#if the grammar is wrong just tell me

[princessofwhiteshadows]

[luna-loveboop]

I've never done a poll before, so good luck

Who do y'all think Time'll handcuff to him be with for his group in the dungeon? I've seen a lot of people say he will try to control who goes with who since he's scared for their lives rn (valid)

The options are the individual boys, just go with who you think is most likely to be in his group I guess?

Anyways like I said I've never done a poll so it might be messed up or make no sense, should be fun :D

Let me know if this doesn't work. And yes I know it's not well organised.. it's ok. right?

I think that unlike when they split in the Divine Dark Reflections arc, they might try to stay in bigger groups, and I think Time would probably want to have as many close to him as possible (his group have three or four), but I uhh didn't know how to incorporate that.

It's silly, but right now I can't stop imagining a scene where they reach the central room and everyone sprints off into the groups they want before time can argue.

Anyone who goes with legend will survive physically and anyone who goes with four will survive mentally.

[annerbhp]

Just a little something I've been noticing reading fics for a while that I just thought I would point out.

If you're writing a scene with a lot of back and forth dialogue, start a new paragraph when a different person starts talking. Do not start a new paragraph when the same person is speaking or acting, or between their speech and action. (Stylistic choices and exceptions withstanding...) Just think of the paragraph as a little bundle of all the speech and actions of person A, and then package up the speech and actions of person B in a different paragraph.

This can really help your reader keep track of what is going on and who is doing what. Personally, I find it jarring when two different people have dialogue in one paragraph, especially when it's floating dialogue without the dialogue tag and proper names if the people talking have the same pronouns. (Unless you are deliberately doing this to show chaos or interjection. Basically, if you are doing it for a reason, then go for it! But if there is no reason, try to avoid it.)

It's also confusing if you have a piece of floating dialogue and THEN a paragraph break with the same character doing an action. Sometimes I can't figure out if the speech and the actions were done by the same person or two different people. (Again, there are exceptions, but in general.)

Don't be scared to overuse dialogue tags. It's so much better than leaving your reader lost as to who is saying what. It will kill the flow of the story and take the reader out of what is happening if they have to stop and figure out what is going on. And if it's a scene between people with the same pronouns, don't be scared to overuse people's names either. Again, better for your readers to not get lost!

Just some things to think about. Or something to look for when editing!

[teddybeartoji]

why in the fuck is my native langue so weird please how come i feel more comfortable writing in english than in estonian lmao

[llycaons]

I love being a beta reader I'm out here googling things like 'what part of speech is but' and 'hearkens vs harkens what is right' and still feeling like this

[baejax-the-great]

SOmE wOrDs aRe sImILaR but aRE uSeD diFfeReNtLy

How about you take your condescension, ball it up, shove it up your ass and bawl about that for a while

[hoperaypegasus]

I just realized something about Nile’s eye makeup. 

His bey is obviously based on Horus, the Egyptian god. And everything about Nile, legit down to the fact he has the same name as the major river in Egypt, seems to be a reference to his heritage. However his makeup doesn’t really look like Horus’s symbol, the eye of Horus. It doesn’t look like the eye of Ra either in my opinion, it seems both stylized and different from both famous symbols. 

Instead, they are deliberately asymmetrical, as if they represent different things. These are supposed to show something. The kid version of me in my head who was obsessed with mythologies told me I was forgetting something that I definitely should know. So I dusted off my old books and did a bit of digging. And...

The deity Horus is a sky deity. And in early texts, his eyes were described as the sun and moon, before they were split up between Horus and Ra later on. More specifically, his right eye was the sun and his left was the moon.

The makeup under Nile’s right eye predominantly features a triangle, like a sun ray. And the makeup under his left features what looks to be a geometric crescent, like the moon.

...His makeup is a nod to the early translations of Horus’s eyes.

[irisbaggins]

...oh no. Neverafter is, genuinely, a perfect angle for a Master thesis, especially with the two ideas I currently have in mind. I have a deep love for fairy tales, and this campaign is very intriguing to me (just started it, no I'm not procrastinating an exam what-). I'm still going to angle my first idea around Burrow's End (it's quite literally the best thing ever), I'm looking at Neverafter, believe you me.

