#iamnotoneofthem

[onlybricole]

I mean besides breaking 5 nails fighting an Irish man my first night in London, and waking up with food poisoning the 3rd day. I'd say I'm servinnnn all through Europe.. 💁🏾‍♀️ #WinterSlay #BigFunMuseum #Barcelona #Spain #GothicQuarter #VacayLooks #CCTV #Eurotrip #Eurotravel #TravelWithBriCole #IamNOTOneofThem #WeEatThose (at Big Fun Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl7obsAK1Fm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#winterslay #bigfunmuseum #barcelona #spain #gothicquarter #vacaylooks #cctv #eurotrip #eurotravel #travelwithbricole #iamnotoneofthem #weeatthose

[silverdragonreads]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Skyfall (2012) - Fandom Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: James Bond/Q Characters: James Bond, Q (Bond - Craig movies) Additional Tags: Torture, Face-blindness, Prosopagnosia, Brass knuckles, Whipping, This was supposed to be a lot of angstier but somehow it isn't, Cliffhanger, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Not really though, There will be a continuation one day... Series: Part 3 of Blonde hair, muscles, scars, and I've been told he has blue eyes Summary:

"What is his name?", they tried again, and as Q's eyes met the man's he shook his head because he didn't know. "Tell us his bloody name!"

"I-I told you", he breathed out, biting his lower lip bloody, tasting iron and something bitter on his tongue, figuring it was bile from the head damage, "I-I don't know him."

#fics read in 2023 #beware the tags #00q #bondq #james bond

[elsewheregremlin]

WIP Wednesday

For this week’s @mi6-cafe WIP Wednesday, I present to you (in my period-pain-induced state) a new wip inspired by a one-shot by IAmNotOneOfThem on AO3.

James Bond didn’t believe in magic. It was not because of a lack of imagination or a too rigid view of the world. He didn’t believe its existence because during his twenty-plus years of service, he hadn’t once seen something that could be called magical. 007 had always thought that if magic existed in any kind of way, he would be dead by now.

But Q’s words kicked this notion down like children knocking down sandcastles.

#mi6cafewipwednesday #my fic #wip

[our-flag-means-death-ao3feed]

Fanart by Avilianne for "Merman's Song" (Reupload)

by IAmNotOneOfThem

An absolutely stunning piece of art Avilianne drew for my oneshot "Merman's Song", in which Ed becomes a merman (please mind the trigger warnings for the previous entry in this series if you want to check it out)

[reupload because it did not show the image before, thank you Laudatio for letting me know]

Words: 2, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of The King of the Seas Weeps Too

Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach

Additional Tags: Fanart

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/44737810

#Our flag means death #ofmd

[bunjywunjy]

Do crows and ravens differ in any way other than size and the type of calls they make? My fantasy WIP has a culture that assigns symbolism to diff birds and I'm struggling with giving crows and ravens different symbolism. I thought about crows representing death and ravens intelligence and mischief, does that make sense?

well, they’re both social and very intelligent, but they’re very different! crows are more of an omnivorous scavenger that goes after smaller animals, while ravens are basically what happened when mother nature wanted to make a hawk but only had a crow to work with. ravens are larger, much stronger fliers that can soar like a raptor, and they have big ol hooked beaks that let them prey on or scavenge from animals even as large as deer! they’re different, but they’re both good birds.

#iamnotoneofthem

[script-a-world]

You guys are excellent help, so I have come to consult with you again.

My ancient peoples used to live during the day, but became nocturnal due to a variety of reasons. I’m at loss on how a loss of nuanced, three colour based colour vision in favour of better night vision would be reflected in the language of those people.

Say that they become red-green blind, over generations, and we return to them a long time in the future. Would they still use the word “red” to refer to e.g. blood, and “green” for plants and the like, or would they call both of those brown if dark and yellow if bright? Would they use the terms because the language has assigned those terms to things, such as grass or blood, even though they are no longer distinguishable? And how can I reflect that in writing? I could say “her blood was the same colour as the grass as it flowed out from her body”, but wouldn’t that just be really confusing?

Feral:   You have accidentally stumbled into a major, controversial debate, my friend. One that I happen to live for.

There are two general theories on how names for colors develop and how those words interact with culture.

