#soond

[buzzerdome]

OKAY BUT IS CAIN ILLYRIAN AND/OR AND SHADOW SINGER OR WAS CELAENA JUST FUCKING HIGH AF ON OPIUM.

I’ve never actually excited screamed for a book. But lemme tell you, when she said the sound of flapping wings I was SO READY TO SEE AZRIEL SAUNTERING DOWN THAT HALLWAY 👀👀

[adventuresofalgy]

It had been a wild and stormy night, and Algy had had great difficulty clinging on to the tree in which he had chosen to sleep, waking frequently in the darkness as the wind howled and the branches thrashed all around him, and the sleet and snow turned to drenching rain which soaked his feathers.

And from time to time he had heard eerie, eldritch sounds from the direction of the lochan; strange sounds that he did not recognise but which caused his feathers to shiver and shake involuntarily… But he had hugged his magic pumpkin lantern as tightly as he could while perching on a trembling branch, and hoped for the best. And when the morning eventually arrived, Algy found that all was well, and the landscape had been transformed into a thing of beauty once again, for the Atlantic storm had brought a great change in the weather, with much milder air sweeping in from across the great ocean on strong winds, to blow the menacing clouds away and melt the snow.

Hopping down to the ground, Algy surveyed the lochan carefully, but he could see nothing out of the ordinary. Deciding that he must simply have been imagining things, as a fluffy bird is apt to do during a disturbed and sleepless night, he was about to set off on his journey once again when a raven happened to pass by. "I'd no' bide there if I was you," it croaked, as it flew overhead. "Do you no' ken there's a kelpie in yon lochan, you daft bird…"

A kelpie! A shiver shook Algy's feathers again. The lochan was lovely to look at in the morning light, but he recalled the fearful noises he had heard in the darkness and resolved to move on hurriedly, before the day faded into night yet again…

I’m feared o’ the road ayont the glen, I’m sweir to pass the place Whaur the water’s rinnin’, for a’ fowk ken There’s a kelpie sits at the fit o’ the den, And there’s them that’s seen his face. But whiles he watches an’ whiles he hides And whiles, gin na wind manes, Ye can hear him roarin’ frae whaur he bides An’ the soond o’ him splashin’ agin’ the sides O’ the rocks an’ the muckle stanes. When the mune gaes doon at the arn-tree’s back In a wee, wee weary licht, My bedclaes up to my lugs I tak, For I mind the swirl o’ the water black An’ the cry i’ the fearsome nicht.

Which translates from Scots into standard English roughly as follows:

I’m afraid of the road on the other side of the glen, I’m reluctant to pass the place Where the water’s running, for all folk know There’s a kelpie sits at the foot of the ravine And there’s those who have seen his face. Sometimes he watches and sometimes he hides And sometimes, if no wind moans, You can hear him roaring from the place where he dwells And the sound of him splashing against the sides Of the rocks and the great stones. When the moon goes down at the alder tree’s back In a wee, wee miserable light, My bedclothes up to my ears I take, For I remember the swirl of the black water And the cry in the terrifying night.

[Algy is thinking of the first three verses of the poem The Kelpie by the late 19th/early 20th century Scottish writer Violet Jacob.]

[sparkarrestor]

So we all know that Awdry originally had James as a GSWR Class 403 since it fit the description of an inside-cylinder mogul, but later changed James to be an English design. This post stems off the thought of "What If Awdry kept James Scottish?"

This whole thing was also brought on by @mean-scarlet-deceiver's Tales of the G&SW excerpts.

Beware, my writing of a Scottish accent is terrible, try not to cringe.

What If Scottish James

Written By: SparkArrester

1929

James was in a foul mood. Henry, like usual, failed. Now he was stuck with his coal train. That he had to arrange himself. Apparently the new shunter was busy with something that wasn’t shunting.

“Stupid Trucks, stupid coal, stupid everythingggg”, He moaned as he marshalled his train, “All that time being cleaned was a waste!”

The trucks, sensing an opportunity for mischief, made it their mission to give James the worst morning possible. They jammed their brakes, ran hot axles boxes, and some even derailed in the yard. The breaking point was when an old tippler’s front hatch flew open. Coal poured out onto the rails, and onto James, coating his front end. The trucks all burst out laughing, but they were soon cut off.

