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clotpolesonly · 3 months
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on fathers, homes, loyalties, and defectors
The Raven Boys ch 7 // Dream Thieves ch 5 // The Raven Boys ch 36 // Dream Thieves ch 5
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pathos-logical · 1 year
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How to Keep Doing Descriptions (from someone who does a fuckton)
Plain text: How to Keep Doing Descriptions (from someone who does a fuckton)
This is a list aimed mostly at helping people who already write IDs; for guides at learning how to do them yourself, check my accessibility and image description tags! I write this with close to two years of experience with IDs and chronic pain :)
Get used to writing some IDs by using both your phone and your computer, if you can! I find it easier to type long-form on my laptop, so I set up videos and long comics on my phone, which I then prop up against my laptop screen so I can easily reference the post without constantly scrolling or turning my head
I will never stop plugging onlineocr.net. I use it to ID everything from six-word tags to screenshots of long posts to even comic dialogue! On that last note, convertcase.net can convert text between all-caps, lowercase, sentence case, and title case, which is super helpful
Limit the number of drafts/posts-to-be-described you save. No, seriously. I never go above 10 undescribed drafts on any of my four blogs. It doesn’t have to be that low, but this has done wonders (italics: wonders) for my productivity and willingness to write IDs. If I ever get above that limit, even if it’s two or three more, I immediately either describe the lowest-effort post or purge some, and if I can't do that then I stop saving things to drafts no matter what. No exceptions! Sticking to this will make your life so much easier and less stressful
My pinned post has a link to a community doc of meme description templates!
Ask! For! Help! Please welcome to the stage the People’s Accessibility Server! It’s full of lovely people and organized into channels where you can request/volunteer descriptions and ask/answer questions
I make great use of voice-to-text and glide typing on my phone to save my hands some effort!
Something is always better than nothing!!! A short two-sentence or one-sentence ID is better than no ID at all. Take it easy :)
If you feel guilty about being unable to reblog amazing but undescribed art, try getting into the habit of replying to OP’s post to let them know you liked it! This makes me feel less pressured to ID absolutely everything I see
This is a sillier one, but I tag posts I describe as "described" and "described by me." When saving to drafts, I never preemptively tag with "described by me," since for some reason that always makes me feel extra pressure and extra stress. Consider doing something similar for yourself if that applies!
I frequently find myself looking at pieces of art which feel like they need to be considered for a bit before I can write an ID for them, and those usually get thrown into drafts, where the dread for writing a comprehensive ID just builds. Don’t do that! Instead, try just staying in the reblog field for a bit and focus on the most relevant aspects of the piece. Marinate on them for a little; don’t rush, but don’t spend more than a handful of seconds either. I find after that the art becomes way easier to describe than it initially seemed!
On that note, look for shortcuts that make IDs less taxing for you to do! For example, I only ever describe clothes in art if they're relevant to the piece; not doing that every time saves a lot of time and energy for me personally
Building off of that, consider excusing yourself from a particular kind of ID if you want to. Give yourself a free pass for 4chan posts, or fanart by an artist who does really good but really complex comics, whatever. Let it be someone else's responsibility and feel twice as proud about the work that you can now allot more energy to!
As always, make an effort to find and follow fellow describers! It’s always encouraging to get described posts on your dash, and I find that sometimes I'm happier to ID an undescribed post when the person who put it on my dash is a friend who tagged it with "no ID"
TL;DR: To make ID-writing less stressful and more low-effort, use different devices and software like onlineocr.net and voice-to-text, limit the amount of work you expect yourself to do, and reach out to artists and other describers!
