#interesting exercise

[robthegoodfellow]

Writing Patterns Game

Rules: share the first line of your last 10 published works or as many as you are able and see if there's any patterns.

Tagged by @dragonflylady77 awhile back! 💛

3DPC4EVA

A car never forgot the moment it came to—became aware.

¿Por qué no Halloween?

The line outside Club Quarry snaked around the block, an impatient technicolor parade of glitter and sequins, leather and feathers—and skin.

Only One Bed

Eddie got a job bartending at the Hideout a couple months before he finally graduated—third time’s the charm—in large part because the owner, Sam, was a close friend of the family.

A Little Death Do Us Part

Billy had been dead for four days when Steve finally made a breakthrough, muffled cracks as bones restitched and the crushed chest cavity filled, the rasp of rusted lungs expanding with breath.

Step Up

The divorce was finalized around Christmas, which is when Steve resolved to tell Robin.

Step 9

Steve didn’t know what he’d been expecting until the bells above the diner door let out a merry jingle—and there he was.

I'm Glad My Dad Died

Billy had a secret: he was glad his dad was dead.

Here I Go Again

Billy’d been warned against stopping in Stark County, but when you gotta go, you gotta go—and anyway, he was running low on gas.

Drummer Boy

Billy had always been a side sleeper, one hand wedged beneath his pillow—or tucked under his ear to hear the thrum of his pulse, steady and lulling on good nights, thudding fast on others, a dull roar that drowned out the shouts through the wall if he listened hard.

For My Baby, For My Man

Steve felt like a real asshole when Robin asked out of the blue one day, maybe a month after he and Billy became roommates, if the guy was paying part of his rent in labor.

no pressure tags (sorry if you already did this back when the game swept through originally): @imsodishy @ihni @shieldofiron @fizzigigsimmer @adelacreations

@suometar @spaceofentropy

[thebibutterflyao3]

Writing Patterns

List the first line of your last 10 (or however many you have) posted fics and see if there's a pattern.

Thanks for the tag @samynnad102687

Rugby to Rugburn | Explicit | 2,222 words | Jegulus

It started at their niece’s eighth birthday party.

Backpacking | Mature | 2,279 words | Dorlene

Marlene batted at the visor on her helmet as she pulled up behind Sirius at the traffic light.

James Potter vs. Tik Tok Leggings | Mature | 3470 words | Jegulus

Pandora skipped across the room and held out a gift bag with a wide grin on her face. “Happy Birthday, Reg!”

You Had Me at Meow | Mature | 5,383 words | Jegulus

“Are you following me?” James teased, glancing over his shoulder at the tiny black kitten chasing his heels.

Simps & Feral Squirrels | Mature | 19,272 words | Multi-ships Texting

So Sirius created a new group chat and named group chat Corrupt the Youth.

Light Me Up | Teen | 5,228 words | Nobleflower

Alice nodded excitedly as Frank explained the strategy for tonight’s quidditch match.

Fairy-Tale Sweets | Explicit | 100,180 words | Dorlene

Anya was back for the third time in two weeks, her ex-girlfriend was sitting in her office at the rear of the book shop.

Promise Me One Thing | Mature | 3,582 words | Wolfstar

Sirius twirled his wand over his fingers and chewed his bottom lip.

He’s Your Problem Now | Mature | 5,603 words | Wolfstar

“Fuck me,” Remus whispered, grimacing at the sharp pain in his shoulder.

Positive Reinforcement | Teen | 1,852 words | Jegulus

The back of the library was their favourite place to hide.

The Catfish & The King | Explicit | 144,213 words | Wolfstar/Jegulus

“Just a heads up, the boss is coming in today,” Dorcas warned, leaning against the doorway to the office that no one seemed to use.

***Open Tag! Feel free to post yours!***

[devoursjohnlock]

For kicks, I checked the last 20 accounts that I blocked. Maybe half of them were blank accounts with a tumblr-generated pfp when I blocked them. Of these, there were:

4 bots in waiting (girl pfp, no content)

9 active bots (girl pfp, hardcore posts or links)

1 pr0n account by a real person

2 non-pr0n bots posting random nonsense

2 spam accounts

1 blank account

1 real fandom blog (!)

So it checks out that some bot-identified blogs are real people, but since they're still vastly outnumbered by actual bots, I can't imagine investing the time it would take to go back and unblock them.

I report "bots" every time I block, and clearly none of these has been deleted (though maybe others have), so possibly new users are not at threat of losing their accounts by.... literally doing what is required of them... only of never being able to interact with the blogs they're most interested in, which makes me a bit sad, actually!

Crazy behaviour on tumblr's part to not at least inform us that all new users are now going to have a bot-like appearance.

