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[the-official-princess-club]

The Princess Club

Episode 152

[valtsv]

“private detective who can’t help but grudgingly admire the clever, charming rogue they’ve been hired to catch despite being increasingly frustrated by their ability to evade them” is such a fun dynamic. like we all know how it’s gonna end but it’s still so exciting to watch.

[valtsv]

detective: you should just turn yourself in, it’ll save you the humiliation of me catching you and me some time

criminal: IF you catch me. AND if you haven’t fallen in love with me by then ;)

detective: what

me:

[armandyke]

wlw obsessing over mlm ships because there are barely any women in media for them to ship together is NOT the same as straight women obsessing over mlm ships because they think it’s hot send tweet

[queer-here-pioneer-deactivated2]

and mlm liking wlw ships bc gay relationships are to be treasured is NOT the same as straight guys thinking lesbians are hot to watch

[sydneysageivashkov]

so what you’re saying is that the economy will not, in fact, recover

[puppygirlpanic]

“Big business will be profitable, in part because we refuse to employ or pay you.”

[deadblog293898210398]

ok youtube just said “fuck you if youre deaf or hard of hearing or just want to watch a video in a different language”

https://twitter.com/LiamODellUK/status/1288869766980042752

and you know what the fucking bullshit is  they’re replacing it with a ~6 months free of a subscription to a third party captions provider~ which of course you’d have to pay for after those 6 months are up and you KNOW random youtuber #9039 isn’t going to bother to keep paying for that either because they won’t have the money or they just won’t care. and youtube’s going to act like that’s a perfectly fine alternative that won’t result in the majority of the site suddenly going from “more or less accessible” to “Fuck You If You’re Disabled” 

“citing low usage” are you fucking kidding me nearly every worthwhile video i watch uses community captions. sometimes they’re kind of janky cuz they were made by some 14 year old who thought it’d be funny to put their own irrelevant jokes and commentary in there but that wasn’t a reason to ditch the feature entirely when its so useful and important

i’m not even hard of hearing and i rely on them to watch videos in other languages…this is literally how people have been making english subs for japanese songs and the like for years and it was great because you didn’t have to reupload the videos yourself and take away views from the original creators. many creators don’t allow reprints of their work whatsoever so if they go through with this (which unfortunately they seem pretty deadset on because lololol moneyyyyyy) it’s entirely likely that there just won’t be a way to watch that content with captions

there’s a petition to keep community captions…i don’t know if it’ll really do anything since they’re already going ~oh but we have Paid Alternatives!~ but don’t just let this pass by this should be a huge deal but i’ve barely seen anyone talking about it (not that i expect people to talk about things of any particular importance on tumblr but it’s not even getting attention on twitter beyond that one thread and like 2 other posts)

so like. sign this and shit don’t let youtube just actively get rid of accessibility features without anyone caring (though i’d say probably use twitter if you want to actually get their attention i don’t think they’d look here) http://chng.it/LN9HRNmnkg

[aglionby]

[yikyakapp-blog]

[dovahkiin-official]

is everyone who reblogged this okay?

[fayheda]

no

[pxr-deactivated20190830]

we are boycotting amazon siri play despacito

[snoopingasusualisee]

apple’s not any better….gregorian monks start deepthroating

[snoopingasusualisee]

i meant to say throat singing but you know what that’ll work too

[valtsv]

it's about time we all admitted that the "emo music" we listened to in high school unironically goes hard and we were all just emotionally repressed and embarrassed to admit we liked things

[valtsv]

some guy in an emo band: *singing about darkness and blood and hating your dad, which is a metaphor for hating corrupt authority figures in positions of power, but also just about hating your dad*

me aged 13:

me now:

[mob-psycho]

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008)

Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all elements could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished. A hundred years passed and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar, an airbender named Aang, and although his airbending skills are great, he has a lot to learn before he’s ready to save anyone. But I believe Aang can save the world.

[bornunderpunchestheheatgoeson]

[perforaretur]

THIS IS A REAL FUCKING COFFEE AU AND THE GUY IS A SIDE CHARACTER

imagine your otp

[erin-writes-stuff]

how do i decide if i want to write in first or third person 

[theouterdark]

First Person

Advantages:

You get to know one character quickly and effectively

Builds attachment

Simpler

Let’s you cheat at info dumps

Epistolary stories are an option (journal style like The Martian or Dracula where everything takes place in letters or blogs)

Limitations:

Tougher to distinguish between viewpoint characters with each one you add

Untrustworthy narrator

Hard to be epic in scope

Gives away that the protagonist lives

If your audience doesn’t like the voice of your main character it will be a horrible experience for them

You don’t get the advantages of third person

Third Person

Advantages:

Large casts work better than in First Person

Sometimes better for scene/setting of immediate nature

Epic scope

Best for hiding things from the reader (except for omniscient)

More viewpoint freedom

Easier to off characters

Shows inherent discord (conflicted thoughts and dialogue)

More immersive (for some)

Easier to forgive characters of their mistakes

Limitations:

Can’t cheat on info dumps

Don’t get the advantages of First Person

These are from my notes on Brandon Sanderson’s lectures. I highly recommend them to anyone interested, I believe he is posting the most recent semester on his YouTube once a week.

[writingonesdreams]

This is an excellent break down. Thank you! Makes it much clearer to decide what the story needs.

[blognotfound]

pls let this blow up like the other one

[nightbringer117]

This show’s writers were so god-tier they managed to condense a James Bond movie down to five minutes and fit one into every episode, and the running gags never got old.

[awed-frog]

Met an old teacher today and we got talking about ‘the good old times’ and ten minutes into the conversation I jokingly said the one regret I have from middle school is that I never won anything at her magnificent tombolas? Because, like, she used to hold this game about once a month so we’d learn the numbers in French and it was never big prizes, but as a 12-yo I desperately craved them - a cactus-shaped eraser, a bright blue notebook with slightly larger-than-usual squares, a set of coloured pens - and never ever got a single one of them. 

(Actually spent a good few months thinking I was genetically unlucky and researching ancient family curses with my grandma.) 

So today I don’t know what I was hoping for - nothing, really?

(I mean, that part of me that’s still twelve was probably expecting this sweet old woman to have a set of glitter stickers in her purse and just go ‘You know what, you’re right - I’ve been saving this one for you all these years, here you go’ but I’m a solidly rational person and I know that’s stupid.)

No, I thought we’d just laugh and it would be a good shared memory and that would be it. Instead, my teacher got flustered and a bit embarrassed and explained the game was rigged. It was never about learning French at all. She’d just noticed some kids couldn’t afford even basic stationery, so she’d buy a few half-fancy items every month with her own money just for them. She didn’t want them to feel different or left out. And obviously the way she used to walk around in the classroom, looking over our shoulders - it wasn’t to prevent cheating. It was because she was cheating herself, wanting to see which number a particular child needed to get a Minnie Mouse pencil case.

Guys - the world is fucked up, but so many people out there are just good and kind and humbly heroic it honestly gives me hope. 

It’ll be alright, you’ll see.

[yourownshiphassetsail]

I love all the “if Sokka was a bender” takes and all BUT if Sokka was a bender he woulda found the loophole of utilizing his bending so he could use all the other elements as well in weird “well technically” ways and it would just piss Aang off I can feel it

[aboutiroh]

Sokka, after reading one book on chemistry: so I guess I can bend all elements if I focus hard enough on the oxygen part, got it.

[patience1312]

Sokka to himself really quietly: fire is just REALLY hot water. Technically

[bimboid]