#not since ts

[grassbreads]

I've been reading The Priory of the Orange Tree and oh man it's so good

It took a little while for me to get proper into it, but I just got to the bit where Ead is called back to the Priory and asks to delay, and oh man. I am riveted! I'm genuinely quite compelled by all four plotlines and narrators.

Also, I went into this book knowing very little aside from the fact that there was some form of lesbian romance, so after the first couple chapters, I was vaguely expecting that Tané and Ead, as the female leads would meet somehow. But now I'm pretty sure the romance is gonna be between Ead and Queen Sabran?? Which, wow. Consider me compelled. I see the tension and the attachment and I am enjoying it.

[nightcatssketchbook]

Profile pictures from my last post! If you’d like to use one, just credit me in your bio.

[hayden-christensen]

You caged me and then you called me crazy I am what I am 'cause you trained me

[endermagpieart]

What do you mean I’m a bit late for Janus’ big day? Of course not, how could you say such a thing! I definitely didn’t forget all about it in my absence and only get reminded in the incorrect quotes video live chat; that’s not like me at all ;]

Anyways I decided to dress our sassy snake in some different outfits I think he’d like. He seems like the type to get all dolled up on his birthday and it goes with Thomas posting pics in outfits inspired by the sides on their appreciation days!

@thatsthat24

[constellama]

Totally did not forget to post this!! Octopus Remus from my tss pirate au !!

[serpentface]

WARDI WRITTEN LANGUAGE (BASICS).

Couya's full name (properly 'Haidamane Couya') written formally and with common handwriting conventions.

The Wardi written language derives from earlier proto-language systems consisting exclusively of logograms without direct phonetic meaning or grammatical structure. These symbols gradually became simplified and abstracted to the point of many having little intrinsic clarity, and combined to communicate abstract concepts.

The development of a full written language did not occur independently (as very few written languages do), and its phonetic elements (namely its use of syllabograms) were largely derived the 'ancient' Burri writing system, gradually synthesized with native writing conventions, and in the contemporary forms a wholly distinct system. The language's Relatively universalized form is a very recent phenomena, developing within the past two centuries with the region's conquering/unification into a single entity.

The contemporary written language is a mixture of logograms and syllabograms. It is read from right to left and arranged in horizontal columns. The most formal variant of this system contains each character within a square outline, usually separated by a small space. This outline confers little phonetic or symbolic information beyond making distinction between syllables exceptionally clear, and can be (and often is) omitted in handwriting. The separation of words is conveyed through a narrow rectangle or line in formal contexts, and again often omitted in handwriting (instead indicated instead by a wider blank space).

The pure logograms that have been retained in this writing system tend to be those of very common words or specific concepts (most logogram characters for types of livestock, key crops, water, major body parts, etc are widely recognized and in common use). There has not yet been any attempts to fully 'formalize' the language and omit potentially unnecessary logograms, and they remain frequently used as shorthand while conveying the same semantic information.

Many of the syllabogram characters are directly derived from logograms that depicted monosyllabic words. For example, the spoken word 'gan' means 'cow', and the character for the syllable 'gan' is identical to the common logogram for 'cow'.

The name Gantoche (literally "cow-eye") could be written either fully with syllabograms as:

or through logograms as:

Both ultimately communicate the same meaning, but the former clarifies pronunciation (the words gan and atoche are contracted, it's gantoche and not gan-atoche).

It is a relatively easy written language to learn, as the pure syllabogram characters indicate their own pronunciation with little ambiguity and often have consistency to their construction (ie the character for the syllable 'man' contains most of the same elements as that for the syllable 'wan'- the dot placement in particular has indication of the vowel sounds).

The inclusion of logograms in general and many of the syllabic characters being directly imported From logograms complicates matters. These characters lack visual consistency, and can be confusing to the large swath of the public who know common logograms but not the full written language itself. Ie: the word 'ungande' meaning 'liver' will be composed of logogram-derived syllable characters for 'un' (which alone means 'hand') and 'gan' (which alone means 'cow'). Someone who is only semi-literate in common logograms may be confused at the meaning, especially since these same exact same characters may be used elsewhere on their own to indicate 'hand' or 'cow'.

One major exception to this tendency is that current religious doctrine requires established logogram characters describing God to be used in place of syllabic characters. The word for god is 'Od', and has its own unique character (as do each of the Faces, the capital F 'Face', and Its deified pronoun). The syllable 'od' [oʊd] is very common in the Wardi language, and a wholly separate character is used for the phonetic sound when it is not a reference to the deity (ie 'lion' (odo [oʊdoʊ]) does not contain the same character for God in spite of its first syllable having the exact same pronunciation). Names are a bit of a gray area (ie: the name 'Odabi' is very common and carries the meaning of 'gift/blessing from God'). Religious leadership is currently experiencing a mild schism on whether the written character for God is separated due to being wholly sacrosanct (and thus inappropriate to include in the written form of a personal name) or as more of a functional delineation of the sacred and mundane.

[laylakeating]

ELSBETH'S 2K CELEBRATION ↳ 🩶 for @tabithatate

[lunar-years]

[qqueenofhades]

Vote.org just sent me a helpful email that "Election Day Is Tomorrow!!!!" and believe me, I have never needed to be reminded of anything less in my life.

[gillionmeowstrider]

Weird night out :/

[solargeist]

you’ve finally given me the motivation to watch yhs 🙏

know any suffering I receive is on you /j

lmao LMAO UHM ok so YHS is much different from Evo so I’ll give you a heads up ! Here’s the trigger warnings for YHS 😭

[throughtherosethorns]

you should be !

[princeysanders]

“elsa vs snow white was the best rap battle” “no cinderella vs belle was better”

oh?

[angelbitezzz]

I really like the species swap au... but thats mostly an excuse to draw hot guy HA

[sillysadduck]

hiiii (with intentions of getting you to play TS!underswap)

I love chara so much, I think this game only made me like them even more if that was even possible

the babie......

[theokusgallery]

Have this piece, I'm stupid proud of it. Based on @greenninjagal-blog's AU <3

With the accompanying character reference for Janus because why not :)

Merry insanity everyone I'm gay