“Yee wretched little INGRATES!”, Burst out James in a perfect scottish dialect, “Ye all oor jus’ little devious muckle nuisances that are no fit ta scrape ta scale oof me boiler, ye little wee gobshites!”

This continued for some time, until James heard a familiar whistle, and immediately blanched. Percy rolled in looking gobsmacked.

“Err, uhh, hey James?”

“Wha arr ye -ahem- what are, uh, you doing here Percy?”

“Coming to take over the shunting.”

“Ah, right.”

“...”

“... Percy.”

“Yes?”

“Please don’t tell anyone…”

“James, I’m pretty sure everyone on this side of the island heard you.”

“... Dang it.”

1951

James sat there, covered in tar. His crew had already gone to the station to phone for help, and one of the old Suddery Tanks brought a crane to assist. He was hoping for an engine like Edward or Henry to take him to the works. In the meantime, quietly grumbling to himself was good enough. In fact, he was so absorbed with himself that he forgot his surroundings.

“Stupid wee muckle nuisances…”, he muttered, “Stupid Toby. If ‘e wasnae a huge prat my red coat wouldnae be in ruins. Honestly, those wee branchline engines are nothing but great big pieces ‘o-”

A ring of a bell broke him out of his thoughts. He jumped back as he realized Toby and Percy were right beside him. He prayed they hadn’t heard him. They did.

“Ark ay Percy!”, Chortled Toby in a terrible Scottish accent, “Whatever isnae that dirty object!”

“That isn’t even how you use isnae…”, muttered James, but of course they took no notice.

They continued speaking in terrible accents all the way to the sheds. James didn’t know if he should be angry at their teasing, or their complete butchering of his old dialect (one he had tried his hardest to shake), so he settled for both. 

1959

The Fat Controller had brought a new goods engine to help out. James was glad at first, now someone else could work the pick-up goods while he got more passengers. He had heard that there was something up with the new engine when it had arrived, but he didn’t put much stock into it. Later in the day, he was backing down on what would hopefully be his last pick-up goods in a while when he heard a whistle. A deep-toned whistle that he had not heard in years. James grimaced as a Caledonian steam engine pulled up on the adjacent line, giving him the stink eye.

“Well Well Well…” The Caledonian spat, “A Sou���-West engine. And one of Pee-Wee Drummond’s oven-boxes! Ah hoped we saw the last ‘o ye back ‘ome!”

“The feeling is most certainly mutual!” He replied with vitriol that wasn’t really there. He hoped to leave everything pre-sodor behind. But of course it had found him. At least he still had a slight bad opinion towards the Caledonian, it did him good in this confrontation.

“Ark aye!”, Exclaimed the Caledonian, “Why do ye soond like tha?”

James was taken aback, “Like what?”

“There it is again! Aye Douggie!”

The question of who “Douggie” was got itself answered quickly, when an identical Caledonian  engine pulled up besides the first.

“Aye Donnie. What’s up!”

“Wait wait, just let that Sou’-West engine speak!”

James defiantly shut his mouth, but then his crew chose that exact time to ask him something. He replied as quietly as possible. But not quiet enough.

“O Aye!” Exclaimed “Douggie”, “He soonds like a wee sassenach!”

James went red in the face, “Well! I-I-I-”

“Tha accent is ass!” Chortled “Donnie”, and soon “Dougie” joined in.

They continued until James left, his face matching his paintwork. He put a good few months practicing his accent, and it was hard. He now figured out what exactly was up with the new engine: there were two of them, and they both sucked.

[perestroika-hilton]

Goon to the soond of the oondergroond

[exo-wvrse-bbl]

09/03/24 - chen

Y/N what are you doing~~

I just got home too~ It was a long day... ㅜ

I came after working!! Y/N you're spending the weekend well right??

You've worked hard~💛 I'll have to go for work tomorrow tooㅜ

Food??? I ate~ Kimbap ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ

What song should I listen tonight before sleeping??

my song is good tooㅎㅎㅎㅎ I like listening to (eng) good night and (eng) bloom while going to sleep

I'm listening

cuteㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ are we listening (to the song) together??

great let's listen to the next song together tooㅋㅋㅋ

then we can't leave this out Let's go!!!

