#is one of my hyperfixations

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He is so damn CUUUUUUTE and here I am language geeking with a pronunciation tip for all kinds of names that start with a polycule of consonants your language doesn't ship, so lemme put it behind a cut.

Consonant combos like ps-, thr-, mb-, nc-, ng can be challenging, if they never get together in your native language. You can learn new sounds; it just takes practice like teaching your tongue a new skateboard trick.

If a consonant cluster starts a word, try using a vowel sound as a "run up" until you get the hang of it.

Example: I used to struggle with the common Vietnamese name "Nguyen," until I realized it began with the first syllable of "English" without the "e." I practiced saying Eng-OI-yen in private until my tongue didn't need training wheels.

Many African languages have starting n or m + a consonant, which baby Trekkie me thought was utterly cool thanks to Dr. Mbenga.

Ncuti's got one of those. I have to hit his name at the right speed or I spin out, but think of it as a kick flip, not a hassle.

Tangent: Last night I hit a British accent that does have this consonant combo, kind of. It sounded to me like Mancunian, though since I'm Californian, I've probably just committed a geographic error of 100 miles that any actual northern British person would find laughable.

Annnnyway, according to Youtube's terrible auto-subtitles, the latest Raven's Eye video mentioned the "jeweling scars," aka dueling scars, of Mussolini. That reminded me that several British accents, both workingclass and snobbish, do something similar with the word "duty," rendering it as a nasal "(d)chew-tee," as though trying to say it around Sean Connery's false teeth.

Which comes out awfully like "Ncuti."

So if you're British, listen to yourself say "duty" — you may already be saying his name and not realize it. 😅👍

okay okay I know the point of this is “White people need to put as much effort into learning how to pronounce Black people’s names as they do foreign European names” and 100% I totally agree, absolutely good point

but this tweet becomes hilarious in the context of this clip:

anyways, absolutely put effort into learning how people pronounce their names. just don’t feel bad if it takes you some time to get it right 😅

(also in case you didn’t watch the video it’s “N-SHOO-tee” not “SHOO-tee”)

[briskchips]

WHAT'S THAT PUPPET BOY?

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please help me- i used to be pretty smart but i’m having so much trouble grasping the concept of diegetic vs non-diegetic bdsm!

gfkjldghfd okay first of all I'm sorry for the confusion, if you're not finding anything on the phrase it's because I made it up and absolutely nobody but me ever uses it, but I haven't found a better way to express what I'm trying to say so I keep using it. but now you've given me an excuse to ramble on about some shit that is only relevant to me and my deeply inefficient way of talking and by god I'm going to take it.

SO. the way diegetic and non-diegetic are normally used is to talk about music and sound design in movies/tv shows. in case you aren't familiar with that concept, here's a rundown:

diegetic sound is sound that happens within the world of the movie/show and can be acknowledged by the characters, like a song playing on the stereo during a driving scene, or sung on stage in Phantom of the Opera. it's also most other sounds that happen in a movie, like the sounds of traffic in a city scene, or a thunderclap, or a marching band passing by. or one of the three stock horse sounds they use in every movie with a horse in it even though horses don't really vocalize much in real life, but that's beside the point, the horse is supposed to be actually making that noise within the movie's world and the characters can hear it whinnying.

non-diegetic sound is any sound that doesn't exist in the world of the movie/show and can't be perceived by the characters. this includes things like laugh tracks and most soundtrack music. when Duel of Fates plays in Star Wars during the lightsaber fight for dramatic effect, that's non-diegetic. it exists to the audience, but the characters don't know their fight is being backed by sick ass music and, sadly, can't hear it.

the lines can get blurry between the two, you've probably seen the film trope where the clearly non-diegetic music in the title sequence fades out to the same music, now diegetic and playing from the character's car stereo. and then there are things like Phantom of the Opera as mentioned above, where the soundtrack is also part of the plot, but Phantom of the Opera does also have segments of non-diegetic music: the Phantom probably does not have an entire orchestra and some guy with an electric guitar hiding down in his sewer just waiting for someone to break into song, but both of those show up in the songs they sing down there.

now, on to how I apply this to bdsm in fiction.

