Don't let them win

Hey. I'm Emily, 26, and I'm socially awkward just like the rest of the people on this website... so yeah... :P

[voidpaws]

ok anyways. post this beast

[foxonrollerskates]

I HAVE THE OTHER PART TO THIS PHOTO

[voidandradiance]

the most disorienting thing thats ever happened to me was when a linguistics major stopped in the middle of our conversation, looked me in the eye, and said, "you have a very interesting vernacular. were you on tumblr in 2014?" and i had to just stand there and process that one for a good ten seconds

[booksandchainmail]

#i was in a car with a linguist i had never met before the car trip and like half an hour in he looked at me#after i finished describing a geology thing that was happening out the window and asked if i'd ever spent much time on tumblr#the fuckor of it all#and then we spent six more hours driving#it sure does leave linguistic markers! i'm not sure i'm good with it (tags via @thoughtsformtheuniverse)

[issela-santina]

it is one thing to be a linguist and another to be a linguist who knows enough of 2010s Tumblr to spot one of its enjoyers

[lierdumoa]

Oh! @meret118 see above comment! The use of the word "enjoyers" instead of "users" or "bloggers" -> You left a comment a while back asking, "Does this just mean vocabulary words? Other than blorbo and sweet cinnamon roll etc, I can't think of what a Tumblr accent would be." I almost never see anyone use the word "enjoyer" anywhere outside of tumblr, but I see it on tumblr fairly frequently.

Another one is the verb "perceive" i.e. "don't perceive me" "I am perceiving" "I am being percieved." That's something that feels very specific to tumblr parlance.

There's the thing where people on tumblr have an emotional reaction to something and instead of, or in addition to telling you how they feel about it using emotion words, they will narrate a fictional action in the present progressive tense. "I am gnawing at the bars of my enclosure "I am kissing you on the mouth" "you are going into the soup" "you are getting all of the awards"

I once saw someone use that response format in ... I think it was a restaurant review, or a doordash review, or something like that. It was very unexpected seeing it outside of a tumblr post.

There are a lot of other tumblr linguistic quirks I can't currently remember off the top of my head, but I'll instantly recognize them if I see/hear them outside of tumblr. It's always a bit startling to see them out of context.

[pacificnorthwhore]

[i-wear-the-cheese]

when I was in university one of my modules was about internet slang and for our grades project we had to compile and analyse a small database of 100 words used by a specific community of our choice. I chose tumblr and that's how I stumbled across Gretchen McCulloch's research and discovered that yes not only did tumblr have its own vernacular and syntax (as @lierdumoa demonstrates), it was at the time a crucible of slang and memes probably unrivalled by any other part of the internet. and it's stayed that way! even the very title is McCulloch's book because internet is an example of this specific phraseology.

sadly my project is lost due to the website being wiped from the university database after graduation and my then laptop having a major hardware failure. backup your backups people! but the crux of the entire module was that the internet is full of communities using language not only as jargon for specific purpose but also to signal membership in said community. I even wrote a bit about non capitalisation and punctuation useage as a visual cue on tumblr and how including information in the reblog body or the tags indicated different levels of importance or intimacy of thought

I am holding the side of your face and looking deep in your eyes and telling you that love is stored in the syntax, and that we are rotating words together all at once as we all nod at their new and baffling meanings. if the devils sacrament be tumblr then the devils gospel is our collective voice. thanks for coming to my tedtalk

[weirdchristmas]

I am being perceived.

[officerhaughtstuff]

You’ve heard of the Roaring 20s........

now get ready for the Screaming 20s - coming to a decade near you in 2020

[heterokatedison]

is it too early or can we start screaming now

[heterokatedison]

in retrospect perhaps we should have started sooner

[jorolle]

this post is the equivalent of a newspaper from the day of the outbreak being blown past by the wind after you wake up in a post apocalyptic world

[gaybichon]

LMFAO

[gaybichon]

[robotmango]

when i forget to log into ao3 and i have to click proceed to see an adult fic, i actually get a kick out of it. like i am an old timey queen and my bard is apologetic: “gentle lady, dicks doth touch in this next ballad. would you prefer another?” and i give him a gesture of command like, “nay, you may proceed, minstrel. bring forth the tale of dicks”

[berlynn-wohl]

hope it’s not too late; I made this in Scriptorium

[thesustainedworldatransverse]

Bring forth the tale of dicks.

[threehams]

A man whose family will never love him even if he does eveything right vs a man whose family loves him so much that he can't bear to let them down or make mistakes.

A man who is self destructive because, fuck it, he doesn't matter so nothing matters vs a man who carries the hopes and dreams of others on his shoulders so eveything matters down to the tiniest detail.

A man who is made to be quiet, do as he's told and fade into the background vs a man who is constantly put in the spotlight and scrutinized.

A boy whose mother loved him but not enough to stay alive for him vs a boy whose mother loved him and shaped her entire life around him.

[nabi-unveiled]

I can give you everything....but not for free. Don't Be Too Emotional (Pilot)

[suraks-sweet-tits]

I just realised people who only watched the tv show don't know for a fact that Ilya did in fact score more that 50 goals his rookie season. If I am remembering right the show says it is looking good for it at the all-stars but doesn't say for a fact he did it. So I need you to know That crazy motherfucker did it. He and Shane actually scored the same number of goals their rookie season(67) because they are cosmically intertwined and fated to be together

[jollyfurydragonballer]

[silvysartfulness]

[morathicain]

If it helps, the two magicians in the end who started this trend all over the world are very anti fascist and pro left and pro queer! 🌈🌈🌈🌈

[ilyasvodka]

has anyone drawn this with Shane & Ilya yet

[princejeanot]

Op the vision is hilarious, you win

[theerakits]

DON'T BE TOO EMOTIONAL [OFFICIAL PILOT]

[bluesandfilms]

"Do you want me to stop?" "No."

[wanderlust-in-my-soul]

"I wished I could spend the rest of my life... being slightly crushed by someone who loved me.”

- Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted

Vice Versa

About Youth

The Nipple Talk

I Feel You Linger In The Air

Ossan's Love Thailand

Boys In Love

Secret Relationships

See Your Love

Unknown The Series

Jazz For Two

Favorite hugs (Part 6/?) as part of my favorite bl-tropes collection, as always in no particular order.

[theside-b]

Max Kuo across the Taiwan BL-matic Universe

in WE BEST LOVE as Gao Shi De (2021) in UNKNOWN as Xiao Yuan (2024) in WISHING UPON THE SHOOTING STARS as Chen Hao Wei (2026)

[mixed-match-archive]

They want you to believe naruto and sasuke have a normal well-adjusted relationship, they don't. they're codependent, they plan a double suicide, and dream of being together in the afterlife. It's not normal, It's not healthy, and they are freaks and would probably carry around vials of each other's blood if they could. Thank you for reading.

[andysaas]

The biggest yearner of all time

[lislemons]

naruto characters as posts that remind me of them part 12