#one is upper case the other one lowercase

[madrabit]

hii 🩷

i've been thinking about bojance a lot lately (as one does) and... do you think Jan has a type? brown-haired, brown-eyed, strong, passionate, talented musicians with thick thighs and tattoos, who are also very kind and caring and considerate and funny, love animals (especially dogs), whose smiles are bright enough to brighten even the darkest days and are basically sunshine personified, perhaps?

i'm starting to see a pattern here 🫣 ("starting" i say as if i hadn't been thinking about this for longer than i'd like to admit hshsh)

Hey 🩷✨️

Ngl that's exactly as one does, cause I've also been thinking about BoJance a lot 🤭

Jan definitely seems to have a type, cause Bojan and Nace do be the same typeface, but a different font. Also both of them together just give comfort vibes, so how could Jan not wanna cuddle up with them? 👀

The look he gives both of them is so similar, so full of love and awe and it's just so sweet and soft and I'm sure that how they both treat each other also has a lot to do with him being into both of them. Idk, they just seem to complete each other and I think that is beautiful 😌❤️

[hotluncheddie]

Hi! I'm going to ask more than one question if that's okay! 2-show us a picture of your handwriting? 8. any reoccuring dreams? And 24- what’s one thing you’re proud of yourself for?

hi!!! that is more than ok!! :)

2. handwriting omg... ok, just want to say I CAN write nearly. but it takes too long and gets boring so this is how I generally write, like how i would just jot something down.

… for anything important, I type.

(*y does this feel so intimate lol, ur seeming my handwriting and i'm blushing)

8. reoccurring dreams oooh - not really, i generally don't remember my dreams tbh (which is how i like it, remembering my dreams makes me feel groggy and weird). i think i've had a dream where the floor by my bed is water and there's a shark in it, maybe twice? but there no like, one dream i have regularly 👍

24. hmmm i guess a few things, small things like i cut my hair myself and it looks good, or i finished my summer exchange fic and people like it. and bigger things like i'm a little burned out and its making it hard to stay on top of everything, but so far i've managed to stay mostly kind to myself. i dunno about like, one big thing. :)

ty so much for these!!! ✨❤️🫂

questions i think would be fun to be asked

[directdogman]

Hi, I hope this isn't a bother. I'm trying to make a dating sim and want to have a section where the player inputs their pronouns (like you gave the option to in Dial Town). Despite my hours of effort though, I can't figure out how to do it. I'm using Visual Novel Machinery for Unreal Engine (because Unreal is required for the class I'm making this for). Even if you aren't familiar with it though, just the basic 'pull code from here and input there' would be so helpful. I'm sure I can piece it together in a way Unreal will understand with a bit of help. Legit though, I made unreal crash twice when I tried to run the initial code for it, so I'm at a loss. Side note: Your games are so awesome and a big part of why I want to make a dating sim to begin with. I wish you all the peace and love on planet earth!

Hello hello:

The trick is using a string for every instance of a pronoun in player dialogue (which is just a variable set of letters.) They, them, their, theirs, etc. Be careful when you set the system up as some pronouns don't conjugate for all cases. For instance, their and theirs are separate words, as are her/hers, but his uses the same word for both pronouns.

You also have to account for case too. This is how I set it up (this is all done right when the pronoun is first entered btw):

1)let the user input a pronoun for each option. each pronoun is a different string, one for each pronoun type (you'll see my list below)

2)i then use a script command right after that to turn all of the pronoun strings entered to lower case. This is account for players possibly capitalizing the first letter in the pronoun instinctively. IE: characters won't say: "Hey, where's He going?" instead of "he going?", which is correct.

How you convert to lowercase is different for each programming language, but I bet there's an equivalent command in UE.

3)Then I copy each pronoun twice, essentially creating two duplicates for each lower case pronoun (so there's now 3 identical pronouns for her, three for hers, etc.)

4)For the second set, I run a command that capitalizes the first and only first letter of each separately (this is useful for if a sentence starts with a pronoun, meaning the first letter would be upper case in that sentence. EG: His cowboy hat looks RIDICULOUS.)

5)for the third set, i then turn the whole string upper case. this is useful for if a character speaks in all caps or if the character is shouting/emphasizing. (EG: "Where's HE going?!")

