accomplishes... how does it enrich the story or the reader's experience? Is it being used in a place that needs the added impact?

4 - Overuse of Adjectives and Adverbs

Normal sentence: She tiptoed down the steps and melted into the crowd, hoping not to be seen.

Purple Prose: She walked gently down the steep steps and quietly melted into the bustling crowd, desperately hoping not to be seen.

The Problem: Quite often, adverbs can be replaced by active verbs. There's no point in saying "walked gently" when you can say "tiptoed." No need to say "said loudly" when you could say "shouted." No need to say "drove quickly" when you could say "sped." And sometimes adverbs just don't add anything. If she tiptoes down the steps and melts into the crowd, isn't it kind of obvious that she's really reeeally hoping not to be seen? Describing that hope as "desperate" doesn't necessarily tell us anything useful. And in much the same way, while adjectives can certainly help paint a picture, when they're being over used, it's a good bet a lot of them aren't doing anything important. Why do we need to know the steps are "steep"? Is that going to be important later?

The Solution: Make sure you replace adverbs with active verbs whenever possible, and try to save adjectives for when they serve a purpose--either to flesh out description in important ways or tell the reader something they need to know for later.

5 - Overuse of Emotional and Sensory Description

Normal Sentence: She hoped no one saw her but couldn't fight off the feeling someone had. The fear made her heart pound and left a bitter taste in her mouth.

Purple Prose: She was absolutely desperate not to be seen, would pass out from shock if anyone saw her. Sweat streamed down her neck and pooled at the small of her back. She was so nervous she shook like a leaf, tasting bile in her throat as her heart pounded in her chest. The incessant chatter of the blathering crowd was almost drowned out by the frightening rush of blood in her ears.

The Problem: There's just too much going on. I love sensory description, but it doesn't have to be ALL the senses. And emotional details are great too, but she's desperate, potentially shocked, frightened, nervous... it's too much emotion. It's melodramatic.

The Solution: Use emotional description only when it's necessary, and don't forget you can also illustrate emotion by using physical and internal cues. Sensory description is great, too, but don't feel like you have to include all the sensory details in every description.

I hope that helps!

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Tools for (not only) fic writers!

After a discussion on Discord I have thought I'd share all the useful tools that I - a copywriter and editor - use on a daily basis. These can be useful for fic writers, copywriters, novel writers... Basically anyone. :)

https://app.grammarly.com/ - for grammar checks, obviously https://quillbot.com/ - a great paraphrasing tool, especially when you want to change the style of a sentence, for example from casual to formal. Also has a bunch of other cool tools like summarizer. https://hemingwayapp.com/ - grammar checker, but also with suggestions what sentences are too hard to read, where to use an adverb, where to use passive voice etc. https://languagetool.org/ - grammar checker. Multiple languages. http://cliche.theinfo.org/ - a cliche finder, to not use the same words as everyone does https://www.onelook.com/thesaurus/ - THE reverse thesaurus, if you don't know the word, but can more or less define its meaning. Also has words organized by subject. https://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idioms_proverbs.html - lists of idioms and their meanings https://www.calmlywriter.com/online/ - distraction free writing https://visuwords.com/ - a super cool visual thesaurus and dictionary http://www.themostdangerouswritingapp.com/ - deletes all your text if you stop writing for 3 seconds. Motivating. https://www.charactercountonline.com/ - character, word and sentence counter. Also shows you the word density. http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter.html - like Scrivener, word processor that allows you to break your work into scenes https://wavemakercards.com/ - for creating story timelines, mindmaps etc. https://www.shaxpir.com/ - manuscript builder, worldbuilding notebook, adding comments to text, setting goals, viewing the edit history http://www.theologeek.ch/manuskript/ - for making story outlines and mindmaps of characters, places, etc. Totally free and open-source. https://www.losethevery.com/ - look for a synonym of the "very…" for more sophisticated writing 😉 https://brainsparker.com/ - random prompts and inspirations https://www.tapnik.com/brainstormer/ - random story ideas generator https://writeordie.com/ - deletes all your writing if you are not reaching the goals you have set for yourself https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/ - writing prompts

Have fun! I hope you find it useful!

