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🔗AO3 @TheGayLink || Gay disaster || any pronouns || safe space for everyone || mostly shit posts and random things I think of throughout the day🔗

[thegaylink]

In case you're new here, here is a little "about me" post

Here's a list of some of the fandoms I am apart of (there's more, and this list is still growing! If you like any of these too and have anything to recommend, please do! comment, reblog, or send an ask about it!)

Grishaverse

Julie and the Phantoms

Heartstopper

Young Royals

Brooklyn 99

New Girl

Modern Family

Abbott Elementary

Schitt's Creek

Our Flag Means Death

Shameless

House MD

Station 19

The Rookie

Criminal Minds

Lucifer

Bones

The Closer/Major Crimes

9-1-1

Castle

Marvel (MCU, but would love to get into the comics)

The Owl House

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (mainly 2012, but I like all renditions)

How to Train Your Dragon (Movie and Show)

Dead End: Paranormal Park

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

And here are a few things about me

My name is Lincoln, you can call me Link

I use mirror pronouns (that means I use whatever pronouns the person addressing me uses)

I'm a lesbian 🏳️‍🌈

I write and draw

I live in the US

I have ADHD, OCD, and Anxiety

I play the drums and trumpet

Here are some music artist I listen to

Diana Ross

Stevie Wonder

ABBA

Maneskins

Hozier

Ella Fitzgerald

Dylan Conrique

Elton John

Jennifer Hudson

Mother Mother

The Neighborhood

Conan Gray

Cody Fry

Here are some of my favorite books

Red, White, and Royal Blue (Casey McQuiston)

Six of Crows duology (Leigh Bardugo)

The Count of Monte Cristo

She Gets the Girl

The Darkness Outside Us

Patron Saints of Nothing

You can send me asks or messages about anything at anytime, anonymously or not. It doesn't have to be related to anything. If you want to get something off your chest or if you need to rant, go ahead, this is a safe space.

I take requests and love fic recommendations. So if you've read a fic or if you wrote one yourself, I'd love to read it! I also love band/music recommendations! If you write or have wrote any music and want someone to show it to, I'd love to hear it as well!

I have three other tumblr blogs @anxiety-and-bullshit is my main Grishaverse blog @the-three-muskaqueers in my main Marvel blog and @our-flag-is-queer is my main Our Flag Means Death blog

You can find me on AO3 with the username TheGayLink

Because this is a safe space, I will not tolerate any hate of any kind. No homophobia, transphobia, racism, or anything of the sort. If I see hate on this page, there will be a problem. Keep any and all hateful comments to yourself. Thank you!

[aavec]

I understand that people have issues with ep 3, but I’m grateful for it bc it gave us the Scott/Shane fight and therefore all of these great posts on Tumblr.com

[actuallysara]

Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie presenting the winner for Best Supporting Female Actor in a TV Series at the 2026 Golden Globes

[thegaylink]

Started reading Heated Rivalry at 2:40 and just finished it at 4:07... I fear an obsession may be forming

[thegaylink]

follow up... started The Long Game at 5 o'clock and finished it at 7:48.... the obsession has solidified, they're in my bones

[thegaylink]

Started reading Heated Rivalry at 2:40 and just finished it at 4:07... I fear an obsession may be forming

[thegaylink]

I want apple juice so bad but its 2am and we dont have any juice :(( please I just want an apple juice pls pls pls give me apple juice please I want juice

[smoshout]

guys, i think shayne's having a great time idk

[ryropanic-deactivated20250924]

daily affirmations

1. i am the one who knows you

2. i am the one you fear

3. i am the one who’s always been here

4. i am the one who’ll heal you

5. i know you know who i am

[shit-people-probably-didnt-say]

Feeling the need to point out Diana says Gabe has Jazz Band before school, but Natalie plays Classical

Complete musical opposites

Like you couldn’t project even one of Natalies traits onto Gabe? 😭

[thegaylink]

to make it better, Henry talks to Natalie about how Jazz is a "better" version of music because its less restricted and "freer", which is later something Natalie reflects on in her breakdown at her recital during "Make up your mind/catch me I'm falling". Natalie spends her whole life feeling trapped and restricted because of Gabe and her mother's grief. And her mother imagines that Gabe would be unrestricted and free, the opposite of Natalie. He isn't bound by any rules, because he is everything Diana wants him to be. He is bound by nothing because he isn't there and he is freer than Natalie can ever be. It's reflected in everything down to the type of music they play

[whatferret]

learning to draw NotEnrique ◝(ᵔᗜᵔ)◜

I pick a favorite and can't draw anyone else </3

[bluefirewrites]

Willie didn't have to hold Alex's hand to get them into the museum but he did and it was awesome

[mdoodlerfandomart]

Tales of Arcadia mermaids!!!

