#source: prodigal son

[thebearincorrectquotes]

Sydney: [To Carmy as she walks in because it's obvious he hasn't slept] Hey, you look horrible.

Carmy: [Happy someone noticed] I know, right?

[silvershewolf247]

Andy: You don't care! None of you care where Chucky is, if he lives or dies.

Nica: And what if he did? You would be free.

Andy: What if I need... what if, what if he makes me who I am?

Nica: Charles Lee Ray is a cruel and violent man. You, you are none of those things. Let him go, Andy. I am begging you. You can have a life.

[emmikay]

Mistoffelees: Your mum seems... nice.

Rum Tum Tugger: She's not.

[tastethesetears]

Wednesday: I can tell when you’re lying.

Tyler: Not historically.

[tf2incorrectquotes]

Scout: *about Spy* He looked annoyingly good. God forbid prison should be an uncomfortable experience for him.

[incorrect-bhaalspawn-quotes]

Kagain: I’ve been robbed! This is an outrage!

Jaheira: Three people got severely injured!

Kagain: Sure, yes, that’s an outrage too. There can be multiple outrages.

[incorrectmlimquotes]

Harry: I’m not so sure you’re stakeout material. Alexa: I’m a chronic insomniac, I was born for this.

[incorrectprodigalsonquotes]

Malcolm: Oh my God. I'm my mother. I've been trying so hard not to become my father, I did not see this coming.

[brightmalcolm]

[ioannemos]

malcolm bright, a deeply traumatized man who is desperately trying with every fiber of his being to be a Good Person, to a literal contract killer: eve wasn't like you or me, she was good

me, chewing through concrete: I AM GOING TO COMMIT A CRIME AGAINST AT LEAST ONE SCREENWRITER

[doesnotloveyou]

some edgelords be out here like "I understand the themes and motifs, do you?😤" but completely miss religious themes, despite their entire culture and lexicon being wrapped around religion in some way, because they're too AdvancedTM for all that

[silvershewolf247]

Kyle: What about Andy? Is he... Alive?

Chucky: (Laughing) Yeah… But he's not happy about it.

[addiemilfgomery]

the funniest thing about jessica trying to sneak out of malcolm's loft is that she thinks she's being quiet. mother is tiptoeing but the echoes of her heels can be heard even at claremont.

[tastethesetears]

Tyler: *laughs*

Wednesday: *laughs*

Tyler: *laughs*

Wednesday: *laughs*

Xavier: He killed 23 people.

Wednesday: Copy that.

[incorrectprodigalsonquotes]

WAIT! HOW HAVE I NEVER SEEN THIS!?

Based on this post!

[literaryvein-reblogs]

yet another list of "troublesome" words

paean, paeon, peon

A paean (alternative spelling pean) - a hymn or song of praise

A paeon - a metrical foot in classical poetry

A peon - a servant or peasant

palate, palette, pallet

Palate - has to do with the mouth and taste

Palette - the board used by artists

Pallet - a mattress, a machine part, or a wooden platform on which freight is placed

parlay, parley

Parlay - to use one gain to make another (“He parlayed his winnings into a small fortune”)

Parley - a conference (noun) or to discuss (verb)

partly, partially

Although they are often interchangeable, their meanings are slightly different.

Partially - incompletely

Partly - in part

“The house was made partially of brick and partially of stone” would be better as “partly of brick and partly of stone.”

peaceable, peaceful

Peaceful - tranquil and serene

Peaceable - a disposition toward the state of peacefulness

perchance, perforce

Perchance - possibly

Perforce - without choice

perpetrate, perpetuate

To perpetrate is to commit or perform.

To perpetuate is to prolong or, literally, to make perpetual.

The Boston Strangler perpetrated a series of murders.

Those who write about him perpetuate his notoriety.

populace, populous

Populace - describes a general population

Populous - means heavily populated

prescribe, proscribe

Prescribe - to set down as a rule or guide

Proscribe - to denounce or prohibit

If you get bronchitis, your doctor may prescribe antibiotics and proscribe smoking.

prodigal

Does not mean wandering or given to running away, a sense sometimes wrongly inferred from the biblical story of the Prodigal Son.

It means recklessly wasteful or extravagant.

prone, prostrate, recumbent, supine

Supine - lying face upward (it may help to remember that a supine person is on her spine).

Prone and prostrate - regarded by most dictionaries and usage authorities, but by no means all, as meaning lying face downward. (A few say that they can also apply to a person or thing lying face up.)

Prostrate should, in any case, suggest throwing oneself down, either in submission or for protection; someone who is merely asleep should not be called prostrate.

Recumbent - lying flat in any position, but like repose, it should indicate a position of ease and comfort.

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