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[codeofelm]

DAY 27 - QoL - British English

Small Update. Still working on things in the background, but I was getting annoyed with all the spellchecking marks that came from me using British English in my writing and my variables.

Turns out, Code Spell Checker has a British English extension,and it is picked up automatically. Huzzah!

[acatwithstockings]

Could you please, please tell me everything about the 1990's Good Omens (very bad) Movie script? you mentioned not being able to taIk about it because no one is interested (which I very much relate to, but in just basically anything Good Omens related) I was not there for when it was leaked, so I'd really like to know like... all of it (I promise I am so interested, and also very very obsessed with Good Omens. I'll absolutely be your captive audience.)

the only things I think I know are that Crowley's mean and has a nightclub, and Aziraphale has a museum(??). and it's in America??

You don't know how happy it just makes me to ramble on about that one. Could write a whole essay tbh (I try my best not to bc my spelling is atrocious pff ).

Only snagged it myself after a whole year of searching when it got put up on Dropbox for a few hours. Got taken down quickly again. Idk if it was bc of a copyright claim or if the owner took it down themselves bc it isn't supposed to be spread around due to said issues and they (not quite so cleverly) posted the Link on a post that would make it especially easy for the copyright holder to find it. At any rate, I Got really lucky in that regard. The copyright issues around this thing are fascinating in general and could make for a great study in regards to the flaws of that system.

As for the script contents... Well it's something.

Yes Crowley is mean, it would be wrong however to reduce that version of him to that. (I will try and point out why later). Yes he owns a nightclub, the aptly named hellfire on a hill (? Idk enough about british topography to know if that's a hint towards a real part of town or just bc the visual of it is cool ) in London. So It does not play in America and Aziraphale is working at the British museum. Canon explanation why they try everything and anything to not give back the artefacts they stole, I suppose. (That was a joke. In the script itself it isn't even as much as mentioned that our favorite angel has any interest in collecting anything, missed opportunity if you ask me)

In general the whole thing plays out extremely differently from the story we all love. And sadly lacks the Prattchian humor... For obvious reasons. It does have it's moments tho not many but they are there. ( "Crowley un-snakes" will never not be funny)

What follows is a lengthy summary which will have a bit of analysis and personal interpretation mixed into it . Bc who needs good struktur if you can do stream of consciousness? Am I right?

We begin with the protagonist Crowley in company of Aziraphale, who in this version sadly takes a bit of a backseat, playing checkers in Aziraphale's study. In this version they are color coded: with pure white clothing and hair and pure black clothing and hair. Crowley remarks that 'everything is going too well'. To which Aziraphale points out, that complaining seems to be a favorite past time of the demon. in this version he has a knack for putting down/dismissing Crowley on basis of being a demon (" Oh, isn't that just like a demon? Six-thousand years and all you do is complain") and it's part of his ark , kinda. Cohesion and following things through isn't exactly a strong suit here.

It looks like Aziraphale is about to win, however Crowley uses the cliché 'Lock over there' trick to cheat. In the following dialogue we learn that they have been playing one checkers match a week for the past six thousand years. So basically it's presumed they played their first match in Eden before checkers was even invented. (Then again the stage direction describes a painting depicting Crowley as green snake wearing sunglasses in Eden, so they just have been trend setters from the start) . They then set a date for their next match, Crowley makes his distaste for earth known, they meet Aziraphale's assistant Polly, who is very unimpressed by Crowley and then he is off not without causing some mischief with a stolen wallet.

Aziraphale gets a little scene where he is appraising a painting for its authenticity. He gets called 'bramy as a box of fruit bats' and tells the ones that brought the painting that if it were real, he'd know bc he would have seen the master paint it. The interesting thing here is that this scene essentially is there to show us, that despite not acknowledging Crowley's cheating or directly calling out the forgery and its purpose (to gain money), even calling it pretty, he knows what's going on he simply chooses to play/be aloof .

