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not every mutual fits neatly into an archetypal medievalism but there are some mutuals that im like yeah addressing you as “my liege” would come strangely naturally

jerreeeeeee

what mutual is prev

my liege lord

my loyal knight

my wise wizard

my evil advisor

my brother in arms

my lady muse

my wild mermaid friend

my fellow alchemist

my dashing rapscallion

my monstrous foe

Remaining time: 2 days 8 hours

#knight for you prev #polls #mutuals #medieval

homunculus-argument

My favourite kind of thing in people learning a second or third language is the sliding scale of formality that you never notice before you hear someone using words that aren’t wrong, they very consicely describing the matter at hand, but not in a way that a native person would say it.

Like you’ve just moved somewhere and are having guests over for the first time, and you know your cat is going to be a pushy little shit, and now you have to figure out how to warn people about that. And you know exactly the words you’d use in your own language, but you’ve never heard them here, so you pick up a dictionary, look up the exact words, learn how to pronounce them, compose the sentence and tweak it until the grammar is perfectly correct, and then memorise it, so you have it prepared.

And then next day you’re letting people in and it’s been exactly 30 seconds before little Masha is inside someone’s purse, hat, shirt, or altogether managing to be in every single person’s personal space at the same time, and you take out the sentence you composed: “Pardon, the cat is inevitable.”

callmebliss-got-swamped

Right below this on my dash:

Pardon, the cat is inevitable.

#this is why it's sooo helpful to have a native speaker or fluent speaker around #so you can ask them what you would say. what people actually DO say.#languages #fun with language #swear warning #words #phrases #cats #animals #language learning

scarvenartist

@ellakas -- Oh YES. Anyway, this is Tolya and Valentina, and Valentina is grumpy because he is not being a REAL bear. *scowl*

#adorable #couldn't stop staring at it #there's so much expression in their faces #and the poses #art #the shapeshifter book #an illusion of wings #friends' art #scarvenartist #kiro #fatherly

sisterdragonwithfeathers

Being an artist is great practice for life in general because you constantly have to go “dang, I’m bad at all of this” and then proceed

halondrus

My dearest followers and mutuals and friends and lovers. I am going to extend one deadly serious question to you on this beautiful afternoon.

What is your #1 video game recommendation

rj-anderson

A minimalist text adventure

#yesyesyes #a dark room #does this game still exist #because I had the time of my life playing it as a young teenager #one of the few video games I made time for and enjoyed even amid the busy school years #there's MYSTERY and INTRIGUE #and worldbuilding #and it starts with a single flame #it's a story #and I get to IMAGINE the whole thing and see it in my mind #and explore the world #a world made of text #but a world I can see #it's set in a futuristic world #but I guess that's not apparent at first #discovery is the main thing #you play it and the world expands around you #and you find out what is going on #and there's a really interesting ending #and interesting developments along the way #video games #rj-anderson #my favorite video game however is probably Oregon Trail 3 #a game I mastered as a preteen #I played it perfectly over and over #and got the big mansion every time #(which is no small feat)#I probably could have done better if I didn't go hunting all the time #but that is what made it fun for me #and I traded in bear meat

dwarven-beard-spores

Starting a gofundme for my friend Bunbury who's a terrible invalid,

#bunbury!!!#books #reading #classics #literature #the importance of being earnest #oscar wilde #bunburying #literary analysis

scarvenartist

@siena-sevenwits

Kiro asking Nezka to dance, somewhat later in the timeline (a thing that actually will happen 😙).

#I love it (and them) so much #kiro #nezka #kiro and nezka #the shapeshifter book #an illusion of wings #scarvenartist #friends' art #art

noisesfrombeyondtheuniverse

I'm reading The Thief and OH MY GOD! REALLY OH MY GOD WHAAAATTTT?!?! AAAAAA

#OHOHOHO OP YOU'RE IN FOR A RIDE #the whole series is like this #<- !!!#some people are bored by the thief #but there's actually so much going on #and it really heats up #after some very steady pacing in the first half #just depends on what your style is I think #queen's thief #megan whalen turner #the thief #books #reading #favorite books

fudemushi

If you met someone with the same last name as you, how surprised would you be?

Not at all, it's very common

A little surprised, but wouldn't immediately assume a connection

I would be surprised and assume there was some relation

I would be very surprised that I *hadn't* met this person, we must be related

Does anyone else with this last name even exist?

Voting ended onJun 3

#none of these #my answer is:#I would be very surprised but I would not assume there was a relation #(unless they were from my dad's hometown. in which case...yeah. we're related. and I may not have met them.)#they might be from the old country though #that's plausible #but I've never met anyone in the US that shares my last name outside of a few relatives #names #surnames #polls

Tagged by @oldfashionedbooklove. Thank you! Reading: Project Hail Mary. There are some things that annoy me, but mostly I like it very much. It makes me laugh, and I like the two main characters. And I like the microbiology element. Last TV Series: I'm watching Frieren for the first time with my sister and my friend. I'm enjoying it so much.

Games: Look, I don't play video games. That's a thing for my siblings and not for me. But I've been learning to enjoy board games. Lately, I've been enjoying Cascadia, a nature-inspired game with tiles and tokens. Last Film: I was about to say I couldn't even remember (I don't watch films often), but then I remembered I watched one this week! I watched Luca (2021) with my book/film club and my sister. I prefer the old Pixar, but it's pretty good for a recent film. I thought the resolution at the end came too easily, but otherwise I loved it.

Last Song: My character playlist is paused after "If I Walk Away" by Josh Groban. (Okay, I'm not being entirely truthful...there were a few other random, crazy songs I listened to yesterday and one today. Like the Pirates of the Caribbean theme played by kazoo orchestra.) Sweet or Salty: I like both, but not too much of one or the other. Mildly sweet is probably my favorite, but I also like savory food, and I do like chips and snacks.

Coffee or Tea: Herbal tea. Especially if it's centered around ginger. I can live without tea, but I do enjoy it. I didn't like tea until less than four years ago, but I learned to like it finally. I do not drink caffeine because I don't like it and because I can't have it for health reasons. Working On: Revising my first novel (I'm more than a quarter of the way through, a huge milestone for me). Practicing drawing for the first time in ten years. I'm a beginner, but I'm making progress. Tagging: Anyone who wants to do this!

#I have so many tags I need to catch up on #I decided to do this on a whim because I had the tab open for a month #tags #tag game #questions #currently reading #movies

devinellekurtz

My cover art for the 2025 special edition of Howl's Moving Castle, written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by HarperCollins 💫

#so cool to know this is by devin elle kurtz #I recently got to see the cover in person #it really glows #book covers #books #reading #illustrations #art #literature #howl's moving castle #diana wynne jones

kradeelav

color meme #13 → broken-jedi

kradeelav

good ol’ Dar, aka the commando everyone in this fandom has cried over at least once. ;A: I may have fudged up his armor, whoops … hella ton respect to those who can draw troopers well.