Anyway. Off I go watching more Neverafter instead of doing my Middle English exam. Oh well.

[not-poignant]

@blooper-boy replied to your post “if ur still doing the writing meme (i've liked all...”:

I had no idea people were so argumentative about the Oxford comma. Also just, the arguments seem dumb? Its all punctuation. As long as its making your idea clear, then it doesn't matter how you punctuate.

​Yeah it's frankly a pretty silly hill to die on, given it literally doesn't matter unless you're at university or work at a journalism / news place etc. or your publisher has a fixed style guide (in which case, that's why they have editors lol).

The rules change all over the world, but most of the time it's not mandated and there's no official consensus anywhere. It's one of those 'pick the one you like and stick with it' scenarios. But oof an Oxford Comma discussion when you're against using them in your own work will show some people's true colours, as will a 'do you dog ear your book pages' re: how judgemental other folks can be on how people do things that are literally none of their business. :D

[lady-assnali]

Gigi, in her first few weeks of being discovered and thrust into the modeling world, is facing the adjustment period while having to deal with the busiest season of the year. New York is easy. New York has her support system. Once she hits Paris, however, reality sets in. There’s only one voice she wants to hear.

Gigi had come to love the mystery of the mirror; of manipulating her face and donning a wig and not quite knowing who she would see on the other side. The week had been a whirlwind of castings and fittings and over here, arms out, head back. Life had become a desperate clawing toward being timely and happy, both of which seemed impossible according to the more seasoned girls.

They called her baby Geege-mostly affectionately-and soon enough she grew used to the rotating cast of people in her life.

She found herself busy that month, bustling around new cities and rushing to get to places where they rushed her through fittings and then rushed her onto the runway, where she finally got a chance to just walk. Then, she’d rush out of wherever she’d been to catch a train or a bus or an Uber and hold her phone to her ear, desperate to hear that same familiar voice on the other end.

“If it isn’t international supermodel and best friend in the world Gigi Goode’” It was almost always a variation on that greeting that hit her instantly, made her heart swell in her chest and her body ache for home. They hadn’t really been apart since they’d met that first day in the city, and hearing Crystal’s voice made the distance between them seem even farther than the physical mileage.

“What’s next?” Crystal would ask, and although they both knew the answer the unspoken meaning behind it was truly “when are you coming home?”

“London.” She’d said that night, walking back to her apartment from the Uber. “I’m sad to leave Paris. We should come back together some day. I’ll show you the Eiffel Tower all lit up, we’ll shove food in our faces all day, we’ll drink the cheapest wine we can find and eat warm baguettes while we walk. It’s just…this is unreal, Crys.”

“I’ve been seeing your picture everywhere. Your walk for Fenty…?”

“Yeah,”

“Okay, what’s wrong? And don’t give me crap, Geege. You’re not you, I can hear it.”

“I don’t know what’s happening…” The silence lingers. Gigi leans against the wall outside of the hotel, nodding at the doorman. Looking out on unfamiliar streets, reading signs in an unfamiliar language, loneliness seeps into her skin like the brisk air. She sighs, shifts her weight in her sneakers. She’s tired. Weeks of walking have brought blisters to her feet she would not admit to. The world has gone by in such a flash of time that it’s difficult to remember that there was a life where she hadn’t been interested in walking at all. Here in Paris, modeling had become her entire existence.

“I really miss you.” Gigi lets the admission slip from where it hung in her fuzzy, sleep deprived brain. She whispers mostly to herself. Her knees wobble. Her voice cracks.

“I miss you too,” Crystal’s line is suddenly filled with noise-voices and chatter and her name repeated over and over again. Gigi can hear her shuffling, shushing, a door slamming. “You’re going to do so much-you’re doing so much. You’re incredible, Gigi. This is it.”

“What if…I don’t know. What if I don’t want this to be it?”

“Then you come home, and we go on a long journey to find your it. This includes an 80s movie montage with cheesy music, too, in case you were wondering. We’ll get a studio space and split it right down the middle-half for your sewing and half for my art. Or I’ll quit art and become your assistant and organize fabric and pack orders and make you laugh all day. Or I’ll suddenly become famous and you can live off of my earnings and do whatever you want to do for the rest of your life-only walk when you want to.”