Universalism describes a general trend in the development of color words across all cultures. First there are words for white and black or dark and light, then red, then green and yellow, then blue, then grey, brown, purple, pink, orange, teal, etc and then finally super specific things like Sherwin-Williams paint colors. This is despite any environmental reasons one might develop color words out of order.

Relativism (you’ll also see Whorfianism) describes the effect on the development of color words based on environmental factors and the effect the existence of those color words has on individuals’ abilities to differentiate between colors. For example, a community that has two colors of flowers growing wild near them, one of which is pink and is good to eat and one of which is orange and is deadly if ingested, would logically figure out an efficient way to describe them, in this case with color words, and would logically also become better at differentiating between the colors, especially if they are on a spectrum that can get very close to one another.

Homer’s reference to the “wine-dark sea” in The Odyssey gets pointed to a lot in this debate. Universalists will tell you that when Homer, or whoever, composed The Odyssey, Greek had not yet developed beyond the dark/light or dark/light and red stage; thus, Homer was describing it based on terms of light/dark and the wine reference is more about its viscosity. Relativists have been known to argue that Ancient Greeks were blue color blind. 

As with most binaries, the answer falls somewhere in the middle of what’s actually a spectrum. But as a world-building tool, it can be really helpful to take a stance somewhat close to one of the extremes. 

I’ve done a lot of research on this particular topic, but unfortunately, due to its academic nature, a lot of that is behind paywalls. Here are some free resources to get you started:   

Wikipedia: Lignuistic Relativity and the Color Naming Debate  

Sapiens: Do You See What I See by Nicola Jones  

APA: Hues and Views by Rachel Adelson 

Berkeley.Edu: Language, Thought, and Color by Terry Regier and Paul Kay  side note: Paul Kay is one of the go-to researchers on this topic if you can find more by him 

Color Blind Awareness  will probably also be helpful for you to reference. 

As for your specific query, I strongly caution against saying that her blood is the same color as grass. I’ve worked with a number of color-blind clients and I am fully aware of that 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color-blind, I’m still gonna assume if I’m reading a fantasy novel that the blood is just green. And if you’re saying it’s both red and green, I’m just going to be confused. It would be much clearer immediately if they simply didn’t have color words for red and green, or share a color word for them, and someone from the outside introduces the concept that they are two different colors, preferably before anyone is bleeding out.   

Another thing that might be helpful for you to research is the etymology of modern color words in as many languages as you can to realistically project how your new language has evolved from the ancient language. “Green,” for example, traces back to exactly what you assumed it does, the PIE root *ghre- meaning “grow” or “the color of growing plants.” (and don't get me started on the etymology and history of "blue"; it is legit wild),

Back on topic, your people might refer to red as “blood” and also the color of grass as “blood” (or vice versa depending on the culture, but based on Universalism, as environmental factors should not be an issue, it would be “blood”) which a Relativist would love because it gives a really fascinating look into the psychology of culture and its relationship to the earth and vegetation. Or, as you posited, especially if there’s no plot or character related reason for the names of colors to be a thing, just dark vs light works totally fine, Universalist or Relativist.

#pylons #submission ask #IAmNotOneOfThem #colours #colors #submission

[basalt-dnd]

What do you think an Oracle (Ancient Greece) would work best as - a Sorcerer Origin, a Cleric Domain, a Warlock Patron, or simply a Background?

Well, some myths have oracles being born into their position, while others say they communicate with the gods. They don’t have a pact, per se, so I’d lean more towards a celestial sorcerer or a knowledge cleric. A reflavored diviner wizard could also work.

I did homebrew an oracle domain for clerics, once, but it’s not super balanced (I made it before I knew much about homebrewing subclasses).

Edit: Fixed the link

#lovely asks #iamnotoneofthem

[the-homebrewists]

I'm so glad this blog was recommended to me by the tumblr app! I saw you answer requests by people - if you don't, I apologise! But I was wondering whether you could do, or suggest some features, of a Sphinx Warlock Patron?

i have been meaning to make a patron archetype along the lines of The Knowledgeable, for entities like sphinxes and knowledge deities, which i’ll be trying to get to soon! it will probably end up somewhat similar to mod luci’s unknowable patron but i think its worth doing

-mod nix

#iamnotoneofthem

[scriptstructure]

In my story, a person from one culture ends up in a country where they speak a completely different language. I wanted to portray how they learn to communicate and thought of broken English, like "Walk... village" and how it gets better, but guess that would be really awkward to read for some time. Can you think of any other ways to portray the learning of language?

