Silver Tongue

silver-tongues-blog:

This is how the ad revenue distribution is on youtube currently. 55% of the money made from watching ads before a video is spread to the content creators based on how many minutes people watch their videos. If someone has more people watching longer videos, then they will make more money. 

This is how youtube red money will be distributed. The way ad revenue is distributed didn’t ruin small channels so why the fuck would the way youtube red revenue is split destroy small channels. The money is spread out the same between both youtubes. So if you want to support small  channels, try and get more people to watch their videos or see if they have a patreon.

the signs as undertale characters
Aries: Undyne
Taurus: Dr. Alphys
Gemini: Mettaton
Cancer: Napstablook
Leo: Sans
Virgo: Toriel
Libra: Asriel
Scorpio: Flowey
Sagitaurus: Asgore
Capricorn: Frisk
Aquarius: Burgerpants
Pisces: Papyrus
How to make a character’s death sadder

universal-probz:

liberalsaredumb:

rnychemicalromance:

hanbindoors:

sundownwinter:

asbehsam:

socialjusticeprincesses:

peachdoxie:

thehellspawnhero:

shuttle-fly-blogs:

iceb0x:

stevraybro:

the-right-writing:

  1.  Don’t have them die of old age after a long, fulfilling life. Many people don’t even think of this as sad (note that this can still work if you have enough of the other factors).
  2.  Leave one of their major goals unfinished. The more enthusiastic they are about completing the goal, the sadder.
  3.  Give them strong relationships with other characters.
  4.  Make them fight against whatever is causing their death. Their ultimate loss is sadder if they struggle.
  5.  Kill them in the middle of their character arc.
  6.  Don’t describe their funeral in detail. Maybe it’s just me, but I find that long descriptions of funerals kill the sadness.

That’s enough Satan’s publisher…

>B)

7. If possible, try to kill them off in the middle of the story, so we had time to like them and we will have time to let the loss settle in.

8. Also, place surviving characters in a situation where having the deceased person there would help them get out. You can choose whether you will point this fact out or if you want the audience to make the connection themselves.

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9. Make them die by sacrificing themselves to save someone they love from a danger created by the antagonist.

based on a few deaths that made me blub like a baby…

10. have their loved one, broken hearted, tell the team to stop fighting because “its over.” 

11. have their pet come looking for them. 

12. have their loved one perform a popular song at their funeral so it makes the fans cry whenever it’s played.

13. family witnessing the death and/or blaming themselves.

~ Mulan

so… let’s add some frustration to your dear readers’ sadness, shall we?

14. kill the character in the middle of making a joke, smiling, or expressing/experiencing joy/happiness.

15. make the character’s death slow and painful, but make them unable to call out for help even though they can literally see the other characters nearby.

16. after killing the character, have others think the character had betrayed them so they’d always hate them and remember them as traitors and never say nice things about them… Give your readers no chance to have group-therapy with other characters by making them the only ones who know the truth.

17. right before their death, show a side of them nobody has seen. (someone who is always tough and brave being genuinely scared of dying alone; someone who is always laughing being in tears before dying, etc.)

18. make them the only person who knows a big important secret that would help other characters in the story.

19. have them being lied to before dying. (thinking they’ve been betrayed; thinking they weren’t loved; thinking they’ve lost their loved ones, etc)

20. make the character very enthusiastic/passionate about a certain goal, constantly put stress on their goal, have them die unexpectedly before they can reach their goal. 

and the best one…

21. have another beloved character kill them–better be a close friend to your character, one that absolutely nobody suspects, one that everyone can’t help but love, one who is always enthusiastic about things and encourages your character. THEN

  • reveal the truth only later when it’s too late and the a-hole character has already escaped.
  • have a cowardly character know the truth and never tell anyone else
  • have another character find out the truth and have them die before revealing it to others. 
  • have the said character ^ not actually die, but go through something so they’d forget the friend of the deceased character is actually an asshole. 

This way only your readers will know the truth, thus the frustration would be… most enjoyable for you.

Satan out.

22. Don’t kill their body.  Kill their mind.

Leave the physical shell walking and talking, but strip out everything that made that person who they were.  Make them forget all about their loved ones, themselves, their experiences and past, their skills, and have them have to start over completely from scratch.  Physical and mental disabilities bonus points.

And keep them in a place where their loved ones will be taunted every day by a living ghost.

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23. the character you kill should be the most innocent one. it’s horrifyingly sad if the puppy gets killed. but if its the bad guy that dies, it’s like “oh, cool.”