Gigi lets out a heavy breath on her side of the line, hugging her jacket against herself. There’s still shuffling on Crystal’s end; the start of music, the sound of footsteps passing in the hallway.

“What are you doing tonight? What time is it there?”

“Almost seven-we’re going out, Jan’s new group is doing a show. It’s supposed to be really good, that’s what she said”

“That’s what she always says.” Gigi laughs affectionately, attempting to tune her ear into the bustling she would have been a part of if she hadn’t left. Her heart falls when she can’t clearly make out any of the voices through the muffled line, aching for the familiarity of her friends and their faces and their home.

“Take pictures for me,” she says sweetly. “Don’t let the fame get to Jan’s head. I have one more day here and then I’m on the plane-I’ll have Wi-Fi at the London hotel too. Maybe we can try to Skype.”

“We will Skype. Name a time and my schedule will be cleared.”

Something about the sincerity in Crystal’s voice through the phone stops Gigi’s voice in her throat, stinging her eyes with fresh tears. She clears her throat, attempting to shuffle through the fuzzy itinerary in her mind before giving up, knowing she’ll be scouring her schedule for a long enough clearing the second she gets back into the hotel. The promise of talking to her best friend face to face, albeit through a screen, is enough to give her a new burst of hopeful energy. Maybe, she thinks, she can actually do this.

She’s lingered so long on this train of thought that she can hear Crystal shuffling around on the other end, allowing the drifted conversation to stay where Gigi had left it. She’s probably getting ready, the sounds of drawers opening accompanied by the soft humming Crystal would do when concentrating. If Gigi were there she’d be singing along, standing side-by-side with her at the sink. Crystal would let her choose her glitter, let her watch the intricate process of getting it to stick while they laughed at each other. She’d dance, and Gigi would wiggle, and then they’d share space in the back of the cab and tell their own jokes on the way there. The night would end with both of them physically worn out and still a little drunk, sharing space in Crystal’s bed while everyone else piled up around the apartment. They’d talk until one of them fell asleep.

A vespa whirs by along the lamp lit street as Gigi breathes out a weighted sigh, blinking back another wave of emotion. She shuffles on her feet, moves away from the wall of the hotel. The doorman nod at her, raising his eyebrow in an unspoken question of worry. She waves him off, smiling weakly before speaking back into the phone in a low, wet voice.

“Tell the girls I say hi please.”

“I will. Tell your new friends not to party too hard-I need you back in one piece.” And before she hangs up, Crystal’s tone turns tender, sincere. “I’ll text you. We’ll talk again as soon as we can.”

          “Okay.”

          Gigi walks back into her shared hotel room hastily. Barely remembering to grab her toiletries, she makes a beeline for the bathroom. The tears escape her the second she turns on the shower.

          She’s finally living her dream.

          She just hadn’t realized the adjustment would hit her so hard.

[tarakau]

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[the-gay-cryptid]

I have this one writing professor who's overall great, but she has these little particular expectations that drive me insane. The big one is that we have to write a 50 word response to all of our classmates' weekly stories. But this is a workshop. We make those comments in class. We have full conversations where the writers can hear pur tone and respond and ask questions in the moment.

Why the fuck do we have to leave feedback comments?????

[daughterofsarenrae]

Every day i report incorrect grammar on duolingo 😔

[reneeworks]

i'm so used to reading in english that I forgot what it's to not understand what you're reading even with a general idea of what words mean individually so now that I'm taking learning french seriously I'm being hit with the desperation of not understanding what two words mean together once again

[vivi-ntvg]

As a Latin American, this actually reminds me a lot of white liberals who are all "I'm not like those racist conservatives! I welcome Latinos with open arms uwu" but then try to dictate our culture or our language when they have no idea about either of those things, because their great great grandfather was born in Mexico (they don't even know any other Latin American countries beside Mexico) and they think that makes them one of us. You don't have the same experiences as us, therefore you don't get to decide what's right FOR US. Stolas says he doesn't look down on Blitz, okay, but HE sure doesn't get to decide if Blitz feels looked down upon.