[supergleedalequeen]

I'm being so serious Taylor Swift's new album butchers every idiom in the English language, gravitating wildly from boring shopping list expressing exactly what she's thinking and the type of "poetry" found written in Sharpie on the door of a Hot Topic dressing room. I want to beat her with the thesaurus she used to write this.

[coolingrosa]

Sorry for the onslaught of questions, but could you tell me how you learned to write so beautifully? Like the complexities of characters' emotions, how you describe things, tips to improve vocab, some good book recommendations, the way u use idioms and sayings so perfectly and just everything else you do? Ur writing is just so good that it actually makes me feel things 😭😭 I need to become like youuu

This is a very heavy duty question and I’ll try my absolute hardest to answer this!

First things first, I do want to clarify that if you’re asking about the writing of chapter one, I want to make a note that a lot of the flowing text and descriptions was written by my co-writer- BarnacleGirl. We have a system where I write the rough draft, and dialogue, then hand it over to her to polish and add on some additions. However, that has not been done for chapters 2, 3 and the prologue. Those three mediums have not been touched by her writing and is simply mine. So if you’re specifically wondering about the details in chapter one, send in another ask directed at her and I’ll get her to answer it for you!

If you have the right idea and meant to send it for the whole fic, I’ll continue!

Character writing hasn’t always been my best work in the past. Nobody starts off writing complex characters with compelling morals until they grow a bit and experience a lot of life. What really taught me how to write was putting myself into each character and making them human. I give my characters the bad parts of myself- the good parts- parts that my friends see and that I don’t. Situations I’ve gone through are sprinkled through my writing and the emotions written on the pages is real because it’s taken from a real person.

This isn’t me saying that if you haven’t gone through hardships, or put yourself into characters, you’ll make flat ones. However, making human characters comes with human qualities- even bad ones.

Killer isn’t a good person.

He’s not. He just isn’t. He’s one of the main characters for the story and sympathized with but with his actions he’s not considered a good person.

But guess what? Dream isn’t a good one either. Nobody is.

Because the idea of good and bad people is an unreachable concept that we as human beings can’t follow. Everyone is going to mess up and hurt somebody on accident- maybe even on purpose. And in return- you’ll deal with hardships and heartbreak too. And the people you hurt or are hurt by will all see you in different lights. You’ll be a good person to many and a bad person to equally as much. So declaring a character a overall good or bad person doesn’t carry the same weight as real life dynamics.

Erasing the idea that characters have an archetype of good and bad really helped me make good characters and kept me out of my box. You can have characters who are horrible to some people but kind to others- characters who love very hard but show it terribly. But that’s what makes these individuals people. The bad traits and the mix of good create who they are. Their good actions and bad actions have to make sense for what they are thinking. Nobody is born evil. People become evil and even your most horrifically evil characters still have to have human traits remaining inside to make them one.

When I get an idea of a character and their vibes, diving into their emotions becomes easy because I can better envision myself in their place. Sometimes this can get emotional, but building that connection with your characters can really help you type out their thoughts and feelings like second nature. I advise you to use a lot of drowning and fire metaphors for emotions- as a rush of cold and heat is the two most common sensations when someone is feeling a strong emotion.

Tips for vocabulary: use a thesaurus LMAOOO

I’m SO bad at vocabulary. I don’t know what so many words mean and I constantly have to find replacement words for some of my text so don’t worry if ur ashamed about doing that- I do it all the time. My favorite thesaurus is word hippo, as it has so many different variations.

I unfortunately don’t have any book recommendations as I haven’t read a lot recently- but my writing style right now is heavily based on on the book All the Light we Cannot See. I’m not a huge fan of the book, but the writing style in it is impeccable and totally influenced my writing when I read it in sophomore year. Roseverse was also directly inspired by For the Forgotten Ones on ao3 and while it didn’t inspire me writing style wise, it did motivate a lot of my world building.