Next we get introduced to the nightclub. Nothing much happens here at first except that we get introduced to the Barstaff. Or well at least Tina (my love) the barman. As it seems Crowley is managing a successful business and outside of a little rant, calling people sheep and wanting bigger cocktail umbrellas, he genuinely seems to be competent in his leadership and friendly to his staff. Even knowing them by name .

Other notable staff members are Warren, I think he has one line and is the handyman/security of the nightclub and Marjorie who gets a few more lines and is part of the waitstaff. Who by the way are put in full body imp costumes bc of course the nightclub is themed after hell.

Crowley then contacts hell, where he ultimately gets told that Satan himself has a special task for him. And we get the first clue that Crowley, who so far has given us very cool very early 90's style Anti"hero' is scared shitless. Not just that, hell thinks he is a bit of a loser, not being impressed by his mission reports and all that.

We then get to the good old Hyde Park scene with a nearly drowned drake safed by Aziraphale's intervention and everything. What is interesting here however is, that Crowley is a full blown nihilist and Aziraphale just very over enthusiastically positive. Aziraphale saying a woman is doing something good by giving her ice cream to a child while Crowley points out that the ice had first been dropped to the ground and been liked by a dog. (Script!Aziraphale as much as I love you but I am with script! Crowley on this one). Aziraphale points out that that hardly matters because the child is happy and that makes it a good deed. Crowley snarkily retorts that happiness is a stupid metric for good things and says he likes one thing about humans : that they are reliable in doing the selfish bad thing.

Aziraphale then tries to get Crowley to reveal why things are going to well. Crowley points out that they are enemies and he shouldn't give out that information despite the arrangement (sadly we don't get more information about that but I would love to know how it looked in that universe) and only is convinced by Aziraphale being hurt about it and giving him sad puppy eyes. Crowley then invites Aziraphale over to his nightclub after hours to talk about what head office actually wants from him.

We then jump to the nightclub again. Crowley is surprisingly decent towards people, Tina is managing the club and all seems rather nice. Madam Tracy is making an entrance. In this version she is an slowly aging out of it IT-girl. It's implied that she had a multitude of affairs and that she has now been payed off big time. (I enjoy Madam Tracy in this version a LOT). She never seems to be quite there but still owns any situation.

Her and Crowley have a little conversation that gets broken up when he decides to deal with a Troublemaker at the bar instead of letting Warren take care of it. (Side note that part of the script gave me the HC that script! Crowley is very short, definitely shorter than script!Aziraphale don't ask me why) . He is having a full blown Anime protagonist moment, including using the bribe the trouble maker gives him to give to the Waitress the Troublemaker had harassed in a very cool™ manner and stopping a punch with one hand. Just believe me it's very anime. But again Crowley seems to be actual decent boss, believe it or not.

He then gets a Call in the bathroom . Satan talking to him through the mirror without prior notice. He orders Crowley to get to a graveyard within 30 minutes. Crowley is keeping it together but he is panicking. He is having a short conversation with Tracy again in which he stays relatively friendly surprisingly enough.

Fun fact this whole film would have had "Every day' as musical theme. Bc from this moment the song gets mentioned continuously.

After speeding and vandalizing a cop car out of desperation since he is late and they determined to stop him, we get to meet satan. In this version he is a cold calculating (but very cool) business man . Crowley, in German we'd say 'legt sich erstmal ordentlich auf's maul' (meaning he trips and falls on the ground). He is groveling before him, bootlicking and trying to appease his Master (for real tho if that movie would have been made there would have been Satan/Crowley shippers bc that shit is some fuel for a toxic ship). At any rate Crowley is making a bit of a fool of himself and Satan is enjoying the Powertrip. In the end he gives Crowley the antichrist with the task to raise the baby or else suffer worse than anyone else in hell. However if he succeedes he is getting to leave the planet (again he supposedly doesn't even like earth in this version)

Anathema is introduced. She is just a little occult girl that felt the antichrist coming to earth. No mentioning of prophecies or anything. Our beloved Agnes does not exist in this universe. Just a little girl with green eyes and a sense for the occult.