24. when at all practical, kill off the beloved father of your young protagonist by a heard of wildebeest after a betrayal by a close relative

WHAT DEPTHS OF HELL HAVE YOU PEOPLE SPAWNED FROM

I was thinking about maes hughes in a lot.

1-5 7&8 15 18-20 and 23

Long story short, maes hughes was the saddest death I have ever known.

jestre:

the-pink-bowtie:

jestre:

williamtorn:

jestre:

the-pink-bowtie:

jestre:

williamtorn:

jestre:

machinyan:

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who was officially sworn in on November 4th, 2015, gives a very simple answer as to why he decided to have 15 men and 15 women on his cabinet.

America, take notes.

Quotas, like this, lead to an anti-meritocracy, and only act towards the derringer of the society, because enforcing the quota becomes more important than finding the best.

Who said they weren’t the best at what they do?

It’s not that I’m sure they’re not good, the problem is he Chose them to ONLY BE 50/50 M/F. and not from other factors, a 50/50 split should be coincidental, not mandatory. 

Source?

Source:

What else is  “gender-balanced” supposed to mean? From this clip, he said that is why it’s 50/50, not that he chose the best and the 50/50 was coincidental. Gender was more important that skill to him.

You’re assuming.

We REALLY aren’t it was one of his goals as Prime minister to have a 50/50 m/f split in his cabinet, Im sure these people are qualified and whatnot, but its still a quota

Right, because a majority of one gender has worked so well for America in comparison.

I understand it’s like forced diversity in a workplace, but don’t you want equality from a government that gives rights and laws?

Or would have been okay if his cabinet was the best but all one gender?

If everyone making the laws is one gender, then they will make stupid decisions because they don’t understand certain aspects of the opposite gender. Like how expensive feminine products are because there are legit government officials who don’t understand that you can’t just hold in a period or straight up criminalizing abortion even if the fetus is already dead and is killing the mother with it.

If you find me to be INTIMIDATING in any way, anonymously send along ☠ with the reasons why.

rosexknight:

luvianblue:

Do I want to do this?  I guess I want to do this.

YES

adurot:
“ conspicuouslad:
“ refinery29:
“ Yet Another Stat That Proves The Male Gamer Stereotype Is A Farce With new data from a Pew Research Center survey, we know that women play an even bigger role in the gaming community. Of the 40% of Americans...

adurot:

conspicuouslad:

refinery29:

Yet Another Stat That Proves The Male Gamer Stereotype Is A Farce

With new data from a Pew Research Center survey, we know that women play an even bigger role in the gaming community. Of the 40% of Americans who own a video game console, 42% are women and only 37% are men.

READ MORE

I’m really confused by this because none of these numbers add up to 100

Well the pie chart is males under 18 vs females over 18, so I can see where that and the race one can have additional categories they’re not showing, but the main male v female one only adding up to 79% definitely makes me wonder what they’re not showing.

Yeah, the graphs aren’t really showing everything. There’s more people who play games than white, black and hispanic. there are men above 18 rs old of age who play and women under 18 so that’s kinda sketch. I’m not saying it’s not true, I’m saying that I don’t trust this graph.

nakedrussia:
“ llttlesophie:
“ gifcraft:
“ Bunny falls asleep
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bun didn’t actually fall asleep!! bunnies flop over like this when they feel safe and comfortable in their environment. they rarely stretch out and lay down because they’re prey animals,...

nakedrussia:

llttlesophie:

gifcraft:

Bunny falls asleep

bun didn’t actually fall asleep!! bunnies flop over like this when they feel safe and comfortable in their environment. they rarely stretch out and lay down because they’re prey animals, so when ur bun does completely lays on their side or their back, it means they feel 10000% safe around you

@kilalabunnies

oddball-in-the-scarf:
“ This is a legit exam question and I AM FUCKING CRYING
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Can someone draw bill antagonizing dipper for being an inch shorter than Mabel?

oddball-in-the-scarf:

This is a legit exam question and I AM FUCKING CRYING

Can someone draw bill antagonizing dipper for being an inch shorter than Mabel?

floozys:

a thrilling story of hope, heartache and success 

wullph:

achievement-hunter:

weirdbuzzfeed:

buzzfeedgeeky:

The Great Selfcest Debate of 2015 is tearing BuzzFeed apart.

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PLEASE GO TAKE THIS SELFCEST POLL IT IS IMPORTANT

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Some of these options though

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IM FUCKING LOSING IT

Whether or not it’s masturbation or sex depends on how self aware the clone was. Do they have all my memories so neither me nor her would be able to tell the who is the clone and who isn’t? just because I would be down for it doesn’t mean the clone would at that particular time. But yeah, I would totally fuck my clone.