anna with an a

Hi all! I’m a 20 year old college student and I mainly post and write about irondad and anne with an e, though I also just talk about all the stuff I like (and sometimes vent too) please send asks: whether it’s writing prompts, random questions, wanting to make friends or just general screaming https://archiveofourown.org/users/anna_with_an_a

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

MAY YOU NEVER LOSE YOUR HYPERFIXATION

[irondad-not-ironsad]

hi hello it’s been a while 🫣 so I’ve been really getting back into reading but like specifically like the rom com genre so like I may start posting about books on here (which would be a return to my roots in a way since that’s how I started with fandoms lol except now I read romance instead of primarily dystopian and sci-fi/fantasy-ish YA so that’s fun)

Anyways how have y’all been?

[avfwdrugec]

Gentle reminder that the human eye is naturally drawn by noise and movement, so the next time you walk into a crowd or a bit late into a lecture or something like that, they’re not staring at you or judging; it’s just an instinctive reaction that has nothing to do with you doing anything wrong.

[amymaymusings]

This really helps my anxiety.

[hinohde-deactivated20180613]

oh.

[systlin]

It’s literally a threat assessment/food gathering instinct. The steps your brain is doing, subconsciously. 

-Check to see if movement is lion in grass.

-Also check to see if possible game animal and edible. 

-No it’s just Dave getting into lecture hall a few minutes late. 

-That’s boring. 

-Lose interest. 

[shower-thoughts-last-responder]

I like to believe that for a brief second, everyone looks at me thinking I might be a snack

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

via @vibratoryblurriness, thank you. social anxiety is successfully replaced with a mild amount of mortal fear

[apollos-boyfriend]

just overheard my dad on the phone going “yeah, i’d be more than happy to buy her daughter off of you, how much would you be willing to trade her for?” and got Very Worried for a second before remembering that he manages dairy farms for a living. surely there’s gotta be a better way to word that man

[apollos-boyfriend]

[apollos-boyfriend]

was not aware y’all had one direction over there

[irondad-not-ironsad]

okay wait since when does tumblr get judgey about posting with zero tags. Like I just want to post for the first time in like two years because I had a thought and wanted to send it into the void. Why am I being prompted to add tags when I hit post I don’t wanna add tags I just wanna yeet my random thought out there. Like sheesh.

[irondad-not-ironsad]

So I rarely post on here anymore but everyone once in a while I come on and just scroll through my feed and it’s so interesting because I’ve had this account for over ten years and never really unfollowed anyone so there’s stuff on my feed from things I used to be super into but am not really anymore and posts about random things I’ve never been into but someone I followed years ago is very into and anyways it’s just interesting to see.

[artofdyingslowly]

how do you tell someone “i’m not ignoring you i’m just disconnected from reality right now and the days are all blurred together and i feel completely apathetic towards everyone/everything around me so it’s really hard for me to maintain a conversation” without saying that

[scrumptiousangst]

Brain broken. Still like you. Talk later

[irondad-not-ironsad]

So it’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted here but I just saw the Percy Jackson trailer (I know it’s been out for a while oops) and while it looks great I just need to complain about one tiny thing: the signs.

The trailer shows some signs on the camp ground, and they do that thing where they replace a couple of letters in English words with similar looking Greek words. Which would be fine but a) The letters make completely different sounds in Greek b) if this series is accurate, part of the premise is that the characters all read Greek c) This is a series about Greek mythology, inevitably ACTUAL Greek written words will come into play

For example, the two letter substitutes I spot in the trailer is the more subtle β, and the super common one Σ, which people love using as an E to make stuff look cool.

The issue with these? First, β, which is pronounce in English at Beta but in Greek is called “Veetah” makes V sounds, not a B one. (Also β is lowercase, the uppercase is written “Β”) There actually is no letter that makes the sound “B” in Greek, rather it is written using two letter, “μπ” the Greek equivalent of “mp”

Σ is so commonly used in place of an E that I lighten here it referred to as “the Greek E” The letter is actually named Sigma (see-yma), and makes the “S” sound. The ACTUAL Greek letter that makes the “E” sound is called Epsilon, and written “Ε” or “ε” when lowercase.

