#questions cons

[ebatbuok]

Qu'est-ce que vous craindriez le plus qu'il y ait après la mort ? (Les q...

[bloodydeanwinchester]

apparently jensen has already weighed in on the does dean eat pussy discourse

[paintedcrows-caws]

Front row seat to Alex Hirsch's InMotion London Talk!! Aaaa!! (The high quality close up photos were taken by the wonderful @stupidlittlespirit! Who was sitting with me and had a far better camera, haha)

You can watch the full thing here, recorded by the brilliant Topaz Animation!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn_O7CMM67A&t=137s

[childofwonder]

NEW MADS PICTURE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY

[enduracarrotchips]

encounter

[inky-duchess]

Fantasy Guide to Creating Your Own Language

When writer's set out to world-build, language has a huge role in creating new cultures and lending a sense of realism to your efforts. A world and people just feel more real when language is involved. As the old Irish proverb says "tír gan teanga, tír gan anam”. A country without a language, is a country without a soul. So how can we create one?

Do Your Homework

First things off, you should start by studying languages. Nobody is asking you to get fluent but it's important to understand the basic mechanics of language. You will start to see certain tricks to language, how verbs are conjugated and how gender effects certain words. It will be easier to make up your own when you know these tricks. For example, in Irish one doesn't scold but "gives out to" - "a thabhairt amach". In German, numbers are arranged differently to the English with the smallest digit arranged before the tens for example 21 - Einsundzwanzig. By immersing yourself in an array of different languages (I recommend finding ones close to how you want your language to sound), you can gain the tools necessary for creating a believable language.

Keep it Simple

Nobody expects you to pull a Tolkien or channel the powers of David J. Peterson (hail bisa vala). You're not writing a dictionary of your con-lang. You will probably use only a handful of words in your story. Don't over complicate things. A reader will not be fluent in your con-lang and if they have to continually search for the meaning of words they will likely loose patience.

Start Small

When you're learning a language, you always start with the basics. You do the exact same when writing one. Start with introductions, the names of simple objects, simple verbs (to be, to do, to have for example) and most importantly your pronouns (you will use these more than any other word, which is why I always start with them). Simple everyday phrases should always be taken care of first. Build your foundation and work your way up, this is a marathon not a race.

Music to the Ears

If your creating a new language, you're more than likely doing it phonetically. Sound is important to language and especially a con-lang because you want to trick your reader into thinking of a real language when reading the words on the page. I suggest sitting down and actually speak your words aloud, get the feel of them on the tongue to work out the spelling. Spellings shouldn't be too complicated, as I said before the readers aren't fluent and you want to make it easier for them to try it out themselves.

Also when you're creating the con-lang, it's important to figure out how it sounds to an unsuspecting ear. If a character is walking down a street and hears a conversation in a strange language, they will likely describe to the reader what it sounds like. It might be guttural or soft, it might be bursque or flowery. It's always interesting to compare how different languages flow in the ear.

Writing in Your Language

Now that you've written your language and created some words, you will want to incoperate them into your story. The way most writers do this is by italicising them. As a reader, I generally prefer authors not to go too overboard with their con-lang. Swathes of con-lang words might intrigue a reader but it can leave them confused as well. It is better to feed con-lang to your readers bit by bit. In most published works writer's tend to use words here and there but there are few whole sentences. For example in A Game Of Thrones by George RR Martin, has actually only a handful of short sentences in Dothraki despite the language being prevalent throughout the book. Daenerys Targaryen pronounces that "Khalakka dothrae mr’anha!"/"A prince rides inside me!" and it's one of the only sentence we actually see in actual Dothraki.

There's also nothing stopping you from just saying a language has been spoken. If you're not comfortable writing out the words, then don't make yourself. A simple dialogue tag can do the trick just fine.

Know your Words

I do recommend keeping an actual record of your words. Make a dictionary if you want or a simple list of words you need. This is one of the most entertaining aspects of world building, have fun with it, go mad if you like. Also here's a short list of questions you can ask yourself about language in general which might help your juices flow.

[mlobsters]

jared padalecki and jensen ackles chicago con 2024 - gold panel

I think anybody who could just see us together, whether we're on stage or whether we're backstage, can tell that there's, you know, legit love for each other, and always will be.

does he still like me? circle yes or no 🥺

j2 on their friendship part 4 of ?

