The Wall Had it Coming

Procrastinator extraordinaire and writer of fanfic.

[wallhaditcoming]

While researching his thesis, Clayton’s work leads him to Syralis the wise, a dragon and professor at the university where he studies. Syralis’ hoard contains original manuscripts which are invaluable to Clayton’s research. Clayton soon finds himself one of the few students to ever study under Syralis, and during their lessons Clayton learns not only about medieval art, but his own history and his unusual magical sensitivity as well. Clayton also finds himself enamored of Syralis, but when that attraction proves mutual, not everybody is pleased…

My book is being released tomorrow at 7:00 pm.  If you preorder before then, you get 15% off!  I just…I’m so excited you guys, I can’t even.  Thank you so much to all of you for your support and encouragement.  I’m not sure I ever could have done it without you.

I’d like to do something sometime this week as a release party of sorts.  What would you guys enjoy seeing?  I was thinking about maybe a discord group chat, if that’s something people would like?  Or is there something else?

Also, please reblog! I’d love to get this post in front of as many people as possible!

[anarchetypalarchive]

i saw this post earlier about therapists and it reminded me of my old therapist paul, who in my opinion is one of the greatest men alive and who did not put up with my bullshit for even one second

anyway i go in to see paul one week in the summer of 2016, and i’m doing my usual bullshit which consists of me talking shit about myself, and paul is staring at me, and then he cuts me off and says that he’s got a new tool for helping people recognize when they’re using negative language, and gets up and goes over to his desk

and i’m like alright hit me with that sweet sweet self-help article my man, because i’m a linguistic learner and whenever paul’s like here i have a tool for you to use it’s pretty much always an article or a book or something

paul opens a drawer, takes something out, and turns back around. i stare.

i say, paul.

is that a nerf gun.

yeah, says paul.

i say, are you gonna shoot me with a nerf gun in this professional setting.

he happily informs me that that’s really up to me, isn’t it. and sits back down. and gestures, like, go ahead, what were you saying?

and i squint suspiciously and start back up about how i’m having too much anxiety to leave the house to run errands, like it was a miracle to even get here, like i’ve forgone getting groceries for the past week and that’s so stupid, what a stupid issue, i’m an idiot, how could i–

a foam dart hits me in the leg.

i go, hey! because my therapist just shot me in the leg. paul blinks at me placidly and raises an eyebrow. i squint again.

i say, slowly, it’s– not a stupid issue, i’m not stupid, but it’s frustrating me and i don’t want it to be a problem i’m having.

no dart this time. okay. sweet.

so the rest of the hour passes with me intermittently getting nailed with tiny foam darts and then swearing and then fixing my language and, wouldn’t you know it, i start liking myself a little more by the end of the session, which is mildly infuriating because paul can tell and he’s very smug about it 

anyway i leave his office and the lady having the next appointment walks in and i hear what’s all over the floor? and paul very seriously says cognitive behavioral therapy tools.

[creatingaquietmind-deactivated2]

the speech impediment of the 21st century (by Marc Johns)

[lyctorgideon]

I’ll fuck you up buddy this is not a speech impediment it’s linguistic evolution!! the existence of the phrase “Aisha was like” allows the speaker to convey whatever Aisha said without making the listener assume they’re quoting Aisha directly while still maintaining the FEELING of what Aisha said.

ie, Aisha said she didn’t want to go out with me VERSUS Aisha was like, “I’d rather kiss a Wookie”.

the addition of “XYZ was like” lets the speaker be more expressive and efficient and it is a totally valid method of communicating information!!

[corvidaedream]

With the way language has evolved, this is one of the few ways I can even think of to express in casual conversation what someone said. 

“So I said to Aisha,” is certainly used, but if you remove the “so,” which implies casual tone (“and” can be used in the same way), you get

“I said to Aisha,” which is really formal in most English dialects/variations. I don’t know about all, but in New England dialects, you sound like you’re reading aloud from a novel.