At the end, this is what my list of strings looks like, hopefully helping you visualize what I've done:

Then, when a pronoun is referenced in dialogue, I use the string that matches the correct version of the pronoun I need. So for he, i use #6 normally, #12 if it's the start of a sentence and #18 if the character is shouting. it's good to keep a list like this handy so you don't have to go looking every time you write dialogue.

The big other thing to watch out for is how plural pronouns affect verbs. He and she IS, but they ARE. I have the player tell the game whether or not their pronoun of choice is plural after they're entered it in and then simply load two separate versions of each sentence with one set for ises and one for ares.

You can also make some more blank name variables to use for verbs and have the game check if the pronoun's plural and then reference a string like with the pronouns (ie, having a string for is that changes to are if plural and using that in dialogue.) Both solutions generally work and I use both for different situations in dialogue.

Beyond that, I can't really give any engine specific advice, but this is how I do it. Best of luck with your game! :)

[crazyw3irdo]

i know i only posted this an hour ago but id like to thank everybody for not bullying me for describing these as a tail and a fancy hat i was sure someone was gonna do that

wait that last poll i reblogged got me curious

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Some Typographic Vocabulary

A limited terminology exists to describe the many kinds of typeface and typesetting in regular use. Among the important terms are the following:

Ascender - A part of a letter which extends above the height of the letter x, as in d and h. It contrasts with a descender, a part of a letter which extends below the foot of the letter x, as in y or p.

Bold - A type with very thick strokes, as seen in boldface.

Fount - The set of characters of the one size of the same typeface, including capitals, lower-case, punctuation marks, and numerals; also spelled font.

Italic - Characters that slope to the right, as in italic.

Justification - The arrangement of lines of text so that there are even margins. Left-justified setting is standard practice. In right-justified setting, the last character of each line is made to reach the right-hand margin at the same point (by adjusting the spaces between the letters and words). Unjustified setting has a ‘ragged edge’ right-hand margin (as in this column).

Kern - The part of a letter which overhangs the body of the type, as in the top part of f.

Leading - /ˈledIƞ/ The spacing between lines of type. The term derives from the former printing practice of separating lines of metal type by inserting strips of lead between them.

Ligature - Two or more letters joined together as a single character, as in æ and ff.

Lower-case - Small letters, as opposed to any kind of capital letters (upper-case). (The ‘cases’ were originally two containers placed one above the other in a printing house: the type for capital letters came from the higher container; the small letters from the lower.) Upper-case letters are divided into large capitals and small capitals (B vs b). Small capitals are similar in weight and height to a lowercase x. Large capitals are the height of an ascender.

Serif - A small terminal stroke at the end of the main stroke of a letter. A serif typeface is used in the main text on the facing page. A typeface with no serifs is called sans serif.

Sort - A single character of type. A special sort is one which the typesetter does not have routinely available in a fount, and which must be formed specially, such as a phonetic character.

Superscript - A small letter or figure set beside and above the top of a full-size character, as in x2; also called a superior. It contrasts with subscript, a small letter or figure set beside and below the foot of a full-size character, as in 3n; also called an inferior.

X height - The height of the printing surface of a small letter x.

These features would all form part of a graphetic analysis of printed language.

J. Butcher, 1992 ⚜ Source ⚜ More: Word Lists ⚜ Notes & References

[lover-of-skellies]

More handwriting headcanons, but this time it’s for various Papyruses!

Obviously there are more Papyruses that exist, these are just the main ones that came to mind first :P

Font names and reasoning under the cut:

Papyrus: Papyrus (because…. c’mon. we all know why)

Stretch: bRee (he gets lowercase letters because he’s a sleepy guy, and the only reason the Ts look a little sharp is because he was probably thinking about Smart Guy Shit again)

Edge: COLORS OF AUTUMN (upper case letters because loud, and sharp like his personality)

Crooks: kindergarden (his letters are big but not all caps because he’s lost some of the spark that would���ve otherwise made him more like OG Paps, and his handwriting is a little wibbly wobbly because head trauma impairs your motor skills sometimes, making it hard to keep your hand movements, or even just regular movements, smooth and steady)

Mutt: alanis hand (he gets lower case and small because he’s another sleepy guy with no confidence)

Charm (UL Paps): Bigdey Demo (dude gets fancy halfway cursive handwriting because he’s a fancy boy. being fancy and stylish is his whole thing, and he adds little hearts in sometimes if he’s in a particularly good mood)

