Bet it feels good as fuckkk to rest your hand on the pommel of your sword when the newcomer steps a little too close to your lord who you’ve sworn to protect with your life
personally I'm annoyed by the socioeconomic conditions that made words like "unalive" necessary but simultaneously impressed by the linguistic adaptations young people have made to continue talking about important things while subject to those conditions and I think if you can't hold both of those thoughts in your head you might just be old man yelling at cloud
Two of my niblings (10 and 7) self-censor like this in real life during actual conversations. I tried briefly to explain to the 10-year-old that they didn't have to do that in real life after they said "unalive" out loud in casual conversation, and they just said they preferred to. On the one hand, I'm sad to see them unconsciously and fully without awareness succumbing to the panopticon. On the other... this post.
it's not unprecedented in the evolution of languages to see euphemisms adopted as synonyms or even supplanting earlier terms. lots of people say "passed away" even in situations where there would be no particular social cost to saying "died".
for a particularly strong version of this kind of replacement: the word "bear" comes from a proto-Germanic word meaning "brown one" because there was a taboo against saying the animal's actual name. the taboo is gone but it was so strong in the past that we have no record of what the proto-Germanic word for "bear" even was.
maybe in 300 years the word "die" will be archaic and kids will dig it out of an etymology textbook and start using it because "unalive" is getting censored.
die has actually already undergone this process. die originally meant "flow" (i guess it's like you're flowing out of life or something? or maybe your life is flowing out of you idk). it was (probably) loaned from old norse to displace the now obsolete "swelt". and yes, that is the root word of "sweltering"
okay I'm gonna need you to explain what "thawing" a cheese means to you. is it bringing a cheese out lf the fridge and wait for it to be room temperature? is it heating it up so it's gooey and soft? i need to understand
No the cheese isn't frozen or cold. I don't know what other way to describe it as other than thawing? It makes a noise occasionally and when it stops it's usually done thawing
What process are you doing to thaw cheese. where do you keep the cheese such that it's not thawed. Which physical properties of the cheese change between thawed and unthawed
no no no i refuse to let this rest until i fully understand
so you. FREEZE the cheese? and then when you want to use it you. THAW it. that's what I'm getting from this conversation. is this correct??
also this might be important: what type of cheese are we talking about. cottage cheese? hard cheese? fake cheese (cheddar)? because i think i might be picturing the wrong type of cheese
What I don't understand is the PROCESS. like what is the ORIGINAL STATE OF THE CHEESE. is it just the state it is in when you buy it in the store. or is it cold. or is it room temperature. or is it warm.
and what is the exact process?? microwaving?? warm water??? just leaving it outside in room temp?????
please I seriously need to understand the PROCESS the cheese undergoes. if step-by-step instructions need to be spelt out then so be it but i really REALLY wanna know what's going on
Unfortunately I can't. I'm at work right now, and I'm heading out on a trip in 2 days so I already cleared out my fridge so nothing'll spoil while I'm gone. But trust me I'd absolutely do that if I could. This is really frustrating and I GUARANTEE if you all saw it you'd immediately recognize what thawing cheese is. I seriously think I'm just unintentionally using a niche regional name for it which is causing all this confusion
ill have you all know that the entire time I was gone i couldnt stop thinking about this so im DETERMINED to show you all not only WHAT thawing cheese is, but also what the SOUND is so i can FINALLY have an answer to my ORIGINAL GOD DAMN POLL
i have nothing in my fridge and im tired rn from driving 6 hours so instead of going to the store i'm just gonna swing by my aunt's place and see if she has any cheese that needs thawing
me making ocs when i was 13: okay i want my character to be cool and different but not too different... i dont want anyone to call them a mary sue... or too edgy... or forced diverrsity.... and i have to draw good or else i could end up on a deviantart youtube video like my friend did that one time... this is hard...
me writing characters now: hes a wolf with blue hair and he has a chainsaw that can turn into a bass guitar. his name is road boy because three bikers found him on the road during the apocolypse and raised him to do stunt motorcycle tricks but they have no idea what his real name is hes bi and ace and his best friend is a trans woman and he lives in an abandoned mall
white people really cant give a shit abt anyone but themselves unless held at gunpoint or smth huh?
“what about the poor little white kids just trying to have fun?” what about the poor little kids of color made to feel unsafe and unwelcome in a space that was supposed to be fun?