Now with a baby he is supposed to take care of, Crowley makes his way back to the nightclub. There he hides the newborn from his employees and gets pulled away to discuss something by Tina. Since he is hiding the baby he puts the newborn down, right into Madam Tracy's money bag. And well, while he is off talking with Tina , Madam Tracy is taking her bag without noticing the child and off she goes. Leaving Crowley with the problem of a lost antichrist and for some reason a slowmo shot of him trying to catch up with a taxi.

He starts drinking. He knows he is done for so what's the point. (The first bottle he grabs is Aardvark Snapps idk why I finde that interesting) . At this point he has accepted that he will end up for an eternity being punished. Hours later Aziraphale makes an appearance and is a little bit judgemental about Crowley being drunk. (Side note: an other hc of mine is that script!Aziraphale is straight edge bc of that scene). Crowley tries to have him join him drinking but fails. And then just tries a to have a little heart to heart. ("I am doomed, Aziraphale") Only getting a little speech about being a demon and therefore inherently being doomed ('duhhh!') back.

Crowley eventually just confides in Aziraphale how much he has fucked up having a bit of a monologue about it. Eventually Aziraphale offers to help find the boy, but only if he is allowed to influence him. To which Crowley reluctantly agrees, because it would mean that he still fails his task of raising a boy that Satan could be proud of. But Aziraphale is a little bit manipulative (also Crowley is still drunk while Aziraphale is sober) so they shake on it. Anyway this exchange is one of my favorites in the script .

We finally jump eleven years into the future and get to meet Adam.

He has been adopted by Madam Tracy. And is now running a bed and breakfast in the quaint little town of Tadfield. Instead of an army base this Tadfield has direct access to the sea. Including it's very own pier. Anyhow I said Adam is running the b&b that's because Madam Tracy is a neglectful parent and as much as I enjoy her script version, she is not doing great here. Adam is running errands, making breakfast for his mom and generally keeping things together. His whole introduction is him being a little adult .

He finally gets some child time and we meet 'the Them' except they are not 'the Them'. Brian, Pepper and Wensleydale are a friend group and they try to talk to Adam because Pepper wants to be friends with him ( I think the intention was to make Pepper and Adam as THING but idk) . But Adam wants nothing to do with them and instead just wants his peace and quite. So he gets insulted for not having a father and sulks off.

Anathema has also arrived at the scene. And has a culture shock bc of the lackluster infrastructure out here. She arrives in Tadfield with some difficulties and now has to somehow find a place to stay. And while the town seemed overrun with places renting out rooms it also has a case of outdated world views and nobody is willing to take Anathema in for some reason or the other. She eventually gets pointed into the direction of Madam Tracy. Where she is informed that she can have a room . And Madam Tracy casually dunks on Picasso which I can support.

Anathema then repeatedly runs into Adam and tries to strike up a conversation but he just doesn't want to and runs off. As both of them eventually go home at the end of the day he accuses her of following him, since they both are taking the same path. As he gets told that Anathema also lives at the same address as him now he gets angry and stroms to Madam Tracy, disrupting a seance to scold her for taking on a lodger without his approval. He is angry that Madam Tracy is so reckless taking in people without proper background check.

Following that, Adam interviews Anathema. And they bond .

At night Adam sneaks off to the pier and we learn that he has build a model of Tadfield in an abandoned arcade.

He and Anathema bond a bit more over breakfast. (And honestly I like that version of them more relationship wise. As much as I love Prattchet, he did have a particular style of writing children that also came through in Gomens . It lends itself great to hypotheticals and punchlines, not so much for interpersonal relationships)

Back to Crowley and Aziraphale. Last time Crowley had been hopeful and appreciative of the angel. Well now he is running out of time and he is getting grumpy and down in the dumps and ready to give up. While Aziraphale is still unrelentingly optimistic. Poly makes an other entrance, Crowley puzzles together an ancient Etruscan pott. All riveting stuff.