Jupiter (OT Paps): PIGMENTDEMO (personality wise, I just feel like he’d be very similar to OG Paps, and they probably have a lot of the same habits and things, which could easily carry over into their writing. Their handwriting is similar, but still visually different at the end of the day)

Tango (DT Paps): Rock Salt (big letters and all caps here because he’s a louder, more outgoing guy, and even if he’s not super confident 24/7, that’s still the image that he likes to display to others, so they get the impression that he’s the most confident man on the planet. His handwriting is also a bit fancy in its own way, which kinda reflects his whole thing with dancing)

Phantom (DT Paps): Coffee House (ominous looking, sharp, and all caps, because he is literally the creepy dude who tells Dust to maim people and be homicidal. Sometimes he uses lower case, but when he’s especially worked up about something, he goes back to his all caps ways)

Cider (FT Paps): A Hundred Miles (his letters aren’t the biggest, but he still uses all caps. It’s nice looking, if a little on the messy side sometimes because he does so much with his hands on the farm, and they’re probably sore by the time he finishes)

Grim (RT Paps): Silent Reaction (all caps cursive is a nightmare to look at, and he’s been around long enough that he’s painfully aware of that, so he’s brought it down a few notches and uses proper capitalization. He’s had centuries to make his handwriting nice and neat, and while he does like making it look nice, he’s often more concerned about getting all of his work done. Little bonus is that he unintentionally makes the dot above the i look kinda like a candle flame)

[cloud-makers-make-pollution]

I mean I realise that I probably should’ve done an intro ages ago seeing as I’ve been active for months but hey Ho hERE WE GO

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

hi!

so

I’m a minor

I’m queer

I’m pro Palestinian

and if you’ve got a problem with that, with all due respect, fuck off.

I HAVE AN INSTA NOW LOOK

I aim to type in all lowercase or some weird combination of lower and upper case but I rarely use capital letters at the start of words, I don’t know why, it just seems aesthetically pleasing.

uhm

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

✨ interests✨

Musicals, especially Les Mis and Moulin Rouge, Hamilton and Six are awesome too

music? I suppose? it depends what’s happening with it

bothering the fuck out of my friends

being as gay as I possibly can

simping over people cause I can and cause they’re sO ATTRACTIVE LIKE WHAT WHO ALLOWED THEM TO BE LIKE THIS

les mis

enjolras, specifically.

more specifically, modern au enjoltaire fanfiction it’s beautiful and the epitome of perfection

marauders

cats. I love cats.

did I mention les mis

languages? I’m learning French and german in school, and according to my teachers I’m good at it, which I’m not so sure about, and I learn Swedish on duolingo

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

✨music✨

I mean my music taste moves around a lot but some of it is Madilyn Mei, EPIC the musical, musicals in general, Chappell Roan is cool, Leanna Firestone, but other than that it jumps around a bit

I do play instruments but I’m not too good at them I’ve managed to get to grade 7 on one of them and I think I died during the preparation for the exam and now I’m being slowly dragged up from hell it’s not fun

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

✨bOOKS✨

I love reading, and I used to read loads but something happened and I don’t read too much anymore which is quite sad but some of my favourite books/series are:

AGGGTM - Holly Jackson

The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

Harry Potter - that one blonde bitch who abuses her power constantly

Powerless - Lauren Roberts

Gwen and Art are not in love - Lex Croucher

Heartstopper - Alice Oseman

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

there more but I can’t remember, which probably isn’t great, and there were some gay books that I read for the gay but I can’t remember their titles or authors which is awesome but they were great

I mean just generally, I tend to be very opinionated and can go on about something for ages, maybe because I have a lot to say, or maybe because it takes me way too long to get to the point

If you’re a pedophile or a groomer or any of those other horrible things or discriminatory in any way whatsoever please stay away from me thank you kindly

I think that’s it I’m not sure

oh I really like making friends but I suck at doing it because according to my friend I have the “crippling inability to have a conversation” and I also have zero social skills and tend to not like people but making friends is great

most of my posts are either a lot of reblogs, having conversations with my mutuals, or les mis stuff that I thought was funny in the moment.

people who should be mentioned cause they’re great:

@unhingedyetstillhere this is Leyla she’s mentally disturbed and one of the gayest kids I’ve ever seen she’s also one of my kids but I have way too many of those

@noahher this is Noah Noah is great we have many conversations and he gave me a pet ferret that I have forgotten the name of I should go find that

