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it is not "punk" to shiny hunt. it is not "punk" to level your pokémon through the daycare. it is not "punk" to EV train on low-level mon. the only thing it is """PUNK""" to do is hang out with dark types and poison types in abandoned hotels
Had been thinking about this post (which is a fake excerpt from an imaginary narrative written to mock 'tumblr prose'), and how most "no actually this is good" comments are highlighting how the construction of individual sentences is interesting, how some of the language is evocative, how it Goes Hard. Because that post is written badly in a very thoughtful manner that focuses on core structural issues rather than going for low hanging fruit of poor technical proficiency with the written word, it is not bad in the most "obvious" of ways. So I think this is a legit learning opportunity, but also I don't want to dunk on anyone so instead I will just preach to the choir of My Followers.
But yeah like to be more constructive than just going "lol tumblr prose bad", really the issue in Large part that characterizes "tumblr prose" (which to be clear I don't think is a discrete thing and at most is a combination of several writing tendencies influenced by the medium of Online) comes down to the lack of real contrast in Any aspect of narrative construction, and an obsession with being quotable and constantly being at 100% of Going Hard (which go hand in hand).
In that post, the character voice is indistinct from that of the narration, and the characters quote one-liners that look Meaningful as excerpts and are borderline nonsensical as dialogue. There is no more than the faintest, most generic hints of characterization; these people exist as vague concepts to say deep words for the reader. The sentence length has little variation from its staccato beat, and so it is awkward to read and fails to complement the action or accomplish anything with the pacing (save for the slight slowdown when the torturer feels all that damp animal electricity). The timing is awkward and exaggeratedly dramatic. The description is a flowery kind of tryhard visceral and seems avoidant of describing anything too directly ("something dark and arterial" where there's nothing being accomplished by conveying uncertainty about what is currently gushing out of the injured character and the simple use of "blood splashed across the stones" would actually be 10x more effective), in a way that does disservice to what is supposed to be a torture scene, and leaves it weightless and ungrounded. In fairness to the people saying "this is good", that is MUCH easier to say when reading this fake excerpt as the standalone piece it actually is, but this kind of writing Cannot function in an actual narrative and is not what an excerpt from well constructed narrative fiction is going to look like basically ever.
It reflects a lot of very typical amateur writing issues that just about everyone has to grow out of (the minimal diversity in sentence length, simulated non-attention to scene pacing and timing), and issues common to fanfiction-influenced writing on social media (allergy to paragraph lengths of more than two sentences, little to no description of the characters or setting because, in fanfiction, the reader already knows their physical characteristics and mannerisms and it doesn't need to be lingered upon, Unlike In Original Fiction). But this particularly hits on an issue I think is semi-unique to narrative writing in the social media milieu, which is a focus on being quotable. This may not even be a conscious impulse at all But It's There. This kinda apparent terror of any moment not being as beautiful and hard hitting as possible (or for comedy, any moment not being A Joke). Everything "Goes Hard", so nothing actually does. A lot of "tumblr prose" type writing is less a narrative, more a string of quotes loosely assembled into narrative that vaguely gestures at things like Plot and Character. It substitutes depth for Suggestions of depth by utilizing stock symbolism without building it into the narrative, and by gesturing at weighty contexts without actually engaging with them. There can be little contrast or effective use of tone, pace, description when your story is a series of Hard Hitting Quotes.
I'm reading Watership Down right now and I think it's a great novel overall and can work as an example of how important it is to utilize contrast in your writing.