[thegaylink]

So does anyone have the Next to Normal PBS proshot video file? I know it's been posted to youtube but it keeps getting taken down and I want to have a copy downloaded so I can watch it after it expires on PBS/with my friend when we go on vacation and don't have service

[victheterrxr]

👀 did someone say next to normal west end cast recording 👀

because this certainly isn't a link to the unofficial one that i just spent two days putting together from the proshot complete with album art and track details 👀

(it is)

[writingmaz]

Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “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.”

[serpentinesparkle-deactivated20]

Tips de escritura

Cómo usar las rayas de diálogo

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➸        —Esta es una oración.

➸        —Esta es una oración con la voz del narrador al final —dijo ella.

➸        —Esta —dijo él— es una oración interrumpida por la voz del narrador.

➸        —Esta es una oración —dijo ella—. Esta es otra oración. El punto se ubica luego de la voz del narrador.

➸        —Esta es una oración seguida de una acción. —Se paró—. Son dos oraciones diferentes, porque no habló mediante pararse. Nótese el uso doble del punto, antes y después de la voz del narrador.

➸        —Un diálogo no puede comenzar luego de la voz del narrador, si se encuentra una raya de diálogo en medio de un párrafo, pero no en el principio, se trata de un inciso, nunca como indicación de la alternancia entre las voces del narrador y del personaje —dijo ella—. Continuando con el tema de incisos, si hay incisos dentro del diálogo se los reemplaza con paréntesis (que son estos signos tan simpáticos).

➸        —No use un punto cuando el diálogo no continúa luego de la voz del narrador —dijo él.

—¿A menos que haya signos de interrogación? —preguntó ella.

—¡O de exclamación! —Respondió él—. Y se pone un punto luego de la voz del narrador si el diálogo continúa.

➸        —Los puntos deben estar fuera de los diálogos, luego de la voz del narrador.

➸        —¡Hey! —gritó ella—. A excepción los signos de interrogación y exclamación, que van dentro.

—A menos que éstos no pertenezcan a la voz del personaje, sino al narrador —¡Los signos de exclamación— pueden también ir fuera—!

➸        —¿Aplica también a los de interrogación? —preguntó él.

—Si no es diálogo —¿Los signos de interrogación—, van afuera—? (¡Sí, así es!)

➸        —Mi profesor me dijo: “Use comillas para las citas dentro de un diálogo”.

➸        —Use diferentes párrafos para cada cambio de personaje que habla —dijo él.

—Los lectores comprenderán que se trata de otra persona hablando.

➸        —Si el mismo personaje sigue hablando en otro párrafo, abra el siguiente párrafo con comillas españolas.

»Así se deja claro que continúa hablando el mismo personaje.

»A veces sucede que queremos volver a introducir la voz del narrador, para esto se vuelve a emplear rayas de diálogo, ya que las comillas españolas solo indican la continuidad del parlamento —dijo mi compañera.

            »También puede ocurrir que queramos introducir parlamento dentro de un parlamento —continúa explicando ella.

—Para ilustrar esto último imagínese que usted está contando una anécdota.

»—Esto es algo que dijo la señora en frente tuyo —dijo ella.

»—Esto es algo que le respondió su hermano —respondió él.

»Si desea dejar de introducir diálogos dentro del diálogo del personaje, pero este continúa hablando, omita la raya luego de la comilla española —dice ella, finalizando su explicación.

➸           —Existen signos similares que no deben confundirse con la raya de diálogo —dijo él—. Está el guion (-) y el signo de resta (−) que es el doble de largo que el guion, pero sigue siendo más corto que la raya.

➸           —Otras cosas a tener en cuenta cuando se usa la raya: se usa siempre la sangría; incluso en parlamentos que se extienden más de un párrafo; no va espacio entre la raya que abre el parlamento y la primera palabra; va espacio entre la última palabra del diálogo y la raya que indica el cambio a la voz del narrador, pero cuando se cambia de voz de narrador a nuevamente la del personaje, entonces corresponde que la raya esté pegada a la última palabra del narrador y un espacio luego de esta, justo antes del diálogo.

[writingmaz]

Thank you so much for this translation!

[darcyfangirlsfrequently]

AHHH THIS IS SO HELPFUL

[rainbeaudingo]

Was trying to pinpoint why Notenrique’s design felt so familiar.

Then it hit me.

I mean, it makes sense. He is a terrible terror in his own universe.

[mshunnybunch]

Partners and Coworkers

Partners and Coworkers— a 2021 romantic comedy film starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan. The story centers around Sam Wilson, aka the Falcon, a superhero who flies solo. But when the evil Baron Zemo threatens the wellbeing of the entire population of Earth, Sam's supervisors decide to pair him with another superhero, Bucky Barnes, aka the White Wolf, aka Sam's ex. Stopping Baron Zemo might just become the least difficult part of this new mission.

Special thanks to @magnificentcookie and @wenellyb