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Trying to learn how to do a British accent for a play I'm doing as an Australian is very frustrating bc most of the tips I'm getting are "drop the t" "don't roll the r" "pronounce this word like this" and like I already pronounce the fucking word like that??? But I sound very obviously Australian??? Someone help me quick.

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People I know: Oh, I only got like three hours of sleep last night and before that I pulled an all-nighter, but I’m thriving, I’m so cool

Me, getting exactly one (1) minute less than 8 hours of sleep: I hate me, I hate you, I hate EVERYBODY ON THIS FUCKING PLANET *cries for absolutely fucking no reason* I am planning to murder everyone and OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT, I hate myself so much, why do I exist, I am going to punch my brother for breathing stop getting on my nerves *has a mental breakdown*

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Update: we watched episode eight today. I almost cried a bunch of times. Brother 1 knew it was Luke (we watched the movie, I say 'we', brother 2 put it on, I looked occasionally, couldn't stay), stubbornly yelled at everyone that Luke was a good guy, yelled at the screen when Luke betrayed Percy, I definitely didn't cry when Annabeth showed up "I heard everything" Poseidon though, in that bit, I squealed/screamed, oh my gods ...

My younger siblings are watching the new Percy Jackson series with me as the episodes come out. They've never read the books. Brother number one loves Luke. He's going to fucking kill me when episode 8 comes along. It's so hard not telling him but also so amusing because everytime Luke comes in and he cheers internally I'm like "don't spoil it, don't spoil it, goddammit don't spoil it"

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POSEIDON JUMPING IN BETWEEN PERCY AND ZEUS ABOUT TO KILL AND SAYING HE SURRENDERS IF ZEUS DOESN'T HURT HIS SON, I CAAAAAAAAAN'T

Also for real screamed in annoyance so badly when it got to the end credits clip thing and Gabe hadn't been turned to stone, then cheered when he showed up for the sake of I knew he was gonna be petrified, then cheered so loud when he got turned to stone

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Update: We watched episode 7, and I told my siblings the betrayal would happen in the next episode

My brothers: It's goat-boy isn't it

Me, highly offended: GROVER?! How DARE you accuse Grover of betrayal!

My sister (SEVEN YEARS OLD MIGHT I ADD): What if it's not someone who went on the quest but was there at the start?

Me: What do you mean?

My sister: Like, what if it was Luke?

Me: ...

My sister: He's Percy's friend

Me: *internally* don't tell her don't tell her, my sister, you are literally the smartest seven year old

Me: *externally* LUKE?! He would NEVER do that!

Me: *internally* I'm a liar. I'm a big liar. You are right. Luke would absolutely do that. Rub this in next week. Tell our brothers you were right. They're gonna hate this on so many levels now

My younger siblings are watching the new Percy Jackson series with me as the episodes come out. They've never read the books. Brother number one loves Luke. He's going to fucking kill me when episode 8 comes along. It's so hard not telling him but also so amusing because everytime Luke comes in and he cheers internally I'm like "don't spoil it, don't spoil it, goddammit don't spoil it"

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My younger siblings are watching the new Percy Jackson series with me as the episodes come out. They've never read the books. Brother number one loves Luke. He's going to fucking kill me when episode 8 comes along. It's so hard not telling him but also so amusing because everytime Luke comes in and he cheers internally I'm like "don't spoil it, don't spoil it, goddammit don't spoil it"

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Sorry, I just gotta try to add this, not sure how good it'll be but I wanted to try;

I saw the gold creeping up.

“It's okay.” I told her. “I'm okay. I'm okay.”

The cold gold encased me completely.

I was not okay.

It took me a second to realise I could still feel every part of my body encased in the gold. I could feel everything. I was in complete darkness, but I could still feel everything.

Including my lungs not breathing.

I'd never really thought about drowning. I mean, I was the son of Poseidon, right? And apparently I could breathe underwater, so I guess since the Arch I'd pictured drowning a lot, but some part of me told me it wouldn't happen. And you can only drown underwater, right?

Except now here I was drowning in a metallic case of gold.

At least Annabeth and Grover will be okay. I tried to reassure myself as my lungs started burning. At least they'll complete the quest and be okay. Maybe this is what the Oracle meant, they'd save the masterbolt, but I'd die along the way. We'd fail to save me. That didn't seem like the most important thing though. Annabeth and Grover would live. The Fates, though, when they'd said someone would die. I never thought it'd be this painful though.

Oh gods I needed oxygen.

I wanted to kick and thrash against the confinements but I couldn't move, helplessly pinned. I wasn't sure if I was imagining it, but they seemed to get heavier and heavier, pushing me down, pushing down on me, stopping me from reaching the surface.

I felt like I'd just run a marathon, which was weird because I would've died before I ran that far.

I tried to take a deep breath, but my lungs were in too much pain to function and my head was spinning and there was no oxygen even if I could open my mouth to inhale.

How long did it take a person to drown? How long until the pain ceased? I just wanted it to stop. I knew I should fight it and should want to stay alive, I should want to see my mom and Annabeth and Grover again, but I was in too much pain to think of that more than a “I'm sorry I failed you”. I wanted it to end.

