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my bonnies

[kasztanek86]

outsider i love you

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Is there a pre-established agreement that the Dishonored Universe is at least 50 years ahead of the curve? Like, in regards to their general technology and understanding of medicine and all that. Like yeah, the overall story is set throughout the mid-1800s, but the advancements are more in line with the early 1900s, right?

Like they had a guy with a ventilator in 1837, and then in the Veiled Terror (that's set in like late '52, early '53?), I'm like 93% sure the 'airships' are just straight Zeppelins, right? Oh, Oh! The blood ex-sanguination thing in DOTO, right?

Basically, if Bucket gets a medically necessary blood-transfusion and one of their kidneys yoinked no one is gonna shout "anachronism!" at me, right?

[bpd-dylan-hall-deactivated20190]

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again but it is absolutely an example of civilizational inadequacy that only deaf people know ASL

“oh we shouldn’t teach children this language, it will only come in handy if they [checks notes] ever have to talk in a situation where it’s noisy or they need to be quiet”

[raginrayguns]

My mom learned it because she figured she’ll go deaf when she gets old

[manyblinkinglights]

My family went holiday SCUBA diving once, and a couple of Deaf guys were in the group. I was really little and I spent most of the briefing overcome with the realization that while the rest of us were going to have regulators in our mouths and be underwater fairly soon, they were going to be able to do all the same stuff and keep talking.

[tell-the-stars-hello]

The only reason some form of sign language is not a standard skill is ableism, as far as I can tell.

[emoracreations]

For anyone interested in learning, Bill Vicars has full lessons of ASL on youtube that were used in my college level classes. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/billvicars

and here’s the link to the website he puts in his videos:

https://www.lifeprint.com/

[naurielrochnur]

Update: you guys this is an amazing resource for learning asl. Bill Vicars is an incredible teacher. His videos are of him teaching a student in a classroom, using the learned vocabulary to have conversations.

Not only is the conversation format immersive and helpful for learning the grammar, but the students make common mistakes which he corrects, mistakes I wouldn’t have otherwise know I was making.

He also emphasizes learning ASL in the way it’s actually used by the Deaf community and not the rigid structure that some ASL teachers impose in their classrooms

His lesson plans include learning about the Deaf community, which is an important aspect of learning ASL. Knowing how to communicate in ASL without the knowledge of the culture behind it leaves out a lot of nuances and explanations for the way ASL is.

Lastly, his lessons are just a lot of fun to watch. He is patient, entertaining, and funny. This good natured enthusiasm is contagious and learning feels like a privilege and not a chore

And it’s all FREE. Seriously. If you’ve ever wanted to learn ASL

[tedrakitty]

@official-linguistics-post

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I NEED to write fanfiction <- guy who is not writing fanfiction

[idolkilling]

I saw an “OC Red Flag Bingo” floating around but it was not toxic enough for my needs so I decided to make my own LMFAO Feel free to use, but please credit me and link back to the original! :D (And @ me if you’d like—I’d love to see how bad your OCs can be!)

Answers for my main six below:

[maulscrafts]

^ embroidered a net onto the front pocket of these overalls

^ shrimp in there

[she-ramen]

the she-ra reboot makes this video relevant again which means we are in the best timeline

[she-ramen]

the kids these days dont know this masterpiece…they will learn

[logan-exe]

the Masters of the Universe remake makes this video relevant again which means we are in the best timeline

[icecolddoot]

The Royal Protector

Been replaying the dishonored series and i felt like drawing Corvo. Tried something different with the backgrounds and the colors for this one.

[burlesque-articulation]

Right now, my current fic is at 153,047 words. And I should clarify, that's just for the outline.

Adding in what's actually been written as well ...

We're at over 200k. This thing is so dense 🥹🥹🥹

I had to split everything up over three separate documents because the shit kept crashing 😭😭😭 because the main doc had like seven different tabs and like ... Every main tab had a subtab and... Ahhhh.

I'm not even finished the outline yet; THERE IS STILL MORE!

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[ghaterrecha]

I need people reblogging this without context to know that this is literally a quote from the tv show Hannibal.

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[raisedbyspiders]

It's natural philosophy hours.

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Dishonored2 EliteGirls-Guard Research 2013 by Cédric Peyravernay

[ariaste]

The Fantasy Romans book, at last

So excited to reveal the cover to my new book today, The Wisdom of Emperors! You can check it out on Kickstarter, along with the full summary!

Inspired by the story of the Ancient Roman emperor Hadrian and his lover Antinous, The Wisdom of Emperors is a second-world adult fantasy novel written in the style of a fictional academic text. It documents the translation and study of a world-changing artifact discovered in an archaeological dig: a manuscript which provides the clues to finally unravel the mysteries surrounding one of the most famous emperors of the ancient world. 

The Kickstarter campaign is for the deluxe collector's edition, but you'll be able to preorder the standard hardback/paperback, PLUS the early-access ebook, available to backers well before general publication to everyone else. And there's going to be some really, REALLY cool merch as well (genuine papyrus bookmarks, designed and blockprinted by my own hands!)

Anyway, the Kickstarter goes live on May 5th at 4:00pm EST, so if you are the sort of person who reads news articles about major new archaeological discoveries and gets SUPER MAD that they don't tell you absolutely everything about why it's important and what it changes about what we thought we knew..... this one's for you, babe. ;)

[ariaste]

Also I was told by a publishing industry insider that this book probably wouldn't sell because publishers are explicitly saying that they don't want "challenging" books, they want books that (and i QUOTE) "aren't necessarily making readers think"

So if that pisses you the FUCK off, sauce me a signal boost.

[humanitiestrifecta]

I’ve read excerpts. This book is tremendous.

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