#not a formal one but. yknow

[camels-pen]

*holding your face in my hands* listen- listen- Usopp's Snake Fireworks are not canon. They are not canon. I know that. You know that. We all know that.

But what if- and hear me out now- what if I gave him them anyway

#one piece #usopp #hebi hanabi #snake fireworks #nemotime #this struck me as i was trying to figure out certain logistics in a fic #did i write a whole thing to justify myself using Snake Fireworks in future fics?? yes. yes i did. not here. but i did. #if anyone doesnt wanna search the wiki about this and doesnt care about the Stampede movie. pls ask #i would love to have an excuse to share about the beloved snake fireworks #like. im just. god. how can you show me such an amazing pop green that shows the trust usopp has in luffy #that COULD show the trust he has in his other crewmates. and then. not have it be canon. are you kidding #its RIGHT THERE pls i am BEGGING oh my god #i get it would put a damper on one-on-one fights but like??? mr sniper giving support to the heavy hitters??? my fucking beloved #it doesnt even have to be the monster trio man. it could be franky. or chopper. like. pls #like. its like. imagine there's an Oars scenario again. or just some bigass dude and its not about pride or honor anymore #its just about winning and surviving and aaaaaaaaaaa #in conclusion. give him his goddamn snake fireworks #fuck. i could write an essay on this if i'm not careful #not a formal one but. yknow #knowing myself im probably gonna end up writing it anyway. and probably in fic form rather than essay form dfkjghdfg #eh we'll see #not now though. bed time

[aesthetic-uni]

Miles “Who’s Morales” vs Gwen “Gwwwwanda” vs Pavtir “You seem like a nice young woman I do not know” FIGHT

#uni talks about the universe #spiderverse #across the spiderverse #across the spider verse spoilers #miles morales #gwen stacy #pavtir prabhakar #the spider kids DO NOT know how to lie #Jess: You know we can just teach them how to lie #Miguel: sorry no this is a canon event #Peter B: For once I agree every kid must suffer through this stage #Hobie seems like he’s immune to this #but he slipped up once and no one has ever been able to figure out what happened #there’s wild rumors going around that he will never confirm nor deny #side note Margo and Peni are also apart of the spider kids #this has nothing to do with the post I just see people leaving them out so I’m making this formal announcement to my two followers #originally I put how pav’s hair was giving him away but the scene with saving his girlfriend felt more accurate yknow?

[lunar-wandering]

laying in bed thinking about how Wukong is a people pleaser and this part of him gets frequently overlooked due to the focus on his hot-headedness/impulsivity

#Monkie Kid #lego monkie kid #tagging LMK cause i do think it uses this part of him #to add in events while still having him remain in Character #like of course Azure and the others convinced him to not be afraid and take on heaven #before heaven's army could arrive on his doorstep and force him to fight like in the books #like. he got kicked out of school because the other students encouraged him to show off #this is one hundred percent in character for him #if he got a single compliment he'd go along with whatever that person said when he was young #which is also part of how the Gold Star of Venus convinced him to get a job in Heaven #which Wukong was originally uninterested in #the fight against heaven + the mountain jaded him which made him more easily angered #(yknow. like a reasonable response to trauma) #but EVEN STILL during the Journey HE'S STILL A PEOPLE PLEASER #and then by the time of LMK he's mellowed out more which MAKES SENSE. #i could do a whole entire more formally written analysis about this but this is what i've got #brain cannot brain any more than this #anyways obligatory my opinions are my own and i respect anyone who disagrees with me tag #anyone who has another opinion is wonderful and valid but these are my thoughts

[eternally-tired-muffin]

overheard during akaashi's first summer training camp: *nonsense*

#i lowkey stand by meerkat!akaashi #something about their posture #slightly formal but cute and charming yknow?? #drawing the little faces by the speech bubbles is one of my favourite things #anyway #hq #hq fanart #haikyuu #haikyuu!! #haikyuu fanart #akaashi #akaashi keiji #my art #digital art #help i've forgotten how to tag for this fandom #welp

[aroaceleovaldez]

i always see so much of Nico ships where either Nico is the one pining or the focus is almost completely on Nico pining and i feel like we’re missing a lot of opportunity here. Where’s the inverse? Where’s the POVs from [other character(s) of ship] of them falling hard for Nico and just absolutely losing their mind pining over him because he’s so impossible to read that they can’t tell at all if he likes them back or not. Them doing some complicated social dance cause they cannot for the LIFE of them figure out Nico but they’re trying so hard until they finally just tell him outright and find out Nico has liked them back this entire time and they lose their mind just a little bit more. WHERE IS IT.