“I told Aisha,” is really only used when you continue to describe, not tell, what you told her. Ex: “I told Aisha that James was too punk for her” works while, “I told Aisha, ‘James is too punk for you’” crosses the line back into formalness of the “I said.”

Things like “I asked” or “I answered [with]” are similar levels of casual and efficient to the “So, I said [or say, as many conversations about the past take place in present tense anyway, as if the speaker is giving a play-by-play in the moment]” but are specific to only certain situations. 

“I was like, ‘Marc Johns, what is your obsession with restoring archaic speech patterns and interfering with the natural progression of English from complex to efficient?’” envelopes all of these easily and is accessible and crisp, and allows for more variations on inflection than the others.

Of course, James is probably like, “I already fucking said that.” But eh, I tried adding on.

[axonsandsynapses]

#linguistics #a.k.a. how I learned to stop worrying and love the evolution of the English language without being a discriminatory elitist jerk (via crystalandrock)

[overmyfreckledbody]

love the new meme

[darth-revan-dark-lord]

@helly-watermelonsmellinfellon @fleetofshippyships

[helly-watermelonsmellinfellon]

Guilty as charged.

[fullmetalruby]

Writing 101

Okay, where does the chapter start

Shit, no he wouldn’t say that…

Am I foreshadowing too hard

I’ve used the word ‘chair’ seventeen times in the paragraph. This is supposed to be exposition about snakes

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I’VE BEEN WRITING IN THE WRONG TENSE FOR THE LAST PAGE AND A HALF

I need a break from this story

Wait, where was I? Did I just kill her, or did she just make out with someone? 

She did both??????

Have I been misspelling his name this entire time or

If I have to resort to describing her hair as ‘golden princess curls’ one more time I think I’m just gonna have to kill her

IS THIS SYMBOLISM SUBTLE ENOUGH YET

Did I actually just write that

Have I referenced his necklace yet this chapter? Only four times? One more time, then I’m done, I swear

Shit, that’s not how that works

Can I call something a French braid in a world where France doesn’t exist?

What the shit do you mean I just spent four hours writing 500 words?

[avpdkaneki]

pour one out for all the people who’s messages went unanswered because i told myself i’d answer them later but when later came around i decided it was Too Late

[negativeonetwelfth]

I made a chart

[erotibot-art]

I feel this 😭

[venusflowerart]

I’M SORRY!!!!!!!!

[howlittleweare]

This is probably the best intro to a new update I have ever seen.

[the-future-now-deactivated20170]

[eliyora]

This speaks to me on multiple levels~

[rdjlock]

Horizon #Stony Steve x Tony 10th anniversary

[captainstarkreportingforduty]

Who says romance is dead? - (6/??)

[smauge]

[thepunisher]

incorrect marvel quotes [insp]

[wallhaditcoming]

Wow I don’t remember much about the MCU timeline.

Oh well, I guess I have to go back and rewatch every phase one marvel movie.  Shucky darns.

[peach-wood-deactivated20210717]

source

[combeferret]

why do cats like to stand in things so much omg

[bamf-castiel]

the art of summoning a cat

[wallhaditcoming]

cats love defined spaces

[wallhaditcoming]

Once More Unto the Breach!

Round two of tackling manuscript edits, here I come

[wallhaditcoming]

@professorofeljay replied to your post : Still Alive!

Welcome back!!

Thank you!  It’s really good to be back!

[wallhaditcoming]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Years ago, Tony Stark decided to keep his identity as Iron Man a secret. He's tired of the limelight he was born into. When he discovers that he's dying of Palladium poisoning, he decides to retreat to New York to live as anonymously as he can. The press has documented his entire life. His death should be no one's business but his own. He knows the world will be in good hands, what with Captain America back from the dead and the new kid on the block, Spiderman, hard at work.

But Tony's new neighbor, Steve, is stupidly attractive and seems to like Tony for who he is and not his name. Steve's adopted son, Peter, is an adorable baby nerd Tony wants to nurture into true geekdom. As hard as he tries to keep from getting attached, he fails miserably, and leaving two more people behind makes dying even harder.