if I'm referring to diegetic bdsm what I mean is that the bdsm is acknowledged for what it is in-world. the characters themselves are roleplaying whatever scenarios their scenes involve and are operating with knowledge of real life rules/safety practices. if there's cnc depicted, it will be apparent at some point, usually right away, that both characters actually are fully consenting and it's all just a planned scene, and you'll often see on-screen negotiation and aftercare, and elements of the story may involve the kink community wherever the characters are. Love and Leashes is a great example of this, 50 Shades and Bonding are terrible examples of this, but they all feature characters that know they're doing bdsm and are intentional about it.

if I'm talking about non-diegetic bdsm, I'm referring to a story that portrays certain kinks without the direct acknowledgement that the characters are doing bdsm. this would be something like Captive Prince, or Phantom of the Opera again, or the vast majority of bodice ripper type stories where an innocent woman is kidnapped by a pirate king or something and totally doesn't want to be ravished but then it turns out he's so cool and sexy and good at ravishing that she decides she's into it and becomes his pirate consort or whatever it is that happens at the end of those books. the characters don't know they're playing out a cnc or D/s fantasy, and in-universe it's often straight up noncon or dubcon rather than cnc at all. the thing about entirely non-diegetic bdsm is that it's almost always Problematic™ in some way if you're not willing to meet the story where it's at, but as long as you're not judging it by the standards of diegetic bdsm, it's just providing the reader the same thing that a partner in a scene would: the illusion of whatever risk or taboo floats your boat, sometimes to extremes that can't be replicated in real life due to safety, practicality, physics, the law, vampires not being real, etc. it's consensual by default because it's already pretend; the characters are vehicles for the story and not actually people who can be hurt, and the reader chose to pick up the book and is aware that nothing in it is real, so it's all good.

this difference is where people tend to get hung up in the discourse, from what I've observed. which is why I started using this phrasing, because I think it's very crucial to be able to differentiate which one you're talking about if you try to have a conversation with someone about the portrayal of bdsm in media. it would also, frankly, be useful for tagging, because sometimes when you're in the mood for non-diegetic bodice ripper shit you'd call the police over in real life, it can get really annoying to read paragraphs of negotiation and check-ins that break the illusion of the scene and so on, and the opposite can be jarring too.

it's very possible to blur these together the same way Phantom of the Opera blurs its diegetic and non-diegetic music as well. this leaves you even more open to being misunderstood by people reading in bad faith, but it can also be really fun to play with. @not-poignant writes fantastic fanfic, novels, and original serials on ao3 that pull this off really well, if you're okay with some dark shit in your fiction I would highly recommend their work. some of it does get really fucking dark in places though, just like. be advised. read the tags and all that.

but yeah, spontaneous writer plug aside, that's what I mean.

[aisla229artblog]

unfinished wip

[lotus-pear]

bugs when you lift up a rock

[hinamie]

I don't want to regret the way I lived

[drownthehatch]

[sunsestart]

I JUST REALIZED I CAN COMBINE MY CURRENT HYPERFIXATIONS WOHOOOO

Btw I made Papyrus and Gaster the same person because of personal preference and because I like the concept a lot but you can all pretend this is regular Gaster and that Papyrus is Shermie or something idk

ALSOOOOO the kids and the skelebros are OBVIOUSLY not related, my idea on why they're there is because the families are close and trust each other :D or something like that

Okay that's it AND YEAH THE PLAYER IS A CHARACTER AND I STAND WITH THAT

Gaster would definitely make a connection between the Player's world and his world (COUGH COUGH deltarune) so it fits!!!!!!!

[otp-more-like-killmeplease]

[mranttennaztvtime]

Sun Five nights at Freddy's security breach, ruin, and help wanted 2, my beloved.

[serials1nner]

finally found you again

[xpurplepiex]

after finishing Lost Light i needed to treat myself with some cygates

[limeshade]

Ben.

5 YEARS OF CANON REYLO Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Released December 19th, 2019

[ghosted-jazz]

I am not immune to this car salesman fairy and his traumaised iPad kid

[altarusse]

Fellowship

[hinamie]

how many hoodies can i give this kid