Tint The Tincan

Hi welcome to my blog I just post art and comics about any fandoms I'm in. (I post rarely btw)

[musashi]

Hey can you guys reblog Cheeseburger so he can take a sunbeam nap on lots of blogs. No other reason I just want you guys to see him.

[ironinkpen]

tips for writing bilingual characters

there are different types of bilinguals

the All Around: speaks, reads, and writes both languages pretty well

the Conversational: one language is stronger than the other; can speak the other language a lot better than they read/write it (a lot of kids of immigrants are this type)

the High Schooler: understands what’s being said to them in the other language, can’t really speak it

don’t have your characters randomly drop words from their other language mid-sentence around people who don’t speak it lol

languages are a mindset thing. like personally if i’m around english-speakers, i’m speaking english and i don’t really switch to my other language (which is portuguese)

so like if you’re writing a bilingual character who speaks spanish and have them say something like “hey chad let’s go to the biblioteca” to an english speaker i’ll probably spend 5 minutes laughing and then close your story lmao

exception: the character is speaking in their weaker language and forgot a word (”where are the…? uh… llaves…. keys! keys, where are they?”)

otherwise really the only time your character should be randomly switching languages mid-sentence is if they’re talking to another bilingual

like i don’t speak spanish but i’ve legit never heard a spanish speaker say “ay dios mio” to gringos lmao

conversations between two bilingual people can take a few different forms:

Pick One: they pick one language and kinda stick with it for the whole conversation (a conversation i might have with my portuguese-speaking mom: ”you okay?” “yeah, i’m good. how’re you?” “i’m fine, but your dad-”)

Back-and-Forth: someone says something in one language, the other person replies in the other (”tudo bem?” “yeah, i’m good. how’re you?” “tou bem, mas o seu pai-”)

Combo: they speak a combo of the two languages, a popular example being spanglish, though basically every bilingual has their own combo language (”tudo bem?” “sim, tou bem. how’re you?” “i’m fine, mas o seu pai-”)

when in doubt: just ask a bilingual to look at your stuff and tell you if anything sounds weird

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combo languages can look different depending on the bilingual

me and my cousin (native english speakers) speaking our portuguese/english combo sounds a lot different than my mom and my godmother (native portguese speakers) doing the same thing

the kids of immigrants usually come up with their own unique way of saying things that are different than native speakers

if you’re writing a bilingual family the older kids’ll probably be more bilingual than the younger ones

also, to clarify: bilingual characters might say words in another language on purpose in front of non-speakers

either to fuck with them or just ‘cause the word captures what they’re feeling more (i use “caralho” a lot)– basically the point is that accidental switching is relatively uncommon

i know earlier i said that people will forget words if they’re speaking their weaker language but tbh i do it with my stronger language too so really it works both ways

filler words are weirdly universal

so like while bilingual people don’t usually switch languages around people who aren’t bilingual we’ll throw filler words in

“ele me olhou e, like, eu juro que eu quase deu um soco nele-”

a lot of languages borrow words from english so it’s not too weird to have a random english word in an otherwise non-english conversation (my aunt @ my mom: “lilian você viu meu post no Facebook?”)

also sounds in general are just kind of a language transcending thing

you wanna find out what someone’s first language was?? break one of their bones lol

legit me when i cracked my rib: “AIIIIIII JESUS CHRIST TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL”

so if your character gets hurt they might make a sound of pain associated with their native language but will probably still speak in the language of the people they’re surrounded by. probably. it depends on just how much pain they’re in

if two people start speaking another language in public there’s a 40% chance they’re talking shit and a 60% chance they’re having a conversation like: “where’s the bathroom” “i don’t know, ask the waitress she’s right here” “i can’t just ask-”

[writingwithcolor]

Another thing to keep in mind: bilingual people, or even those who grew up hearing another language, are more likely to pronounce loanwords from other languages with the proper accent, and notice when the words are mispronounced (how they react is up to the character).

Thanks to exposure, you’re more likely to say the original pronunciation even speaking in English. Some words are toss-ups if they’ve been heavily Anglicized, but for the most part, it’s original pronunciation or at least the ability to code switch between the two pronunciations.

This, however, does not mean you should transcribe accents. It’s something you can have other characters note (or have the character react whenever the word is pronounced with an English accent), but phonetically transcribing accents is generally a bad idea.

[tint-the-tincan]

I’m slowly getting my hyperfixation of au’s back lets gooooooooo

[ramonabluecat]

I Love This Thing, it is a perfect being

[oobbbear]

Tell Cross to stop being stupid

He can’t, he stupid in hd now

[tint-the-tincan]

The trio of one collective braincell

[tint-the-tincan]

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while but soon when I have motivation I’ll show you guys some drawings of characters that are after the Tint comic

[chukarpie]

something something deltarune's dedicated relationship to the player & the fandom-centric undertale aus of yesteryear & the way that both of these worlds so closely tied themselves to the player / fan base, & often at the detriment of the characters within, sometimes to the point they end up out of bounds.

control, creativity, the product of loving but flawed hands, et cetera;

in other words, i've been reconnecting with my heritage from yesterdecade & had a funny thought,

// error sans belongs to @/loverofpiggies ~

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happy in his blankeyy

[7goodangel]

Blue Screen redesign in 2026?

Sure! I mean he has been around for more than 10 years now!

(Also for those who like the weird vest from his original design do not fret - he made his own detachable hoodie out of the material so he still has that! XD)

[tint-the-tincan]

YESSSSS MY BOI

[carnelianfoxx]

it’s been an honor serving with you all

[carnelianfoxx]

wait what the fuck

[catboybeebop]

[sketchtoons]

AU (?) concept that came to me on a dream i cant figure it out yet

[tint-the-tincan]

Big ass forehead

[tymamomimi]

[n25kaito]

Susie’s smile, which seemed to defeat everything.

im not good at animation but this was fun to doo

[tint-the-tincan]

Trying to get rid of artblock so I wanted to draw a silly fun fact about Tint that I had about him

I think he’d like to cross-dress sometimes :]

(Don’t ask how he managed to get his scarf or the dress on idk how he did it either)

[tint-the-tincan]

Item: The Screen Rarity: ⏶ Common

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