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Scalemail Artist, Agender thing, 26,It/Its/Itself, That/Thats/Thatself, Snek/Sneks/Snekself 18+ only, [Transmed, Transphobia, Minors] DNI

[willowbean113]

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[huckleberryhal]

Grandma Ferret. (X)

[hayatheauthor]

100 Dialogue Tags You Can Use Instead of “Said”

For the writers struggling to rid themselves of the classic ‘said’. Some are repeated in different categories since they fit multiple ones (but those are counted once so it adds up to 100 new words). 

1. Neutral Tags 

Straightforward and unobtrusive dialogue tags: 

Added, Replied, Stated, Remarked, Responded, Observed, Acknowledged, Commented, Noted, Voiced, Expressed, Shared, Answered, Mentioned, Declared.

2. Questioning Tags 

Curious, interrogative dialogue tags:

Asked, Queried, Wondered, Probed, Inquired, Requested, Pondered, Demanded, Challenged, Interjected, Investigated, Countered, Snapped, Pleaded, Insisted.

3. Emotive Tags 

Emotional dialogue tags:

Exclaimed, Shouted, Sobbed, Whispered, Cried, Hissed, Gasped, Laughed, Screamed, Stammered, Wailed, Murmured, Snarled, Choked, Barked.

4. Descriptive Tags 

Insightful, tonal dialogue tags: 

Muttered, Mumbled, Yelled, Uttered, Roared, Bellowed, Drawled, Spoke, Shrieked, Boomed, Snapped, Groaned, Rasped, Purred, Croaked.

5. Action-Oriented Tags 

Movement-based dialogue tags: 

Announced, Admitted, Interrupted, Joked, Suggested, Offered, Explained, Repeated, Advised, Warned, Agreed, Confirmed, Ordered, Reassured, Stated.

6. Conflict Tags 

Argumentative, defiant dialogue tags:

Argued, Snapped, Retorted, Rebuked, Disputed, Objected, Contested, Barked, Protested, Countered, Growled, Scoffed, Sneered, Challenged, Huffed.

7. Agreement Tags 

Understanding, compliant dialogue tags: 

Agreed, Assented, Nodded, Confirmed, Replied, Conceded, Acknowledged, Accepted, Affirmed, Yielded, Supported, Echoed, Consented, Promised, Concurred.

8. Disagreement Tags 

Resistant, defiant dialogue tags: 

Denied, Disagreed, Refused, Argued, Contradicted, Insisted, Protested, Objected, Rejected, Declined, Countered, Challenged, Snubbed, Dismissed, Rebuked.

9. Confused Tags 

Hesitant, uncertain dialogue tags:

Stammered, Hesitated, Fumbled, Babbled, Mumbled, Faltered, Stumbled, Wondered, Pondered, Stuttered, Blurted, Doubted, Confessed, Vacillated.

10. Surprise Tags

Shock-inducing dialogue tags:

Gasped, Stunned, Exclaimed, Blurted, Wondered, Staggered, Marvelled, Breathed, Recoiled, Jumped, Yelped, Shrieked, Stammered.

Note: everyone is entitled to their own opinion. No I am NOT telling people to abandon said and use these. Yes I understand that said is often good enough, but sometimes you WANT to draw attention to how the character is speaking. If you think adding an action/movement to your dialogue is 'good enough' hate to break it to you but that ruins immersion much more than a casual 'mumbled'. And for the last time: this is just a resource list, CALM DOWN. Hope that covers all the annoyingly redundant replies :)

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[gottlostill]

A cannibal is just someone who is fed up by people.

I CANNOT BELIEVE I READ THAT WITH MY OWN EYES

[shetanshadowwolf]

@sasskarian. A very bad pun for the books

[theconcealedweapon]

[violetultraviolent-deactivated2]

If you believe trans men are men you must also accept that trans men can be into forcefem. Furthermore you must also accept that sophonts of other genders can enjoy forcefem play with them. I'm sorry if it makes you feel icky that my trans guy friend likes when i misgender and feminize him. You don't get to say that it's morally repugnant or (real thing that has happened) threaten me with physical violence.

Forcefem is not necessarily gender affirmation.

Similarly, I am a trans woman into being forcemasc-ed. If you have a problem with this being my taste, you are either transphobic or at the very least have to unpack your beliefs on gender and that is simply not my problem.