[crookedfivefingers]

David Tennant and Freema Agyeman

Motor City Comic Con, 2019

[pietadean]

babygirl energy

[yesornopolls]

Do you know who Jamie Farr is?

[justjensenanddean]

Jensen says that his favorite Dean quote is "Son of a Bitch", because it can be used in completely different situations and to express completely opposing emotions. (x)

Jensen reflects on his experience on The Boys and says it was completely different from Supernatural. The Boys series was already well established when he arrived, while Supernatural was still a work in progress. He adds that unlike Supernatural where it was primarily him and Jared, The Boys has a cast made up of many people and he has worked with many different actors. (x)

“What’s the best French food?” Jensen: “all of it? It’s so good!” And Danneel is a Francophile so she cooks a lot of French food and plays French music (x)

Jensen fave French food is coq au vin and red wine! (x)

Jensen Ackles | Paris Convention, June 1st, 2024

[random-lil-illing]

been on a maria drawing spree lately <3 maria my beloved

[sweetestflow3rs]

thoughts on bailey becoming a love interest? i lowkey want them BADDDD, but i posted about it on DOL reddit and discord and got SO much hate for it

"that's so disgusting they're our caregiver"

okay so pc can get m0lested by old men but i cant want to drop to my knees and show bailey a real payment option (i also want to romance them)

praying they get added i don't care I DONT CAREEEE I NEED THEM

WHAAATTT…. dol reddit…. please, look in my eyes, this isn’t u….. /j

LIKE YOURE SO REAL ON THAT… cause when i first played DoL i HATEED bailey for the stress they caused me with making payments, but bc of my pc’s stumbling & fumbling as a first time play and no cheating, bailey kept saving vani’s ass and i was like “….omg wait….” and then them getting possessive in the card game date had me going “OMG WAIT—“ and now i’m a diehard bailey fan. LIKE SORRYYY I LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING THE PRETTY THING ON THEIR ARM

which like, if they do make a route for bailey ( i’d be so fucking excited ) it might just be the grind gamer™️ in me, but i hope they make it the hardest route to achieve. like how they made alex a bit difficult by having you complete the fourth field to earn alex as an LI, i want us to need to complete a series of feats to get bailey LMAO

CAUSE LIKE!!! having the most biggest player who controls so much of the town as your LI… like that shakes up so much that i feel it would impact so many game mechanics!!! like with how dating whitney gives protection from NPC encounters at school, dating bailey giving protection from thugs on the street, decreasing NPC encounters rates. The protection wards on Bailey’s door maybe granting some protection on Blood Moon nights if you stay the night there. And I’d ESPECIALLY be interested if they make the “romantic” relationship with bailey dependent on the orphanage status. Like the less rebellious it is, the more “romantic” it feels, but the more rebellious it is from actions you’ve done, the more it borderlines hatefucking

I COULD GO ON, BUT YES ANON IM 100% WITH YOU. also take a chibi bailey for you on the road

[il-predestinato]

"Max, what are your [summer] plans?"

🎥: post-race press conference (Spa 2023)

[hyohaehyuk]

Sam being really protective of Jacob in 2 comic cons 🥰

[sdcc 2022]

sam encouraging jacob to share which new figurines he got/jacob about taking him & eric to the floor:

Jacob: i think they were like, “oh, we thought–” Eric *teasing*: “–you were a normal person” Sam: i loved it. I just cant believe some of the artwork [of the figures]. it's amazing!

He really loves the fact jacob is a nerd 🥰

Also at beginning, Eric even says "now i know the level of lunacy of the fandoms (that attend to comic cons)" and Jacob was outraged. He even mumbles "how dare you?!" to Sam 🤣

[sdcc 2024]

sam protecting jacob in his absence, as the interviewer jokes about trash-talking jacob:

interviewer: he can't fight back! sam: *fighting back* jacob has massive fomo […] *glancing at delainey & assad* so let's not trash jacob!

via thejamlore (x)(x)

[messrsrarchives]

7 hours and 30 minutes until i have to call the doctor but who's counting amiright? not me that's for sure. i can so do this spur of the moment phone call without crying.