Rattle them bones

Finely curated bullshit for your viewing pleasure 24 years old

[sealsdaily]

Today's Seals Are: Huh? Do You Want Me To Like, Post Gay Seals? What?

[meatswitch-deactivated20231107]

Wizards (1977)

[definitelynotindecisive]

[bogleech]

Oh are there people who don't know this mess of a movie has the all time most spectacular final wizard battle in the fantasy genre??

[whatagrump]

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.”

[writing-is-a-martial-art]

Reblog to save a writer’s life.

[gilgameshhimself]

(Getting swindled by a genie) it’s like talking to a fucking tumblr user with you

[higglety]

the genie: how dare you say I'm fucking a tumblr user

[thegaymertrainer]

TikTok live is such a waste of time there are no good….

[cognitohazardous]

this is how we should generate power for cities

[transmechanicus]

contextual storytelling from that sign in the back

[quendergeer]

muttering "the hamsters control the wheels" as i wander around like a blind medieval soothsayer

[quicksilvermad]

SOUND ON.

[cipheramnesia]

[gryffon]

[funky-bonez]

[forcekenobi]

as a child being told "the moon controls the tides" with no additional explanation was like. oh okay. you want me to believe in magic? you're talking about magic right now? okay. fine

[forcekenobi]

sorry. only semi-related but i simply wasn't ready for "the sun is a distant gorilla". thank you NASA

[hyperchaotix]

[icarus-suraki]

[crow-thing]

Not anymore there’s a blanket

[simply-a-dream]

“don’t take it personally” how would you like me to take it then? professionally? romantically? academically?

[creative-anchorage]

[suriandtaal]

[thecosmiccrow]

the floor? you mean, my slug storage space?

[thecosmiccrow]

i gotta pocket gotta pocket full of sunshine

[storm-of-feathers]

LIKE if you love the water slug

REBLOG if you love the water slug

IGNORE if you hate good things like water slugs

[narcissistcookbook]

"i've got no qualms about it" meanwhile i'm over here making qualm chowder

[dogpuppy]

[fascinationstreetmp3]

[deedis]

norp

[deedis]

nop i dont tink so

[alexmey-does-an-arts]

I wish I could give the miis internalized homophobja

[alexmey-does-an-arts]

no but like i want them to actually feel it

[alexmey-does-an-arts]

you dont like her?

[dat-soldier]