#tag the phrase

[descendant-of-truth]

Shipping is fun and all but I swear every single time someone makes a comment, whether as a joke or in a legitimate analysis, about there being "no other explanation" for a pair's interactions, I lose just a bit more of my sanity

Like, no, you guys don't get it. Romance is not about the Amount of devotion, it's about the COLOR. the FLAVOR of it all. a character can be just as devoted to their platonic friend as they are to their romantic partner, and they don't love either of them more, just differently.

But because the majority of people still have it stuck in their minds that romance exists on the highest tier of love, I'm stuck seeing endless takes that boil down to "these two care about each other too much for it to NOT be romantic" as if that's the core determining factor to how literally any of this works

In conclusion: stop telling me that I don't understand the story if I don't interpret the leads as romantic, I am TIRED

#analysis #meta #miscellaneous #fandom #shipping #media discussion #amatonormativity #lgbtq #I feel like tagging any of the fandoms I was thinking of when writing this would be a little mean-spirited potentially #Disclaimer: no one has actually been telling me personally that I don't understand any story in particular #It's just that the way people tend to phrase their analyses feels unnecessarily targeted at the reader and that's just. not great #even if I agree with every other point they make

[cali]

i hate motherfuckers who base their whole personality on the sum experience of their formative years + the people they mostly interact with + some key impactful events in life + a small amount of traits they were just born with + their current interests and some other stuff probably. so fucking annoying...

#notifications blocked goodnight all of you #i like that theres people from both ends of the spectrum of opinions on how to build a personality in the tags #i just wanted to make a joke about when someone says the phrase “making it their entire personality” #its a nothing phrase

[theminecraftbee]

anyway in other news it is EXTREMELY funny of the life series cast to force us to talk about them doing things "in real life" or to tag stupid things like "real life spoilers". yeah man jimmy fell down a hole and died in real life. yeah man sorry for the real life spoilers but they all only had the basic three lives again. yeah these are super normal things to say. don't worry about it.

#real life smp #trafficblr #<- straight-up why i've been adding the trafficblr tag to these ones #because frankly idk what tumblr's gonna do with tags that include the phrase 'real life' and i wanna be clear what i'm actually referring t

[catboytwelve]

Finally catched up with the new dw episodes. I hope someone hasn't done this already, but this is my contribution

#doctor who #dw spoilers #15th doctor #12th doctor #dw #the devil's chord #ok now i will go look at the tag and reblog shit IM FREEEEE #edit: sorry im dumb aND tired. got the phrasing wrong lol

[spainkitty]

Shout out to @sillyliterature for tagging me in things!! I love being tagged. Also, I really love and am obsessed with my Lanil (Surana) Lavellan oc. While about 80k of her as the Inquisitor has been written, I've gone down a rabbit hole of "What if Lanil had stayed in the Circles and joined the official Mage Rebellion instead?" so here we go 🤗 My amgry gorl~ living in my head rent free~ I might do this again from my handers/fenhanders fic because I know sillylit loves Anders as much as I do.

So basically this is like Find The Word, but with a phrase instead, or if you don’t have it, something with a similar vibe. The phrase is: This can't be real.

My phase: I don't quite have that in this fic, but I did have "You can't seriously [...]"

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“You can’t seriously be going without me?” Lanil demanded. Fiona’s mouth twitched, her dark eyes amused. Lanil immediately looked away, scowling as heat suffused her cheeks.

“I am more than capable of travelling to Val Royeaux alone, although I will be taking a few mages with me, if that will assuage your concern,” Fiona said at last. “I do not want to seem as if I’m bringing a fight with me. Pardon me for saying so, Lanil, but you walk into a room like you’re walking into a fight.

“Can you blame me after this year?” Lanil muttered. “So, the Herald… are they really a qunari?”

“She is. I suppose the term is Tal-Vashoth, if the reports are true and she is not of the Qun. It may be impertinent to ask in the same breath I ask for aid,” Fiona said dryly.

Lanil smirked and shrugged. “I doubt a real Qun-loving qunari would let themself be called the Herald of Andraste.”

“I’m still not sure if this is a good idea,” Fiona said with a quiet sigh. “We’ve already seen what little the Chantry is able to do for us." She waved in the vague direction of… out there, where, yes, rebels that refused to join Redcliffe tore up the countryside, but also where roving packs of violent Templars wandered and cut down any mage or mage sympathizer, violent or not, they happened to see. “And both the Right and Left Hand of the Divine are heading this Inquisition.”

“The late Divine. But... Connor did say Arl Teagan told him that a former Templar is their Commander, too,” Lanil said with a grimace. Fiona’s lips pursed slightly, eyes narrowing. “A Templar from Kirkwall.”

