#what purpose does it serve?

[the---hermit]

I've unlocked a new level of anxiety. My brain is too tired to formulate anxiety thoughts so it's an apparent state of calm, while my body is full in panic mode. This is fun.

[ilkkawhat]

you know what? it's 2025 and I'm not gonna let the anxiety win

[insanity-studios-ink]

interesting shift. pt tried to slug me and I found out that our charting software has a social media function

[shoccoe]

So… I may or may not have written an entire Conlang based on a single joke in Minecraft Parkour Civilization 2. That would be ridiculous. Aha. Hahahaha. Ha.

*cough*

A Quick Guide to Writing in Parkour

Flourish List.

You add these in front of blocks to change their meaning. There’s a key at the bottom containing the Parkour alphabet which demonstrates how the space, 180°, 360°, and 720° Flourishes are used to refer to specific English-Letter analogs.

_ = Space

C = 180° Flourish = 5 spaces

O = 360° Flourish = 10 spaces

8 = 720° Flourish = 20 spaces

? = Reverse = Reverses input

^ = Vertical Jump = Raises Intensity

v = Drop = Lowers Intensity

Block List.

These are the building blocks (lmfao) of the language and are what would be counted as an “input” or “letter”. Also included are short legends under each block describing what each flourish does to each block!

(Note! _,C,O, and 8 cannot be applied to any block other than [ ] and H)

[ ] = Block = Grammatical Value

(?[ ] = Capitalized)

(^[ ] = Impassioned)

(v[ ] = Depressed)

H = Fence = Numerical Value

(?H = Negative)

(^H = Exponential)

(vH = Square Root)

u = Pot = Period

(?u = Comma)

(^u = Hyphen/Equality)

(vu = Parentheses)

I = Pane = Question

(?I = Exclamation)

(^I = Command)

(vI = Sarcasm)

% = Brewing Stand = Addition

(?% = Subtraction)

(^% = Multiplication)

(v% = Division)

Alphabet

a = [ ]

b = _[ ]

c = __[ ]

ch = ___[ ]

d = ____[ ]

e = C[ ]

f = _C[ ]

g = __C[ ]

h = ___C[ ]

i = ____C[ ]

j = O[ ]

l = _O[ ]

m = __O[ ]

n = ___O[ ]

o = ____O[ ]

p = OC[ ]

r = _OC[ ]

s = __OC[ ]

sh = ___OC[ ]

t = ____OC[ ]

th = 8[ ]

u = _8[ ]

v = __8[ ]

w = ___8[ ]

y = ____8[ ]

Numbers

0 = H

1 = _H

2 = __H

3 = ___H

4 = ____H

5 = CH

6 = _CH

7 = __CH

8 = ___CH

9 = ____CH

Now that you have all the tools, let’s put it all together~!

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?8[ ]____C[ ]__OC[ ] ____C[ ]__OC[ ] OC[ ][ ]_OC[ ]__[ ]____O[ ]_8[ ]_OC[ ]?I

____CHH% _HH ^u _HHH

?C[ ][ ]____OC[ ] 8[ ]C[ ] _OC[ ]____C[ ]___[ ]^I

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Big thanks to my friend PrismaticKoi for giving me the idea and helping me figure this all out! Working with her made this process super fun!!!

Enjoy Parkour-!!! I’ll be coding an English<—>Parkour translator at some point, so stick around to find that!!

All of you need to go watch Minecraft Parkour Civilization though. It’s seriously fantastic.

[teratomatica]

you always land on all fours

[normal-nightmare]

"Dick and Jason aren't gay in Gotham Knights" then explain THIS

[ghoulchurch]

doing this for another man by the way

[halflifebutawesome]

Realizing for ease of . Reference I'm gonna have to make the hl2 HEV so I've been Lookin it and anyway.

What the hell are these for .

[fatedroses]

And some days, I just wish you wouldn't look at me at all.

[aroaceleovaldez]

TA server uncovered a very interesting mystery today:

So, the UK pdf of Demigod Files (or at least the one I have) has this section right at the beginning called "The Inner Circle!" with brief descriptions about characters. The formatting on my pdf for it is a little wonky. Interestingly, the information in it is slightly off - it says Annabeth is 13 and a half while Tyson is 14, but this shouldn't be the case as Annabeth is older than Percy and Percy and Tyson were in the same grade, so Tyson and Percy should be the same age. Also, this book was 2010, with more of a focus on approximate BoTL timeline, so why the descriptions are more focused on SoM timeline there is strange.

Anyways, the important part of this section is this, where the claim that Annabeth is 5'11" comes from:

(We will casually ignore for now that almost no 13 year old is 179cm/5'10." And also that it is 5'10" not 5'11". But i digress)

BUT, THE PLOT THICKENS:

So I had previously gone searching for this alleged information that Annabeth is 5'11" and could not find it in a single one of my books. When presented with this part of the PDF, i went to double-check my physical copy of the Demigod Files (US version) and sure enough! The "Inner Circle" section does not exist! It's not in the table of contents and it's not anywhere in the book, at least in my copy.

So where the heck did this section come from and why? Who wrote it (cause there's no notable translation credits)? When was it added? Why is it only in some versions but not others? What do other translations say?

[sansastarq]

nooooo you don’t understand, it’s absolutely crucial that daemon learns about the song of ice and fire prophesy and the birth of daenerys’ dragons and the white walkers so that he realizes that he’s a piece of the puzzle that helped daenerys fulfill her prophesied destiny of uniting westeros, killing the night king, and saving the world! oh wait

[secretegret]

Sometimes I think about the fact that john carter is canonically loud in bed and I don’t know what to do with that information but it does make me giggle

[keodraws]

im so so normal about julian bashir so so normal dont look at my ds9 art im so so sonormal.

i love inflicting both physical and psychic damage with my artworks

[dorkhellbside]

concepts in my brain that i cannot even begin to explain

[fisheito]

there's no stopping him

[backpackingspace]

Listen yin yu and Ling wen have the exact same jobs. Yin yus just yah know. Paid

And yin yu could have time off if he wanted but he has strict plans to overwork himself to death so that the thoughts cant plague him and hua cheng is an enabler