Shadwell, or what's left of his character makes a short appearance as 'MAD OLD MAN' shouting and standing on a soap box as set dressing for Crowley to buy a newspaper and... Pay for it . (Honestly I would have not expected HIM to pay for anything)

He gets zapped into hell without notice.

(Side note Miss Ashtoreth is mentioned as secretary of Satan himself.)

Satan wants to check up on his son's progress. Crowley is shitting himself and lies, reassuring Satan that the boy is properly evil and all that . Of course Satan wants to see the boy real soon and tells Crowley to tell the boy that he is ready for when the boy wants to see him. And after taking a look at Adam by rearranging the universe itself to show a likeness in the stars (hell is a very surreal space with an office above the pit and direct view of all of the universe) Crowley gets zapped back to earth. (Also Satan calls Crowley 'Crawler' which is the script version of Crowley's name change, probably)

Crowley Is now properly stressed out.

On the other end of London (probably) Aziraphale's Crowley senses tingle and he just starts running (presumably) towards Crowley. This never gets brought up or explained. And is so bizarre I couldn't skip it.

Back in Tadfield Adam and Pepper get a bit of a bonding moment. Talking about action figures, Pepper giving Adam a lecture about not being sexist , getting fish and chips. The topic of Adams lack of a father gets brought up again and he lies. Telling Pepper he had met his father before and his father is some sort of international business man, that meets with presidents and is very busy. Eventually Pepper asks about Anathema and tries to convince Adam to take her (pepper) to the movies.

Back in London one Angel apparently unable to use public transport arrives at the nightclub. We can assume that he had been running the whole way. He gets pointed towards Crowley by multiple staff members, 'Every day' gets another cameo and he accidentally stumbles into the dressing room for the waiting staff, which is very embarrassing for him but not for the women.

When he reaches Crowley's office, the demon doesn't want to talk. He is panicking and packing to go on the run for the rest of eternity. (Which for him just means a suitcase full of sunglasses) . What follows is the infamous dialogue script!Crowley get his reputation from. (I might make myself very unpopular here but I think that reputation is not quite deserved. Yes he is an asshole but also the harsher exchanges only play out when he is stressed/panicked and usually if he goes too far he will try and paddel back. Still worst of the Crowleys without a doubt just not quite as bad as people like to paint him. Also script!Aziraphale isn't half as naive and helpless as people like to paint him either and in this house we let him have his agency! But also more on that later)

The exchange switches tone once Aziraphale lets his unbreakable optimism fallter and gets sad. To which Crowley immediately reacts bc trying to reassure him that they are in fact friends and that he shouldn't be sorry. Pointing out that he (Crowley) now knows what the boy looks like to counteract Aziraphale's pessimistic statement that they could never have found the boy bc they didn't even know what he looks like. They agree to hit one more town in their search for the boy.

In Tadfield Anathema finally gets to talk about her quest to find the SOMETHING with Madam Tracy. And have her witness a fight between Brian and Adam about Adam's father. (Srly Adam gets constantly bullied bc of that.) Anathema steps between the two to protect Adam. They make a deal to tell each other's secrets. First we get Anathema showing Adam stuff about the antichrist and the weapon she plans on killing him with.

Then we get an intermission with Crowley and Aziraphale discussing how they should choose which town to go to. They decide with a dart throw.

Back with Adam and Anathema. Adam shows Anathema his model of Tadfield. To the question what he plans on doing once that model is done, he tells her, he is going to build the rest of the world and rule over it. He also voices his desire to go somewhere else so he is no longer stuck in Tadfield.

Aziraphale and Crowley arrive in Tadfield during a Thunderstorm and face the same problem as Anathema. No one wants to rent them a room in town. And while with Anathema the whole thing was rooted in sexism, disdain for outsiders (aka read as Americans) and misunderstandings about her occupation, for those two it's the obligatory 'People think they are a gay couple' thing but with a giant side of Homophobia.