This specific brand of white liberal that I'm mentioning does not realise that their attitude is JUST as racist as the conservative "you don't belong here, you're different" mindset. Because the "you poor Latino, you don't know what's right, I must show you" saviour mentality? It reveals your superiority complex. It reveals that, in some way, you do think of Latinos as inferior.

And Stolas is EXACTLY like that, just substitute Latino for imp.

The bias is not always conscious

And that's the case with Stolas. That's it, that's basically the post, so you can count it as your tl;dr, but let me elaborate. :)

(A little gratitude note! Sorry @tealvenetianmask, I failed being concise here, but I thank you for encouraging me to put it all together :3 I also thank you for our conversations about Stolas and about museums in particular which heavily contributed to it)

I think there's some misunderstanding when people get offended by the suggestion that Stolas acts classist/racist. It seems that people assume we’re implying he is malicious and intentional with it, but the actual problem is that he doesn't think.

S2EP2, Seeing Stars, 1:29

The problematic behavior we're discussing is reflexive and internalized. Stolas was raised in an environment where the lower demon class is looked down upon, and while he believes he expresses nothing but deep respect for Blitzø and treats him as an equal…

Goodnight, Blitzø. S1EP7, Ozzie's, 14:50

And while you can see from this bow that this intention is sincere, which is both wonderful and fascinating—he preserved this profound gesture ever since he was a kid, despite being actively discouraged from doing so!...

[Stolas]: I'm Stolas! It's nice... Ouch! [Paimon]: Don't bow to that one! He bows to us! Idiot! S2EP1, The Circus, 7:40

He was still raised in privilege and influenced by the narratives around him. For him, it's acceptable because that's what he was taught is fine. It's part of his everyday speech, and he never actually asks Blitzø, or anyone else, how they feel about the literally belittling nicknames (like literally—do you notice how often he uses the word "little" when referring to imps?).

I mean... there's a lot, okay? I'm just going to pull out some examples off the top of my head. All of them are from Season 1, and I'll explain why later.

I was hoping you brave little imps would accompany us! S1EP2, Loo Loo Land, 5:15

Ugh, that's better... Where's Blitzy? He's my knight in shining armor, not you, littler ones! S1EP2, Loo Loo Land, 13:22

And it [grimoire] isn't supposed to be lent out to itty-bitty imps like yourself. S1EP5, The Harvest Moon Festival, 0:30

Greetings, tiny Wrath Ring imps! S1EP5, The Harvest Moon Festival, 8:22

[Stolas, in the background]: Who dares threaten my little impish plaything? S1EP6, Truth Seekers, 18:20

How the fuck did you get caught by humans? Are you little creatures not being careful up here? S1EP6, Truth Seekers, 19:38

He also takes pride in being part of Ars Goetia. That pride seeps into his mind whether he wants it to or not. He lives in a huge palace, never worries about money, can arrange a seat in a club that’s always booked out, and gets admitted to a hospital immediately, while hellhounds wait five years for a Hellbies shot.

Being part of the Goetia family is rather valuable, you know. S1EP2, Loo Loo Land, 4:39

Most of these examples come from Season 1 because, after the disastrous Ozzie’s date, Stolas begins to unconsciously cut back on this language. He seems to sense that something is wrong, though he doesn’t fully understand why. However, he is acutely aware of the problems with the transaction and the unfair dynamics it creates, and he is serious about putting Blitzø on equal ground by providing him with the means to run his business independently of Stolas.

And still, he maintains full control over the conversation during the Full Moon meeting, immediately dismisses Blitzø after one mistake, and throws him out. He continues to impose his narrative on Blitzø and…

I don't look down on you! How many times do I— When have I ever?! S2EP9, Apology Tour, 2:45

When have you ever indeed, Stolas? You literally look down on Blitzø saying that. This moment illustrates the problem clearly. He isn’t lying when he says he doesn’t look down on Blitzø because he genuinely believes he doesn’t.

Despite all said, Stolas is making a tremendous effort and is progressing, and he is far ahead of Stella, who is openly classist/racist and very conscious of her biases. So I believe—no, I know—he will get there one day. But not today.

This is something I take quite seriously, and I think people need to understand how dangerous this subtlety can be, as it happens all the time in real life too.