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gncrezan · 2 years
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@exilethegame updated and now i’m thinking so hard about marcelle’s relationship with the commander and my own incomprehensible theory about her (based off the “but it still matters that the love was there” textpost <3)
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jewishcissiekj · 3 months
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Something we don't talk about nearly enough is Ky Narec. If you guys are gonna call Asajj your wife please know her first dad. He's important
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and under the cut some of my favorite lines of his from basically his only real character content (Dooku: Jedi Lost):
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freejamtime · 11 months
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wowblr!!! perceive my incredibly specific disabled anduin headcanons NOW (ft. a rough few drawings)
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for a webbed site that claims to love rehabilitative justice tumblr sure has a love of vengeance huh. somehow we’ve created a digital atmosphere where literal murder is less bad than (checks notes) not emerging from the womb with a perfectly calibrated moral compass and the Correct Political Opinions
I’ve seen people on here say that, not only can people Not Change, but that people who try to change are a) lying b) manipulative and c) undeserving of the chance to change. besties…becoming a better person isn’t about whether or not you deserve to become a better person, it’s not even about becoming 100% perfect, it’s about doing damage control after you realize you fucked up. like yeah people you’ve hurt aren’t obligated to like you/forgive you/interact with you, but tumblrites seem to think that anyone who’s ever made a serious mistake should be exiled from society and/or guillotined. we’ve gone from reasonable and correct takes about how people change (ex. “it’s not my responsibility to teach you”— yes! of course it shouldn’t be up to underprivileged random people on the internet to educate the uninformed!) to utterly deranged ones (ex. “nobody with privilege will ever realize that they’re doing harm and the ones who claim to be in the process of learning are just virtue signaling and should be punished for it”— a take I’ve seen applied to men learning about feminism, cishets becoming allies, white people learning about antiracism, relatives of shooters who go on to advocate for gun control, etc)
you do realize that people can genuinely change for the better, right? I’ve seen my parents un-transphobia themselves firsthand, going from thinking that my sibling came out “for attention” to wholeheartedly believing in trans rights. my grandma’s father was every kind of asshole imaginable and she grew up indoctrinated, but as an adult she broke away from him and has spent the rest of her life working on unlearning stuff. my cousin grew up in the rural south and parroted his rural southern dad’s opinions until he was thirteen and started actually thinking for himself, at which point he did a total 180 and is now studying history with a focus on the evolution of the rights of the underprivileged
so when I see people on here say that people shouldn’t change because they don’t deserve to change it rubs me the wrong way. cause at that point it sounds like you’d rather have that person stay harmful so you can stay mad at them, instead of letting them change and gaining yourself an ally. again, you don’t need to interact with them, but. at this point it kind of feels like you care more about hating The Oppressors than about protecting The Oppressed.
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ask-artsy-oncie · 8 months
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I was reminded of the time that tumblr tried to make "monster high but with tumblr sexymen", and one of the characters was (obviously) the daughter of the once-ler.
And the funny thing to me about that is that in the canon of the illumination lorax movie, the once-ler is heavily implied to have an estranged daughter. I don't know all the sexymen off the top of my head but I think he might've been one of the only ones referenced in that trend who actually had a daughter in his own canon.
#Stupid shit#I'm gonna provide context in the tags for those who want it but I also like the idea of just leaving it there#Okay so for anyone who wasn't in the fandom: when people say the movie gave us no one to ship the Once-ler with they were LYING#The movie gave the Once-ler no MALE characters to ship him with - thus Oncest started#However - the second most popular Once-ler ship was between him and Norma#(Who - if you haven't seen the movie in a while - is Ted's grandmother who tells him about the Once-ler and how to find and barter with him#This was mostly just a ship born from theory and logical deduction - why does Norma know so much personal info about the Once-ler?#Were they perhaps friends? Lovers? In the past? Where was she in his life and at what points? When did she leave?#And people started making theories and shipping the two - primarily as past lovers. But there was art of them reconnecting for sure.