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Did you know there's a SeijiCamie scene in the most recent volume of MHA Team Up Missions (Vol. 6)?

HOLD UP, ARE YOU FR RIGHT NOW?

I haven't kept up with mha in a while but for them I'M GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT IT RN

SO SORRY FOR SEEING THIS LATE TYSM FOR BRINGING THIS TO MY ATTENTION!!!!!

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Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

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me talking in the tags on tumblr dot com

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Reblog or your mom will die in 928 seconds.

I love my mom.

I am risking nothing

I AM SORRY FOLLOWERS, I LOVE MY MOMMY

Will not risk.

sorry followers :(

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“do it scared” im literally always scared i dont have another setting.

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Finally! A Seiji x Camie shipper! Love ur arts

I have no idea how long this was in my ask box, and for that i'm sorry😭 but YES!! I LOVE THEM WITH ALL MY HEART! Thank you so much for the compliment!!💖💖💖

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MAKE FANDOM CRINGE AGAIN!!!!!! REBLOG IF YOU THING FANDOM SHOULD BE CRINGE AGAIN!!!!!!

I mean selfship, bad art, bad writing, bad cosplay, weird theories and harmless headcanons, crossover ships, oc x canon, mary sue ocs, all of it. If it’s for your own personal entertainment it hurts NOBODY!!!

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yknow whats funny? people never really push the "oh theyre just friends" or the "theyre so sibling coded" when its a gay ship. i've definitely seen some people do it, but not often

the genshin fandom (and a few others) do this wild reverse homophobia thing where the straight ships get all the hate. its so weird and mildly impressive.

but thats besides the point. the caption is just one of the most incorrect things ive ever seen.

literally just a few videos up, someone commented that if kinilani was a gay ship people would love it, and they wouldnt say that theyre "sibling coded" and "just friends" (no hate if you do think that, i respect everyones opinions, as long as they arent weird). everyone in the replies to that comment agreed.

lets take a popular ship and use it as an example: kavetham.

if one of the two were a girl, i dont think a lot of people would ship kavetham. they would have the same dynamic, the same dialogue, absolutely nothing about their story would change. only the fandom's opinion.

what is some peoples issue with straight ships? i dont care what you ship, as long as its legal and not toxic.

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wait mualani and kinich are kinda cute together... friends to lovers shark girl x minecraft boy

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“We need to apologize to mcsm” Minecraft storymode was never bad to begin with

yes some of the dialogue was awkward and there was a few plot holes but it was still GOOD, it had a unique animation style that stuck to the source material the story actually felt like it would fit in Minecraft!!!!

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❤ Give love! Spread love!  ❤

Go and tell your favorite artist something nice about their art! Go-go-go!

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Hi! I was wondering if you guys had any ideas on how to write an android character that would be able to blend in successfully with a mostly human population, while still having abilities/skills beyond what the average human would have? Love the blog, by the way, you guys always have awesome content!

Ah, thank you for loving the blog.

One successful way of integrating a non-human into a human society (so that nobody notices they’re not human) is to try a subtle approach when noting their differences.

I’m going to assume you want your readers to know this character is different (even if they don’t know it is an android), so my tip will be geared towards portraying this character in a way that sets them apart from humans, but not enough to betray their true species. For ease, I’m going to call the android a ‘he’ throughout. Please don’t read too much into this; androids, like all characters, can be female, gender fluid or have no gender at all depending on the writer’s intentions for the character.

Behaviour

Every person the world over has their own little routine, and their own habits and preferences. Your android character will be no different, only theirs might consist of things a human routine wouldn’t.

Describe your android’s daily routine. What does he need to do everyday to ensure he’s running correctly? For example, humans need to eat food at regular intervals and our routine reflects this: we have breakfast, lunch and dinner. Therefore, when we see somebody eating out on the street or in a restaurant, we don’t double-take or comment on it. Eating is normal behaviour.

So what is normal behaviour for your android? You need to know what kind of things your human characters might notice him doing, but not be so concerned that they question his species about it. E.g. maybe he’s more active at night than in the day (the only reason most humans aren’t is because it’s ‘sleeping’ time. Androids don’t necessarily need to ‘sleep’).