How often do you ask yourself why medical research groups are predominantly represented by white, cis, upper-middle-class males, and how this affects the efficiency of treatments suggested in these studies for everyone else—women, people of color, non-binary folks, and those who struggle financially?

How often do you visit museums and see art created by wealthy aristocrats who defined what constitutes 'fine art,' while 'folk art'—often created by marginalized communities—is overlooked and lost to time?

I could elaborate further on how deep and cruel this bias is, but I’ll stop here. I just ask you to consider why you might get offended when someone points out Stolas's subtle bigotry and why you might downplay it compared to the loud, aggressive Blitzø, whose anger and avoidant issues are obvious.

Just sit with it.

[4dbeingguide]

11 tips from a master manifestor.

y’all have been loving my first post and it’s really encouraged me to come back. this time i have 11 tips for you! i would’ve really appreciated a post like this when i was a beginner so i’ve decided to make it for those who may also be starting with their journey. actually it doesn’t matter where you are on this road, this is supposed to help everybody, including master manifestors (yes, sometimes doubts cross our minds, we just know how to deal with them)!

there is a lot of repetition as there are some concepts i want to emphasize on. excuse any grammar errors. let’s get straight to it!

stop giving a fuck about the 3D. that is absolute (as in, don’t check it, don’t wait for anything from it, don’t let it get to you). just stop. i have a post over here that will really help you in doing so (and no, it isn’t me cursing at you while ordering you to stop. it’s me having a discussion with you and listening to your doubts while refuting them and i also back it up with scientific sources).

acknowledge that you already are a master manifestor. you’re already where you need to be. don’t let the illusion that is the 3D tell you otherwise!

if you see a piece of manifestation advice that rubs you the wrong way then simply act as if it’s false and doesn’t apply to your reality. you make the rules.

speaking of rules, make yourself some manifesting rules that dictate that manifesting is effortless and instant for you. don’t settle for less.

keep a success story list (and yes, you can put stuff that you’ve assumed that hasn’t appeared in the 3D since the 4D is the only reality) so that you can use it to reaffirm your belief in the law if you ever doubt it.

never seek approval from the 3D for ANYTHING. it is an ILLUSION. your 4D/mind/assumptions are the OBJECTIVE reality. this also applies to the state of waiting and wanting. why do you want to wait for the approval of an illusion? and what are you wanting when it’s already here?

the 3D is not your enemy and it is impossible for the 3D to reject your manifestation. the bitch is inanimate lmao. have you ever walked in front of a mirror and had it tell you “i’m not gonna reflect right now”? i’m sure the answer is no. the 3D works the same way. it EXISTS to reflect our assumptions. that’s its entire purpose. it is nothing but an illusory perception of our 4D. it actually obeys you down to a T. i was gonna say it’s your pet but pets are actually alive and autonomous, the 3D isn’t. the 3D just an inanimate illusion. your business is in the 4D. that’s where you live.

you don’t need a technique. to manifest, all you have to do is assume you have it or enter the state of having it. techniques simply exist to help you do so (that’s why we affirm/visualize/etc. that we have it) but you can do it directly. that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use them. do what feels most natural to you. do what is the most efficient when it comes to making you fulfilled (not what gives it to you fastest in the 3D. remember, it’s an illusion).

you shouldn’t care if the 3D will give it to you or not. the 3D is an illusion, remember? a simple way to get yourself to put your eyes on the 4D is saying something to the effect of “this 3D/physical world isn’t real/is an illusion, the 4D/mind is the only true reality, i live in the 4D and thus all my affairs are there and not in the 3D and this is what the 4D is saying: (insert manifestation)”. seriously, all your affairs are in the 4D. you’re 4 dimensional.

when doubts persist, reading rants and banging pots and pans might help sometimes but sometimes you just have to sit down with yourself and have an internal dialogue. you’re human (probably 🤔 just in case you’re manifesting otherwise as you read this, and yes it IS possible). hear what your doubts have to say in full (don’t buy it though) and debunk them calmly and civilly.

limits don’t exist. imagination is the only reality. if you can imagine it then it can happen unless you say it can’t.

if you liked this post, make sure to check out my post here!!! in it i elaborate on how to deal with doubts. have an amazing day 🫶