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BEEN A CRIMINAL FOR 6,000 YEARS
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Hey guys, in light of these kind of computer-picked search results popping up with dangerous regularity, & since they clearly abandoned “don’t be evil” a really long time ago, I’m trying to decide this overly-trusted search engine’s new slogan.
when taking in a redeemed villain, it’s important to give them lots of monologuing opportunities. a few will eventually settle out of that habit, but for the vast majority, it continues to be their most important social behavior, and even a major form of stress relief. it’s also completely harmless, unlike some other behaviors that they may struggle to drop, so be sure to encourage them by presenting them with either large audiences (digital is ok — they love to be on screens), or potentially, a more intimate, one-on-one monologuing opportunity with a trusted confidant, depending on their prior villainous preferences. they may show signs of aggression during their monologue, but remember that it’s just a performance — and if you play along in kind, your redeemed villain will develop a burning desire to protect you at any cost before you know it <3
on “the blond,” “the older man,” and other crimes against third-person limited
You know that thing where a story is written in tight third person limited — we’re meant to be inside someone’s head, seeing the world through their thoughts — and then suddenly the narration says “the blond frowned” or “the shorter woman sighed” about a person the POV character knows really well?
That’s called antonomasia — using a descriptive label instead of a name. And it’s fine when we’re talking about strangers: “the cashier handed her the receipt,” “the tall guy blocked the door.” The POV character doesn’t know their names, and we just need a quick way to tell people apart.
But the moment it’s used for someone the POV character already knows, it breaks immersion. Because that’s not how our minds work. We don’t think “the older man smiled at me.” We think “Mark smiled.” Or maybe “my boss” if that relationship matters in the moment.
Third person limited means the narration sits inside someone’s perception. Their inner monologue is the story’s voice. So when you switch from “Mark smiled” to “the blond smiled,” you’ve pulled the camera away from their mind and turned it into an outside shot.
If you want to create distance or irritation, you can do it on purpose —
“The idiot from accounting emailed again.”
That’s character voice. That’s judgment. That works.
But otherwise?
As soon as your POV character knows someone’s name, use it. While we do tend to worry about repetitions, names rarely register as such to the readers.
If you need variety for rhythm, use relational or emotional identifiers that make sense in their head: her friend, his partner, their teacher, the person they loved.
Because inside someone’s thoughts, there are no “blonds” or “brunettes.”
gonna post a controversial take alright are y’all ready??
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actually typing out emoticons like XD and :D and :V never should have gone out of fashion and you can pry them out of my cold dead hands okay I know emojis are fun but THEY DON’T CAPTURE THE EMOTION IN THE SAME WAY
so like
…yeah that was basically it, thanks for reading
also websites that
automatically
replace your typed out <3 and :D with emojis upon sending them are a Danger To Everything That’s Good In The World
bring back nose smilies :-)
There is no emoji that captures what I mean by :P (I do NOT mean “hur hur goofy-ass face!”) and the one for :^/ is not great. And lest we forget, 🤷🏻♀️ is absolutely inadequate compared to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Faces no emoji has ever managed to capture, imo:
:P
^_^
:3
^u^
:/
O.o
0.0
>:/
<(^u^)>
I am too old to stop using XD
i have never yet found an emoji that fully captures the shifty energy of:
>_>
<_<
Oh man, I’ve missed O.o
Especially alternating to really capture how boggled you are.
im sorry horses can get permanently injured from lying down for too long???
Yes, actually!
Certified horse groom here! A horses feet/hooves are just as important as the heart and lungs, some experts would wager even more so.
A horse’s hoof is not entirely hard, the inner part of the hoof is made up of soft tissue and bone. On the bottom of the hoof there is this rubbery - almost squishy - padding called the “frog”. When a horse takes a step, the frog expands, or rather ‘pumps’, acting as a second cardiovascular system that helps to circulate blood through the entire body. Not only does this soft tissue expand to circulate blood, but it is also what keeps rocks out of ‘wild’ horse’s feet, allowing them to naturally dislodge over distance travelled. If a horse is not moving and has a rock caught in its hoof, it may cause irritation and inflammation (laminitis). One way that you can check for inflammation is by cupping your hand around the outer hoof / hoof wall and feeling for an abnormal rise in temperature.
If a horse’s behaviour is off from normal and or if it has been off its feet for an extended period of time, this is cause for major concern and it is best to get a trusted veterinarian to come assess the situation as soon as possible!
im sorry isn’t that the fucking pokedex entry for fucking spoink?
For years, people have been warning me about a dread menace that lurks in the shadows of all hobbies. That monster at the end of the book is named “woodworking,” and it consumes ordinary people like fire.
It starts innocently enough. You’re doing a regular, run-of-the-mill hobby, and you become so engrossed in it that suddenly you need more storage space. Because of centuries of indoctrination, you decide that you need shelves. Sure, you could just go buy some shelves from the store, but they’re flimsy and don’t fit your available space really well. Then you look outside. Trees. Trees. There’s a lot of those. Perhaps a wood shelf would work. A few days later, you’re doing all kinds of horrible things in order to afford your latest specialty router bit.
Now, not everyone falls down that rabbit hole. Plenty of people are capable of building a quick piece of shelving without ever learning what a rabbet is. Let’s be honest, though: anyone reading this is definitely of the personality type that has already looked that word up on Wikipedia and clicked through to like four related articles. Lee Valley should be giving me thirty pieces of silver for what I’ve just done to you.
There is good news. If there is a way to avoid woodworking, I think I’ve found it. It’s called welding, and it consists of spending so much money on metal, rod, gas, electricity, and various kinds of weird-shaped magnets that you can’t afford woodworking tools anymore. Nor, really, do you want to have wood lying around while you’re throwing Zeus’s fury at some old Diplomat quarter panels. It’s a big downer to burn down your fancy wood shelf from an errant spark, mostly because all your cool stuff will be lying on the floor again.
