#italics

[ofmdtereomaori]

I'm begging you, please stop italicising te reo Māori words in your fics.

There's a really excellent article by Khairani Barokka on why italicising non-English words in general is not a great idea. (tl;dr: it's very othering)

For te reo there's an additional reason, which is that most of us in Aotearoa stopped italicising te reo decades ago and now when we see it it looks fucking weird. It feels like you're holding the word with tongs; like you're saying "hey I found this weird foreign word and I don't really know what to do with it!"

Which is a pity, because there's some really good fics out there exploring Ed's Māori identity, and the italicising makes them look less good than they are. (I'm planning a specific recs post, but want it to be 100% positive, also there's stuff I haven't read yet.)

I don't want this to be a call out post, because I hate that shit, and I know that everyone's coming from a good place. If you've been italicising te reo words, you're probably doing what you were taught was the right thing, and I genuinely don't want you to feel bad about it. This is just a learning experience; go forth and use italics as they should be used in fan fiction:

"Oh. Oh."

PS I can't write about italicisation and te reo without mentioning the brilliant Alice Te Punga Somerville and the especially her poem Kupu rere kē.

#te reo maori #language stuff #fanfic #our flag means death #Māori Edward Teach #italics #writing

[fluttershywheresheshouldntbe]

Italicised

#fluttershy where she shouldnt be #mlp #fluttershy #italics #italicised

[cosette141]

Leaving out strikethrough on purpose, as we’re looking more at seeing/using these when writing and reading, where it either wouldn’t be used or would be anti-emphasis. However there is the rather fun sarcastic use of it in social conversations or maybe that’s just me

Please reblog for sample size and to share your reasoning for your choice or the world may never know

#poll #polls #writing #creative writing #writing things #fanfiction #just writing stuff #just writer things #bold #italics #underline #strikethrough #mine is italics #love me my italics #makes writing magical #as emphasis on certain words #or character thoughts #or just cause writing a whole document in italics makes it feel so much cooler

[estrellami-1]

Trying to prove my thesis.

Please reblog to reach a wider audience!!! Also this is completely optional but if you wouldn’t mind putting an age range in the tags it would help even more!! Even just an “I’m in my 30s”.

#polls #star polls #tumblr polls #writing #English #grammar #? #how do I tag this #italics

[viejospellejos]

Conduce en cursiva

#video #sfw #car #cars #coche #coches #eje #allignment #alineacion #chasis #chassis #ruedas #italics #cursiva

[that-multi-fandom-hijabi]

who said i liked you?

who said i liked you?

who said i liked you?

who said i liked you?

who said i liked you?

different italicizations, different meanings, all equally mean gaslight gatekeep girlboss

#italics #gaslight gatekeep girlboss

[fandomsoda]

I JUST REALIZED 4/13 IS TOMORROW

#IM SUPPOSED TO BE PARTIALLY A HOMESTUCK BLOG I AM FAILING AT THAT #I’ll figure something out #soda’s hs posting again #big text #italics

[thegryffe]

hey does anyone want to cause pointless online discourse with me

pls reblog for larger sample size

#tumblr polls #poll #discord #196 #r/196 #rule #/r/196 #r196 #gryffeposting #italics #markdown #discourse

[anxiety-and-fandoms]

thought; if Gill really is a leviathan, why the hell does he look like a normal(ish) triton

#the shapeshifter speaks #fishy thoughts #jrwi riptide spoilers #jrwi riptide #just roll with it #italics

[whump-queen]

where would I be without my italics???!!?

cold??..,,,? in a ditch somewhere probably??¿?

#shitpost #queue #akia.txt #italics #italics appreciation post #from my cold dead hands babeyyy

[ottitty]

Idk I think [x character] would have a complicated relationship with love-

Allos: but aroaces can be in romantic/sexual relationships.

Yeah but-

Allos: not all aroaces want to be lonely forever! Stop excluding aroaces who want relationships

I'm just saying it'd be nice to see myself in someo-

Allos: Not all love is romantic. You're being aphobic.

#aromantic #asexual #performative allyship #aroace #the amount of times ive gone through this shit with people though #fandom is such bullshit sometimes like. my personal hcs are NOT an attack on you. #its not like im going 'this is Canon just because i like it and nobody is allowed to disagree' yk #aphobia #and it ALWAYS tends to be alloromantic allosexual ''allies'' #loveless aromantic #loveless aroace #colored text #italics

[novelist-becca]

Reblog if you’re a writer and you’re also an italics addict

#fanfiction #writing #italics #it’s about the emphasis #and I choose them over all caps every time #unless it’s a scream

[piedoctorcow]

Life’s simple pleasures #1: when you’re reading the italicized thoughts of a character and an emphasized word is unitalicized. Yas girl, give us nothing

#writing #reading #fanfiction #mxtx #svsss #mdzs #tgcf #life #aesthetic #nanowrimo #italics #emphasis #school #college #university #fandom #author #books and libraries

[vileacademyofficial]

what happens when an operative is homophobic, transphobic and all of the other phobics i can’t currently think of

failure is forgivable bigotry is not

#carmen sandeigo netflix #carmen sandiego #carmen sandeigo 2019 #big text #italics

[tiredguyswag]

RED BRINGS OUT MY AHYES AND COATS ARE WAUHRME

#tw bold text #tw big text #tw italics #bold text #big text #italics #carmen sandiego #carmen sandiego netflix #carmen sandiego 2019 #csweekly

[camouflagedlove]

Dylan Lenivy is the kind of character that requires plenty of italics

#dylan lenivy #italics #writing