[inkskinned]

i love when words fit right. seize was always supposed to be that word, and so was jester. tuesday isn't quite right but thursday should be thursday, that's a good word for it. daisy has the perfect shape to it, almost like you're laughing when you say it; and tulip is correct most of the time. while keynote is fun to say, it's super wrong - i think they have to change the label for that one. but fox is spot-on.

most words are just, like, good enough, even if what they are describing is lovely. the night sky is a fine term for it but it isn't perfect the way november is the correct term for that month.

it's not just in english because in spanish the phrase eso si que es is correct, it should be that. sometimes other languages are also better than the english words, like how blue is sloped too far downwards but azul is perfect and hangs in the air like glitter. while butterfly is sweet, i think probably papillion is more correct, although for some butterflies féileacán is much better. year is fine but bliain is better. sometimes multiple languages got it right though, like how jueves and Πέμπτη are also the right names for thursday. maybe we as a species are just really good at naming thursdays.

and if we were really bored and had a moment and a picnic to split we could all sit down for a moment and sort out all the words that exist and find all the perfect words in every language. i would show you that while i like the word tree (it makes you smile to say it), i think arbor is correct. you could teach me from your language what words fit the right way, and that would be very exciting (exciting is not correct, it's just fine).

i think probably this is what was happening at the tower of babel, before the languages all got shifted across the world and smudged by the hand of god. by the way, hand isn't quite right, but i do like that the word god is only 3 letters, and that it is shaped like it is reflecting into itself, and that it kind of makes your mouth move into an echoing chapel when you cluck it. but the word god could also fit really well with a coathanger, and i can't explain that. i think donut has (weirdly) the same shape as a toothbrush, but we really got bagel right and i am really grateful for that.

grateful is close, but not like thunder. hopefully one day i am going to figure out how to shape the way i love my friends into a little ceramic (ceramic is very good, almost perfect) pot and when they hold it they can feel the weight of my care for them. they can put a plant in there. maybe a daisy.

[obsob]

despite, despite, despite!!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

hope you feel better soon!

I am riddled with ailments, but I stay silly!

[maybeinanotherworld]

physics professors are really going through it- every day, I think about my quantum physics professor who once went on a rant about how there's too many types of mustard these days followed by the words "well, at least quantum physics is less complicated than the mustard aisle" followed by one of the most cursed derivations I have ever seen

[oneminutefiftysixseconds]

okay now i'm curious:

reblog to reach more corners of sportsblr and do tag which sport your response is based on <3

by play/take part i don't necessarily mean at any competitive level -- for example i mostly blog about pro cycling, am part of a local cycling club and enjoy riding for both leisure and exercise so i voted yes even though i don't race yet

[robininthewindow]

“Autistic sniper” “autistic engine”’”autistic medic” BIYCH THEYRE ALL AUTISTIC!!!!!

[thankstothe]

season 1 pretties

[divorcedwife]

putting them in the 18th century

[bayazreza]

Original color palette!

[turtleblogatlast]

Small but significant character moments that I actually really adore are from both the times we see the boys as tots. There is a reoccurrence that happens in both of them that I find so incredibly interesting.

For the turtle tot short, Splinter leaves the boys with weapons. In the short, Raph is the one who suggests they do “what Lou Jitsu would do” and Leo is the one who takes point when Splinter comes back to reprimand them. Leo, in taking point, is the one to defend them and get Splinter off their tails.

And then, in the flashback regarding the Kuroi Yōroi helmet, Raph is the one who grabs and throws “Skully” as a way to replace their missing ball which breaks it into pieces, but Leo is the one who speaks for the group and rushes into action to fix the teapot.

I love this for multiple reasons, but the biggest are how it shows that Raph has always been inclined toward the bold and fun and making the plans to include his brothers in what he loves and believes they’d love, whereas Leo has always been inclined to be the “Face” of the group and shoulder the attention even if it’s potentially negative all while coming up with on the spot attempts to fix the situation.

[galwednesday]

USA Ballot Measures Nov. 2024

41 states (and Washington DC) have ballot measures this year! Even if your state's electoral college result isn't in question, you may have ballot measures to vote on alongside the presidential election and state-wide elections.

Below the read more link is an alphabetical list of each state with ballot measures. Each state name links to the Ballotpedia.org page for that state's ballot measures, which will be updated with new developments as election day nears (some ballot measures are still tied up in court as of when I'm making this post in late September, so the approved ballot measures may change before you vote). Ballotpedia has information on each ballot measure, including what a yes/no would mean, arguments for and against, who supports/opposes each measure, and the full text of the measure.

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Minnesota

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Utah

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

But wait, there's more!

We also have 2024 ballot measures for:

Washington, D.C.

Local ballot measures

Check the full Ballotpedia.org list of local ballot measure elections in 2024 to see if there are any in your area!

[yourocdoeswhat]

If your OC is considered over-powered for your setting, what is it that sets them apart from the rest? How do they use it to their advantage? How does it impact them?

[starrysharks]

hotel manager