This segment is the lengthy first description of the titular down, which the rabbits are now encountering for the first time:
Adams is slowing the pace here to introduce us to the setting of the next segment of the book. The average sentence length is very long and keeps us lingering in the sensory detail, while still varied and thus smoothly readable. This new place is introduced by simultaneously conveying its physical description in vivid detail and conveying its feeling and character, and getting the most out of every described feature to do so. The thorn trees are "wind stunted". The air is "scented". The language takes on a very flowery character and heavily utilizes simile and metaphor. Woodland is "tumultuous with evening", sunlight filters through grass "like a wind" to the small creatures below, in contrast to laying "like a gold rind" on the hill when seen from a distance. This grandiose description is heavily functional and conveys both exhaustive physical detail and a feeling that this place is beautiful, awe inspiring to something like a rabbit, and full of life, though not without quiet hints of danger. It hits because Not Everything In The Book Is Described This Way. It means something that we're lingering like this and stopping to get a sense of this place on every possible level, and moving away from more direct, simple prose to convey the feeling of the place in depth.
This segment describes the rabbit Bigwig being found caught in a snare:
The prose here here has the opposite approach of the first excerpt. The language is concise, direct, and brutal. It only veers slightly away from the literal to describe Bigwig's voice as 'bubbling out' from his mouth, both conveying that the saliva and blood in his mouth is literally bubbling as he speaks, and implying the unsettling way his voice sounds as he's being strangled. The sentences are much shorter on the whole, as fit for the pacing of a tense and rapidly changing scene, and the timing closely complements the action - "There was a pause" not only conveys That There Was A Pause but interrupts the rhythm of this segment; the moment of uneasy stillness is echoed in the act of reading itself.
The scene this is excerpted from is extremely effective and does in fact Go Hard, it's well constructed in of itself but its effectiveness mostly lies in its place in the narrative. It's the culmination of a long, tense buildup as the reader becomes more aware that something is deeply Wrong about the place the rabbits are in, and the payoff is effective in being blunt and visceral, which hits because Not Everything In The Book Is Described This Way. Nothing about these excerpts are particularly quotable because that is actually not what good narrative writing is about.
rule 1 of arguing is to never actually present the case in favour of your point. it shows weakness in your position that you feel the need to prove it. instead simply repeatedly assert it to be true and self-evident. rule 2 is to use mockery tactics at every opportunity. the more personal attacks to better. rule 3 is to always argue in a pack. this will indicate to your opponent that your point must clearly be convincing to other people, so there must be something to it. make repeated references to the fact that more people agree with you whenever you can. if you follow all three rules in the end you should have convinced exactly 0 people, but that's fine because if they didn't already agree with you they clearly had a moral deficiency anyway and were never even reachable in the first place
SCP has no canon and no lore bible. There are works on the main wiki that don't fit any of the tropes you associate with SCP. HDG doesn't do that because they're cowards and control freaks, that's it.
I mean, sure. But you still have to strict meet editorial standards to be accepted as an article. But sure, they're control freaks about a collaborative writing project that they started. That's like. Fine. It's whatever. If they're not litigious about it who gives a shit?
Boober from Fraggle bridges the gap between Butch lesbians and femme gay men
Sorry, all fraggles are Cisgendered Heterosexual Men.
Explain this then
This is why I love the Fraggle Rock fandom. It’s always quicken its feet to shut shup hewn a bigot, or as. Sone fandots have neiar prodlems, but Fraggle Rock fadom har snear grelet togather.
Ironic. You sayd I’m a “bigot” but the only won shup it is “gay men” “lebian” but whenst heterosexual Fraggle Rock fadem suddenly graab dip pip…
That shust the ting, though.
The to reconize that Fraggle Rock sips; not only that, but when sips b, it can shush to the childe that “gay” winn had with the Fraggles.
Pus, what’s the dil and the stuck? Thear tubs of straight pap pop zip on TV; movies, the one tine “gay” yon hadan shuter tel it? Fraggle Rock, of all thinks?
Thist the poblem with Tumblr, non it and toxic hexic on the blogs.
Asci a paint but tit knost what I’m gibbing indo.
Haffing on “gay” “lebesan” sned right to the geepotine but when heterosexual gits mits fun of Tumblr al haugh and jock. So… who cagg if it sips or not? Fraggle Rock for chibren a Tumblr ajenda b sip one way or another.