(edit) i fOUND IT HIS NAME IS FREDDIE

@k-is-for-potassium I just met them but damn they’re awesome

@forever-bi-panic also just met but they’re so cool and really nice and goes hand in hand with @nu-get who’s also exceedingly awesome

@im-a-skeleton-in-your-closet is up here too, they’re great and they send asks that make me happy :D

@bleep-bloop-boo FELLOW MADILYN MEI ENTHUSIAST IS COMPLETELY AWESOME

@feernflower I tag them in every tag thing I get even though I’ve never interacted with them properly (I’m sorry you seem so cool) and they’re a marauders fan who posts cool stuff go look at it

@nothing-but-glitter-and-lashes HELLO this is my sister she’s great and her blog is cool (I’m in your walls)

@ladymoonstardust aux armies!!! vive les gays!!! the revolution must begin!!!!! exceedingly cool les mis person, and with whom one hath a number of enlightening conversation, more often than not to do with the wonderful beings in that one musical about the land of croissant

@sing-me-sweetly-to-my-doom 🫵🫢🫵😮🫢😮

tis my best friend irl <3

thanks for being here!

and as always, free Palestine

<3

[sanshoney]

older brother & male!child!reader

reader is 10, older brother is 18

no plot, just fluff

shout out to boys who never wanted siblings, only an older brother

(intentional lowercase, no use of y/n)

– to be honest, having dead parents is a burden alone. but also having a little brother you have to take care of now? yeah, noah knows it all too well.

– seriously, he can barely take care of himself. he barely graduated! and he can't even live alone because of his stupid brother. things aren't the best right now for him.

– of course, you're not the one at fault here. you didn't want your parents dead, right? besides, you had never been particularly too close with your older brother. maybe it's the big age gap or maybe it's his unbearable personality. or the combination of both.

– if he were a bit kinder to you, everything would be just fine. he never touches you and rarely talks to you. there are times you don't see him for days. you find yourself missing your father's warm embrace and loving words.

– still, you try so hard to get his attention. you ask him about his day everytime he arrives home. for your efforts, you get a short 'boring' from noah and moments later he's off to his room.

– you know it's hard for him. being an adult must be hard... especially in his case. you appreciate everything he does for you, from working to cooking dinner. you always say "thank you, big brother!" with a wide smile on your face, hugging his waist. you're a well-mannered boy, after all. he usually groans and pats your head awkwardly, muttering a quiet "whatever."

you decide he's not good with words or touch or... well, you decide to draw your affection for him! you work on the drawing for an hour, wanting it to be absolutely perfect. your final product on the paper is quite good! the sun is shining on the left upper corner, the grass is a pretty green and the clouds are blue. in the middle, there are two people: a short and a tall one. the short one is you, wearing a blue t-shirt and green shorts. you're holding the hand of the taller figure, who is noah! he's wearing a red tee (you found out red is his favorite colour!) with grey pants. a happy smile is plastered on both of the boys' faces.

you grab the paper satisfied, ready to give it to your brother. you sprint to his room, knocking loudly. a muffled "come in" can be heard, so you hurriedly open the door. you stand in front of him, hiding the paper behind your back. "big brother, i have a surprise for you!" you announce, almost bouncing from exhilaration. he looks up from his phone and waits for you to continue. you reveal the paper and place it on his bed. he looks down confused and lifts up the paper. hes looking at it, scrutinizing it and... his lips curve into a faint smile. "why did you make this?" you can tell by his tone that he's a bit flattered. "i thought you'd like it... thank you for everything you do for me!" you smile at him innocently, really hoping this will change something in him.

– ever since that day, something truly had changed. whenever you ask him about his day, he says more than one word and he even asks you the same question! when you hug him, he runs his hand through your hair. you always lean happily into his touch and smile, which makes him smile.

– recently, you started hanging out in his room. usually, he's showing you photos he took. you learnt hes working as a photographer, which is pretty cool in your opinion.

– sometimes, he gestures for you to go closer to him. he wraps his arms around you and rubs your back slowly. "little brother, y'know it's just us, right? im sorry for being distant. it's... hard. but thank you for being understanding and patient. i appreciate it." you nod and hug him back.

