#magic words & phrases

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

[cubedmango]

「30歳の童貞に片想いすると魔法使いになれるらしい」 (from cherry magic volume 11 special edition) — english translation

[drconcussion]

My friend & I just came up with the best fucking idea ever. You text your friend with the secret phrase “hype hoe” & she responds ASAP with all the reasons you��re a bad bitch to hype you up.

No need to explain why you need the confidence boost, no questions, no judgement. You just act as her Hype Hoe and hype that bitch up!

[throwing-roses-into-the-abyss]

tbh if I'd gotten telepathy because of being a virgin over the age of 30 I still wouldn't realize for ages. how are these people accidentally touching other people so much.

[tauforged]

what does "VOULL NE XATA VOK, MARA LOHK?" mean in ur profile? in what language is it?

OH LOL it’s voidtongue, we don’t actually have a full translation for most of the words we’ve seen yet IIRC but it’s something the man in the wall seems to ask us a lot and i thought it sounded cool. iirc ‘lohk’ means void and ‘xata’ means truth, but we don’t know the rest (…yet!)

[imsociallyanxiousgetoverit]

(Just a little something)

Meadows of Hope

—

“Steve, no. C’mon, Steve, you gotta come back. You can’t leave me alone again. Please, Steve, don’t leave me alone again! I need you, Steve! We haven’t even finished planning the wedding!”

—

“No, no, no, no, no”

Robin climbs back through to the Upside Down with no hesitation. She scrambles to Steve’s side and is holding his face in her hands.

“Steve, no. C’mon, Steve, you gotta come back. You can’t leave me alone again. Please, Steve, don’t leave me alone again! I need you, Steve! We haven’t even finished planning the wedding!”

There’s was a gasp from Nancy behind her but Robin doesn’t care right now because she needs her best friend back. She can’t lose him. It might just kill her if Steve dies. Suddenly, there’s hands on her shoulders and she’s turned around. Nancy looks determined.

“What’s his song, Robin!”

She realizes and tells Nancy, quickly turning back to Steve and praying if she keeps saying all the important stuff Steve has to know, has to remember, that he’ll come back to them.

“Steve, you gotta come back. We need you! You have kids to come home to. You have me and all your friends to come home to! C’mon, Steve, remember Eddie? He’s right there on the other side of the gate waiting for you to come home and valiently sweep him off his feet. God, please don’t leave me, Steve.”

She rests her forehead on his as she keeps talking. Praying that he can even hear her while no music is playing.

“Steve, you- I can’t lose you. You’re my Iris, remember? Think of all the Sunflowers, Steve. They’re all waiting for you. You gotta run to the Sunflowers- to your Iris -Please! Create a damn meadow in your mind’s eye if you have to, but don’t stop fighting!”

About halfway through her second bout of trying to reach her best friend, Eddie comes in on his guitar with Steve’s song. She knows he definitely can hear her now, so she doesn’t stop.

“Steve, we’re having a fall wedding, remember? Cuz we both know I’ll already be sweating through any dress I’d end up wearing, but why make it worse with a ceremony in Summer? You have to be here to marry me, Steve. You promised you-“

Robin realizes for a brief moment that she’s completely lost control of her face at this point. She’s sobbing and snotting all over both of them. Knowing Steve, he’ll come back and tell her that she has to do all the laundry once they kill Vecna for covering him in snot again. Hopes he will.

“-please, I can’t be alone again! Don’t leave me on the roof, please, Steve! You’re the only person I have, please! Without your laughter I’d go blind! Without your eyes I’d go deaf! You remind me to keep going! You keep me from just giving up! You can’t give up, Steve!”

When she realizes that Nancy has started to sing into Steve’s ear right beside her, Robin joins in. Maybe he needs them to sing more than he needs to remember why he has to survive this. Anything to keep him from defying gravity and leaving her.

“Well, you came in loving me

And now there's so much more I see

And so by the way

I thank you”

[vii11]

[antiv3nom]

SANJI GOT A RAID SUIT?????

