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[alanaisalive]

The other night husband and I were watching a documentary about the yeti where they were doing DNA analysis of samples of supposed yeti fur, and every one of them came back as bears.

Anyway, the next night we watched a thing about some pig man who is supposed to live in Vermont. People said it had claws and a pig nose but walked upright like a man. Now, I happen to know that sideshows used to shave bears and present them as pig men. So every piece of evidence they gave of this monster sounds to me like a bear with mange.

So now the running joke in our house is that everything is bears. Aliens? Bears. Loch Ness monster? Bear. Every cryptozoological mystery is just a very crafty bear.

Bears. They’re everywhere. Be wary. Anyone or anything could be a bear.

[iguanamouth]

oh shit

[throughshadow-to-the-edgeofnight]

[alanaisalive]

As the OP of this post, I’m going to threaten that if this gets to one million notes by the 10 year anniversary on 1 June 2026, one year from today, I will get a lower back tattoo of the loch ness bear monster.

[docd666]

Y'all know what to do Tumblr.

[wyrd-woman]

I’m doin’ it.

[writingmaz]

Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

✧

➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

[anotherbechloeshipper]

This is a good list of reminders for all of my writer friends.

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[catchymemes]

[mrgaretcarter]

Someone who asked Ted to go and someone who asked him to stay (inspired by this post via @dollsome-does-tumblr)

[animentality]

If homophobes weren't so awful to LGBT people, then maybe we'd be happier.

[covington-shenanigans]

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

+Bonus

[doctorwho-the-fuck-are-you]

HoLy FuCk

[freaknoid]

1) I LOVE HIS ACCENT. IT’S BEAUTIFUL.

2) PLEASE WATCH THIS. I LITERALLY HAVE TEARS STREAMING DOWN MY FACE. YOU WILL NOT REGRET THIS. JUST WATCH X’D

[hyourinmaruice]

oh my god I cannot breathe

[hivibrations]

I literally choked at the end.

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[doyouever-daydream]

TEDBECCA “and i'll dream each night of some version of you that i might not have... but i did not lose”

[yaboyash]

Nah Maxwell Sheffield in Season 6 went C R A Z Y 🔥🔥 SO DAMN FINE

[sheffran]

Therapist: So what sort of relationship do you want?

Me: Well…

Therapist:

[rylandsgrace]

Ted Lasso 3.11 + text posts

[thisismysecondrodeo]

💖 for the fanfic author asks please? Your fics are like my gold standard when it comes to ted/Jason so I’d love to know what you recommend.

OMG this is so kind!! Gold standard, man, I am unworthy. Here's a bunch!

💖 Your favorite fic not written by you

For Ted:

The Slightly Debaucherous Seduction of Ted Lasso (by Rebecca Welton) by esthropp (ao3; Ted x Rebecca) I wake and I want more. I go to sleep needing you (over and over). also by esthropp (ao3; Ted x Rebecca - damn they're good)

Something New by @calzone-d (on tumblr, smut warning)

Underwear Switcheroo by @sarahtarth (ao3; also smut)

River Deep Mountain High by narcissablaxk (ao3)

For Jason:

Running Late by @tedssweaters (on tumblr, smut warning)

Not a Date by @idkthisisjustforfanfic (on tumblr)

I am awful at keeping my fics organized on Tumblr so I know I am missing lots of really good ones so I just generally recommend @calzone-d @believemetheodore @carmylasso @tedssweaters

@my-soupy-brain @exuberantocean @areacode606

Also, message me anytime for recs I love recommending other people's fics!

[liberalsarecool]

Lying scumbags. All of them. Blatantly.

[liberalsarecool]

Lying scumbags. All of them. Blatantly.

[audiobook-mike]

I genuinely mean this, I hope all 5 of those Supreme Court members who voted Yes have to live their lives getting harassed and are extremely bothered till their last dying breath.

Bother them, make their lives miserable, make them not want to leave their homes.

[thistlesifter]

C’mon guys. Show your love for Barba and Raul on the NBC Insta (linked).

He asked for comments and we need to show NBC that we need him back!

Now that Warren won’t be there to fight for Barba we need to make some noise so they know he needs to stay around!

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