Call me toxic all you want - at least I bibpt phibbt.
me: Fraggle Rock sinter rilling kids’ show and it’s harning delly to sip Tumblr sunk about it. Let gay peple hollor rut.
you: NO!!!!! THUST CAN’T INFANE MY STRAIGHT FRAGGLE ROCK HOPILY… AAAAAARRRGGGGHHH!!! I’M SO SCAFFING HEFFING SIT DOP I’M GO SEEK SPIT ON TUMBLR ABON IT!
Droned… are you seraieous?
Typigal Tumblr ageuement. I pat forf my pint yag you stewman me. Fif – You gow what? Donn debapping bith SJWs. Fraggle Rock are heterosexual. Had fan in fanbasy.
I would be pretty surprised, personally
the first person to introduce The Male Gaze as a concept to tiktok needs to be shot for inadvertently being the progenitor for videos like this
Literally
i checked out her page out of curiosity
amazing thumbnail. 10/10, no notes
theres a phenomenon that happens on here i have been calling "normalize loving parents posting" which is when you spend a lot of time on tumblr and are exposed to a lot of one specific counter-cultural narrative day in and day out until you start to forget what the dominant ideas are for most of the human population and thus feel the need to "defend" things that are widely accepted and popular. it's called this because of the time a bunch of text posts about shitty dads were circulating and then people with good relationships with their dad didn't feel included enough and started making "uhmmm can we normalize loving parents? not everyone has a deadbeat dad, MY dad is great" type posts, seemingly forgetting that good relationship with dad is a cultural norm that is expected and encouraged. i think its good practice, especially when im annoyed, to stop before i hit the post button and ask myself if this is a real issue or if im normalize loving parents posting. because often im about to try to normalize loving parents
common examples of normalize loving parents posting:
support women who shave their legs and wear makeup every day
let's hear it for masculine men
reminder that two people of the same gender can have a close platonic relationship!! not everything is gay!!
skinny shaming is hurtful too guys
does anyone else think [ironic kink du jour] is strange and freaky and gross?
saluting our bravest warriors who aren't afraid to stand up and advocate for the status quo
i was around in the mid 2000s, I saw Loose Change come out and the relatively short few months where people were calling themselves "truthers" before it became a word to make fun of them. I was there...
i am slowly being driven crazy by people on this website simply accepting this historical claim as true without ever pointing to the evidence for it
i hate how fan-wikis never include the ACTOR INFORMATION in their little sidebars devoted to characters at the top of the page. no wookiepedia i guess I wanted to scroll past every single spoiler just to look up the name of the actor who plays this particular glup shitto
Biotope bath 🌱💦
i remember watching a clip of someone saying that google ai results were hurting people who "worked hard" with SEO techniques to get their websites to the top of the search results and I gotta say I have never had any less sympathy for a group of people
Mi amorrrrrr 🕷️♥️
world heritage post: avatar femslash fans on livejournal discussing the possibility of a lesbian or bi lead in the legend of korra in 2010, 2 years before the series first aired. four years later, korra and asami walked into the spirit world together holding hands.
happy korrasami day!
This is the diametric opposite of "we popping the biggest bottles when Makorra happens"
Thinking about Marcia Lucas, I know another part of the myth is that the prequels were bad because she wasn't there to edit them, but... I don't really think that they are poorly edited films at all? They have flaws but I don't think the flaws are in the edit, there's a lot of places where those films are constructed really quite well. that being said, I understand that she was an uncredited editor in Empire, and her role was apparently to assist with the romance scenes between Han and Leia. so, maybe. in the alternative world where Marcia Lucas helped with the romance in episode II, more people would be a fan of Padme and Anakin's dynamic?
Rage. In my heart. All-consuming. FUCK AI.
Shoutout to one of the greatest ragebaits of all time. Still has people seething
