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I'm Not Okay the dating sim

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HAHAHAHA I WAS EXPECTING A BARK NOT A ‘woof woof woof’!

why the fuck did he bark. never beating the dog allegations

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I need to make this a frerard oneshot

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i'm a petekey truther not bc i think for sure 100% they actually banged but bc the concept makes me rabbid. as in a bunch of silly emo teenage girls had their own "summer of likes" their own real crushing fleeting loves and they saw these two boy banders and decided to pour themselves into what could have been. they decided to obsess over it bc if these idols of theirs had a gross complex relationship and lived to tell the tale maybe they could too. like who gaf if they actually had an epic insane mutual summer romance or if they just got rly intoxicated once and flopped around and sort of banged and pete decided to make it his whole personality or if it realisticly never happened and pete wentz is just really good at saying weird borderline poetic gay shit on livejournal .. DOESN’T MATTER. bc it's Real for some fangirl going thru it and that's fucking beautiful to me. fandom and community and projecting yourself onto the world around you and things that ended too soon

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pope francis died without lezzing out. don't let that happen to you.

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V much heheing at the fact that in the early early days of getting involved in the bandom I used to ship these two (in writing mainly)for no reason other than they were the other two and if they weren’t also gay together I wasn’t interested! (The sweet little dudes master doc changed my life) (fun fact: before I became a hardcore frerard truther I was a rayrard enjoyer)

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thinking about how gerard signed frank up for twt and it took frank 6 months to figure out gee put “Lero” instead of “iero” lmao

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I want to get a cheap pair of denim shorts in the charity shop and bleach paint tattoo designs on em, dyou think the word ‘pussy’, ‘dyke’, or ‘cunt’ would look better incorporated into a tramp stamp?

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Does anyone intend to inform Trisha Paytas of the illi mcmillan legacy?

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Do you know what I would pay to know the ins and outs of all this shit? I want to understand where Jamia and Lyn-Z and the kids fall into all of this! Because I know full well in Jamia’s case there is no way a woman who had all 3 of this man’s kids and has been with him for FOREVER looked at this tomfoolery from the cuck chair and said not a word while her husband sang BFF with their children. I wanna know how the damned sausage got made! It’s none of my business, but unfortunately I don’t care! I need. To. Know.

frerard divorce era was legitimately crazy when you think about it

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Spread 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

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100 Dialogue Tags You Can Use Instead of “Said”

For the writers struggling to rid themselves of the classic ‘said’. Some are repeated in different categories since they fit multiple ones (but those are counted once so it adds up to 100 new words). 

1. Neutral Tags 

Straightforward and unobtrusive dialogue tags: 

Added, Replied, Stated, Remarked, Responded, Observed, Acknowledged, Commented, Noted, Voiced, Expressed, Shared, Answered, Mentioned, Declared.

2. Questioning Tags 

Curious, interrogative dialogue tags:

Asked, Queried, Wondered, Probed, Inquired, Requested, Pondered, Demanded, Challenged, Interjected, Investigated, Countered, Snapped, Pleaded, Insisted.

3. Emotive Tags 

Emotional dialogue tags:

Exclaimed, Shouted, Sobbed, Whispered, Cried, Hissed, Gasped, Laughed, Screamed, Stammered, Wailed, Murmured, Snarled, Choked, Barked.

4. Descriptive Tags 

Insightful, tonal dialogue tags: 

Muttered, Mumbled, Yelled, Uttered, Roared, Bellowed, Drawled, Spoke, Shrieked, Boomed, Snapped, Groaned, Rasped, Purred, Croaked.

5. Action-Oriented Tags 

Movement-based dialogue tags: 

Announced, Admitted, Interrupted, Joked, Suggested, Offered, Explained, Repeated, Advised, Warned, Agreed, Confirmed, Ordered, Reassured, Stated.

6. Conflict Tags 

Argumentative, defiant dialogue tags:

Argued, Snapped, Retorted, Rebuked, Disputed, Objected, Contested, Barked, Protested, Countered, Growled, Scoffed, Sneered, Challenged, Huffed.

7. Agreement Tags 

Understanding, compliant dialogue tags: 

Agreed, Assented, Nodded, Confirmed, Replied, Conceded, Acknowledged, Accepted, Affirmed, Yielded, Supported, Echoed, Consented, Promised, Concurred.

8. Disagreement Tags 

Resistant, defiant dialogue tags: 

Denied, Disagreed, Refused, Argued, Contradicted, Insisted, Protested, Objected, Rejected, Declined, Countered, Challenged, Snubbed, Dismissed, Rebuked.

9. Confused Tags 

Hesitant, uncertain dialogue tags:

Stammered, Hesitated, Fumbled, Babbled, Mumbled, Faltered, Stumbled, Wondered, Pondered, Stuttered, Blurted, Doubted, Confessed, Vacillated.

10. Surprise Tags

Shock-inducing dialogue tags:

Gasped, Stunned, Exclaimed, Blurted, Wondered, Staggered, Marvelled, Breathed, Recoiled, Jumped, Yelped, Shrieked, Stammered.

Note: everyone is entitled to their own opinion. No I am NOT telling people to abandon said and use these. Yes I understand that said is often good enough, but sometimes you WANT to draw attention to how the character is speaking. If you think adding an action/movement to your dialogue is 'good enough' hate to break it to you but that ruins immersion much more than a casual 'mumbled'. And for the last time: this is just a resource list, CALM DOWN. Hope that covers all the annoyingly redundant replies :)

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“Hey Lou, take him down to parts”

A skeleton warrior lumbers toward the town gates, unarmed, holding a wooden sign: “I come in peace. Need a necromancer to take a look at my friend.” Behind him, a second skeleton is missing a head and trying very hard to keep up.

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some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

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Im gonna be so real can yall actually talk about ways we can support trans women in the UK instead of giving all the attention to fucking JKR. I already know that Harry Poter sucks, I wanna know how to actually HELP people. Something something you have to love the oppressed more than you hate the oppressor