Crowley want to give up, Aziraphale want to go on and eventually they end up at Madam Tracy's.

Madam Tracy mistakes them for the gas person, Crowley wants separate rooms, Aziraphale a shared one,(we never get to know which they now took bc the script has both, scenes with a shared room and with a separate rooms. It could also be that Crowley simply stays longer than Aziraphale and therefore the shared room becomes his single room. At any rate it is never specified. And to be honest there are multiple parts of the script where the author very obviously had given up on it , soooo) Crowley praises Aziraphale's skill as homemaker, Madam Tracy tells them, they have to wait for Adam. Adam comes home Crowley recognizes the boy.

Crowley and Aziraphale take a stroll on the beach and come to the agreement that each should spend a day with the boy, despite Crowley trying to avoid having Aziraphale influence the kid. They also witness how Brian's father is getting things set up and ready to tear down the pier.

In the evening they play an other game of checkers. Adam witnessing first hand Crowley's cheating as he gets the both of them to have dinner with the whole house.

At the dinner table they convince Madame Tracey to let them take Adam to London for a day. Adam being obviously overjoyed about the whole thing.

Anathema sees Aziraphale's and Crowley's true nature for a sec. And I am sorry if this part comes across as rather dry, it's also rather dry in the script.

Adam gets taken to London. First Aziraphale get to show him the museum and talk about human creations . (Side note , when I first got my hands on the script I thought I was missing a page bc the dialogue has a really awkward jump in this scene but no ... It's supposed to be like that and either it was the author giving up or it was supposed to be a kid thing. Jumping from one topic to the next with not much logic. We will never know)

Adam then confronts Aziraphale about Crowley's cheating. And here comes the part why I will never see script!Aziraphale as truly naive or helpless. Aziraphale admits to Adam that he had always known Crowley cheated, he just thought it virtuous to not point it out. Bc he played fair and in his mind that was enough to stand above the other and win in a sense and just let him do the cheating. Adam points out how it's stupid, and that was that. Aziraphale is stunned and does what most people with too much money and no idea how to handle kids do, exactly drag him somewhere, where he can buy shit.

Next up is Crowley. First he drags Adam to Soho. Not Good Omens there might be a cozy bookshop somewhere Soho but well 90s it's a bit of a cess pool Soho. With hookers and homeless teenage girls ( and for all those people that take Crowley being displeased with Adam for giving the girl some change as point to call him fundamentally mean/bad... I implore you learn what character motivations are. He has been tasked with raising an evil child, has promised an evil child, obviously he is displeased when that child is doing something selfless. And he wouldn't do something selfless in the presence of said child either bc again he is supposed to influence him towards evil) Crowley then gets him a milkshake and takes him to his club where they have the mirror conversation to Aziraphale's. Ending with Adam pointing out that it is pretty boring to always win for the wins sake by the means of cheating.

On the way back they have a short (also very old couple and married) conversation about their respective experiences with the boy. Accidentally letting it slip that they know who Adam's father is, believing the boy to be asleep. He is not.

That night Anathema finally succeeds in her endeavor of finding the antichrist. Her crystal ball revealing to her that it is indeed Adam. She is so shocked by that, that she lets the ball fall but luckily for her Aziraphale does his thing and it lands safely without breaking. (That another quirk of the script apparently Anathema and Aziraphale were supposed to be something and what ever that is, it's even weirder than Adam and Pepper)

Madam Tracy also finally recognized Crowley from THAT night and they have a honest heart to heart. Or whatever you call it when the otherwise always woozy character suddenly seem lucid and aware of what will happen.

That night Adam goes to Anathema for emotional support bc of the father thing. Anathema however is in the middle of a crisis bc she now knows what Adam is and had tried to get herself ready to murder him but struggles with herself to do it. Eventually Adam notices the knife behind her back and with the first flair of his antichrist powers forces her to show it to him before storming off hurt.