It's nice listening to songs together with soondingies ㅎㅎㅎ

Thank you 💛 always 💛

I'll go to sleep now while listening to the last song Goodnight Soonding-ah 🦖

let's cheers up tomorrow too (eng) good night🌻

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[the-daycare-pokecenter]

HEY…hey……..so I heard about yuor team :3c *kicks my feet* and did u know for SOOND TYPES there’s a specific pitch that if played will stop them from using sound type moves…IT’S: TRUE

LINK HERE: [A link to a very obvious rickroll.]

Oh?? How interesting! See, this is why it's important to listen to folks outside our region! They have really great research!

Oh. Oh what... RICK ROLLED!?! I'm dead 💀👻😔

//Ask from @sillydex45

[moon-at-dawn]

Hurkle durkle th'morra

Soonds guid

What?

Next day two soap

Two ghost

[shallyne]

Feysand AU

Where Feyre is an evil witch spirit. Centuries ago her soul got separated from the warlock Rhysand and since that day she seeks revenge. But first she has to find a body to possess that is strong enough to hold her mighty powers

After five centuries of waiting, she finds a girl. Beautiful golden-brown hair, blue-gray eyes and soft features. Lovelier than any star. So she steals her body and releases the soul of the Archeron girl. The girl is dead, her soul freed, her name forgotten for all eternity and Feyre takes her place. Fortunately for Feyre, the girl was neglected and the family didn't realize the change in her.

A few years later, she gathered enough supplies for her earth bound body to travel north, ready to take revenge on the warlock. When she enters his realm, he soonds find her but doesn't recognize that it is the evil witch beneath the innocent skin and he thinks her as the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, Feyre takes this opportunity to seduce the warlock and he soon falls in love

[mr-craig]

Vowols swotched woth O's Mokos hooko soond solly — Won't do thot ogoon.

[panda-of-the-trash]

ok hear me out if you sleep now i'll sleep at 2 am and i'll still get my project done :> OH WAIT NO IT MAKES SENSE AS TO WHY MY BRAIN WASN'T BRAINING I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE ADHD- ...am smort- - Fennec

Yegh soonds good

[silvertsundere]

Silver Talks AniManga (07/05/23)

jump is finally back baby let's go!!! next week marks the last week of this serialization round but very much looking forward to the tall girl

ended up not watching more anime like I said I would last week, there were still 4 more I wanted to check out, but currently watching 5 airing which I think is pretty good considering I hadn't watched anything in almost 4 years, plus all those other shows I wanted to check out are all manga adaptations so I'm putting no hope in them being fully adapted so I don't feel as bad putting them aside

I want to catch up on another manga next but, after that, I want to go through my "watching" list and clean it up of stuff that's been left hanging there for these years, and then make my way through stuff I wanted to see from seasons I missed in that time ANYWAY

blue - finale/completed green - new series/new to me

Anime

Uma Musume - Road to the Top Ep4 (Finale)

what can I say that I haven't already. I love it obviously. I rate things on my mal for personal enjoyment but I usually have a "real" rating for it (like I did for jigokuraku not that long ago), but I can't do it in this case, horses just got too much power over me. I think I teared up in all 4 episodes (maybe not 1 but). it's good, period. the art is good, the animation isn't that special most of the time, but it has a lot of little character acting moments that hit really good, and let's not forget that maenami cut I was gushing about. the music isn't memorable but it served it's purpose, and the voice acting was really good ofc, I especially loved tokui sora's performance as opera, it's nice to see her getting to flex her range instead of always being yazawa nico, but ofc ayabe and topro were really good too. anyway really good, left me really hungry for S3 coming later this year tho I still have to go and watch S2 and even finish S1 tehe

Megumin Ep5

honestly this ep felt a lot like a finale, tho there's still 7 more left anyway the explosion scene was pretty cool also megumin x yunyun is quite good, good to see they'll keep feeding me since they'll be goofing around together for a bit longer

