#alphabetical faves

[clarkgriffon]

ALPHABETICAL FAVES ⟹ R is for… Rachel Green

[kimbearablykute]

A is for Amelia Pond

[ky-the-squiddy]

Every so often I come across people going on about 'queer is a bad word, I'm not a terf but we shouldn't use that word in community/academic/etc settings, don't call me queer' and just

Okay

You're not queer

I won't call you that, no one should call you that, and anyone that does is being an asshole regardless of their identity or minority status. It doesn't matter what reasoning you have behind not wanting to be labelled as queer, what trauma you may or may not have, what you've identified as in the past and present, and whether or not your preference just comes to not liking the vibe of the word for entirely inscrutible reasons. No one has any right to pry.

If you say you're not queer, then you're not queer, and that's okay.

It just also means that if I, a queer person, talk about the queer community, then I'm not referring to you. If an academic refers to queer history and queer texts written by queer people about other queer people, they're also not talking about you. If a corporation starts using 'queer' in their ads then they can eat shit because fuck 'em, they have no fucking right to use our words when they aren't and have never been one of us, but if a well-meaning ally uses 'queer' as a one-syllable shorthand for LGBTQIA+ in a verbal conversation, then there's no reason for you to get any more annoyed at them as you would if they used the word 'gay' instead.

You have every single right to be labelled or not labelled as you like, and I will stand behind you all the way. If someone is trying to shove 'queer' on you when you really don't want it? Then I will happily, metaphorically, deck them in the face for you. We are still family, whatever you choose to call yourself, and it's important that we stick together.

But

If you aren't queer, and you get frustrated when you see queer people talking about the queer community, take a deep breath, and consider:

They aren't talking about you

[your-fave-is-being-blended]

You should blend the letter B

B from The Alphabet is being blended!!

You cannot save it.

[velaraffricate]

so I've been working on my latest conlang, irkan osla (or just osla for short), for a bit now and would like to showcase its writing system in this post! osla has a syllabic alphabet, not too dissimilar to korean hangul, where letters are stacked according to certain rules to make syllable blocks.

osla's syllable structure is (C)(C)V(V)(C), here's how the stacks work for each type of syllable:

all letters have small, wide, and tall forms depending on their position in the syllable. here are all the letters with their IPA value and romanization:

and here's an example text! i translated parts of the minecraft end poem into osla. maybe i'll make another post just focusing on the grammar when it's more developed. the poem says in english:

What did this player dream? This player dreamed of sunlight and trees. Of fire and water. It dreamed it created. And it dreamed it destroyed. It dreamed it hunted, and was hunted. It dreamed of shelter.

Does it know that we love it? That the universe is kind? Sometimes, through the noise of its thoughts, it hears the universe, yes.

this post is getting long, so under the cut you'll find a "sans-serif" version as well as the poem in osla and its gloss if you're also a linguistics nerd and wanna know what's going on under the hood (the roman numerals stand for the 3 noun classes)! thanks for reading!

The way regular people would write something quickly on a piece of paper with a regular pen is an aspect of creating neographies that I feel is often overlooked, so I developed this sans-serif version that people would probably be more likely to use when writing their shopping lists or diary entries:

And, finally, here's the poem translation:

pak oṇḍul phan wimbakis?

DET.I.SG.PROX play-AGN what dream-PST.3SG.I?

pak oṇḍul lümaṇiuṣerothi han buloni an wimbakis. kaṣkhaothi han nilothi an. wimbakis, run sëmamkis. wimbakis, run xokthakis, han bumxokthakis. zöga an wimbakis.

DET.I.SG.PROX play-AGN sunlight-II.SG.DAT and tree-II.PL.DAT of dream-PST.3SG.I. Fire-II.SG.DAT and water-II.SG.DAT of. dream-PST.3SG.I, that create-PST.3SG.I. dream-PST.3SG.I, that hunt-PST.3SG.I, and PASS-hunt-PST.3SG.I. shelter of dream-PST.3SG.I.

ṭauraka, run kaak samare? run glutsüna flia?

know-NP.3SG.I, that 3SG.I.ABS love-NP.1PL? that universe kind?

imba ethamo, khaṣiŋli an ka’am hu’aŋni pitë, glutsüna ṣaraka, ti.

some time-NOM.III.PL, noise-ACC.II.SG of 3SG.I.GEN thought-NOM.III.PL through, universe hear-NP.3SG.I, yes.

[your-fave-is-just-a-lil-guy]

Shcha russian alphabet lore reloaded

Schcha from Russian Alphabet Lore Reloaded is just a little guy!

