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5 things your character can't do while speaking

Choke. Just think about it, seriously. Think about what choking is and imagine speaking while it’s happening. That would fuckin’ hurt, man.

Hiss. Look, it’s just not possible, okay? No matter how “evil” you want your character to seem.

Snarl. Animals snarls. The Beast from Beauty and the Beast snarls. The Hulk snarls. You know who doesn’t snarl? PEOPLE WHEN THEY’RE SPEAKING.

Shriek. Come on, 99% of the time, “shriek” is not the word you want.Let’s face it: if you put an exclamation point at the end of the sentence, your reader gets the picture. Don’t bring to mind banshees and screaming toddlers.

Sneer. I’m not even going to bother explaining this one. “SNEER” ISN’T EVEN A SOUND.

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Choked is not meant to be taken literally, an obstruction in the throat. It means they’re having difficultly speaking, they’re forcing the words out with difficulty. Often used when the character is convulsed in tears or laughter.

Hiss is a low, threatening whisper. Raw, guttural, vicious. It is NOT a literal hiss like an animal, it is a tone of voice that serves the same function. Someone will hiss that they’re going to cut your throat- a message from one person to the other.

Snarl is the same kind of thing. Not literal, it’s a tone of voice that serves the same function. It’s raw and gutteral like a hiss, but more savage than vicious. It’s loud, it’s showy, it’s intimidating. It’s very alpha male, big man, look at how fucking dangerous I am. I’ll take ALL of you on. Even if they’re snarling at one person in particular, nobody better back them up or they’re gonna get fucked up too.

Shriek. Come on, seriously? We’ve all heard people shriek either in fear or outrage. High pitched, loud, out of control, feminine. Men can shriek, but it’s funny and emasculating. Think angry italian women throwing pots and pans or ladies on tables who just saw a mouse.

Sneering is contempt whether it’s a facial expression or a tone of voice or both. There are a hundred different ways to sneer with your voice, but it all adds up to the same thing.

carnivoredeer

How descriptive words work 101

susspirria

Op radiating cinema sins energy with that list lol

2-point-5

it bugs me how many lesbians have issues with trans women. like, we're supposed to love women. what's next, you gonna start hating short people too? fuck off.

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AND TRANS GUYS. "ooohhhhh they're betraying womanhood" no, they're men. jfc not everything is a personal attack some people are just guys.

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reblog this version too actually

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legit the amount of lesbians who are like “ugh we lost another one” when trans men who previously id’d as lesbian come out as trans men is just disgusting

cantina-band

Watching twilight on a poorly hung projector. (x)

sigilmint

i couldn’t fucking resist

taragrimface

anyway the incredibles takes place in the fallout timeline

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canon

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piratelobster

OMG, Captain America drinks water! It’s obviously in the same universe as Doctor Who!!!

taragrimface

you dont know fucking anything about fallout lore. i’ll kill you

tooquirkytolose

Twitter users like 'bean dad' this, 'eating free restaurant bread is tacky' that

Based tumblr users are like 'ah yes today is the day hersey chocolate bar blog is gonna hunt a poor little blogger for sport'

tooquirkytolose

Containment breach

moveslikekeithrichards

i think the hardest part about this job is not being able to say What The Fuck

icouldwritebooks

During my sophomore year biology class, we all had to dissect worms. One of the kids in class ate one. A few minutes into the class, the teacher was like, “oh, by the way, make sure not to touch your mouth. These worms are covered in super poisonous formaldehyde.”

The kid who had eaten the work went pale. The kids at his desk huddled around him for a whispered discussion about whether or not he should admit to what he’d done, or keep his mouth shut and hope he survived it. He eventually decided that he did not want to risk death, put up his hand, and very timidly informed the teacher of his little snack.

The poor teacher. She just got this look on her face, like she was considering switching careers immediately. Anyway, she ended up calling 911. I don’t know how things went down at the hospital, but the kid survived.

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Right. We’re going to have words about that last tag there.

lisaminnci

STUDIO GHIBLI + FOOD

Spirited Away (2001) When Marnie Was There (2014) Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) Ponyo (2008) Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

[ part 1 ] [ part 2 ] [ part 3 ] [ part 4 ]

kendallroynsfw

my mom makes background stories for all of her animal crossing villagers and she has, inexplicably, determined that pietro had a wife who died mysteriously. so she put a tombstone outside his house because he “moves her body with him from island to island”. i asked her to elaborate. she will not.

kendallroynsfw

i just asked if she thinks he killed his wife. the answer: “I don’t know. I just know he loved her very much. He loved her very much. Maybe a little too much. I don’t know.”