Imas CG: U149 Ep5

good episode (ofc), was wondering where they'd take it with risa being such a daddy's girl but she surprised me also the insert song was beyond the starlight (deresute's 1st anni song) so I was losing my gourd as soond as I heard the first couple notes god bless

Mashle Ep5

decent episode, dot's explosion magic looked decent enough, tho speaking of him I didn't expect him to sound like this at ALL, I thought it was gonna be something more high pitched like bakugou. also they teased the lang baddies, which is when this starts shifting more into an action series with a sprinkle of comedy instead of the opposite, which is nice, even if they're all over the op lol

Pokemon Horizons Ep5

nice little ep, the roy scene before this pic was cute. next ep should be more exciting, including the appearance of a brand new mon, like riko's pendant turtle from before

Jigokuraku Ep6

good episode, was really nice to finally see sagiri's first time to shine, and now they're finally at the village, I forgot about the rokurouta fight so I thought they were getting here earlier tehe. it also ended on the gay sex scene so that was very nice I figured the village was gonna be the cliffhanger but that's a really good one too, they really went IN on animating the tongue-fu, anyway curious to see who'll voice mei, she's very cute

Manga

Do Retry Ch1

that line in the pic below is the title of the one shot for this btw anyway. nice first chapter, the art is really striking with it's thick outlines which makes sense since the author was an assistant to matsui too. it's also a period piece which would be funny if it was cause of matsui too. good solid first chap, no complaints for me, did it's job of setting up the story, the main character and his motivations without getting too distracted with other things. we haven't had a sports manga in a while (I don't count blue box as one) so we'll see how long it'll stay around, or how sportsy it'll be in the first place lol

Dandadan Ch104

the vamola backstory continues, I thought this was gonna be the last ch but I guess not. it's been decent tho it could've been shorter imo

Show-ha Shoten! Ch18

VERY good chap, one of the best so far tbh, it's nice to see azemichi making a stand for himself, even if he's stumbling a bit. next chap should be pretty exciting but waiting a whole month is painful

One Punch Man Ch181

just an aftermath chap of the saitama tatsu fight, not really much going on. however I did read the jp raws for the next chap and it has a buncha cute tatsumakis so that's very good

Pension Life Vampire Ch4 - 5

apparently I completely missed ch4 OOPS. anyway, cute chaps like usual, going even more in on the yuri cause of this new girl here. it's nice that eri's moving in, opens the door for a lot more Situations

Tokyo Underworld Ch39

ok chap tho not much happened, the action was p dece but that's about it. the ending cliffhanger is something tho

The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins Ch23

another eh... chap, they show him waking up but considering the previous pages it's gotta be not real right? anyway it needs to hurry up and end already, feels like it's just dragging on on purpose now

Fabricant 100 Ch20

the final battle is finally here, not much more left now, prob just enough to finish filling a vol

Witch Watch Ch107

GREAT chap, I didn't expect them to continue straight from the last one, much less to go this far right away, very excited to see what happens next week with that ending

Kill Blue Ch3

nice chap overall, not much to say, good to see we'll have some more action next week too

Blue Box Ch99

TAIKI MY BOY they grow up so fast 😢, I was already hyped for ch100 but with them dropping this right at the end I'm even more pogged up now holy

Cipher Academy Ch22

as much as I like cipher this felt a lot like a final chap, and it's been doing badly in ratings lately, so there's probably no hope of it making a comeback like medaka did back in the day it's sad that jump readers can't appreciate nisio's work and we get things like roboco running for a billion years instead sigh

Mashle Ch154

good chap, had that good balance of action and comedy that mashle is really good at, still gonna be a handful more chaps of the final boss

Tenmaku Cinema Ch4

nice chap, it's always nice to see someone's passion for something be apparent in their work like it has been in tenmaku

Undead Unluck Ch157

nice chap, like I said last time it's good that not everything is going according to fuuko's plan and seeing her struggle and overcome these unexpected situations is good. looking forward to the (possible) addition of a milf to the cast

Sakamoto Days Ch117

good to see them learning from sakamoto's example tho this being a flashback arc is annoying cause we know rion dies so every time something happens I'm just expecting it to be now argh