I’m not asking for a show about Greek mythology to be hyper realistic, I’m just asking that when one of its premises is that the main characters have brains that are “hardwired for Ancient Greek” that they at the very least double check with someone who knows the language, or at the very least a phonetic guide to the Greek alphabet, to confirm the signs at Camp Halfblood would be easy to ready/likely to be made by someone fluent in that language.

I’d love to be proven wrong and see the show actually make reference to the incorrect usage of the letters. Surely on a show with this much focus on Ancient Greece would know better.

[so-true-jestie]

anne: *doodling*

gilbert: is that... "i love gilbert blythe"?

anne, panicking: no, it's "loathe".

gilbert:

gilbert: i am so going to win the next round of spelling.

[irondad-not-ironsad]

I do this thing where I get my friends to watch shows I’m obsessed with but then also try not to let them realize that I more than just passively enjoy watching it

[asexual-juliet]

ily: i love you

ilysm: i love you so much

da,swapw,pf,ifimumh.yatfoomaamd.yayaatkotktmh.pdba,ideyf,bicigcnrm.ine,nwib,uity,a,mawae.iahbaawby.wl,g (ps:tftp.glaq): dear anne, since we are parting ways, perhaps forever, i feel i must unburden my heart. you are the fond object of my affection and my desire. you and you alone are the keeper of the key to my heart. please don’t be alarmed—i don’t expect your favor, but i can’t in good conscience not reveal myself. i’m not engaged, nor will i be, unless it’s to you, anne, my anne with an e. it always has been and always will be you. with love, gilbert. p.s.: thanks for the pen. good luck at queens.

[funnytwittertweets]

[andhumanslovedstories]

had a genuine revelation in therapy that made me burst out laughing, been a while since I had one of those

[andhumanslovedstories]

therapist was talking about urge surfing (the idea that urges are waves that come and go if you ride them out, so the more you delay acting on the urge, the more likely you are not to do it) and then I was talking about how the transient nature of my emotions is actually what gets me so mad, like it's actually very very annoying to be so so sad but to also be thinking "I know I'm very sad right now but unfortunately I am going to feel better later so I can't destroy my life for one minute's gratification," and it's just so annoying because if I knew or at least believed that I was gonna be sad FOREVER it would make things much easier, but instead I'm so mad at the knowledge that this too will pass. like it's a manifestation of weak will to not feel bad forever.

and my therapist was like, "so even at the worst times, you still have hope"

and I was like "holy shit dude" because never once in my life have I considered that the little bastard voice that tells me not to smash all the dishes because they'll be a pain in the ass to clean up in ten minutes is the last gift/curse of Pandora's box

[andhumanslovedstories]

hope is a thing with wings, i.e. a bird and like most birds is 1) very beautiful, 2) very annoying, and 3) sometimes shits on you

[100493503004422]

growing up I was always afraid of being Found Out. not sure what I was hiding. just my whole self I guess

[queen-breha-organa-archived-dea]

Do you ever like physically feel yourself pass your mental breaking point and then all you can think is “oh these next few days are going to be interesting”

[queen-breha-organa-archived-dea]

Like you’re just sitting there silently and on the outside you seem fine and gathered but in your head you’re like “oh this is gonna hit me like a train any second”

[solitairians]

happy first Bella From Twilight Depression Month

[solitairians]

happy second Bella From Twilight Depression Month

[artofdyingslowly]

how do you tell someone “i’m not ignoring you i’m just disconnected from reality right now and the days are all blurred together and i feel completely apathetic towards everyone/everything around me so it’s really hard for me to maintain a conversation” without saying that

[scrumptiousangst]

Brain broken. Still like you. Talk later