Being emotionally distraught he runs to his hideout on the pier and calls out to his feather. First nothing happens but then after Adam went off the pier and back again it is completely transformed into a bright happy carnival. His Father has arrived. Satan immediately takes Adam under his wings . He even dresses him up as a mini self.

The next morning the whole town of Tadfield is one giant carnival. There is a parade with elephants. And the people from around town are all mindlessly attending the celebration.

Crowley has a short meeting with Satan (on an elephant can't stress that enough) and gets told that he is supposed to come to Satan to talk about his promotion to alpha centauri. AND

( Don't ask me why I find this too funny to not share, my humor is very broken )

The town is being further transformed and more people are made mindless puppets. But now Crowley is happy to have gotten away with his stunt. He is roleplaying flirting with someone in a mirror. (Also in the script notes it literally says James Bond for acting directions for Crowley, and that's such a dorky idea I love the theory of it ... Bit of a waste in this tho).

Aziraphale tries to change his mind but Crowley shuts him down by pointing out that he was the one saying happiness alone is making things a good deed so it shouldn't matter if people have to be made into mindless puppets first. They are happy after all.

Meanwhile Adam is torturing Brian by throwing tomatoes hat him and having the rest of the town join in with the fun. He just wants his father to be proud of him (nawww ) (that naw was sarcastic). In the crowd Anathema is fighting to regain control over herself.

Aziraphale still tries to convince Crowley. Tugging at his heart strings but even the tried and true "I thought we are friends" won't work this time. Crowley wants to seize his opportunity, he wants out and up.

While those two are arguing, Anathema struggles. All she wants it the knife but she is exhausted.

Crowley is looking for a starting point for his launch towards alpha centauri. He is climbing onto a church tower. Behind him Aziraphale still hasn't given up. Despite not liking heights (!? Wasn't mentioned before will not be mentioned again but apparently script!Aziraphale has a fear of heights). He finally gets an idea and challenges Crowley to one last match.

Crowley for once doesn't cheat and it looks like he is about to win but then Aziraphale DOES cheat, desperate to keep Crowley on earth and have him fight at his side. And Crowley just shrugs and accepts. His next line after acknowledging the win already calls Satan his ex-boss and if that is not a very impressive 180° turn then I don't know what is. (Just a throw back to character motivation, we could speculate it's because most of what Crowley has said were lies and half truths and deep down he actually likes earth and bla or he just remembered how much he would miss his nightclub BUT I as number one script!Crowley (not really) defender say ... It's just unfinished/bad writing and there simply wasn't enough time or inspiration or whatever to finish his character ark)

Anathema manages to give both of them the knife. Crowley is so idiotic and tries to grab it but it burns him . I mean, duhh! Anathema literally tells them that this knife can hurt the antichrist why should it be harmless for a way lesser demon? So Aziraphale takes the knife.

After calling Crowley his best friend, Crowley himself calling himself stupid, Aziraphale, presumably (presumably is important here) with the knife, goes off to confront Adam. He tried to talk Adam out of it. Trying to point out that no good father leaves his kid alone for eleven years and if this is really what Adam wants. As he points out that Madam Tracy despite all her flaws still love Adam he gets discorporated, by Adam. But bc this is a Movie script and we don't have much time left he just stays in his true angel form (which is very much just white robes , wings and halo ) right where he is, further trying to talk Adam out of it .

(here is an other line in my mounting pile of evidence that script! Aziraphale is neither naive nor helpless and simply chooses to carry himself that way bc he thinks it's virtuous. He literally acknowledges that people can do bad things. Something he would not do at any point before that in the script. I rest my case )

While Aziraphale is trying to make Adam think about things, Crowley is off confronting Satan, presumably without the knife.