“why can’t poc just make their own redesigns and we can keep these ones” why cant you realize that your actions have consequences and that you should maybe try to not enforce racist stereotypes??
like ofc its ideal to have VARIETY among both villains AND protagonists, its when your characters look like this
that the issue arises
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My favorite scenes in the LotR books are the ones where Legolas has vital information and just decides it's not important to share.
Like when Gandalf spent literal PAGES trying to figure out why the vibes were off in Moria and Legolas chimes in with just "it's a balrog :) that shit's evil :) we're so fucked :)" like what do you MEAN you knew already and just didn't tell him??
Or at the beginning of Two Towers when Aragorn thinks there's something nearby so he puts his ear to the ground to listen, and then like 10 minutes later is like "hmmm i hear horses" and Legolas is just like "mm yep. there are 105 blond bitches with spears" like you just let your friend put his face in the dirt and you can SEE them??
It's because legolas hasn't spent enough time with non-elves to remember that they don't know what he knows.
gandalf is scratching his head in moria, and legolas is thinking "oh man, the wizard noticed something off *besides* the obvious balrog that we all are aware of??"
"I wonder what aragorn is listening for? must be hard to hear, what with all of the horses. How many horses are there, actually? 1... 2... 3..."
"What do your elvish eyes see?" is Aragorn saying, as politely as possible, "Because the REST OF US are at a significant disadvantage, Prince Dipshit."
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ramblings just about this AU, basically it's not an actual story at all just a cool way to examine how these characters stories sort of match up for fun
jayfeather as kris
blue and brooding... need i say more
both seem to serve as the leader of their group, kris perhaps a little more strongly than jayf
big themes in their stories are acting for the will of a greater power, kris acting for the player/soul and jayfeather acting for starclan/the prophecy. they feel they have little say what they can do or be, in jayf's case not just because of starclan but because of his disability and how his clan treats him
always seems to know more than the others
dovewing as noelle
personality wise they just align pretty well, both sweet and soft, anxious about doing the right thing/living up to expectations
i like the headcanon that dovewing the most powerful of the three, and this seems to align with noelle being the most powerful (probably) in the game as well, especially in the weird route. weird route also closely aligns with dovewing's themes of being "used up:" how she is forced into a role by jayfeather and lionblaze/starclan/the prophecy (similar to how noelle is forced by the player/soul), helps saves the clan, then is cast aside, losing her powers
sister angst
kind of an addition to the original gang
hollyleaf as ralsei
personality wise they aren't too similar but values/story wise they're scarily identical lol
obsessed with following the way things "have" to be: with hollyleaf its the warrior code, with ralsei its the prophecy, and neither can even imagine anything existing outside of it (at first)
hollyleaf being a darkner is just So good
apart from her best friends/brothers, forced to watch them live their lives from the outside, wishing she could be a part of it, and feeling a little bit like a fourth wheel when thinking of the others interacting (jay and lion with dove, and kris and susie with noelle), and have quietly accepted this is the way things have to be
definitely have the potential to just completely lose it and kill a guy
lionblaze as susie
i know people might be mad about this one so yes i apologize, i know susie is way cooler than lionblaze, and admittedly this one probably fits the least, but uhhh i didn't really have anything else to do with them lol. i could have made ivy susie but their personalities and stories didn't align too well to me, and ivy!knight seemed way more logical considering dove is noelle
but for similarities, both perceive themselves to useful only for hurting/attacking (at first) and embrace it, unable to see themselves as anything else
both are considered to be not the brightest but have a lot more intelligence than the people around them (and the fandom ngl) usually rememebr
usually content with looking to jayf/kris for answers/direction
eh idk i feel like there could be more but yeah like i said this was sort of weaksauce
ivypool as knight maybe?
just sort of seems logical since dove is noelle. haven't developed this too much but yeah ivy and dess seem to sort of align pretty well personality wise, also the double agent dark forest stuff would work well with this
edit: only just realized i was fully 100% assuming dess is the knight lol. in case you cant tell i am a dessknight truther but ig since we dont know who it is the knight could be anyone in this au idk. rock!knight anyone
as a trans girl, i think we should kill transandrophobes. they make me so angry. we should be protecting our brothers, not bullying them. this shit doesn't help anyone except for the people who want us divided.
as a trans guy, i think we should eliminate transmisogynists as well!! LOVE YOU TRANS SISTERRSS!! 💖💖 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️ we should all love each other and be happy . DONT YOU THINK I FORGOT ABOUT YOU INTERSEX AND NONBINARY FOLK!!!!!! 💝💝💝💝
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