[kazz-brekker]

carry on by rainbow rowell and babel by rf kuang have the same fundamental idea behind their magic systems and i don’t know what to do with this realization

[lovelesslittleloser]

Sometimes, I wish I were chuunibyou

[nepnym]

, . sometimes i have to look up words that i get the vibe of that my significant other uses whenever its a weight bearing word in a sentence

the problem with reading and writing leading to a strong vocabulary is that you tend to know the vibe of words instead of their meanings.

if I used this word in a sentence, would it make sense? absolutely. if you asked me what it meant, could I tell you? absolutely not.

[eldritch-spagettios-on-horseback]

so what if in some way that would probably be a large plot point later, a wizard kid completely flies under all the magic radars and never finds out about the Wizarding world and all that stuff,

But this person absolutely does discover their own magical abilities. And learns to control and use "accidental" magic in ways alien and unrecognizable to present magical society. They don't find put about the wizards & the ministry, and the wizards & the ministry don't find out about them.

Until now

[musical-chick-13]

You know, when I was 21-22, my writing was...okay. It was serviceable enough for what I needed it to do, but it wasn't great by any stretch of the imagination. But I remember thinking it was just THE best thing ever, and I gotta say I was a lot happier with that outlook.

[8pxl]

BEGINNERS GUIDE TO BLUESKY

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it’s a social media site that’s owned by no single person or company. it's aim is to bring back the early days of twitter before bots, elon musk or algorithms took over. Personally I find the site really cozy, wholesome, and engaging. my Bluesky account for example

What’s unique about Bluesky?

→ CUSTOMIZATION: ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎your timeline is very easy to control. There’s tons of options, so be sure to go through each tab in your settings. some options include: turning off autoplay, changing the order in which threaded replies show, changing DM settings, content preferences and lots of visual app settings.

→ MODERATION LISTS: human made, mass blocklists. These are public lists of accounts that when you subscribe to you automatically block or mute everyone in that specific blocklist. A great way to avoid unwanted content, and interactions. ✦ Moderation lists I recommend will be below the cut

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THE GRAM: a timeline for exclusively image posts from those you follow. no textposts etc. ONLYPOST: similar to the gram, it shows a timeline of only those you follow. no reposts, just original posts. 📌: a way to bookmark posts. just reply with the pin emoji.

✦ there’s tons of others feeds as well! just use the feed tab and you can browse feeds or search for specific ones.

✦ TUTORIAL ON HOW TO CREATE A CUSTOM FEED FOR YOUR ART/POSTS

→ LABELS:

SKYWATCH: most popular label. Lots of useful labels!

AI Labels: identifies AI users, can also enable hiding the posters.

Pronouns: self explanatory but useful. can add a badge with your pronouns!

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OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS:

✦ EXPIRIENCE ENHANCING TOOLS RECS ✦ CLEARSKY: TRACK BLOCKS AND BLOCKLISTS ✦ SKYFEED: CREATE CUSTOM FEEDS EASILY ✦ use the block function often. do not entertain trolls or hate speech. ✦ as well as starter packs, there’s also lists! lists can be used in the same way to create curated lists of accounts. it’s a good way to keep track of specific genres of posters you’re interested in, and finding new ones! ✦ hashtags: use them! they’re beneficial in boosting your post. you can even link hashtags in your bio making you easier to find. another method of making you more visible is if you post an ‘interest’ post! basically just type things you’re interested in and it’ll help people find you / vice versa ! ✦ update your profile first thing, like bio avi etc. make a small post so people know you're real. interact and engage! the communities there are so welcoming!

I think that covers abt everything i wanted to cover! Hope this was helpful and thanks for reading lol

[maerynaire]

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS AN UMAMI TASTEBUD

ALL TASTEBUDS TASTE ALL FLAVORS

Genuinely, I don’t know how else to get the word out, but I feel like if your home-cooked dinners don’t taste right, you're missing either paprika, sugar, butter, or chicken bouillon.

[annwayne]

Writing is building.

You don't start building by adding decorations first. You start by building a foundation. It's not pretty, it's functional. It's support that'll fade away, barely visible underneath the final product.