#pjo #riordanverse #nico di angelo #shipping #examples: one of my favorite headcanons is that Will got a crush on Nico the first time he saw him during the Titan War #when he brought reinforcements n stuff. cause yknow. the dude showed up in thematic armor with three gods and parted an army #and then ensues like a whole year of poor Will helplessly pining over him but a.) Nico is never around and b.) Nico is barely aware of him #ergo why Will is acting Like That in BoO cause he's BEEN TRYING SO HARD TO GET NICO TO NOTICE HIM #on-and-off for a WHOLE YEAR #and he is DETERMINED to at least be Nico's friend by the end of the summer #just so that he can stop losing his mind over it #secondary example: i write a lot of pre-HoO Jason stuff and i really love the potential dynamics between him and Nico then #with Nico being this rogue who randomly shows up #and Jason keeps getting flustered by this guy who doesn't seem to care who he is at all. which is part of the reason for getting flustered #cause Nico keeps treating him as an equal! which is kind of a big deal for Jason #and at the same time they're doing this diplomatic dance and the two of them are just being SO overly formal #because they're both like that. so it just sounds like theyre flirting like Victorians #and poor Jason is so distressed post-HoO when he realizes he'd forgotten all of that. and now he has to START OVER #and Nico is NICO so of course it's impossible for Jason to gauge exactly where they stand #etc etc those are my two most detailed examples

[eroticcannibal]

Idk why im reading slang discourse on esl subreddits but as a native English speaker, it is perfectly acceptable to use informal English in "official" communication (work, education) if whoever is higher up does it. In English culture specifically, *not* mirroring informality can be seen as quite arrogant and standoff-ish, which is worse than appearing a bit unproffesional. This is more true the more north/rural you go.

This might not apply in London, because Londoners arent people. Or in America, because america is weird.

#sorry i know this isnt important #but seeing someone getting very heated and sweary over their opinion which isnt even correct.... #using “wanna” in an email will not ruin your career #word of god #i get the impression from my deep south american friends that you can get away with informality there #idk i guess it just bothers me when ppl are going at esl speakers #being so agressive about language use and making people scared of getting things wrong #like its really not that big a deal #and honestly growing up in very multicultural areas #if ur worried about being looked down on #the casually racist white ppl are a bit more relaxed around ppl who dont speak so formally #gives the impression you are 'one of us' if youre chill with your language yknow?

[weewoow-20706030]

Inspired by this comment by @louff4tw :

Dick loves to take his siblings clothes shopping. He is stylish. But Bruce... Bruce he... Tries his best, but his best is socks and sandals...

On the other hand, when it comes to suits he does a full 180. He knows what's in season, and what suit type looks best for what even and what colour and what cufflinks and pocket squares and that whole thing.

So whenever any one of his kids need a new suit he is so desperate to take them shopping for a new one so he can spend time with them. He loves taking his kids suit shopping.

#or most formal wear #he is surrounded by formal wear 24/7 he knows what he is on about #but anything outside of formal events he is hopeless #jason complains that there is a small rip in one of his suits and he wakes up with 5 draped over his couch the next day #there is a note stuck on top #'If you want more let me know' #anyways #batfam #dick grayson #dc #bruce wayne #batfamily #batfam headcanons #batfam hcs #batfam hc #yknow what? #no. #batfam canons #its cannon now #(it isnt) #(please dont come for me) #(im kidding)

[b4kuch1n]

good luck w the testing and a happy early new year!!

thank you it's already happened when this was sent but we all did get one free point for the listening section bc the audio fucked up and we didn't get to hear the part with the last question's answer. but I will now think this is luck borrowed from the future when this ask was sent

