silver blue and frozen silence

clarisse ~ 29 ~ they/them ~ follow for phineas and ferb autism

[tranthony]

grout white shark

[chartreuxcatz]

Shout out to Linda. The he/him asexual woman from my psychology quiz from a few years ago

[therapatical]

queer discourse final boss

[handsomeboymodelingschool]

At the having a headache awards

[dogpuppy]

[insuredgecko]

[ID: The first image is an edited tumblr post reading:

gothdrool: ppl who celebrate fictional character birthdays are annoying pass it on

cub2: FUCK this post and happy birthday Candace Flynn

The second image is a screenshot from Phineas and Ferb showing a calendar with July 11th marked as Candace’s birthday. End ID.]

happy birthday queen

[juniorsailmakermattcruse]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

chapter 8 of my perryshmirtz fic! this is part 2 of my dude we're getting the band back together saga. this chapter is about balloons

chapter 1 is here

[juniorsailmakermattcruse]

so is locker diaries over

[setulose]

Trace amounts of Monica in my life

[setulose]

A statistically insignificant level of Monica in my life

[setulose]

My life manufactured in a facility that also processes Monica

[juniorsailmakermattcruse]

I think I may have just started writing some gay fanfic

[koiagain]

im really bad at texting or talking And really communication in general

[juniorsailmakermattcruse]

this could be one of the saddest things I’ve ever said but I have yet to have a day in 2026 so far that’s better than january 10 when the chibi arch enemies day off video dropped

[juniorsailmakermattcruse]

It’s been 6 months and this hasn’t changed

[cbk1000]

So, I lurk in some writer subreddits, and a frequent topic of discussion is prose: what constitutes good prose, how do you write it, how do you improve it, etc. And yesterday I stumbled across one topic about the difference between good descriptive prose, and purple prose. OP asks people to share some of their favourite authors who they think write beautiful prose without tipping into purple. No problem; people are happy to oblige.

One person says that Steinbeck is one of their favourite authors for prose, and then they share an example of what they would consider purple prose. It is so violetly awful that I think the poster must have written it themselves as a kind of parody of purple prose. Other people assumed the same.

But as it turns out, they are quoting from a book written by a YouTuber whose channel ia dedicated to talking about writing (namely, their own writing, which is genius, but often not comprehensible to the drooling plebs).

Naturally, I read the free sample of their book in awe and horror, and I'd like to share some screenshots with you. If you also have trouble defining or understanding what purple prose is, it's this.

Yes, every single fucking page is written like this.

[cbk1000]

Reading some more of the preview for this book, and I realise this is by far not the biggest problem, but I'm begging this guy to just use 'shadow' instead of 'umbra'. I promise I will not accuse you of being a philistine.

[cbk1000]

'Noctilucent orbs'. Even fanfic written by a 14-year-old wouldn't dare.

The author is a man in his 30s, btw.

[the-pen-pot]

*throws this in the face of everyone who has ever accused me of writing purple prose*

[neverwalka1one]

I thought the Amelia Peabody series was purple. I owe the author an apology. Uffda

[coern]

seeing plushies of a character you like that you dont have and cant get will inspire feelings of greed and envy in you only described in ancient stories about gods smiting people into slugs for experiencing desire

[weepingchoir]

Brits live in 3 Sadness Stroll and Americans live in 958571995720&5 Northeast E West

[creekfiend]

what if I never got a fucking migraine ever again

[gabrielagresteofficial]

What is your opinion on child neglect? Specifically in regards to your son

he has three whole pinball machines and i don’t even make him work for me anymore. what else could he possibly need

[fairycosmos]

t shirt that just says WHATEVER YOU’RE READING INTO MY FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND BODY LANGUAGE YOU’RE MISINTERPRETING