– in the end, all that matters is that you are always there for each other. maybe the harsh reality of the everydays can lose their sharpness a little in each other's arms.

hope you enjoyed!! ♡

what do you think about him? :3

[zaltynn-alt2]

[got done with the designs for sans and papyrus' parents; my interpretation of dr w.d. gaster and oc, mistral. They are married, and have been for many many years]

[they knew each other from before the core existed, currently considering whether before the barrier or not, up to change honestly. they met thru mistral saving dings' life]

[mistral uses she/her, and is part of the royal guard, and well known for her dedication to the job. shes also a royal judge, someone who takes on impartial mediation roles in crime cases across the underground. it doesnt happen often that shes called upon, as theres more physical threats to take care of more than petty thievery ect. shes very proficient in battle, and has a strong mastery over magic. fiercely loyal and protective.]

[wingdings uses he/him, and is the royal scientist, known for his engineering. after monsters were sealed underground, he reinvented many quality of life things along with creating the core, the source of power for all the underground. (anyone read city of embers?) dings prefers to remain non-combative, and often is the go-to person for logical third options when one cant decide between fight or flight. talkative and unconventional.]

[mistral talks and types/writes in the mistral typeface, with proper upper and lowercase usage.]

[wingdings talks and types in wingdings, and uses sign language to communicate with other monsters. he writes in generic fonts. he speaks with lowercase, but writes in uppercase.]

[mistral is still learning to understand the typeface wingdings, and is nearly obsessive with becoming fluent.]

[dings has a mild case of overload, where he produces more magic than he needs to function and live with, but it isnt overly impactful to his everyday life.]

[heavensickness]

Also also, after staring at Leander's fatal flaw for 40 days and 40 nights I've come to the conclusion that

1: the letters are lower case on purpose and

2: it POSSIBLY has the lowercase letters "d" "b" "[L] l" "h" or even upper case "I [i]".

My theory is that Leander's fatal flaw has something to do with extreme attachment/abandonment issues.... and his monster might be a manifestation of his Insecurities about not matching up to the other LIs.

Inferiority complex possibly?

Someone on twitter deleted the stratching & said that the text literally said "stratched out" 😭😭😭 idk if that was legit but if it is, it is sooo ANDIAKDJWIXIWI.

Honestly, everything about Leander points out to attachment/abandonment issues... He knows so many people but isn't actually close to anyone, not even to Kuras who has saved his life. He doesn't let anyone get close, or maybe he is simply not able to. Is there a single person who actually knows who and what he is? One of the qualities that drawn me into this game was the theme of being a monster, and the unique loneliness it brings. Let's be honest, each LI is utterly and desperately all alone in the world in their different ways. I think Leander's loneliness is the one that comes with being surrounded by dozens of people, always being the light in the room, having different bodies to warm his bed each night, yet being completely aware that there is not a single soul who knows him, the real him; and if they did, they would never offer him the warmth he is craving for. He is starved in his own way; he is "untouchable" too but in a different way than MC.

As I said in another post, I believe that the fact that he is "special" to MC, that he is the first and only one to know them on such an intimate level that nobody else could sparked or snapped something in him. The first time MC touched him, caressed and studied his skin so intently and with so many undescribable emotions was also a first to him. MC says that they have never touched someone like that before, but I believe that Leander has never been touched in that way before either. Even if he had countless escapades in the past, was there really a time he was touched as if he was a precious jewel, as if he was actually valued and cared for?

One of the few things we can surely say about Leander is that he is greedy (which is hinted as the reason for his future downfall) and he is envious. Even his monster form is illustrated as himself, only with dark eyes - green with envy. I believe that this part of his will create a tension in other LIs' routes (especially with Ais because Leander has a visible, canon inferiority complex when it comes to Ais) & the true monstrosity you will face in Leander's route will be nothing but himself - simply his possessive, vulnerable, ugly side that he is so terrified/ashamed of showing others. This is why Leander is so interesting to me, because he stands for the fact that not all monsters are inhuman. Humans are capable of doing things much worse than an actual monster, after all.

[blindbeta]

Hello! I'd like to ask how to do image descriptions for tags. I always get confused when I do them. Should I keep the #? Should I do exactly how the person wrote, like no upper case letters? What should I do about emojis and emoticons?

Image Descriptions For Tags, Including Hashtags, Lowercase Letters, Capital Letters, Emojis, and Emoticons

The hashtag is usually not needed unless it is an actual hashtag reference such as to a Twitter hashtag. If you would like, you can separate sentences with periods. If it is a list of individual words, you can write something like ‘Image Description: a series of words separated by hashtags written by user x. The words are as follows: disability, accessibility, accessible.’