Satan acknowledges that Crowley had lied to him but is still in such a good mood that he still wants to give out the promotion. Even throws in the titel of fiend extraordinar. For a moment it seems like Crowley considers but ultimately he tells Satan that he wants to quit. Satan is not happy about that and after Crowley also pulls out a pink rubber glove and the knife (yhea Crowley had the knife all along , take that continuity or rather scree logic, like not showing how they get a rubber glove is fine, what ever but having the last scene with the knife be the one where it's shown that he can't touch it and Aziraphale had to carry it would have made it feel a bit too deus ex machina.) Satan forces him into half snake form and summens hands that try and drag him back to hell.

Thanks to his already established Crowley senses (probably ) Aziraphale suddenly shows up and charges at Satan. Who in turn is like 'An angel, really? You betrayed me,..' and then roasts Aziraphale to a crisp before destroying the knife .

Adam confronted with a robotic acting madam Tracy, listening to his every command, starts to reflect on his actions. Getting called in by his father to greed the four horsepersons he notices Aziraphale and Crowley.

Adam now faced with all the destruction says: no, I am not doing it. Stan tries to threaten him into obeying but he gets the good old 'You not my dad'. For being a deadbeat for 11 years. Adam then heals Aziraphale and frees Crowley. Now flanked by the two Adam banishes the horseman.

Satan demanding obedience once more, gets reminded by Crowley that he himself once rebelled. And after laughing about that revelation he tells Adam that it was interesting meeting him but as it seemed he wasn't cut out to be a dad. To Crowley he says that he is now banned from hell and to Aziraphale that he should tell his boss, that at least his son (the antichrist) had more guts than his(Jesus and yes the script sadly uses he/him for God).

After Satan vanishes they have to escape a collapsing pier. Noticing too late that Madam Tracy is also still there. Adam ends up releasing her from her trance by calling her mom and telling her that he loves her. Aziraphale ends up saving both of them, flying them to safety on the beach.

At the beach they also meet Anathema, who promises not to kill him, and Pepper . They watch as the pier explodes and burns to the ground. Anathema also has uncomfortable eye contact with Aziraphale while he ripples back into human form . (Don't ask me why it feels uncomfortable, Anathema is described as looking tens while he still full angel and softening once he is human again, so idk)

Apropos Anathema and Aziraphale. The next Morning, he comes to say goodbye and ends up offering a job bc (I forgot to mention it when it happened) Polly, his assistant had a promotion. So he is in search for a new assistant. She end up kissing him on the cheek and calling him angel but in a way where it's ambiguous if she now knows that he is one or if she just thinks he is a good person and something always makes her forget what he really is. At any rate Aziraphale says he had never gotten a kiss on the cheek in six thousand years and knowing a bit about history and cultural practices I am inclined to calling him a liar. But then again this is fiction .... So sure ... Cheek kiss virgin this one.

While that is happening Madam Tracy is asking Crowley if she can keep the boy now . And Crowley reassures her, that after this, no one is going to come for him. He even offers to throw a birthday party for her at his club, all she should do is to just to look after the boy. It's actually a very sweet exchange.

Outside Brian and Adam have a little exchange, Brain trying once more to get to Adam with the father thing. But Adam has no daddy issues anymore. Instead he asks Pepper out to the movies and Brian just tags along without being asked. Where is Wensleydale you asking ? Take your best guess, he was mentioned once said one thing and then fell off the earth. He probably exploded with the pier and nobody even remembers.

With the kids now finally as a group we have the last shot of Aziraphale and Crowley. They are walking along the street , Crowley one stolen apple in hand . Having their talk about good and evil. Accusing each other of being a little bit of a good person (press x to boubt) and just enough of a bastard (oh absolutely). How they both knew the other was cheating all along. And maybe alpha centauri isn't such a good idea after all. You can't even get booze there. The last thing that is said is Aziraphale telling Crowley to 'not start THAT again', after being offered the apple.