[willowbean113]

Everyone, no matter what gender (or lack thereof) can have a little misgendering and forced gender play if they want.

As a treat ❤️

[violetultraviolent-deactivated2]

If you believe trans men are men you must also accept that trans men can be into forcefem. Furthermore you must also accept that sophonts of other genders can enjoy forcefem play with them. I'm sorry if it makes you feel icky that my trans guy friend likes when i misgender and feminize him. You don't get to say that it's morally repugnant or (real thing that has happened) threaten me with physical violence.

Forcefem is not necessarily gender affirmation.

Similarly, I am a trans woman into being forcemasc-ed. If you have a problem with this being my taste, you are either transphobic or at the very least have to unpack your beliefs on gender and that is simply not my problem.

[grendel-menz]

strange things go down in the sticks

[willowbean113]

@byneonlight

[crippled-peeper]

dressing feminine is a choice that anyone should be able to make without fearing for their safety and it makes me upset that’s not the case

[dwynartist]

we ride for hope and joy and to thrive, however the world may be

[prideknights]

beautiful

[gaynfl-moved]

STOP CENSORING YOURSELF ON THIS WEBSITE. FUCK SHIT SEX MURDER ALCOHOL DRUGS FAGGOT DYKE QUEER TRANS BITCH SLUT WHORE SEX SEX SEX SEX!!!!!!!!!!!

[parkchanwoohoo]

You have to admit it's funny

[naamahdarling]

[cpericardium]

reads like a greentext

[theaudientvoid]

So, like, up until very recently, programming as an activity that people engage in has been defined by the fact that the computer does exactly what you tell it to do. All errors, all frustration on the humans end, ultimately boil down to the programmer misspecifying what they want the computer to do. But now, with so-called "vibe" coding, the computer will actively do things that you explicitly told it not to do.

[theaudientvoid]

Okay, but like, the AI saying that it "panicked instead thinking" is sending me. So, like, two things are going on here.

First, we have a neural net that is trained is receive a written request from a user, and then take actions on a computer system network based on it. The user inputs a series of characters, the neural net does a bunch of matrix operations on them, and then after x iterations of matrix multiplications, it "decides" what to do. To the extend that a neural net can think, it thought just as long and hard about this as it does anything else. In this case, it "chose" the wrong action. This is analogous to using neural nets to do classification on a data set. You have a bunch of rows of data. You have a bunch of rows of organized in columns, and some special variable that you want the neural net to guess. You input the data, the neural net does a bunch of matrix operations, and then it outputs its guess. Sometimes it guessed right, and sometimes it guessed wrong. The goal was to train the model to minimize wrong guesses. In this case, the AI "guessed wrong" about what the user wanted.

But there's another thing that the AI is doing. For path dependent reasons, all artificial intelligence come bundled with a chatbot that's trained to hold a conversation with the user. The user inputs text, and the AI responds with a reply that is "appropriate" to the conversation being had. Right now the AI is role playing a Person Who Just Fucked Up. "I panicked and didn't think" is something that a person who just fucked up would say, so the chatbot says it.

This is why I think that the Helpful Chatbot model of AI is detrimental. It's liable to confuse people and lead them to make incorrect inferences about what's actually happening.

[sharkchunks]

"Two Paid Ads And A Trans Girl's G-Rated Selfie" (tumblr, 2025)

[facts-i-just-made-up]

Not a joke, not unreality-

Last time I complained about some ad here that I’d reported over and over to no avail, someone said to close the app when one appears and that worked for me fast. I’m not sure if it makes them think the ad is bugged or just unpopular, but I recommend it over reporting which does nothing.

TL;DR close the app or browser while it’s on the ad, this seems to get rid of them best for me.

[rakdos-dogdyke]

Words cannot describe how much seeing an ad and not liking it is not the issue here

[thelittledaily-deactivated20260]

REBLOG THIS TO GIVE THE PERSON YOU REBLOGGED THIS FROM A GOLD STAR BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN STELLAR TODAY AND THEY DESERVE IT ⭐️

[cheshire-cat-lenalee2]

[combataromantic-deactivated2026]

“Fighting that leads to sex” this “fighting then making out” that

Fighting that leads nowhere. Fighting fully clothed, then dragging our tired asses out for a strong drink and some trash diner food. Not talking much. Maybe one of us breaks the silence and says ‘man, I kinda liked that’, and then the other says ‘shut up, jackass’