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joey batey's voice holds a ridiculous amount of comfort

#joey batey #the amazing devil #madeleine hyland #drinking song for the socially anxious

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.

voidsp00ks

Once had someone tell me I talked like "one of those online shippers". They were not wrong.

peachpitdiaries

ariesrin

I love characters who would die for each other but will not, under any circumstances, communicate a single honest feeling.

welcometothejunglebitch6138474

this is so Superbat coded

daughter-of-sapph0

happy pride

lindleland

learningtogirl

I've seen this clip many times, but never really appreciated the power of "what was her problem?" Just casually assuming that lesbians come in a wide variety of shapes and being inclusive. As a transbian who is probably still closer to Homer shaped than to my ideal, that's huge!

soyalexnajera

jasmineintheforest

I think Cas is actually terrified of how easy tenderness comes to him when he's with Dean. It's so easy. If he sees Dean flinch, he instinctively softens. If he sees Dean laugh, he instinctively indulges him. If he sees Dean weep, he instinctively wants to hold him and comfort him. It's too easy.

And it shouldn't be. It goes against his conditioning. Gets him questioning the nature of his very existence. If angels aren't designed to be cruel, then it means they're been choosing it. And it hurts to know what he's done and what his angel brethren have done to him. For centuries!

Because as many issues as he has with Dean, he realises it's not difficult to be tender and open and equal at all. Sure , he's a questing knight in charge of protecting his love. But on a deeper level, he knows they're equals in this love. And that it won't even be that difficult. Just a nudge and if he allows himself, he can be a family man. A weapon of mass destruction no more. He didn't know this was something he could do! He had no idea. But he's experienced it. And he can't take back that knowledge. Noone can, even if they want to. He now knows for sure that he's a person. A person Dean finds lovable and kind and redeemable even.

It's so unsettling. And so precious.

malinaa

what if we all explode

derring-do

This very production of Orpheus & Eurydice is now available to stream, free, for the month of June.

theedorksinlove

DEAN WINCHESTER & CASTIEL ⤷ supernatural ✗ 14x03 - ‘the scar

winchester-reload

In the latest edition of "how it started, how it's going" it seems the boys have settled into their happy lives very well, it seems <3

mostbelovedqueer

Most Beloved (non-canon) Queer Ship Tournament - Round 3

Which queer ship do you love more?

Gimli x Legolas (Gigolas) (The Lord of the Rings)*

Destiel (Dean Winchester and Castiel) (Supernatural)*

how dare you make me choose

Voting ended onJun 2

Disclaimer: This tournament is based on submissions! Please respect all identities, characters and fandoms! Hate or aggressive language (even if jokingly) will get you blocked instantly!