When I write #disability #accessibility #accessible it is read as “hashtag disability hashtag accessibility hashtag accessible.” This means that while writing # might be okay for separate words or one sentence, writing it for a whole paragraph can make it difficult to understand. This is why my suggestion is to exclude the hashtag for tags that include sentences rather than a few individual words.

I think excluding the # helps with readability for screen-readers and for those who have other difficulties processing images. Using typical punctuation also helps with preserving tone and pacing. Perhaps using other symbols such as bullet points or commas could help to create natural pauses for screen-readers, depending on what is being conveyed. If you would like, you can include notes such as that you excluded the hashtags or replaced them with periods to increase accessibility.

Similarly, you can add notes about capitalization. Screen-readers will read ‘i love cats’ [lowercase] and ‘I LOVE CATS’ [capitalized] the same way. You can include notes about if everything was written with lowercase letters for style or in all caps for emphasis. Here is an example, perhaps someone has shared a picture of a cat with helpful image description. Someone who thought their tags were cute includes a screen-shot of the tags.

[Image Description: A screen-shot of tags in reference to the above picture of a cat. The tags say: ‘I love cats. So. MUCH. [Much is in all caps for emphasis.] End Image Description]

Emojis can be read by a screen-reader, such as voiceover, but if you want to write that there is a cupcake emoji, feel to write ‘cupcake emoji’. Screen-readers read cupcake and 🧁 the same way. For emoticons, it depends. Some emoticons can be read by a screen-reader, but more complicated ones cannot. It may be more helpful to describe the emoticon and what it is trying to convey.

Does anyone else have suggestions? How do you prefer to write image descriptions for tags? What makes them easier for you to read?

Edit: User @solarishashernoseinabook added the following:

I sometimes transcribe tags on separate lines

(usually when I’m on a computer) [in parentheses]

I start off with “tags that read as follows” beforehand

@solarishashernoseinabook explains that introducing punctuation could perhaps change the meaning, which is important. I think this is also an excellent option that maintains meaning while increasing accessibility.

Anyone else want to share how they do it?

[leprosycock]

does annie write his "e"s backwards in-universe or is it a non-canon stylistic choice?

For a minute I was thinking that he had some kind of minor developmental/intellectual disability (like patrick in that one p2 fic of yours where he has to stay inside all the time but less severe) bc of things like the childish writing and still having stuffed animals (pretty unusual for a male teenager) but that might not be the intention.

Any case I love the story and characters, its great that you got a new ask blog cause its so neat to read all the answers, it makes it seem like they're real people on the other side of the screen who can answer questions not from a script

annie does have a minor developmental disability that he never went to any kind of therapy or social program for and i wanted to find a font that would suit his style. i just happened to find one with the alternating upper- and lowercase that seemed to really fit his personality and the backwards Es came along with it, so i just integrated it into his responses. i'm glad that it read that way!

i'm so happy you like them omg 😭🫶 i really missed running that blog!! i love drawing for them and adding more and more pieces of their world with each answer... it forces me to ponder aspects of them that i'd never considered before so it's super engaging

[ileftherbackhome]