Speech

I’ll put a link to a previous ask I answered about this in the resources bit, but I’m going to add some things that are relevant to your question.

Generally, if someone has a speech impediment or struggles to verbally string a sentence together, most people won’t openly comment on it. They���ll notice it, but they won’t point and shout aloud, ‘SHE’S TALKING FUNNY. SHE MUST BE AN ALIEN!’

Think about your android’s language and the figures of speech he uses, things that might draw a human’s attention (well, for starters, we don’t refer to one another as ‘humans’, but ‘people’). This is a subtle way of allowing the reader to wonder, without necessarily being able to guess the truth.

Also, Androids, like most other robotic beings, lack human emotions. At least at the same intensity as we experience them. Therefore, your android’s language will be different in various situations to what a human being’s would be. So how would your android respond to these kind of questions/statements?:

‘We’re going to have a baby.’

'Today is my birthday! Are you as excited as I am?’

'There was a guy selling puppies on the corner three days ago and - and - the box is still there, with just one of the puppies left in it, and I -’

'Watch where the fuck you’re going, moron!’

'Hey, babe, lookin’ for someone to make you feel special tonight?’

'My leg, it’s caught. I think it’s bleeding. Oh, God. I can’t feel it.’

Remember, empathy is the ability to understand and share feelings. People sharp notice when someone responds in a different way to how they would expect, since the majority of us are capable of empathy.

Appearance

Androids are a good choice when it comes to picking a robot that can blend in with humans because they’re often made to have a human appearance. If there were to be any differences though, what would they be? Think David from the film A.I. When he tries to eat food like the human he’s modelled off, he has a mini melt-down and his face looks unhinged.

For us, sweating through our clothes or having a period in white pants is mortifying. If your android is focused on remaining secret amongst the humans, what kind of normal bodily functions of his own would he make an effort to cover up?

I always liked the idea of being able to hear an android’s internal mechanisms when you stand close to it. Our intestines and stomachs make noises, so what noises would your android make?

What kind of expressions is your android capable of, too? What do people see when he smiles? Laughs? Mourns? Shouts with anger?

How does he stand and sit? What is his posture like? How does it look in his surroundings?

Think about all of the little differences that could easily be explained or ignored by the humans that surround him. If you point them out, your reader will notice, even if the other characters don’t.

Abilities

This is the best way I can put it: Imagine you’ve landed on a planet which belongs to slug-like aliens that move super, super slow. You’re just new there, so you run around looking for the nearest life form. Because these aliens have never seen anything move at a fast speed, they panic and flail, or stare in awe. Since running is a normal human thing that we do, you wouldn’t know not to do it unless you were aware it wasn’t right for the surroundings.

Does your android have any similar abilities, that are normal to him, but would appear strange to a human?

This can include impressive intellectual skills, such as completing calculations at high-speeds, reciting large quantities of text perfectly, being able to recreate a model or drawing with accuracy and retaining every piece of information he comes across. Most human beings aren’t capable of such feats, so it would draw attention immediately.

That’s just about everything. Your human characters can notice differences between themselves and The Android, but don’t make it too easy for them to see through him. A lot of people make an effort to explain what they see in human terms, because we have no other way of understanding. So when we see someone walking through our estate at midnight on the dot every single night, we don’t think, ‘This is it. It’s the start of an invasion’. We’re more likely to reason, ‘She must work really late…’ or, ‘I wonder if he has some kind of drinking problem to be out at this time every night?’

By all means let your human characters notice, but don’t let them speculate too much until the evidence is hard to ignore.

I hope this is what you were after anyway and that it helps somewhat… Best of luck!

Resources:

Previous ask, Android Behaviour/How to set an android apart from a human character

Previous ask, Robotic Speech/Vocabulary

Robots, Androids and Cyborgs

The Writing Cafe: Robots

Goodreads Book Lists: 1, 2, 3, 4.

- enlee

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the “humans are inherently selfish” fanclub can genuinely and in all honesty go to hell. i once came back from a school yard where the kids had heaped piles of leaves and cut wildflowers on a narrow strip of grass bc a bee had died. i actually want to cry.

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Lyney and Lynette being twins means I can draw him with fangs and claim it's for plot reasons.

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