Fiona pressed fingers to her temples. Lanil, as always, couldn’t help but be impressed by Fiona’s control. She herself would have at least cursed out loud by now. Lanil wondered if Fiona had always been able to do that, or was it something she made herself learn?

“Perhaps Linnea is right,” the Grand Enchanter whispered. Her eyes caught on the warrior statuette and she took it in hand again, rolling it between her palms. “How many more refugees have come this week?”

“About a dozen, and maybe three are actually capable of helping defend the keep. The only mages with any sort of combat skill are out in the fucking hills making it worse for everyone. We need to stick together or we’re all going to be hunted and cut down like nugs at this point,” Lanil snarled, lightning crackling at her fingertips.

“Or perhaps we’ll let you loose on the Templars and apostates alike so you might glower them into submission,” Fiona teased. Her voice was weary, quiet, but her dark eyes gleamed. Lanil glared at the nearest wall and crossed her arms over her chest. Her mouth was twitching, though, and her heart felt lighter. “The general opinion? Any increase in Tevinter sympathies?”

Lanil groaned and rolled her eyes upwards. She knew Fiona bringing up Linnea didn’t bode well. “Yes, all right, there are more people pushing for sending word to Tevinter, but it’s definitely not the majority. Linnea is two seconds away from running for the hills and going staff-happy on the countryside herself, don’t listen to her, Grand Enchanter. We don’t need them. They’re slavers.”

“And so many of us are elves…” Fiona frowned. “Our choices are a heretical Chantry organization and a mage-friendly slave nation. We’re not even sure either would help.”

“You need to get the Arl to contact the King,” Lanil said flatly. Fiona’s eyes flickered towards her and away. “He put us here. He promised us aid.”

“He promised us shelter. He did not promise us soldiers.”

“Then, ask for them! Fuck the Chantry, or Inquisition, whatever, and fuck the Vints, too. Do you think the King and Queen would give us Redcliffe just to let the Templars burst in and slaughter us!? The King obviously cares a little. Wynne was his advisor for years, Orzammar has its own Circle and the King and Queen refused to break the alliance with King Bhelen to support an Exalted March, and Anders…” Fiona raised a hand to stop her, but Lanil barrelled on anyway, “The Warden-Commander, King Alistair’s well-known friend and advisor, made Anders a Grey Warden. She protected him! Not only that, she’s an elf. They appointed an elf a Bann of the Denerim Alienage. They care about mages and elves both. The King is our best bet and you--”

“Surana, be silent.”

Lanil’s mouth snapped shut. It wasn’t often Fiona used that tone of voice, and it never failed to send prickles down Lanil’s spine. Instantaneous obedience. Silence fell hard between them and fire crackled in the fireplace. Fiona’s fingers curled around the statuette she held, enveloping it in her fist.

“Let us see how the Herald responds to my invitation first. I’ll return from Val Royeaux as swiftly as I am able,” Fiona said decisively. There was no arguing with that tone. Lanil inhaled and exhaled roughly through her nose. Fiona smiled and crossed the room. Gently, she cupped Lanil’s face in her hands, dark eyes tracing over Lanil’s features and meeting her stormy grey glare. “Mon petite tempête, you will take care of our people while I am away.”

“Of course,” she grumbled.

#orlesian #dao surana #lavellan dai #dragon age fiona #i let her speak orlesian you cant stop me #dont be so pretentious it's French #kitty writes a thing #What if Lavellan is Surana and What if Surana never became Lavellan #what me tangle myself into too many threads im drowning #writeblr #tag the phrase #Lanil My Precious #dragon age fanfiction #in the calling fiona had dark brown eyes #so fuck dai for changing that WHY did they change that ugh

[cemeterything]

idc about "toxic traits" or "red flags" whats your fatal flaw

#🐉 #in the interest of sharing mine is that i cant stand to not be who i say i am #which means that i refuse to expect anyone to do anything im not willing to do myself #and if anyone tries to call my bluff ill do anything to prove them wrong #'haha you wont do it' is like a sleeper agent activation phrase for me #you dont have to share your fatal flaws in the tags though this is first and foremost a sillypost

[scholarhect]

ok buckle up, this is a long one. palamedes sextus moodboard

#tlt #palamedes sextus #the locked tomb #been cooking this one since october. it's time #post tag #(added alt text! i’ve only ever done straight up tweets/posts before and some of these are kind of complicated #so if you think i should phrase anything better please lmk)

[hackedmotionsensors]

tis the season to dust off my hockey/figure skater au lol

I wanted Sanji to look like he was actually about to kick zoro in the face (but not really) and Zoro doesn't flinch and just grabs him. But I got a little lazy lol