im like the water when your ship rolled in that night, drowning in the blue nile, he sent me downtown lights i hadn't heard it in a while, rough on the surface but you cut through like a knife, my boredom's bone deep, this cage was once just fine am i allowed to cry, and if it was an open shut case i never would have known from that look on your face, i dream of cracking locks, throwing my life to the wolves or the ocean rocks, lost in your current like a priceless wine, the more that you say the less that i know, crashing into him tonight, he's a paradox, wherever you stray i follow, im seeing visions, am i bad or mad or wise, im begging for you to take my hand, what if he's written mine on my upper thigh only in my mind, wreck my plans, one slip and falling back into the hedge maze, oh what a way to die, that's my man, i keep recalling things we never did, messy top lip kiss, life was a willow and it bent right to your wind, how i long for our trysts, head on the pillow i could feel you sneaking in, as if you were a mythical thing, without ever touching his skin how can i be guilty as sin, like you were a trophy or a champion ring and there was one prize, I'd cheat to win, i keep these longings locked in lowercase inside a vault, the more that you say, the less i know, someone told me there's no such thing as bad thoughts, wherever you stray i follow, only actions talk, these fatal fantasies giving way to labored breath, im begging for you to take my hand, taking all of me, wreck my plans, we've already done it in my head, that's my man, if it's make believe why does it feel like a vow we'll both uphold somehow, you know that my train could take you home, what if he's written mine on my upper thigh only in my mind, anywhere else is hollow, one slip and falling back into the hedge maze, im begging for you to take my hand, oh, what a way to die, my bedsheets are ablaze, wreck my plans, ive screamed his name, that's my man, building up like waves, crashing over my grave, life was a willow and it bent right to your wind, oh, without ever touching his skin, how can i be guilty as sin, they count me out time and time again, what if i roll the stone away, they're going to crucify me anyways, life was a willow and it bent right to your wind, oh, what if the way you hold me is actually what's holy, but i come back stronger than a 90s trend, if long suffering propriety is what they want from me, wait for the signal and I'll meet you after dark, they don't know how you've haunted me so stunningly, show me the places where others gave you scars, i choose you and me, now this is an open shut case, religiously, guess i should have known from the look on your face, every bait and switch was a work of art, he sent me downtown lights, hey, that's my man, yeah, that's my man, i hadn't heard it in a while, im begging for you to take my hand, am i allowed to cry?

[stunie]

I wanted to give my opinion as someone who has been reading fanfics for more years than I would be proud of:

I'm not reading tiny font, my eyesight is too bad for that

I don't have a preference for upper/lower case as long as the division in paragraphs is well done because that helps with reading well sentences. When it's all in lowercase it's easy to skip punctuation, I feel

But it also depends on the fic! If it's the length of the bible and/or you consider it your opera magna I'd appreciate proper capitalization both for easier reading and for the attention to details

Whatever the case write however you want, you are taking time off your day gifting us with your creation. Your public is out there and I'm probably in it 💕

-(◡‿◡🌸)

HIHI MY LOVELY (◡‿◡🌸) !!!

ohhh the division in paragraphs is a good point !!! i do read a little better with shorter paragraphs now that i think of it :O but i mean i dont mind long ones !!

aw your last paragraph is so sweet ): i agree !! i don’t have a preference but i love hearing other people’s preferences (: it’s super interesting and i’d like to format my stuff in a way that’s easy to read because i don’t care too much about it myself ?! so i might as well make it easier for others yk !! ^ ^

[riddler-green]

Hello friendsss! It has been a long, long, LONG time since I posted anything from here, I opted to update on AO3, but that doesn't mean I would abandon this fandom! Actually, I would like to talk or rather expose my thoughts formed in theories with the new developments for the long-awaited penguin series.

First, I'd like to talk about the one photo of what appears to be a snippet of the series, where we are shown a controversial letter with some writing on it. But what we are all wondering is who wrote it. And who is it addressed to? 

Well, answering the second question theoretically this letter is addressed to Oswald, besides being the protagonist of the serie (duh) appear his fingers in the corners of the letter (or what appears to be his fingers) but some unknowns are still unresolved.

What I want to focus on is, who is the person who sent this to the penguin? The simplest answer is that it's the Riddler, you know, because it's a letter and an ugly handwriting we assume it's the villain with the green mask, but NO! This letter cannot be written by the Riddler (Edward) and I will tell you why I say this!!!

1—IT IS NOT THE SAME HANDWRITING:

One can easily mistake it for the letter because of the handwriting, BUT if we look closely at the handwriting of the letter that was revealed to us, it is not the same handwriting as Edward's, we know Eddie's handwriting because of his comic book where it reveals a lot of handwritings of him.

As you can see the letter above is an original of the Riddler, it is written in upper and lower case, technically it is well written if it were not for the capital M and the capital N, Eddie's type of writing as we have seen in his writings in the comics, is to mix these two, while the letter below is written in capital letters only, you could confuse the letter below with those of the Riddler by the sloppy strokes, but Eddie tends to highlight the letters and play with the size of them, while the letter below has the words of the same size as far as it fits.

Here is an example of how Edward writes in capital letters and yet it does not resemble the writing of the yellow letter.

Other examples of how the Riddler is written, are where it mixes uppercase and lowercase letters and does not maintain an equal size in the letters.