[lazarusemma]

Leandro Katz, Lunar Alphabet II and Lunar Sentence II, 1978-9. Gelatin silver prints. Hear the artist speak about the piece on MoMA's site here (transcript included).

[Image ID: The first image is a series of 27 photographs of the moon, in sequence from waxing crescent to full moon to waning crescent. Each image is labeled with a letter of the alphabet (A-Z including Ñ) in sequential order. The second image is 2 large frames, each consisting of 132 squares. Most squares show one of those lunar photographs, others are blank, and several contain punctuation marks. In this arrangement, each image of the moon stands in for a letter, so that the frames together spell out a sentence. /end ID]

Transliterated from the Lunar Alphabet II, Lunar Sentence II reads: "When we pulverize words, what is left is neither mere noise nor arbitrary, pure elements, but still other words, reflection of an invisible and yet indelible representation: this is the myth in which we now transcribe the most obscure and real power of language."

[lewdo]

(i don’t know about you guys but i think she should be a professional graphic designer, clearly it’s her passion) ok so i’ve somehow tricked 3000 of you into following me, you’re all stupid silly gooses (affectionate), anyway about a month ago (make that two now since this took me so long to make, hope you can tell that from the graphic!) an anon asked me for blog recommendations and since i am the worst person ever i never actually got round to responding so i’m combining this with that and giving you all some blog recs because if you can suffer having me on your dash you should at least also have the joy of having them on your dash, also just putting it out there tumblr is rude and wouldn’t let me tag everyone i love and only allowed me to tag 50 people but even if you’re not on this post i still love you very very much

amazing creators (you know how jesus created wine and everyone freaked out that’s how i react when i see this lots posts on my dash)

@acrosstobear | @antogioamoremio | @ferrarifwiends | @formulaonedirection | @f1errari | @gnmick | @jeor | @josefnewgayden | @lewisrises | @madsart | @soadoya | @44lh

lovely people (don’t be offended if you were in amazing creators instead you’re still lovely xo)

@antonios-hair | @backwardscaplando | @ctolisso | @des-iderate | @dishaaster | @effervescentdragon | @fabioquartararhoe | @fikayotomori | @findthelightinyourlife | @gaslysleclerc | @gaylando | @gncharles | @grusscll | @grussell63 | @hakkinens | @landofnorris | @landows | @heretoseethequeen | @holdmyhopeinyourhands | @lewisdidthat | @lewishamilfton | @lewislarbalestier | @lewisinlace | @kevin-durant | @lesellieknope | @mercgaydes | @mercedesgrussell | @mikeyybrown | @mnza | @neonastronaut | @oversteerey | @pierregasiy | @pierrelli | @saywhatnow07 | @screamsinsilver | @weraceaswhores | @7xwc

i feel like i need a third category but it also sounds rude to be like uhm your none of the above lol so we’ll leave it at that. although i do feel like @race-week needs a special shout out cause even though they are extremely lovely and would also fall into that category, if you are new into f1 or only want to follow one f1 related account i would highly recommend this to be the one, they are extremely unbiased when it comes to sharing lots of helpful information to do with f1, they’re legit like a tourist information and we’re all the annoying tourists who bombard them with question which they are always happy to help with

make sure you follow every single person on this list, i will know if you don’t and i won’t be happy! 😡 no im kidding but you should actually follow them they are all extremely amazing

[devilsrains]

eroica 35th anniversary book

inside illustrations; the seventh seal

[bishonenspit]

Dorian was complaining about being cold, only to later mysteriously acquire a coat while someone else loses his.

(agent A, ally of the year)

[clarkgriffon]

ALPHABETICAL FAVES ⟹ M is for... Max Mayfield

[kimbearablykute]

B is for Battinson

[yourfaveiskenough]

T from Alphabet Lore

T from Alphabet Lore is Kenough!

[your-fave-is-being-blended]

Shcha from Russian alphabet lore reloaded !!

Щ from Russian Alphabet Lore RELOADED is being blended!!

You cannot save him.

[indie-queer-movie-tournament]

Alex Strangelove

Alex Truelove is on a quest to lose his virginity, an event eagerly awaited by his patient girlfriend and cheered on with welcome advice by his rowdy friends. But Alex, a super gregarious dude, is oddly unmotivated. A magical house party throws Alex into the presence of Elliot, a hunky college guy, who pegs Alex as gay and flirts hard. Alex is taken aback but after a series of setbacks on the girlfriend front he takes the plunge and learns some interesting new facts about himself.

Letterboxd:

netflix: what do you want? me: andrew garfield kissing boys netflix: did you mean Alex Strangelove (2018)? me: no but i'll take it

[waifuu-p]

Anime Alphabet Challenge

Q

Queen's Blade