#scribbles #zosan #hockey figure skater au #what the hell way did i phrase this au in teh tags??? lol

[the-king-of-lemons]

“im new to tumblr from mcyttwt what do i need to do :(”

HERES ALL YOU NEED:

seriously dont fucking crosstag its a whole separate community

>>> THIS POST IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT MCYT FANS MOVING FROM TWITTER TO TUMBLR. <<<

#flashing images #just to be safe #mcytblr #mcyttwt #ive already seen some stuff in the mc tag thats why im makin this #tiggady tags #THIS POST IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT MCYTWT USERS MIGRATING TO MCYTBLR NOT GENERAL TWT->TUMBLR. WHY ARE GENERAL BLOGS REBLOGGING THIS #anyway gonna maintag #mcyt #just so ppl who have that filtered dont have to see this assuming they dont have the other tags/phrases blocked

[skylersprompts]

DC x DP Prompt *23*

He really should sleep more. But for that he would have to cut some of his responsibilities off and that was just not possible at this time. He was in the middle of training as the Ancient of Balance, the GIW was too active and he needed to update the new servers over the weekend for the company.

So really, it wasn't on him for not getting enough sleep. He needed the money, he had to help his friends and without his lessons he wouldn't be able to control his powers.

On the other hand, he may have just said something stupid.

The Justice League may have summoned the Ancient of Balance, because of some threat. And maybe his co-workers had called the IT Department one to many times in the last few days. But it really wasn't an excuse for his greeting:

"Have you tried turning it off and on again?"

Yeah, maybe he needs a little bit more sleep...

#skylers prompts #dcxdp #dcxdp prompt #dpxdc #don't tag the danny phantom fandom #justice league #inspired by my IT husband™ #the League is very confused #did we summon the right being? #what did you do Constantine? #maybe it's a turn of phrase in the realms for a specific combat style? #Danny is just tired and overworked #and Jeremy called him three times alone today because his Screen wouldn't work #the Screen wasn't plugged in... #Danny is so done

[abyssalzones]

If you have the same hyperfixation for too long they put money on your head and baby I'm frontlining America's most wanted

bonus parallel fidds sprites

#gravity falls #fiddleford mcgucket #stanford pines #fiddauthor #stanley pines #a better world au #going to start actually tagging that now #lab creations #I haven't been very creatively motivated lately so I've just been busy playing pokemon but here's some of the last gf stuff from nov-dec #when I get my energy back. I would like to work on my comic #key phrase being 'would like to' #maybe I'll stick to that

[hedgehog-moss]

In French we don’t say “I’ll die on this hill” we say “Je n’en démordrai pas” which means “I won’t unbite this” and I think it’s beautiful

#language tag #i was looking for an equivalent of the english phrase today and then i was like oh right. the verb unbite #and then i drew a little guy on a hill instead of working

[ethosiab]

as much as i really understand why etho wasn't in real life i really do wish he was just so i'd be able to see him fumble with vr controls . your sideways mouse and tissue box mic can't save you now boy because your hotbar is on your arm and you have to do actual breaststroke motions irl to swim

#life series spoilers #nics rambles #ethoslab #life series #whatst he tag for it??? #“etho wasnt in real life” is a very funny phrase now that i think about it #rlsmp #real life smp

[braxiatel]

Scar really shouted “Grian, I’m the light of your life, you get back here mister!” With his whole entire scussy. Why are they so married

#hermitcraft #hermitshipping #scarian #Grian #GoodTimesWithScar #gtws #suggestive #maybe? idk I feel like I need to tag it that way for the way I phrased it #[blows a kiss in the form of a suggestive tag] ​for the followers who are at work #team gigs #because it’s from one of the phasmo streams #the void collection

[frogsinajar]

#I was gone for 4 months and all I got for yall is this #homestuck #dave strider #dirk strider #hs #dave hs #dirk hs #homestuck art #my art #my comics #frogsinajar #it was also everyones birthday #but couldnt get a piece done in time #university kicked my ass dawg #but at least im done with the semester #also give me a ring if u want a tag added to this #I have no idea how people will react to the phrase mad monks pickled wang #but im living my truth #also also I think at least three museums claim to have this item #but none of them has proof of having the real one

[cemeterything]

stories that are a matryoshka of unreliable narrators. you can't trust the person telling you the story. but then you realise that they don't even have much of a choice in the matter; the information they're operating on was told to them by an unreliable narrator. and when you interrogate their story, you realise that the lies go back even further. the tunnel goes deeper. how far are you willing to go to uncover the truth? how far will you actually get before you lose sight of what you came for in the first place?

#🐉 #i just really liked that phrase i used in the tags on that house of leaves post #but this isnt exclusive to hol #in fact id say the best example is black sails