#HOWEVER - this also meant that there was a theory that Ted's mom was also related to the Once-ler#As in - hmm this daughter of a very short fat woman is oddly tall and thin... hmmm#And so the running theory wasn't just that the Once-ler and Norma were once lovers - but that the Once-ler was also Ted's grandfather#Who was entirely estranged from the family due to self-exile and possibly bad blood between him and Norma at some point during his downfall#(I actually do think that it's funny that the Once-ler's youngest design purposefully draws some comparison between him & the Truffula tree#Only for the character theorized to be his daughter to also evoke some Truffula tree imagery in her design)#ANYWAYS that was a theory for about as long as the movie was out - Normaler (the ship) was a thing for as long (if not longer) than Oncest#And was present enough that there were like actively flame wars between the two groups of shippers#Like literally I directly remember this it's so insane to me that no one ever brings this up when talking about the shipping in this fandom#BUT THEN!!!! The Lorax comes out on DVD. The fandom rejoices and everyone takes pictures of themselves buying or holding the DVD.#If you dig far enough and I haven't deleted it yet you might find mine. I was in full cosplay wig and all.#Anyways - we have the movie in HD now!! No more cam rip footage!!!#And now we can take high-quality screenshots that truly show off the detail of the backgrounds in this movie#(The fandom loved to gush about how detailed and well-designed the movie's backgrounds were - that wasn't just a throwaway transition)#Only - what's this?????#In one of the shots at the end of the movie - we very briefly get to see the inside of the Once-ler's lurkim - like the living room#AND THERE - IN THE BACKGROUND - ONLY VISIBLE IN HD#IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF A WOMAN WHO SUSPICIOUSLY HAS THE EXACT SAME SILHOUETTE AS NORMA#Normaler fans rejoice and 'Grandpa Once-ler' theory is accepted into canon (or - more accurately - 'implied canon') by most fans#So yes - for those keeping track - while the evidence wasn't as concrete as it could have been#The Once-ler is implied to have been the father of Ted's mom in the movie
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orzaika · 2 years
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My friend got me hooked on @exilethegame and I’ve played it so many times just to keep playing my Phoenix commander Emil Ryder :) he is so fucked up and broken and my whole experience has been “how can i make it evident that this poor man has been emptied out and broken beyond repair” and then the author ENABLES ME it’s the best thing i’ve ever encountered
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p4nishers · 2 years
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remember obi wan kenobi?? man was he gay
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theinfinitedivides · 1 year
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hey YRF if John and SRK don't have a homoerotic moment that sets the stage up for an AU hate f*ck at least once in this film just so we can fully cement the latter's consistently rumored sexuality i'm suing for damages
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halfyearsqueen · 2 months
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viserys and rhaenyra are genuinely such an interesting dynamic to me because like. to everyone else she's clearly the favorite, but the first time she ever attempts to gainsay him because he didn't tell her about the arranged marriage, that ends with her on her knees begging for his forgiveness.
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offsidekineticist · 5 months
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△ Qweck - what's sharing a living situation with Giliys like now that you know what's going on with him and Theo?
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"Oh, I know what's going on with him and Theo? That's news to me," she huffs before wincing at the loss of control. "My apologies, that was...unbecoming. As for living with Giliys...It's fine." She sees the disbelief on your face. "No, it's...actually fine. Giliys is not the problem with our living situation, which is...unexpected." She rubs her eyes, and you notice the dark circles under her eyes, particularly pronounced where it overlaps with her bleached patch. "He spends most of his time taking care of Theo - helping him dress or feeding him or turning the pages of the book Theo's reading, and he's usually very quiet when he does that. Only speaks when he really needs to ask Theo how he wants something done. Which is understandable, considering that Theo snaps at every little mistake I make while doing his very best to ignore that Giliys even exists.
"I just...this isn't how it's supposed to be. Theo isn't supposed to be the mean one. Giliys isn't supposed to be the patient one. And I'm not supposed to be so...so...." She stops, a far off look in her eyes. "They're always looking for ship surgeons at the docks. Sometimes I think..." Qweck shakes her head, and with a quick blink, the longing in her eyes has gone. "It doesn't matter. You didn't ask about that. The answer is that living with Giliys has been fine."
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poptartmochi · 7 months
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get into bg3 dont be shy pspsppsps
ouuuugh you don't under STAND.... dragon age origins had my brain in a headlock for at least 2 years.. bg3 is like its spiritual successor.. once i am there, it will be OVER for me 😨😭😭😭😱🌋🌋🤓
but >:]
i have already started Pondering over my first Tav, heehee! i honestly know nothing about D&D + the entire lore and mythos of it, so it will be fun to learn more through the game + see how my subsequent tavs fit into the setting better.. such is the joy of these kinds of games :D
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hopkei · 20 days
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sorry if this is a dumb question, but what was the problem with keito calling him “nacchan”? is it because they’re filming? what does keito usually call him? (from what i know, fanta is more chill about honorifics among the members? sorry i’m new here 😭)
not a dumb question at all!!! japanese formal language can be very confusing!!
