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Petal Blizzard

Sketch break from other work. Been rewatching TF:A and dragged my friend in the pit with me XD

Apparently a lot of people get dialogue punctuation wrong despite having an otherwise solid grasp of grammar, possibly because they’re used to writing essays rather than prose. I don’t wanna be the asshole who complains about writing errors and then doesn’t offer to help, so here are the basics summarized as simply as I could manage on my phone (“dialogue tag” just refers to phrases like “he said,” “she whispered,” “they asked”):

“For most dialogue, use a comma after the sentence and don’t capitalize the next word after the quotation mark,” she said.

“But what if you’re using a question mark rather than a period?” they asked.

“When using a dialogue tag, you never capitalize the word after the quotation mark unless it’s a proper noun!” she snapped.

“When breaking up a single sentence with a dialogue tag,” she said, “use commas.”

“This is a single sentence,” she said. “Now, this is a second stand-alone sentence, so there’s no comma after ‘she said.’”

“There’s no dialogue tag after this sentence, so end it with a period rather than a comma.” She frowned, suddenly concerned that the entire post was as unasked for as it was sanctimonious.

thewritinggrindstone

And!

“If you’re breaking dialogue up with an action tag”—she waves her hands back and forth—”the dashes go outside the quotation marks.”

cosmic-mango-slices

Episode 5 of watching Transformers Animated for the first time! First im just going to apologise for drawing Bumblebee bleeding... I love Bumblebee. I will be saying spoilers so feel free to not read my ramblings of a madman. It comes off as a filler episode, not much to say- but I do love that I could draw this using the episode inspiration

Showing Bee's ego is interesting, it made me think a little. It made me question if he actually doesn't like being called short or if he doesn't like people weaponising that against him. I totally get it if it is, people can ruin things like that.

This episode really cemented the nostalgia. The villain Prometheus reminds me of a Ben 10 episode and Bee really reminds me of Teen Titans. The first episode honestly felt that way but I didn't want to lump it in with other media right off the bat.

It's incredibly 2000s and it makes me giggle but sigh in mock pain. If I'd watched this as a kid I'd probably love and hate it at the same time. Just because I'd attempt rewatching it five times only to overdo it. I still have ATLA and Dragon Ball episodes stuck in my head.

The diverse accents is nice, something you didn't get often from memory. It's also nice that they aren't the butt of the joke...so far.

I decided on Bumblebee for obvious reasons, it's his moment. I am proud of the effect I was able to achieve.

itsapmseymour

They got new photos of the moon,

I knew she had colors hiding in there 🥹

desinteresse

Talking to friends with inept parents is crazy. No wonder they’re like this if their parents kept fumbling

desinteresse

“I’m having trouble adapting to my adult responsibilities” well no wonder, nobody raised you 😭😭😭

desinteresse

Hot tip for future parents: you actually have to guide your kid to adulthood. Feeding them and waiting for them to grow up is not enough since they are not house plants. A little more thought and care is required.

mosssreblogs

for those lacking certain "adulting" skills, especially things around the house, check out:

mom, how do i...?

and dad, how do i...?

^ there are tons of other resources but these two will teach you some personal hygiene, home or apartment repairs, easy recipes and basic cleaning techniques, even how to schedule doctor's appointments

if youre a renter i cannot recommend the trans handyma'am enough, mercury is a lifesaver, and her channel and accounts are always accepting new questions

there are so many resources, a lot that you dont have to even ask for, just know how to look 🩷 much love

pinkmoondoll9shihtzu

My favorite emoji expression me and my friends came up with is "throwing rocks at it"

Basically if you ever see or hear something that displeases you, You go like this:

🫳🪨

🫳🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨

☺️🫳🪨🪨🪨

So on and so forth. But also if something is beautiful or true you throw lotus.

🫳🪷🪷🪷

phineastratchet-deactivated2025

I have one that;s called "picking grapes off the vine"

🍇🤏

🤌🟣

this method could also be used to pick other things, if you'd like...

🎂🤏🤌🕯️

🐒🤏🤌🦟

slightlydraconic

⛰️🤏🤌🪨

🫳🪨

feetdavidson

I’m proud to identify as morosexual. I’m attracted to dumbasses and dumbasses exclusively. A guy asked me what the Spanish word for tortilla was once and now I dream of kissing him under the moonlight

feetdavidson

this same idiot: what kind of animal is the pink panther

me, already taking off my clothes: benjamin you’re so fucking stupid

servalias

oh my god the original out in the wild

dsmsix

naamahdarling

"In the same way that your heart feels and your mind thinks, you, mortal beings, are the instrument by which the universe cares. If you choose to care, then the universe cares. If you don't, then it doesn't." -- Brennan Lee Mulligan, D20, Fantasy High

time-traveling-fetus

damn i went to go reread The Adventures of Dr. McNinja, and apparently its site had apparently been taken down two years ago as a result of an issue with the web host. it's still archived on archive.org as a zip file or through the wayback machine (the latter preserves the alt text jokes and general web format of the series, if that's your thing). And of course there are still physical books being sold, which would benefit the author monetarily. I'd suggest giving it a read if you like random silly antics or if any of these thing sound remotely interesting:

ninja doctors

raptor riding bandits

evil unicorn warlord

dracula's moonbase

cursed undead benjamin franklin

evil mcdonalds (normal mcdonalds)

time traveling astronauts

the president's eldritch bodyguard

half man half lobster mafia