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As much as I adore conlangs, I really like how the Imperial Radch books handle language. The book is entirely in English but you're constantly aware that you're reading a "translation," both of the Radchaai language Breq speaks as default, and also the various other languages she encounters. We don't hear the words but we hear her fretting about terms of address (the beloathed gendering on Nilt) and concepts that do or don't translate (Awn switching out of Radchaai when she needs a language where "citizen," "civilized," and "Radchaai person" aren't all the same word) and noting people's registers and accents. The snatches of lyrics we hear don't scan or rhyme--even, and this is what sells it to me, the real-world songs with English lyrics, which get the same "literal translation" style as everything else--because we aren't hearing the actual words, we're hearing Breq's understanding of what they mean. I think it's a cool way to acknowledge linguistic complexity and some of the difficulties of multilingual/multicultural communication, which of course becomes a larger theme when we get to the plot with the Presgar Translators.

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Reading KPDH fanfic as a Korean-American like

Korean side: ranges from "a small tweak would make this so much more Korean" to "oof, cultural dissonance, I cannot see this happening"

American side: but what if I'm wrong and not Korean enough to justify these thoughts

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Steris Harms by Dominik Broniek (via: Facebook)

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I have now finished Royal Gambit (The Checquy Files #4), and, Daniel O'Malley, I'm going to need a book about the quokka.

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Victoria Schwab Tweets:

“This just in: you can love writing and also find it hard.

“I was once on a panel and another author essentially said, ‘if you don't enjoy every moment, then why are you here?’ and I was...exasperated. Creativity is a complicated beast. You don't have to love every second to be a valid participant.

“I love the ideas. I love brainstorming, and problem-solving, and I love making this better, fine-tuning language.

“I also hate drafting, claw my way through self-doubt, crawl on my hands and knees through the frustration of the unrealized.

“I'm not here because I love every second.

“I'm here because the parts I love are worth the rest.”

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thought too hard about MRI machines today and had this come to me in a vision

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This whole segment is a treasure.

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“Venka remained an open question, a traitor and an ally both at once, which was the only way Rin could bear to remember her.”

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it wasn't so awful, was it?

stills below ->

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Maya released a terrifying screech, her jaw lowering farther than it should. "You. Cannot. Have. My. SACRIFICE!".

One of the most powerful scenes in Rhythm of War: Maya shouting her truth during Adolin's trial.

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Vampires in 2020: *Shitting themselves because phones and CCTV are everywhere*

Vampires in 2025: My Prince, I know my childe slipped up and their Masquerade violation is now on Reddit, but I think you should let this one slide because half the commenters are saying it's staged or AI

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[ID: Martha Wells reading from a book, with robots - mechanical contraptions slightly smaller than most cats, some aerial and some with huge treads - surrounding her, positioned to look like they're listening attentively. Text reads "Martha Wells reading to the search and rescue robots at the TEES (Texas A&M University Engineering Experiment Station) Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR)."]

Can we all take a moment to appreciate this photo from Martha Wells's website

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An ace flag color picked from Jasnah on the Oathbringer cover

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The Museum Makeover Job (S02E12) LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION (2021—)

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The Museum Makeover Job (S02E12) LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION (2021—)

requested by @wizardofahz

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Leverage: Redemption 3x10- "The Side Job"