I also really appreciate you liking my work- it makes me really happy! However, there’s no need to become exactly like me in writing, as writing styles are just as complex and different as art styles. How you write is unique to you, and a statement of what you bring to the table. There’s beauty in that. Never be ashamed of your own writing style or skills. Keep wanting to improve, of course, but keep your love for writing centered around what you can make with YOUR hands. Because someday, your personal writing style and art may amaze another person out there who will want to write just like you.

You’re capable of amazement. Never forget that.

[linwelinwrites]

Word finders and tools for writers

WordReference the best dictionary in my opinion, with thesaurus, conjugation, and even pronunciation examples in different dialects. It also has 18 other languages besides English.  

Power Thesaurus most complete thesaurus with a list of options that gives you more synonyms for each option to navigate closer to the one you’re searching for, each with their definition. The interface is amazing.

Thesaurus.com synonyms and antonyms by strongest to weakest match with a comparison tool.

OneLook Thesaurus gives up to 100 synonyms. You can choose to see only the nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, idioms/slang, or old words. You can also order them differently: closest meaning first, alphabetical, most modern, oldest, most formal, most funny-sounding, most lyrical, shortest, longest, most or least common.    

Lose The Very helps you find a better word to use rather than ‘very + [something]’. (Very lonely = destitute; very brave = audacious).   

One Look Dictionary finds words that begin or end with certain letters, related words, words related to the concept, phrases that contain a specific word, phrases that spell an acronym, and others.

Reverse Dictionary: write down the meaning and receive words that match that definition.

Tip of My Tongue find words that start with, contain, or end with certain letters, find a word through its meaning, or a word that sounds like a different word.

Green’s Dictionary of Slang. Historical dictionary of English slang from c. ad 1000 to the present day. The main focus of the dictionary is the coverage of over 500 years of slang from c. 1500 onwards.

Phrases.com Look for phrases, expressions or idioms that mean or contain a certain word.

Adding search engines to Google Chrome

If you’re like me and you’re searching dictionaries and thesaurus left and right, you might want to add your most used dictionaries to your search engine. It’ll save you a ridiculous amount of time, particularly if you use different ones every time. 

For example, I didn’t have only one dictionary marked from WordReference : English definition, Spanish definition, English synonyms (thesaurus), Spanish synonyms, English to Spanish, Spanish to English, conjugations… you get the picture. 

So what I did was add their dictionaries to a custom search engine in my Chrome browser. That way, I just have to open a new tab with Ctrl + T, use the shortcut for the dictionary, search the word, Ctrl + W to close the tab and I’m back at my document without touching my mouse once. Isn’t that neat?

How to add a custom search engine to Chrome | Zapier 

The key, I think, is finding the shortest shortcut you are sure to remember. 

These are some of the ones I’ve got set up, just so you see what I mean: 

‘wren’: WordReference English definition

‘syn’: English synonyms (thesaurus)

'sin': Español sinónimos (spanish thesaurus)

‘conj’: English verb conjugation

‘power’: Power Thesaurus — longer, but easy to type due to the QWERTY keyboard layout

‘esen’: español(Spanish) to English translation

But try to figure out what works for you. This is only useful to me because I’ve fine tuned it to how my brain works.

[astralforests]

trick or treat!

happy halloween you get

FOCLÓIR GAEDHILGE AGUS BÉARLA AN IRISH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY, BEING A THESAURUS OF THE WORDS, PHRASES AND IDIOMS OF THE MODERN IRISH LANGUAGE, WITH EXPLANATIONS IN ENGLISH. COMPILED AND EDITED BY REV. PATRICK S. DINNEEN, M.A

[gardengalwrites]

Nine people I'd like to get to know better

Thank you for tagging me, @suleikashideaway and @angelosearch! :)

Last song: "Fuel to Fire" by Agnes Obel (LIVE)

Favorite color: PINK 🩷

Last movie/TV show: Last movie was Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One. Last TV show was a Korean Drama called Oh My Venus.

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: I have a huge sweet tooth and wish I could bake desserts for all of my Tumblr mutuals. 🍰 🍪 🥧

Relationship status: I am currently single and would love to get married to a dreamy man someday. 🌹

Last thing you googled: I posted a chapter of my fic today, so I was googling various phrases and idioms (that I couldn't find in the dictionary or thesaurus lol) to verify I was using them in the correct contexts.