(disclaimer: i will say first that my japanese is not very good and i'm also not very familiar with other LDH groups so anyone pls correct me if im wrong!! i wouldn't be surprised if fanta is more casual about it,, so i'm not super confident about it but this is my general impression!!)
under the cut bc this got very long🙇‍♂️
from my understanding fanta (and LDH as a whole) actually tend to be quite strict with honorifics and formal speech. i remember just recently seeing a video of some Johnny Company groups on tv with some LDH members where they discussed the LDH high five rule, which is that kouhai must ALWAYS high five senpais with two hands
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the J company members were very shocked (and maybe impressed?) by this because J company groups will apparently be quite casual with senpais
i won't speak to other groups because I'm not familiar with them, but in Fanta the members tend to be very strict with calling each other formally. all younger members will call members older than them with "name-kun" (except sekai, every member calls him sekai-san) and use honorific speech. Keito always calls nacchan as "horinatsu-kun" because he is younger, as does sota (though sota will also occasionally use "hori-san")
and all of this is despite many members knowing each other for 10+ years or being childhood friends (keito still speaks formally with sawa and horinatsu still calls leiya "leiya-kun". though from what i can think of, whenever horinatsu refers to shota, he does not use -kun), so i would say ldh is just very strict about it.🤷‍♀️ there is even a weird case with sawa and taiki, where sawa is older but taiki is the senpai so they both call each other taiki-kun and natsuki-kun (or sometimes sawa-san)
however i will say that while they are strict, because fanta is obviously very close the times i can think of off the top of my head where a younger member will drop honorifics, the older member will call them out, but they never actually seem very bothered (like with horinatsu, he is still laughing while hitting keito, and im pretty sure keito didn't apologize)
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others i can think of are leiya calling taiki with no honorifics here (at 1:04): the question is "who do you think is most improved since debut" and leiya just says "taiki" and taiki yells "don't call me without honorifics!" but is still just laughing, and leiya does not apologize
and taiki dropping to informal speech while talking to sekai here (at 2:03). the question is "please tell us a good point of the next member!" which in this case is taiki, and taiki says "please tell me! (informally)" and sekai says "why are you speaking informally?" and taiki and the members just laugh🥰
in terms of using formal vs informal speech in general there are some members that i have definitely seen drop them from time to time (like yusei to leiya and sota to yusei) but even then they will always still call the older one with -kun
though all of this is to say its very possible that they are just like this in front of the camera to follow ldh rules and are very friendly and informal behind camera but i cant speak to that;;🙇‍♂️
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banqanas · 28 days
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i have no spirit to work today but we still gotta get this bread so. i'm listening to fanta's old radio episodes in the background while working and gonna list them here for my own memo:
*will be updated as i listen
this episode with Sawanatsu + Horinacchan + Leiya is so fun!!! it's so nice listening to them together!! i like the relaxed atmosphere they have as fanta's adult members (not the leaders, not the youngsters). they talked about how horinatsu came to be called Nacchan (talked about Shota too), got excited over their local supermarket, xmas episode as jsb3 support dancers and all of them being mad at a listener's no good boyfriend. Leiya especially got heated up. Sawanatsu voice: "if you can't understand a woman's feeling, there's no saving you anymore. don't you dare make a girlfriend ever again!"
