#this is one of my favorite tag memes

[misanthropiczombie]

The word die is also occasionally replaced for something fandom specific i.e. 'no beta we fall like crowley'

do you know where "no beta we die like x" comes from and how it is used?

The term "beta" in this context is short for "beta reader" - a person who reads a fic while it's still in the editing stage and helps the writer get it ready to post. Some betas check grammar. Some check canon compliance. Some are sensitivity readers. There are lots of things that betas can do.

So functionally, saying "no beta" means that the writer didn't get this checked by a second person before they posted it. It's a warning that there might be errors or typos etc. It's mostly used when an author has written something quickly and is posting without doing a lot of (or any) edits first.

As for where it comes from? It all started with a bumper sticker.

This image was an internet meme at one point, and it got meme'd on in the form of "no ___ we ___ like men"

Here on tumblr, one of the versions that got really popular was from now-deleted user @grec1a who created this version:

From there, it migrated to AO3 as the "no beta we die like men" tag, and very often the word men is replaced by the name of a character who dies in canon.

[kookoofufu]

[235uranium]

theres more of them

[mossy-paws]

Clementine returns. (PHIGHTING!)

deciding to accumulate all of these into a singular post to make my life easier + so that I can have some more food for you all,,, anyways.

My. My son. Clementine my baby my sweet boy,,, Some of these ARE actually reposts but the first 2 are for sure not :3! (I think at least LMAO), enjoy this :3! I must go back to my hole /silly

(Also a bonus as well )

[merry-fagoland]

oh unreleased heel turn 1 song, we're really in it now

[spiderthread]

rules: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you feel like).

thank you @mispatchedgreens for tagging me! here is the most recent personal art I haven't already shared WIPs for:

*opens a can of yuchuns*

and i'm taking the coward's way out and tagging you. the person reading this <3

[ndostairlyrium]

Has someone already done this

[catboygirljoker]

so i was thinking (in light of my recent comic) about how xigbar is, in fact, disabled. and how it'd be interesting to explore the consequences of that. so i started looking into what it's like to live with monocular vision, what the challenges are, how to cope with them.

and i noticed something, in one of the articles i read.

and that made something click for me.

there are quite a few differences between the braig and xigbar models. some are more subtle than others. there's one i'd always chalked up to a difference in age or level of activity. but no.

he's been getting a workout.

[dreamaboutwhathappens]

reblog and tag what your FIRST favorite taylor song was!! mine was picture to burn — in the summer of 2007 my mom took our little silver cd player all around the house all the time playing debut and picture to burn was little me’s fave :)

[bajaja-blast]

Average pb listening experience (at least for me)

[corethetrueidiot]

the fucking meme of all time

[starz4ruii]

here’s my post officially announcing that I’m joining the twomp fandom. (I’m sorry that the art is bad)

[maureen-corpse]

[skyblueartt]

Insomnia hitting hard and I could NOT get the AU/Headcanon of “Mike and Henry planning the Fnaf 6 fire together and willingly going out together” idea out of my head!!!!! Have some doodles inspired by that :’)

(The mushrooms thing is based off of my pizza place job irl)

[animangalover-writes]

I like the Zelda franchise and ship zelink a normal amount. Obviously.

[megullumverrr]

he's doing the ifuudoudou dance btw