Current obsession: Final Fantasy VIII as you can probably tell. Continuous obsession for the past 24 years.

If you feel like playing this tag game, I choose: @thenapwitch, @maggsdraws, @traceme88, @lochness-tess, @blurryobjects, @rowrowmyboat, @irishais, @wandererstorytellers, @oyasumi-ashurii

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[zhongrin]

...... Yoirjewwbwb I'm not normal about the headcanons you gave me wjowdhbaan >/////<

Pls Baizhu enjoying being the littol spoon is so cute to me I'm.. 🥹💕💕 he will be the little spoon more regularly then!!❤️❤️

Changsheng..... <33 I like her a lot!!❤️❤️ She's so slay 🤭🤭💕💕

.... Rin I'm. My thoughts to the last headcanon I'm. Ebjwkebwhwjwka 😳😳💕

AHem. The headcanon battle is on.

My personal ALHAITHAM x MEIRIN headcanons (since they're so slay //pos):

Alhaitham tried at least ONCE to write a fanfiction about you two. He even finished it, it was a fanfiction about how you two spent a day together and ended it with a lovely date and an rather eventful night.. ❤️‍🔥💕 but he either hid it somewhere or he even teared it up because he made ONE spelling mistake. He is very perfectionistic

You show him the fanfictions you write so he checks them for grammar and / or spelling mistakes. If he clicks his tongue, you immediately know by now that he found a mistake.

Alhaitham isn't that big fan of tea, rather coffee - but he drinks it just for you ❤️

~ 💐

i'm glad you enjoyed hehe ᰔᩚ

HELP AL HAITHAM WRITING FANFICS HAUFHAJDJAKSH .......... hey babe wanna make that fanfic into reality- /smacked pls.... now i wanna read it.... what kind of fanfiction would this man write.... what if it's full of idioms and big words. or structured more like a thesis. this man would flop on tumblr lmao

.... it's canon now: whenever i write imma just seat myself at his lap and he'll be my thesaurus slash grammar checker, free of charge (well, technically he charges one kiss per correction/accepted suggestion... but that's so cheap it's practically fr- wait, what do you mean every twenty kisses he gets a special rewa- /bonked)

.... yall if that isn't true love idk what is /silly

i feel like teatime with al haitham will remind him of our grandmas (because we met and would have our playdates while they're having their teatime) and puts him in some sort of nostalgic mood.... ohhh now i feel soft 😔

[the-mindless]

hey! this is chance & here’s this week’s prompt. what websites or resources do you use while you write or develop a character/story? what do you think of them and would you recommend them?

Hello! I apologize, this is terribly late. I'm still gonna answer though.

Typically for writing I use, well, Google Docs. Yes, it's a pretty shitty app with a lot of weaknesses and ideally I wouldn't recommend it—However, it's free, doesn't have any ads, and easy to use on my phone (with some few exceptions. i.e. Can't add/remove spaces before/after paragraphs...)

Seeing as I'm currently stuck in phone purgatory for a couple more months, it's the best option I can find for now. There's a bunch of other writing apps on the play store, but most of them include ads and/or are confusing to use.

As for resources in general, there are TWO that I always, ALWAYS use whenever possible.

Onelook Thesaurus: A website where you could search for basically any word! Like synonyms, antonyms, that one phrase/idiom/word you vaguely remember, etc etc. Really helpful!

Punctuating Dialogue: A brief and helpful tumblr post on how to properly punctuate dialogue. Even after speaking English for God knows how long, I still need to check on it at least several times during writing.

Otherwise, I often just spend a lot of time browsing and reading through several sources regarding various topics. Y'know, like any normal writer.

Thank you for the ask, chance!