I wanted to scream and cry and kick the gold off me desperately and breathe but I was stuck; stuck and helpless and in so much pain.

I could dimly hear speaking, as through the end of a tunnel, all funny and distorted. Had Annabeth come back? Had they finished the quest? No, I was being stupid, only a few minutes had passed though it felt like hours. I was hallucinating help.

Then the confinements lightened.

I thought I was definitely hallucinating but the confinements were lighter and I could feel my face and the gold felt like it was slipping away.

Bright light filled my vision and oxygen filled my lungs as I frantically gasped for breath. My lungs burned like I'd just inhaled fire instead of air, but I couldn't stop gasping for breath and slowly, very slowly, it felt better. I was still in pain and felt weak, but Annabeth had freed me, she'd stayed and she'd worked to free me, not letting me go, not letting me die.

She'd saved my life.

Sorry, OP, just wanted to try that 😄. I cried when watching this scene though and screamed "I'M NOT!" at the TV when Percy kept repeating "I'm okay" 😭😭. Anyway that's kinda what I imagined Percy's POV being like when you pointed out he was probably still conscious and aware of what was going on. 😢 Poor bby, someone needs to give him a hug and beat up the Fates for doing that to him.

Percy was conscious (but suffocating to death) while Annabeth was trying to save him

So, from the first watch, I thought Percy's reaction to being released from the chair was odd. If he had been frozen in time in there, wouldn't he wake up asking, "is the quest over? Did we succeed? Where's my mom?" I mean, he had time to before Hephaestus started talking.

But look how devastatingly calm he is as he's engulfed. He is controlling his breathing and forcing himself to say and appear that he's ok

NOW, take a look at how he acts when he's freed

he's taking quick gulps of air. Note: that's not what hyperventilating looks like. And when he goes to stand, he's in pain and grasps Annabeth for support

You know what these symptoms look like? Someone who held their breath too long and can finally breathe again.

Percy was in that chair for almost exactly four minutes, which is generally the threshold for how long the human body can go without oxygen before suffering permanent damage. Note: there will still be damage (like initially feeling weak or sore after regaining air.)

Percy, being the son of Poseidon and a demigod could probably survive longer than the normal human without oxygen. But eventually (probably within the hour) he would have died. And also, he would be awake for a chunk of that time, unable to breathe, unable to move, with the certainty that he was going to die.

So anyway, he lived four minutes of that hell and was genuinely in shock that he was alive

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So I was just walking through the shops, doing errands with my dad and younger siblings and ...

Fairy bread hot cross buns.

This is new, even for Australia.

I can't.

And the worst part? My dad refused to get them so I couldn't freaking try it

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Northern hemisphere people probably have such an easier time Christmas light hunting than me??? Because I live in Australia, so it's summer and we have to wait until like 9:30 / 10:00pm until it gets dark enough and I've got siblings who are like seven, she can't stand that long and idk you guys in like Britain and America can just ... Go out. At like 4 or something. And see Christmas lights because it's dark. Like correct me if I'm wrong and I'm sorry and all but like??? It's not fair???

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Okay this was a couple of weeks ago but I think about it all the time so here.

When I had finished a production with a local community theatre group (I was an ensemble member), we had an afterparty because that's what you do after you finish all your shows.

And the cast members all got called out to receive a poster of the show and stuff to be like "thank you" and they could say a few words. And one of the main characters (We were doing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and he was Willy Wonka) said that he was nervous taking on the role, then watched the Broadway show and was terrified, but walked into the first rehearsal and saw me laughing my head off at my own joke and knew it was going to be fun and I kinda hid behind my girlfriend and whispered "help that's the nicest way I've been called a dumbass everyone is looking at me what do I do"

But I was secretly really really happy to be noticed and seen hysterically laughing and NOT judged for my sanity or lack thereof? Like it made me feel really happy and accepted that someone felt accepted by me being stupid. If that makes sense.

And I think about that a lot because I never knew me being a dumbass and laughing hysterically at my own jokes was inspirational or made people feel like they were in a safe supportive community (as opposed to questioning my sanity and wondering what the hell's wrong with me) and so now I think about that a lot and wonder how many other people feel safe to be themselves or such by me being my regular dumbass self

So moral of this story (if there is one I guess) be your dumbass self and find the community that will appreciate and love you for it

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Straight people, about bisexual people: is this gay?

Gay people, about bisexual people: is this straight?

Me, a bisexual: obviously we are both and neither peasants bow before our power

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So I FINALLY realised why I'm absolute shit at keeping straight faces.

I'm not straight.

*half sarcastic mind blown sounds* 🤯🤯

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Petition to change the LGBTQ flags because the lines on the flags are straight and that's kinda against the whole point we are not straight wtf who designed these

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When you switch from third person to first person pov when writing and your work ends up being like "she bit my lip" and it's like ... Goddamnit you aren't lesbian, you're eleven and don't like anyone at this point, stop being gay.

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So like idk I'm thinking of writing a fanfic and it'll probably be mostly like fuck this would be funny imma do it plus angst plus gay, like there'll be drarry and blaise zabini x ron and hermione x fem!oc and fem!oc x ginny and a Slytherin champion so we get the early-on Slytherin hero type characters and idk would anyone read that