#bakuspeech #ask #I tweeted a storm inbetween the written competencies (morning) and the speaking test (afternoon) lmao #but its on my wretched personal acc so it's for me. it's just for me #I dressed. and this is not me being unkind to myself. like a mister bean character to that test. like I got a woolen suit jacket on #with the dress shoes of mismatched laces. AND Ive been bald recently #honest to gods can Not tell how well I did in the written tests. like I finished all of them with at least ten minutes to spare #but it's because they kept putting a giant timer on the projector screen and it scared me so bad. delf trauma #the content of the test itself I straight up. dont know if its any good #the thing with me. that u can probably tell by idk looking at me and hearing me talk and stuff. is that I speak english but I am #VERY bad at tests #which makes any formalized english testing for me extremely fucking funny #and like it's supposed to be in the same structure as an ielts set of questions and apparently that means #they kept asking me to confirm or deny that the author of the text agrees with the statements they got in the questions #and I was sitting there like okay you made me read about weird phrenology shit and then you ask me this?? like are we asking #textual or contextual or. how deep into the rhetorics are we talking here. cause two of these three authors are certified weirdos #(yes the reading segment had three texts. one was about physiognomy and how there was definitely a grain of truth in there #one was about tea - this is the inconspicuous one - and the last one was about the potentials of toxinology #with a general vibe of pseudomedicine zeal to its writing. it's probs from a family magazine or something) #so straight up yeah I can defend my quiz answers to a judge but that does Not mean it's gonna be the one on the answer sheet yknow #kinda the same with the writing segment. where like they gave me an extremely easy to expand on subject and then a piece of paper #the length of a receipt. and that just. I could NOT parse the expectation of that setup #like I saw that and was like. so do you want me to do it badly? or do it so excellently I deliver all I think in like 100 words or less? #cause I'm capable of one of those things and the distinction is important here #and like. yes I know it's a language aptitude test. they're looking to know if I speak english #and I Have done something like this before multiple times just with a different language. but that was. idk I have never had a ladder here #I know I speak the language. YOU can probably tell I speak the language. would this test's result reflect that? I don't know! #it's a baffling experience. I'm still thinking about it the day after. tldr it's really not about the english for me it's about the testing #it's so. it's reflected so clear in the listening test where I missed an entire question (other than the one they gave us for free) bc #my brain just noped out of my body for three seconds and when I yanked it back the tape's already moved on

[daydadahlias]

Is Jess short for anything?

Her Majessty

#anyway yes! #my name is ~Jessica~ #but it's a little bit long and i kind of consider it more formal and for the real world #i dont really like people online calling me ~Jessica~ #the only person who does is anna #jess is just like !! more fun!! more intimate !! #it's a nickname #it's like we're all on a nickname basis yknow #but Jessica is the official royal title #pigeon #1loulu5 #i look like a jessica too #u see me and ur like 'yeah that's a jess alright' #i want to be honest that i made this joke abt 'her majesty' and like #started actually crying over it i thought it was so funny #bc im the worst #like i was actually wiping tears away #no one will ever think i am as funny as i think i am

[crimeronan]

Is Luz openly human in the princess AU? Like does Gus have to deal with having a massive interest in the human realm while it also being public knowledge the next person in line for the throne is human?

scream omg. i honestly haven't given enough thought to what exactly willow and gus are up to (or eda and king, for that matter) - there are a bunch of plot holes and fudgy timeline things happening all over the place, so i don't wanna say definitively what gus is doing when i'll almost certainly contradict it later

THAT SAID. one of the things i've had to consider is how luz is presented to the rest of the world. if she's stealth human like belos, if she's masked like hunter, etc. and the conclusion i came to was that belos wouldn't hide (and would in fact ~*~celebrate~*~) luz's humanity. because he's now in a position of power where he can get away with saying "the titan brought her here to save you all from your wicked ways :)" and Not get the shit beat out of him for it.

luz didn't know that belos is human until she was sixteen though, he told her alongside all the Other Bad Shit. so she grew up feeling like kind of an odd duck. with a whole royal chosen one prophecy attached. no pressure!

i am INTENSELY fond of the mental image of gus just vibrating at all times about the human princess, though, i think that is So Funny. parasocial relationships are nothing new for luz but i think most people she meets are more interested in her royal status than her human one. (or at least interested in both equally.) so if she Did meet gus, she'd be kinda bemused and fascinated that Anyone thinks her humanness is special. bc she mostly views it as a vexing disability.

#replies #toh #princess luz au #havent decided on the mask yet. i think she might wear one in formal events and if she has to like. hold court for some reason #but her face isn't really a Secret yknow. if it's not official business she's not dressed up in a mask #she doesn't have the patience for how sweaty her face gets.

[k20spock]

Ok guys we’re gonna use the regional splatfest as a chance to finally let Frye win right guys. guys. please.

#out of the options hers is the best. handshake is way too formal and you only hug as a greeting if you’re very close to the person #(Does not like hugs with people I don’t know very well) #I don’t think I’ve ever fistbumped anyone as a greeting but there’s a first for everything #yknow only one of these things is something that happens in game. just sayin #splatoon

[winemom-culture]

If you want insight into the extent of my control problems when my boss announces in the morning that a VP is treating the marketing department to lunch for our hard work I feel more annoyed than excited that an aspect of my day was decided for me

#bad etiquette to opt out of the office formalities yknow #so you’re trapped with what everyone else wants now #luckily she did also give us the choice to go out or order into the office #and when she asked who would rather go out not one person in the room raised a hand lmaooooo #my people

[turbo-enid]

I know it's possible to block anon before you respond to their ask, but is it possible to block them after you respond to them?