[sumpix]

[woodsteingirl]

FIRST IMPRESSION WAS WOAGHHHH SOMEONE WHO LIKES LANGUAGE THE WAY I LIKE LANGUAGE!!! i’m much less knowledgeable about it, but i take such joy from the way you blog about nuance in languages and idioms and stuff like that (<- voice of guy who reads the dictionary and thesaurus for fun) AND MY IMPRESSION NOW: genuinely WHAT would i do without you on my dash talking about history and academics?! you have single handedly made me less scared to email my professors just to discuss what we’re talking about for fun <3 i love you forever

WAHHHH you’re literally soooooo sweet omg….. i have an idiom dictionary thst i read for fun i literally understand you <3 but im sooooo glad you take things away from my silly posts i love YOU forever ❣️💘💕❤️💖💞

[writingquestionsanswered]

Is there a way for me to figure out speech & expressions in a specific past century? I've been trying to write a novel set in the 16th century but there are alot of expressions & idioms that I don't know if they existed back then or not. Do I just cut them out completely?

Researching Historical Lingo, Slang, and Grammar

Here are some things you can do to research the proper lingo, slang, and grammar for a historical setting:

1 - Google "slang (or phrases, lingo, grammar) of [era/decade] [location]" - I don't know where your story is set, but as an example, I Googled "slang of 16th century England" and got back 13 million hits, including things like "9 Elizabethan Words to Bring Back," "English Slang 1400 To 1680," "Elizabethan Swearing, Cursing and Vocabulary" and others. If you Google the era/decade and location of your story and take the time to sift through the results, you can get to know the lingo, phrases, slang, and grammar that would make sense in your story. (Just remember not to over rely on it... you want to avoid obviously modern phrases or words... no one in Elizabethan England would call something "freakin' sweet"... but you also don't want to write something so archaic sounding that it annoys the reader.)

2 - Go to YouTube and Search "slang (or phrases, lingo, grammar) of [era/decade] [location]" - YouTube can be a great source for learning how people spoke in a particular time and place. And in video format, this information is usually presented with additional information about the people and place that helps you understand why they spoke the way they did.

3 - Look for Books About Your Time Period and Setting - There are a lot of time/place settings that are popular enough to have books written about them. There's no shortage of books dedicated to life in Tudor and Elizabethan England, for example, and there are books dedicated to writing stories set in that time and place as well. Whether you go to your local library and ask, go to a local bookstore, or look on Amazon, books about your setting and time period can be a really helpful resource for learning about how people spoke.

4 - When In Doubt, Ask Google - If there's a particular expression, idiom, slang, or lingo you want to use but you're not sure if it existed in your story's time and place, try Googling the phrase plus "origin" or "etymology." That will almost always bring up something that will tell you the history of the expression, idiom, slang, or word that you're curious about. For example, let's say I wanted to know if they would have said "right as rain" in Tudor England. The very first hit on Google told me that while "right as rain" did originate in England, it doesn't seem to go further back than the 1800s. So, it wouldn't make sense for my Tudor character to say it. Some articles will suggest earlier variations, too, which can give you a fitting alternative. @definitely-not-julio suggested the OneLook online thesaurus which has an origin tab... and that actually leads to the Online Etymology Dictionary, which is a fantastic resource.

You can also use any number of idiom search engines or the dictionary to learn the origin of a particular phrase or word.

5 - Curl Up and Watch Stuff - One last helpful resource I want to mention is the great and powerful screen, whether that's the TV screen or device screen. There's a whole world of period dramas out there that take place in just about every possible time and place, so if all else fails, try watching a TV series or some movies set in the time and place of your story, and take notes! Just be aware that TV and movies aren't always super accurate, so it's a good idea to still double check anything you use, but they can be a great way to learn all kinds of potential words, phrases, lingo, etc. The Willow and Thatch web site has a list of period dramas by era (click on "best period dramas list") and it also has lists of period dramas by streaming service.

Have fun researching your story!

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[1rakus]

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native tongue oration

eloquence speechcraft

dramatic reading

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my friend i really appreciate you but do you think i didnt go to the thesaurus first

[anxiousresearchraptor]

None of my writing would sound like it does without the help of the Thesaurus.

