'Tis I.

nyc-conservative:

There’s a special place in hell for people who shit on other people’s music taste

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why-try-whenyoucanhavecookies:

trajans:

nefertitie:

nefertitie:

did i ever tell u guys that in fifth grade my class wrote a play bc we were studying ancient greece? it was called persephone and the (not so hot) heroes. i played demeter. basically, persephone got kidnapped by kronos and i strong armed hades into giving me 3 heroes from the underworld to get her back but they were actually terrible and i forget how she was actually saved but bottom line is that you wish you were my fifth grade class

this wasn’t little either, we used the town hall and we wore togas and shit

me as demeter

some lines (this was a joint effort of a bunch of greek-savvy 10/11 year olds):

athena: ‘im the goddess of wisdom but you don’t notice me telling everyone. i’m too smart for that’

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aphrodite: is zeus chasing some mortal woman again?

athena: no this time he and hera have gone for marriage counselling

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athena: we can ask hades to let them out of the underworld to help

aphrodite: he’ll never agree, he’s such a deadly bore (we made a fucking pun im so angry)

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demeter: hades wont pick up. he’s too busy torturing the dead in tartarus

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hades: i can’t undo the laws of death. just think of the paperwork.

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aphrodite: the humidity is messing up my hair. it’s getting all frizzy

athena: is that all you care about?

aphrodite: no, it’s also messing up my dress

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demeter: it’s so dark, and there aren’t any trees or flowers

hades: what do we need trees for, everybody’s dead

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paris: yeah, and i can shoot straight! isn’t that right, achilles?

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(hades enters)

paris: who are you? do we know you?

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achilles: im mighty achilles

odysseus: im wily odysseus

paris: and im hungry paris

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kronos: i really am awesome, aren’t i

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aeton: one wrong move and you’re history

odysseus: fool! we already are history!

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demeter: where are those mortals? i left them right there.

athena: are you sure? this isnt the first time you’ve lost someone.

I suddenly have the need for the entire screenplay, and to direct it at my college.

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crownedpatriot:

Really hate the idea that developed that fathers are largely unnecessary in the process of raising children.

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redwwood:

plumermia:

“…history does not repeat itself…but it [history] does exhibit general patterns, dictated by common human needs and desires…”

why are you committing atrocities in the tags and not the post

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gudroo:

commander-ledi:

sunflowersnuggles:

commander-ledi:

things that scare me: cities that have more people than entire finland

It’s quite easy to find a city that has over 16 residents

HEY

you just angered over 6% of the entire finnish population

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caffeinewitchcraft:

dialogue-prompts:

hockeylvr42:

megan-cutler:

bead-bead:

lullabyknell:

Can I just… talk for a moment… about how much I love how, if you know them well, words don’t have synonyms?

English, for example, is a fantastic disaster. It has so many words for things that are basically the same, and I find there’s few joys in writing like finding the right word for a sentence. Hunting down that peculiar word with particular meaning that fits in seamlessly in a structure, so the story flows on by without any bumps or leaks.

Like how a shout is typically about volume, while a yell carries an angry edge and a holler carries a mocking one. A scream has shrillness, a roar has ferocity, and a screech has outrage. 

This is not to say that a yell cannot be happy or a holler cannot be complimentary, or that they cannot share these traits, but they are different words with different connotations. I love choosing the right one for a sentence, not only for its meanings but for how it sounds when read aloud. (Do I want sounds that slide together, peaceful and seamless, or something that jolts the reader with its contrast? Snap!)

I love how many words for human habitats there are. I love how cottage sounds quaint and cabin sounds rustic. I love steadiness of house, the elegance of residence, the stateliness of manor, and tired stubbornness of shack. I love how a dwelling is different to a den.

And I love how none of them can really touch the possessive warmness of all the connotations of home.

Words are great.

I did not expect to cry by the end of this, but I did.

Which proves the point, no?

“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is like the difference between a lightning bug and the lightning.” - Mark Twain (and one of my favorites, since I happen to agree with everything the OP said!)

^that is an incredible quote I’m upset I’ve never heard it before

❤️

When I’m editing a story, I read it aloud. Not only does reading it out loud bring my attention to little grammar mistakes or skipped words, but the wrong word stands out like a sore thumb.

If you read your work aloud and you come across a sentence that doesn’t feel right or isn’t exciting, stop. The sentence is wrong. There is a better word out there and it’s your job to find it.

Your story has to be good enough for you. Not anyone else or any perceived audience, just you. If even a sentence, just one sentence, doesn’t excite you , it needs editing because you deserve the best story you can tell. 

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micahmaurie:

flowerais:

2019 goals

• consistency over perfection
  
• make kindness the most beautiful thing about you
  
• love yourself enough that no one can hurt you
  

❤️❤️❤️

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nautilusopus:

nautilusopus:

nautilusopus:

nautilusopus:

nautilusopus:

i’m gonna use my hacking powers to do an all pyjama run in pokemon y

Mission parameters set.

Fuck that noise.

YOU’RE NOT MY REAL MOM

God this is gonna suck when I get to Frost Cavern. 

Still holding on tight to that 3DS I don’t have and couldn’t figure out how to get back. Our mom’s probably holding it hostage.

Haha I’m never going back in there in case the game notices I’m not wearing the default outfit and forces me into actual clothes again. 

Oh hey, do you want to see how it resolved the issue of not having a full render model?

The short answer is it didn’t.

Every now and then notes for this float past my dash and I’m forcibly reminded that I had to stop because I got trapped behind Nurse Joy’s counter and couldn’t figure out how to leave the Pokémon Center because the camera clipped through the floor into PokéHell.

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