a lot of prescriptive linguists (the fancy term for snotty english majors, faux-talgic baby boomers, racist gatekeepers, and other subdivisions of the language police) like to shame The Youth for lazy capitalization and punctuation, but the interesting thing is that most young ppl i know who build their lives around texting are actually pretty damn deliberate about their language choices
“u” and “you” show degrees of closeness w/ your partner; using punctuation at the end of a reply text indicates tone; capitalizing certain words in the middle of the sentence is for Emphasis; sometimes we’re sloppy and sometimes we make mistakes but there is a real grammar to internet communication because by “grammar” i mean a “code of language rules that society agrees upon in order to create meaning”, and that is the opposite of being lazy
(tumblr absolutely has such a grammar and you can tell when someone’s not fluent)
the old guard is passionately defending a pure linguistic territory that we don’t want anymore, it’s not useful enough for 21st century relationships dependent on the subtleties of texts
example: “fak u” is a term of endearment whereas “fuck you” is a sign of aggression.
In the Mr. Blizzard’s Brigade minigame in Mario Party 4, the characters are reflected in the icy floor beneath them. Moving the camera to view the reflection, we can see that it is looking in a different direction than the original.
so i was trying to google that scene in pirates of the caribbean where jack and will are walking underwater with the rowboat over their heads cause it looks cool and i wanna try it
but the thing is i googled “boat scene in pirates of the caribbean”
Fanon Captain Phasma: PhasMom, remembers the names of all her stormtroopers, a nice and caring person, friends with Kylo Ren and General Hux, only wants the best for you.
Canon Captain Phasma: Straight up burned down a village in the first 5 minutes of the movie, is jacked, wears armor plated with the melted down hull of the ship belonging to the former emperor/dictator that was totally up for genocide all the time, a person she idolizes
Lio Shot in wing then fell into ravine breaking legs and wings. Bled out while being consumed by wild animals. Successful resurrection via artificial body parts and transplants/injections.
Gore Ink Previous body, Gabe, died from seizure. When a banished black magic resurrection spell was cast on the corpse the flesh and congealed, rotten blood melted off the body and created Gore Ink. Gabe’s skeletal corpse and Gore Ink exist at the same time.
Blue Lagoon Drowned after falling off families boat in the middle of the night and being swept under by the waves. Currently living as a ghost until she finds a way to recreate a body that looks like her old one to live in.
Hive Hijack Died after entering lab without proper gear on. A chemical explosion released a flesh eating virus. Successful resurrection…to a point. It took a while before the area was decontaminated enough to recover his corpse. In that time bees had made a home throughout his torso and arms, he still houses them to this day.
Ice Kept Fell into water while ice skating alone after school and froze to death while drowning. Lives as a restless ghost who lures and drowns children so she doesn’t have to feel as alone in the after life.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
