PeachyIndeed

relentless enthusiasm fiction podcasts at Sinister-Monologue she/her

[suonko]

by Aliriza CAKIR

[boldkatte]

[rayless-reblogs]

Aluki and Aloy contemplate life.

[th3skullqu33n93]

Sleepy

[thelostcanyon]

Yaquina Head Lighthouse, Lincoln County, Oregon.

[monochrome-stars]

big fan of telling people "have fun" when they say theyre going to the restroom

[irishmansdaughter]

lensloveandbeyond

[tricky-pockets]

I'm inclined to immediately disregard any criticism of dialogue in books that hinges on "people don't talk like that in real life." I'm a legal transcriptionist. In real life, people interrupt themselves constantly, repeat words and phrases 2-6 times, talk over the ends of each other's sentences, change their mind about a sentence halfway through, and punctuate every damn thing with "like," "I mean," "okay, so" and "you know."

and that's fine; that's not a bad way to speak. but it would be annoying as hell to read.

[pentanguine]

I also think it’s cool when writers use actual speech selectively, for specific characters, to convey something about them. Maybe one character saying “like” a lot emphasizes how young they are compared to other characters, and maybe another one says “um” and “I mean” because they’re uncertain, insecure, nervous.

There’s at least one author I’ve read (I think Dorothy L Sayers??) who uses real life rambling very effectively to show that a character is a super social chatterbox, dominating every conversation they’re in, and yet maybe a little unobservant because they’re constantly talking about themself. It’s a really good use of natural interruptions, backtracks, and tangents to show character

[tricky-pockets]

Oh, absolutely. You can convey so much about a character by the way they speak and I love it when writers make the most of that 💯

[peachyindeed]

LET'S GO PNGs!

[peachyindeed]

MFW I realize that my 2,000 screenshots were saved as JPG.

[peachyindeed]

[peachyindeed]

MFW I realize that my 2,000 screenshots were saved as JPG.

[practically-an-x-man]

watching the DND movie again and there are just SO many things to love about it but the one I keep coming back to is how Holga is ALLOWED to be a Barbarian. She has muscle. She has body hair. She has visible scars and tattoos that aren't "pretty". Her armor actually covers her body and isn't designed to be sexy. She's a messy eater. She walks with strength and doesn't sashay. She is gruff and violent and powerful, but still gets moments of genuine connection and emotion because the writers haven't conflated Strong Woman with Emotionless Mannequin. She's a mother figure and loves her child but doesn't magically soften for it. They haven't written her to be "dumpy" for being a strong woman, she is both extremely attractive and not particularly feminine.

I fucking love her and I'm so glad the writers did her right.

[peachyindeed]

Been keeping busy with a puzzle during the heatwave:

[dailycoyotes]

by Larry Taylor

[runwrenrun]

loveless aromantic/aplatonic magical girl who uses the power of incandescent rage instead of the power of love or friendship is this anything

[des-w]

You’re a perfect person for a guy like me✨

And your eyes are shining like the Topal Sea🌊

I wish you could be mine for eternity 🎶

[jinxysmidcentury]

1950s bathing beauties