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[steklir]

warrior1955 reblogged your post and added:

Tender, hushed, low, subdued, indistinct.

Thanks! Tender and hushed are pretty close equivalents, as is ‘quiet’, I remembered later.  

@thedoctor-smith

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“Okay, where are we on inventing more synonyms for ‘softly’?? ...”

As Lexa sings in a choir, she'd be familiar with terms like 'dolce' (sweetly) or pianissimo (very gently), con amore (with love).

OKAY I LOVE THAT. One day, if I write a mwtw!Lexa POV, I would def include those as a mini-theme. Trying to figure out how I can get them in from a non-musical POV, but where there’s a will, there’s a way. 

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“Okay, where are we on inventing more synonyms for ‘softly’?? ...”

Yeyyy more Mwtw !!!! Gently, lightly, tenderly, tenderly, delicately... Or use the french equivalent: 'en douceur' or 'doucement'

‘Delicately’ is one I hadn’t thought of —it might work well for some of the stickier situations! And the French is so wonderful, and I’m glad you shared because I would have just translated that to ‘sweetly’ and it sounds like that’s not quite the contextual meaning. Thank you!!

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thedoctor-smith replied to your quote “[…] Would I have been offered the role of Sky Masterson – a...”

Ironically(?), the very people that diversity is supposed to benefit, cannot, by and large, afford to see a Broadway production like Hamilton.

Some people certainly can’t. The $10 seat lottery thing is awesome, as are the high school seats they’re giving out right now. But yes, many people can’t get to New York in the first place.

That said, I think it still does matter. It’s not the audience, necessarily. Leslie Odom explained it as the fact that, given his role, if he were white, he’d have offers rolling in for his next performance. He doesn’t. The offers, and the roles, don’t exist right now for him. So this isn’t just about audiences. It’s about the actors themselves. It’s about cracking all kinds of ceilings being placed over people. Hamilton won’t save the world, but it’s done some good for some people, and hopefully that good can be built on.

(There are high schools starting to perform it as well, and Miranda has made it really clear that he believes casting in those should also focus on non-white actors. That’s a force for change in itself.)

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@thedoctor-smith true to character Lexa herself would never ever put her name on that. But depending on the depths of their relationship I can see Clarke standing her ground that people need at least one good leader to guide them, and Lexa is the one cause she is a good leader. And I can totally see Lexa like that, insisting that Clarke is as good leader too and that people also need her (because her people would also be in that list) -- even because that's totally what happens in the scene on horseback before they find the massacre. So yeah I can see her saying this, that her name wouldn't go without Clarke's

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thedoctor-smith replied to your post “I didn’t want to hijack @laynemorgan‘s post, but I wanted to add some...”

Are these cons for their communities or just the people who can afford to go? If it boils down to the latter (even if they are in the community), then exclusion is happening and that needs to be addressed.

Oh, the discussion of money, cons/events, and who can afford to enter those spaces is extremely important and I would have to make more than just one post about that. lol

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She's also 'Commander of the Little Death' - both Niylah *and* Lexa needed a nap after doing the do with Clarke. So perhaps Wanheda was subject to a Trigedasleng/English mistranslation...

[femininenachos]

Ooft. I know. I've always taken issue with the stupidly compressed timelines within The Flopdred. And, yeah, it doesn't exactly make a positive case for bisexual representation that everyone Clarke gets involved with romantically or sexually winds up dead or brutally assaulted... You'd think future prospective love interests would give Clarke a wide berth, given her track record. Maybe the lure of the Good Earth Cleavage overrides survival instincts.

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thedoctor-smith reblogged your photo:I’ll just run to the store real quick. She said....

Well that escalated quickly.

#in scotland#we don't feel the chill anymore#we are the chill

#in scotland#we don't feel the chill anymore#we are the chill

Once upon a time I would have agreed with you I've come to realize the winters back home are practically fucking TROPICAL compared to where I moved to. There's a fucking white walker outside my house the now and even he looks a wee bit nippy

[femininenachos]

thedoctor-smith replied to your post: Pls don't waste your time writing a Niylarke fic.....

Please don’t let anyone waste your time telling you what you can or cannot write. Love all you do. X

Thank you! I appreciate it. <3

I'm writing this novel primarily as a challenge to myself and for my own enjoyment (or despair or agony - the way I feel about it changes by the minute). I'm not abandoning Clexa, by any means, so there's plenty more to come from me for that pairing.