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i've only been on this blog for a few months, but i've had a lot of people anxious about starting college as a linguistics major. i want to reassure all of you that you don't have to be ahead of the curve going in. i started with zero actual knowledge about linguistics, just the sense that language was cool and i wanted to know more about how it worked. my plans for study changed like four different times between first year and applying for grad school as i learned about the field.

basically: take a deep breath. the degree is meant to train you, not to catch you unprepared.

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warrior cats fans will be like "oh my god i fucking hate him he makes me sick to my stomach he is so revolting and twisted i hope he dies a horrible death"

and then this is who they're talking about:

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If Pokemon Was Made for iPhone [X]

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ive gotten so much mileage out of this tweet. every time i see something on the internet that makes me mad i just think to myself "people in real life: hey man how's it going" and i keep it pushing

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In honor of my 20th animatic, I redrew some old panels as a role-swap AU! In these three, we have Lee/Samson swap, and Kiefer/Helen swap. Should I do more of these?

#water and fire #animatic #my animatic #lee #samson iv #kiefer #helen #role swap au #au #storyboard

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updated!

Okay here they are

Links to all the animatics, in the order i made them (not chronological in the story*)

SHOW YOURSELF 12-24-19

After abandoning his family, Samson IV completes his quest to find the First City of the water people. 

INTO THE UNKNOWN 1-20-20

While his sister believes that she is the one destined to leave home and find the First City, Samson struggles with the lie he must now commit to.

I WON’T SAY I’M IN LOVE 2-9-20

Lee is confused about her feelings, and decides to do arson about it.

SONG OF THE ANCESTORS 3-8-20

Discouraged by the truth about the quest, Jamie finds her true purpose.

GET THIS RIGHT 3-17-20

Ezra attempts to propose to Chase (this one is from msged)

MONSTER 5-12-20

Helen, distraught by the death of her fiancé, has to choose between facing what she’s done and giving into her inner demons

COLDER BY THE MINUTE 9-13-20

Shit hits the fan in every way possible.

CROSSING THE LINE 11-13-20

Lee realizes the truth.

GOOD KID 12-24-20

Kiefer wrestles with his impulsivity

HOW FAR I’LL GO REPRISE 2-10-21

Jamie leaves on a quest she believes to be hers

(*in chronological order they go Good Kid, Crossing the Line, Into the Unknown, Won’t Say I’m in Love, How Far I’ll Go, Monster, Show Yourself, Song of the Ancestors, Colder By the Minute. Get this Right is from a different story and unrelated)

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Happy 20th animatic!

To celebrate, Helen is back with more emotional damage than ever! Almost two years ago, she accidentally pushed Lee away in an attempt to hold her close. Now, Helen's finally caught up to Lee... but has lost sight of why her sister left in the first place.

This animatic takes place about halfway through Volume Four, right before the Monster animatic from 2020

#water and fire #animatic #my animatic #animation #my animation #helen #lee

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I’ll never understand why anthropomorphic animal cartoons like Robin Hood and Zootopia will go to the trouble of creating character designs that are meant to be understood as “attractive” or even “sexy” to the human audience but explicitly avoid showing interspecies romances between anthropomorphic animals. Why is THAT weird but, like, trying to make rabbits recognizably sexy-coded to humans isn’t?

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Giovanni Congia polp

Octopus vulgaris

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theorore

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warbreaker is the funniest fking book why is siri trying to make sex noises to convince a bunch of priests she's trying to get pregnant with their god who doesn't know what sex is while vivenna launches the world's worst rescue mission and spends the next 500 pages getting the shit kicked out of her

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Susebron from Warbreake - Outfit design

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I spy, with my little eye, a photo that was faked by an AI image generator! Can you spot the clues?

FB is turning into a parade of fake AI images churned out by click-farming pages. More misinformation is on the way. Learn some tricks for spotting AI photos!

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Kaladin attempts to protect a new Windrunner only to discover what they need saving from is their social problems. Shallan accidentally draws a safe hand glove on the wrong side and is sued by the Vorin Church. Nightblood tries to take up Shin line-dancing.

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(by soyperson)