#I'm thinking again about that one passive aggressive anon from a while back and now im like. yknow what. fuck the formalities. #blocking your ass #i just can't find a button for that jvbkjvchkkngjkigdth #if there is one #ramblings

[kraniumverse]

i can finally fucking breathe tomorrow!!! no homework no difficult class. just me and my silly little drawings and finally getting to rEPLY TO PEOPLE-

#im sorry every interaction energy goes away at my classes #hey btw i go to this one art school right. thats like. above highschool level obviously. so question #do i say 'im going to school'? to college? institution? university????? #saying school makes me feel like a teenager again which i hate #saying institution college and university sounds FORMAL #im just drawing my man #so art school? like the whole two words? #all my energy goes away at art school? #aint there a more casual way??? #like in spanish we say universidad but it doesnt have the same connotations as 'university' yknow #help me english please

[bmpmp3]

kinda sucks how so many people get up in their feelings when they hear the word “trope” nowadays as a person who just really likes narrative media analysis. i have to like carefully word myself with “recurring concepts” and “common story elements” lest someone goes off because they think the very concept of tropes is Horrible because they hate fanfiction or whatever (sorry buddy tropes are like archetypes and genre conventions its a relatively neutral term to describe patterns in storytelling ur gonna have trouble avoiding them (although what the marketing machine has done to the word is pretty awful but thats just because advertising is evil) and also relax i think fanfiction is fine)  OR someone who’s really deep in the fanfiction world but embarassed that someone said the word “trope” out loud will freak out (unfortunately I don’t read very much fanfiction because i tend to prefer original fiction so i dont really know what you’re talking about but please have more confidence in your hobbies i know you work very hard) and in the end im just sitting there like. alright. can i go back to talking about common character archetypes in early 2000s shoujo manga now

#also too much of the stuff i wanna read fanfics of are all things that are too forgotten to have fics of 😔 #wheres my fic of random mid tier decently rated but entirely forgotton 2007 shoujo manga number 873492483403. where is it #but for real its rough out here. and dont get me STARTED on trying to bring up any other film or literary criticism concepts #can we talk abotu orientalism i wanna talk about orientalism im dying to talk about orientalism for the love of edward said #somebody let me talk about orientalism and the depiction of ambiguously brown characters in love stories written by non-brown cultures #foaming at the mouth holding up ambiguously brown prince from a fictional amalgam of various south and western asian countries number 124382 #(yknow i used that example because thats one of my strongest areas of interest but like #if youre not familiar with the more formal uses of the term 'trope' thats a good example of how the term itself is neutral #BUT the trope being drescribed (ambiguously brown etc etc) can be anything from neutral to an actively harmful portrayal #a trope as a concept is not bad. but some tropes are born from harmful perspectives or ideals #tropes originating from orientalist stereotypes for example. and thats why i wanna TALK ABOUT THEM LET ME TALK ABOUT ORIENTALISM PLS IM BEGG #) #anyway. my hobbies are pattern recognition. #holds your hand and we frolic off into the sunny field

[oflgtfol]

i feel like im gonna wind up sayin yes to being a manager but atm im still like. So hesitant. but i know myself and i probably will eventually wind up saying yes

#because i love saying yes to everything and taking on more responsibility and giving myself even less time to be a person outside of #school and work obligations #someone offers me a role or a promotion and i just say yes no matter what #on my hands and knees. i am. so busy. all the time #brot posts #well actually lets see how much more im gonna get paid #if its only $16/hr im gonna pass LMFAO #i think it will probably be $17 but idk. #i mean i havent been formally approached yet its just my two closing managers who are trying to scope me out #but the more i think about it there really isnt anyone else they can promote to manager without just. hiring someone directly into the role #bc im one of the employees whos been here the longest at this point 😭 #and the second one below me is still in high school so shes out of the question #one above me already got promtoed to framing manager #since our framing manager was one of the ones who left recently #and the second one above me is like. a grandma and im pretty sure shes just here for some extra income #like shes solely a morning cashier and thats it #so its really just… Me … unless they hire someone directly into it. #i mean we have other employees other than the 4 including me i just listed but they are literally all just seasonal hires #hopefully we can retain a few but yknow for now theyre literally just seasonal