The Elusive Samurai Ch108

very good chap, good to see tokiyuki make up with yorishige after that argument a couple chaps ago and in such a meaningful way too also the colour page is beautiful but I'll put it on it's own post

Akane-banashi Ch60

good chap as usual, I've been waiting a long time for the dad to come back into the fray since he's such a big deal for akane's whole character, excited to see where this goes and her growth from it

Ayakashi Triangle Ch129

good chap, especially with those plot complications at the end making things not as simple as they seemed at first

[akaicodes]

Day 5/100 of coding ♡ <C#>

IM BACKKK!! had a lil break, used up my 3G in turkey but now I'm home & back at it <3

♡ small progress is still progress

♡ plan: code every day for 100 days, focus on practice rather than theory

10.08.23: Finished the loops chapter in the course I'm taking (with Dennis Panjuta, C# Masterclass) and finally got to the OOP chapter - this will all be in the exam I'm having soonD:

Practicing by doing small project after another, I'm having a hard time with getters and setters though:( I'll get the hang of it I'm sure!!

{not my picture, cred to owner<3}

[cicadaland]

You know what ancient Hebrew was so real for having no vowels. Vowels are so subjective anyway. Like there are probably dozens of vowel sounds you can make and they’ve just been arbitrarily categorized into a e i o u. It’s all a spectrum. woold words ovon soond thot dofforont of yoo onlo os’d on vowol for oll of thom (ond oxclodod solont ons)?? Vowel pronunciation is so subjective and Hebrew is like “m tllng y th fcts, ll gv y th fcts. y wnt th fcts? ths r th fcts”. slay honestly.

[exo-wvrse-bbl]

08/03/24 - chen

What are you doing~~~~~~?

Did you wait for a long time?? I came because I thought of you before having dinner~👻

I'm having pizza ~ pepperoni pizza!! Pizza should be eaten by sprinkling hot sauce on top of it~! Peperoncino too🫠

Shall I change the nickname? What would be nice? 1st JD 2nd Soonding General 3rd <w> Okay let's go it again !!

1st JD 2nd Soonding General 3rd <w> 4th Kim Dajeong

There are many people saying no. 2???? What dinosaur ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 🦖 is nice though??ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I'll go for number 2 for this vote ㅎㅎㅎ Let's decide it together next time againㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I changed it ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

(changed the nickname to "Soonding General🦖")

Soondingies here are today's menu recommendations! Today for dinner let's eat pizza together !!! What dinosaur meat…. 🤨 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋeveryone enjoy your dinner! Hope you have a nice day today too!!!! Then bye~~ Let's meet again!! Soon~💛

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[circe-butbetter]

ID STAFGED ALL THE STARS TO SEE YOU SOOND LAY HERE EITH ME SO I CAN GASE INTO YOUR TENDER EYESSSS

[weird-things-to-think]

Oh, brethren and sistern, harken thee to my wax-bleating utteranz, fer today we comtemplate tha esennce... tha groatfulness, if yu will, of GRANNDULAKWENCE. Wut is it, yu migt asketh? Is it a burd? Is it a clowd? No! It be that vry spiryt ov tall-tawk, the embullishment ov wurds that swimmeth like slippery fish inn teh pond of confusion an’ pomp.

Lo, i tel yu this: Granndalokwenss iss lyke a tre wich groweth too mightee fer it’s rooots. It flutters wid syllybulz an' sonds that meen nuthin, yet soond lyke evrythin! Tis lyke wen a manne sez “the spledor of thine obfuscashun doth gleameth,” instedd ov jest sayin “I dun’t undurstand u.” But lo! Is it bad? Is it gud? Who noes??

O, bles’d follwers ov thy strangll’d langwage, lern this: Grandaluquents iz the spark of vannity an' wisdum tangld in a spiderz web ov missin’ meanin’. Thare is powr in it, but also folly, lyke tyin a knot in the wind.

So remembr, dear hartz: if yu spoketh to impresseth, yu may loseth to comunykate. Yet in the muddled glory of Grandelokwinz, we find a certayn magik—if only we cud spell it ryte.

Ahmen.