Sekai+Horinacchan+Sota. Sekai ofc have to take a jab at taiki as soon as he's mentioned. Taiki never sends the dogeza emoji apologetically, he always does it ironically. Horinacchan openly confesses that he has a mother-complex so he never had a rebellious phase. Sekai told how during his youth, someone pointed out that its obvious that he had a crush on one of his girl friend, and he just admit it. (OMG SEKAI LOVE STORY????) and he also had a rebellious phase. The three of them also have pets at home so they started talking about that too
nowadays fanta radio only has a 2-person format so its nice change listening to 3 and more members talking. and fanta members have gotten better at talking on radio so it's not a headache trying to listen who's overtalking who and their words are easy to understand even when they're being excited
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dreamingblacktabby · 1 year
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Silverstream's Rebellion (Part 2)
Some ShadowClan cats start visiting RiverClan everyday to help start enforcing new rules set in place by Tigerstar
Tigerstar decides the half-clan cats need to be kept imprisoned since he can’t trust their loyalty lies only with RiverClan, since all four of them have ties to ThunderClan
Silverstream along with Mistyfoot’s kits are allowed to remain free for the time being but are threatened to be made prisoners alongside their family should they step out of line
Silverstream is banned from attending the gathering where Leopardstar and Tigerstar announce their alliance
Pikepaw is killed during a “training accident” so Silverstream sneaks Mistyfoot’s two surviving kits(Reedpaw and Primrosepaw) out of camp and gives them to ThunderClan, explaining whats happening in RiverClan
Upon returning to camp, she is questioned and imprisoned alongside the half-clan cats where Mistyfoot thanks her for at least saving her kits, wishing she could return the favor
The next day Stonefur is brought before Tigerstar and Leopardstar where he is told to either kill Silverstream’s kits or renounce his loyalty to TigerClan
Stonefur accuses Leopardstar of not heeding Silverstream’s warnings and leading RiverClan to ruins resulting in Tigerstar ordering his execution
Stormpaw and Featherpaw are returned to the prison where Silverstream fears they or Mistyfoot will be next They are quickly rescued by Firestar, Graystripe and Raven(Ravenpaw) and just barely escape RiverClan territory with their lives
Mistyfoot is reunited with her two kits and Graytsripe reunited with his mate and kits
Firestar apologizes for being too late to save Stonefur but promises they can hold a vigil for him even if they can’t get his body
After WindClan is attacked by TigerClan, Silverstream vows to fight alongside ThunderClan and WindClan against TigerClan, stating she will not allow Tigerstar or Leopardstar to ruin her clan
Mistyfoot tells Firestar that Silverstream had told RiverClan the truth about Tigerstar so many RiverClan cats might be willing to join the fight against TigerClan
Silverstream stands alongside Firestar and Tallstar when they go to meet Tigerstar and Leopardstar who are revealed to be working alongside a group of cats calling themselves BloodClan
BloodClan’s leader refuses to fight allowing Firestar to explain Tigerstar’s entire history from Redtail’s murder up until TigerClan
Scourge kills Tigerstar and then warns the clans that they either leave the forest or BloodClan would kill all of them
Firestar and Tallstar both want to fight and Silverstream goes to RiverClan with Firestar to convince the remains of RiverClan and ShadowClan to join them
Silverstream rejects Leopardstar as leader and asks the rest of RiverClan to fight with her for their home, which earns her the support of her clan
Blackfoot agrees to also fight alongside the other three clans, asking for forgiveness 
Silverstream stays in RiverClan to help prepare them for the upcoming fight but tells Firestar to keep the half-clan cats in ThunderClan where they would be safe from Leopardstar
The clan begins to see Silverstream as leader as she takes charge for the upcoming fight
Leopardstar agrees to step down as leader if they survive he battle with BloodClan but points out Silverstream has never had an apprentice and thus can’t be deputy let alone leader
When the day comes Silverstream gathers everyone up and they head off towards Fourtrees for the battle
Silverstream fights alongside Gaystripe during the battle and he tells her if they survive he will return to RiverClan to live with her for the rest of their lives
When the battle is finally brought to an end, WindClan chases the BloodClan cats away while everyone else counts their dead and gathers up all the survivors 
Mistyfoot tells Silverstream that Leopardstar made her deputy during the battle and offers to give the position over to Silverstream if she wishes
Silverstream accepts Mistyfoot as the new leader and offers to serve as her deputy but truly only wants to live in peace with her mate and kits
Primrosepaw’s mentor was killed during the battle with BloodClan so Silverstream is made her mentor
Leopardstar is demoted but is allowed to remain in RiverClan as a warrior
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