2—SIGNATURES AND ADDRESSEE:

On the yellow envelope is only written “Lets be pals” next to a squiggle, this does not appear to be something the Riddler wrote because he has so far not put phrases on the envelopes of his letters, the Riddler often puts the addressee on the envelopes or his distinctive mark which is usually the question mark. The canonical letters shown in the movie only put the addressee on the envelopes, not sentences.

And in the comics it is the same case, although they are not as neatly done as the ones in the movie, they also had an addressee and some other phrases, but not only phrases.

Letter addressed to Ms. Joon with a question mark, another alternative to the Riddler letters.

3—REASONS:

Leaving aside the letter itself, let's get to thinking about the reason for this letter, as the envelope itself says it is a letter to befriend the sender which in this case we deduce is Oswald. Why on earth would the Riddler want to befriend practically the enemy? If in the comic we are shown that Eddie is looking at the penguin as another target, even killing his boss who is the rataalada, what sense would it make for Edward to send the letter to Oswald?

POSSIBLE THEORIES: 

The letter we were shown as a teaser, was made by someone else, most likely the Joker since he tried to have alliances with the villains of the city (since he allied with Edward himself, it doesn't sound strange that he would want an alliance with the Penguin).

But there is also a chance that it could be someone else, a new character, another villain introduced in the series, who knows? It could be anyone.

It could even be another letter bomb, it's not like the Riddler hasn't done it before! 🥸

ANOTHER THING that was revealed almost at the same time as the photo of the letter was the update of Eddie's web page, in this one we are presented with followers of the Riddler talking to each other, in this there is not much mystery since it seems to be only promotion for the series.

The coordinates that HOLDTHELINE81 gives us are the exact address of the San Diego Convention Center, where the Comic-Con is being held. Anddd the link is for the promotion of an Iceberg longue-themed event, so ta-da! For the moment it's just promotion for the series (which I think is great!🫶)

So...this is my conspirator's contribution to the Penguin series previews that I'm looking forward to, I may end up looking like a clown 🤡🤡 but I enjoy giving my opinion, thanks for reading!

[crplpunkklavier]

inquiring learners are curious, what form of "you" (in german) is most commonly used in an online context? and does this differ from which one you'd choose to use in similar irl situations? you don't have to answer if you don't want to ofc, but you struck me as someone to ask!

hellooo, happy to be asked! <3

it's mostly "du," since online contexts tend to be informal. the only times i've seen people use "Sie" online was like, people @ing politicians on twitter, and even then it reads kind of dorky to me. it's the internet! being formal feels weird here.

so the online spaces i dwell in where i actually speak german are mostly the local kink community, my handful of german friends in discord, and my university, which is 100% online too. the first two of those are always "du." anyone who asks you to use "Sie" for them unprompted on the internet is a freak. either that, or you're browsing a very specific part of fetlife.

(honestly even among german doms it's super rare that anyone wants to be called "Sie." it's like a business thing. it's not sexy. some people demand it but idk how any sub even puts up with that without laughing. anyway moving on)

in my university context it's a bit different. i don't use "Sie" for classmates, although i've seen others do it. there is a big age range in my classes, so people tend to want to make sure and use "Sie" in case they're speaking to someone older than them and stuff. i don't. man, we're all classmates, whatever. the only context i use "Sie" for online is when i email my professors.

i'd say this is all pretty much the same as we'd do irl. there is definitely more of an informal tendency toward "du" online, but mostly the situations are the same. i didn't siez my classmates when i still went to a face to face university either. but that might just be because i'm really cool.

ok lastly i wanna share one of my favorite anecdotes.

so my university as mentioned is 100% online, and has been for years. it's not a covid thing, it's just a genuine distance university. as such, it's doing pretty well with its digital program (most other unis here in germany don't lol our infrastructure is awful) and a couple semesters ago, my bachelors program jumped on the discord hub train and opened a server. i'm not in there anymore, but when i was, many of the users there were smartly putting their pronouns behind their nicknames in parantheses. most of the people doing that used she/her, so since this was a german server, you would very often see "Name (sie/ihr)". as a refresher: the german "feminine" pronoun she is sie, lowercase. the formal you is Sie, upper case. now there were also a lot of people in that server who were completely unfamiliar with the concept of listing your pronouns. and, clearly, those people thought that there were several students in this fucking Discord Server who wanted to be addressed formally, In Discord. and in response, those people listed their names like this: "Name (du)" still makes me laugh. god bless you, cis people. keep trying