(Also weird piece of advice for those who want to use chatgpt in a meaningful way: When you can't think of the word but you know it's ultra-specific and you need this exact word that you've read somewhere (and can't remember where) and your brain's fried, a random description like "looking for a word that starts with a p and it is comparable to the German idiom 'auf Messers Schneide'" spits out either the word you're looking for or a pretty good equivalent.)

some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

[silvernyxchariot]

⚠️CW: Me ranting⚠️

I was going to let it go, but... She gave me Karen vibes, the ones at the store that screech, "Excuse me! I don't like your attitude!😡"

And I was so excited to share my Kaveh DPS build too while it was still a work in progress (R1 Redhorn with 4pc Deepwood set (ATK% sands, Dendro dmg goblet, and Crit circlet)). But someone just had to ruin it. Of course, it was on HoyoLab.

:readmore:

Well, I'm going to be aggressive now. 🙄

I am capable of using a dictionary and thesaurus, for one thing, and idioms. Even so, I type what I mean unless I'm using tone indicators, italics, bold, or strikeout font to emphasize a different tone of voice. Hence, also my use of the disclaimer, "⭐️ My work is for entertainment and personal purposes. Do not take, translate, repost, or use it for profit."

So, for the eight millionth time (and I feel like I have to add that to EVERY post), I did not ask for build/team "help" or "advice." You're not helpful. You're intrusive. And overall, annoying as fuck. Just stick with the other meta players because I do not want you here or on my posts. People are free to express themselves, yes, I can't stop them. But seriously, shut the fuck up. I block as many people as I can but they just keep coming out of the woodworks.

If you do genuinely want to help, don't start off with "That's a weird choice of gear you made here..." and "As a Kaveh DPS player with a very well invested Kaveh... he won't deal that much," in your first sentences. You are NOT going to generate a good conversation. Your casual tone indicates familiarity. We're not friends. And "As a Kaveh DPS player with a very well invested Kaveh... he won't deal that much damage," so you're telling me you can't build this character to do what you want him to do. You don't actually put effort into farming that artifact RNG or put love into this character. That sounds like your fault.

I love Kaveh. And I love building him in every which way possible. I've looked at other players' builds, game websites, guides, YouTube, and do this thing called RESEARCH on my own.

Same person, just new pfp with a profile frame. I used a computer/browser because I just blocked them, jfc. 🙄 Alt text provided if you can't read the photos.

R: That's a weird choice of gear you made here... where are you playing him? Because if he's on-field on a bloom team, then he'd like to use a more supportive build I think (which means more EM, and definitely more ER, getting his burst must be an absoulte nightmare right now). And if he's the on-field DPS for a spread comp, he needs lots of love and a different set.

Me: As I've said in the post, "Kaveh's basic bloom build has been complete for the past couple of months, so I decided to give him new ✨accessories.✨" He has plenty of EM in that build. The team composition is up to me; I'm not asking for help.

(I wanted to share my Kaveh build. Not ask for advice. There was no question mark in my post. Build YOUR Kaveh and his team however the you want. And I will do the same.)

[R]: Fair enough, I was merely curious because your build is far away from his usual builds, and as a Kaveh player myself. I was interested to know your team comps. You don't need help, fine, sorry for offering generic advice I guess. Still, I'm feeling a tinge of uneeded aggressivity here.

(Since when is stating plain fact or quoting one's self showing "aggressivity." Just don't butt in when someone ISN'T ASKING FOR HELP.)

Me: Don't worry about it.

[R]: I'm not worried, just slightly confused by your behaviour. It's unusual, even by this platform standards. But hey, at least I was surprised, doesn't happen that often nowadays. So thanks, I guess.

(It's giving me stuck up, private school girl vibes. "I'm not worried," so I see common vernacular goes right over your head. Last time I checked, "Don't worry about it" means "leave it alone.")

[R]: As a Kaveh DPS player with a very well invested Kaveh... he won't deal that much. He's decent, but he's not meant to be a DPS.

("He's not meant to be a DPS," no fucking shit. That doesn't stop people from building characters they love, their way. 🤨)

Me: Stop bothering me.

(And then, I blocked her. I'm not dealing with these fuckers any longer than this.)

If you find this, Karen who's username starts with an R, I will block you still on every platform.

It's always the Ganyu mains and pfp. Fuck.