I’m not sure how true this is, but in my year nine Italian class, the teacher said it takes the average person about three months of complete immersion in a new language to be able to get up to a reasonable level of understanding. I’m assuming that this is based on there being friendly people who are willing to help out the newcomer through the process, and that there aren’t any major issues that would prevent the person being able to learn.

There are a few basic phrases that you’d need to know in order to live within the first day or so of a new place. I think in no particular order, 

“Hello.” 

“Can I have food?” 

“Can I have water?” 

“Where is the toilet?”

“Where can I sleep?”

Think about the way that we tend to greet people who seem distressed. Usually you’d start off with a greeting to get their attention--“Hey!”--and then go with a question--”Are you okay? You seem lost.”--if the person doesn’t seem to understand, we backtrack to greetings--”Hi,” a little wave hello, “are you lost?” gesturing to the person and the place around you--from this, at least the ‘hi/hey’ greeting is something that the person could pick up.

Imagine it from the perspective of the person who is lost. They hear someone speaking, but since they don’t understand, they don’t really have a way of knowing, aside from body language, if it is addressed to them, or if it’s something friendly. The repetition of the greeting and use of gesture helps to create a dialogue, they can recognise a greeting, and that this person, though they can’t understand them, is trying to help.

Move forward a while, perhaps our lost traveller is staying with the household of this helpful person. The family and the traveller probably develop a kind of gesture-and-words-based pidgin, so that they can communicate simple concepts to one another, and so they can try and teach the traveller the language.

So they’re sitting at the dinner table, our traveller is being addressed by one of the family members, she is asking a question, and they know the words for ‘hand me that’ and ‘please’ (because our family is very polite, of course!), but the thing she wants is a jumble, they don’t know it. So she points to the dish she wants, and the traveller hands it down. Then she might repeat the name of the dish, while the traveller tries saying it, so that in future, they will be able to have this interaction far more easily.

While this is going on, presumably the traveller is going to be out and about in the town. Now equipped with the basic phrases needed for survival, our traveller can ask for food at a market stall, or for basic directions, but is also probably spending a lot of time listening to every conversation that they pass. It will be easier to pick up the gist of a sentence now, even if they don’t know every word that is used, the context of the conversations can help them assimilate a lot of new information, and later they can go home and ask what specific new words mean.

Now, this is the extent of what I can really say about this topic, as I’ve said, I actually am monolingual (not for lack of trying, sadly) and this post is mainly piecing together things I’ve heard from friends and acquaintances who have studied abroad and learned languages in immersive environments.

As for how to write this out in dialogue and prose, I have [THIS] post about translation convention in stories with multiple languages, and [THIS] post which has a simple outline of how different kinds of translation can be used for different effects.

I hope this is helpful, but beyond the posts I already have, this isn’t really my area and you might be better off finding a blog that specialises in language learning, or conlang, or something similar.

#writing #languages #translation convention #iamnotoneofthem

[scriptflorist]

You're just what I need right now, bless you. My story is going to take place in basically our world, but no oceans or the like to connect the continents. A major role is going to be played by plants and flowers that can be used as seasoning or for tea - basically, that can be consumed. I'm struggling with finding information on what plants would be found in the region the story is taking place. (part 1)

Could you link me to any information on plants, spices and herbs native to the Eastern Woodlands region of North America / the Washington D.C.-Canada region? Or, more specifically, is stuff like Hibiscus, juniper, spearmint, marjoram, damiana or valerian native to the states? I’m not even sure there are any digestable, flavour-carrying plants in that region, to be perfectly honest… I’d appreciate any help you can give me, I’ve been researching for ages, but most come from further South… 

Hi iamnotoneofthem!Of the plants that you listed, Juniperus virginiana L. and Hibiscus moscheutos L. are both native to this entire region that you are looking at. Valeriana pauciflora is native to the lower portion of the region, from Pennsylvania south. Valeriana uliginosa is native to the upper portion of the region, from New York state north. Spearmint and marjoram are native to Europe and Asia and were only introduced to North America. Damiana is native to Texas and Central America, as well as the Caribbean islands.

Some other plants you might consider are:New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus -leaves used as teaSpicebush Lindera benzoin  - berries dried into savory, peppery seasoningSassafras Sassafras albidum - root provides “root beer” flavor, leaves are primary ingredient in Filé powder, used to flavor and thicken soups and stewsGroundnut Apios americana - beans and underground tubers are edible

I really recommend looking through this list of edible North American Eastern Woodlands native plants. It provides specific information about what parts of these plants are edible along with any issues such as needing to prepare a certain way to avoid toxicity.

http://www.perennialsolutions.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/USEFUL-NATIVE-SPECIES-OF-THE-EASTERN-FOREST.pdf

This is a list of edible plants common in the North American Eastern Woodlands, which means it does not differentiate on if they are native or introduced. It’s really a survival guide, and the list is shorter, but there is a lot more detail about what parts of plants can be edible and how to prepare the ones that need special preparation. 

https://ruralsurvival.info/downloads/Unofficial-Hunger-Games-Edible-Plants-Download.pdf

I also want to encourage you to think about how not having oceans would change our world. Our world is the way it is in large part because the majority of it is oceans. The climate zones and ecological regions that we see are in large part associated with out much moisture the areas receive from oceans.

I hope this helps.~*Mod Den*~

Disclaimer

This blog is intended as writing advice only. This blog and its mods are not responsible for accidents, injuries or other consequences of using this advice for real world situations or in any way that said advice was not intended.

#gardening #writing advice #where things grow #ask answered #mod den #iamnotoneofthem

[shi1498912]

Since you reblog so much regarding the EU copyright thing, I thought I'd share this with you - user effelants, a law student, on the topic /post/175103600312/on-june-20th-the-juri-of-european-parliament

Thank you for sharing. You may also be interested in this article: https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-votes-to-block-copyright-reform/

looks like the parliament ain’t happy with the refrom either

#iamnotoneofthem #reply

[sprachtraeume]

Heya, dieser savetheinternet post, den du reblogged hast, scheint von 2016 zu sein? Ich bin auf die Seite und die sprechen da von geschafft und dass 2016 ein Gesetz zum Schutz erlassen wurde? Just fyi, kann mich auch irren!

das video ist von gestern?

#iamnotoneofthem

[silverdragonreads]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Skyfall (2012) - Fandom Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: James Bond/Q Characters: Q, James Bond, Random minions from Q-branch Additional Tags: Prosopagnosia, Face blindness, Bullet wound Series: Part 2 of Blonde hair, muscles, scars, and I've been told he has blue eyes Summary:

(Continuation of "Of cologne, alcohol and why the hell aren't you wearing a suit today?")

 One time Q didn't recognise James, and the one time it nearly cost the agent's life.

#fics read in 2023 #00q #bondq #james bond

[raelynne]

One of the only mugs I own that does NOT have corgis on it.😂☕#DavidsTea #TeaTime #forevernuts #TroyandAbed #InTheMorning #communitytv #IsTheWeekOverYet #mug #AlsoFYI #SomeGirlsAreCuteWithShavedHeads #IAmNotOneOfThem #Tragic #ATimeToWearHats https://www.instagram.com/p/B-exgVQp6hJ/?igshid=15un79m8gdp8f

#davidstea #teatime #forevernuts #troyandabed #inthemorning #communitytv #istheweekoveryet #mug #alsofyi #somegirlsarecutewithshavedheads #iamnotoneofthem #tragic #atimetowearhats

[our-flag-means-death-ao3feed]

Fanart by Avilianne for "Merman's Song" (Reupload)

by IAmNotOneOfThem

An absolutely stunning piece of art Avilianne drew for my oneshot "Merman's Song", in which Ed becomes a merman (please mind the trigger warnings for the previous entry in this series if you want to check it out)

[reupload because it did not show the image before, thank you Laudatio for letting me know]

Words: 2, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of The King of the Seas Weeps Too

Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach

Additional Tags: Fanart

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/44737810

#Our flag means death #ofmd

[bunjywunjy]

What's your name on flight rising since you basically referred me and the site asks for your username??

it’s still bunjywunjy :D

http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&tab=userpage&id=48853

#iamnotoneofthem