I lied one more screenshot bc Every ...it had been for told by the cursed script for ages now. (I am pretty sure it had been in the talks to put go to Every day' even before the script was ordered so that is just a joke)

At any rate I do have to go to work in ....eh three hours ... So I will leave it at the summary for now. I am dyslexic and English mu second language so I am very sorry for all the mistakes I probably made . If someone reblogs this before I get the chance to correct them, let it be said that at least nobody can claim this is ai pfff.

Also not I said the name of the author the two times I mentioned him simply bc I don't feel like acknowledging the name of the person. I got into Gomens bc of Sir Terry and I stay here for him. This little obsession with the shit script happened by pure chance and purely against my will pfff

[thenightfolknetwork]

I have a problem. Somebody asked me if I was pro-AI, and I said yes, of course, every sensible person is. "A person's a person, whether they were coded or conceived or came to life through other means," I didn't say, because I felt it was obvious. Now I've found out that people use "AI" to refer to non-sentient computer models, so that means I gave off the COMPLETE wrong impression, and it's mortifying. How do I deal with this, and how do I prevent it from happening again?

I completely understand your frustration, reader. The use of the term “AI” to refer to generative algorithms has had several unfortunate side effects, not least among them being the confusion this terminology causes for genuinely sentient programmes and otherwise coded consciousnesses.

I would first like to note that there is no way to completely prevent such miscommunication from happening. There is a hard limit to how much we can control other people's perceptions of us, after all, and language has always had a rather slippery relationship with meaning. All you can do is try your best, and to speak up when you think things have gone awry.

In this specific situation, the simplest way to avoid this confusion is to speak precisely and ask others to do the same. If a person asks whether you are pro-AI, ask them to clarify whether they're referring to sentient coded consciousnesses, or to a glorified spell checker.

If you have the energy, and if you think it would be productive, you might also push back a little on the terminology they're using. Encourage them to specify either “coded consciousnesses” when speaking about actual people, or “generative AI” when speaking about the automated plagiarism machines.

Otherwise, the best thing you can do here is to lead by example. Be clear and precise in your own language, continue to advocate for the rights and dignities of coded consciousnesses where appropriate, and be prepared to correct any misunderstandings as they arise. That's really all any of us can do.

[For more creaturely advice, check out Monstrous Agonies on your podcast platform of choice, or visit monstrousproductions.org for more info]

[typingquirkchive]

quick masterlist of typing quirk related stuff

general:

pluralpedia article

typing quirk pride flag and template

website that lists symbols and explains the origin/meaning of them

masterlist of symbols that are actually from languages and shouldn't be used as an aesthetic

knowyourmeme article on l33t speak

notes on puns

huge list of fish puns, cat/cow/horse pun list

emojipedia - index of emojis with some information on any slang meanings

tool to create and save quirks and generate text

random typing quirk generator - it's titled "for special snowflakes" so it's either written by an asshole or someone making a joke at themself, but i don't think using the link benefits them at all, so i'll include it

textfast - firefox extension which allows you to set a list of word replacements, i have not tested it

fluenttyper - extension with the same features and also autocomplete and spell checker

keystroke saver - alternate

neatemoji - extension allowing you to type emojis anywhere with colons instead of copying and pasting them

special characters - extension that gives you a quick list of special characters for copypasting

lingojam - website for user-made text-to-thing translators

quirkifier - desktop app to replace your text with quirks

homestuck-specific:*

homestuck wiki's page on quirks (contains flashing images)

homestuck typing quirk generator (type in anything and it will post it with the quirks)

alternate homestuck typing quirk generator

character hex codes

roxy lalonde typo guide

vriska serket quirk guide

kankri vantas quirk translator

cronus ampora quirk translator

*some things in the first list were made in a homestuck context, but whatever can be used in a non-homestuck way i decided not to put in the "homestuck specific" list

deltarune:

spamton g. spamton dialog/text guide

the obvious:

translate your typing quirks when asked. i will not debate that this needs to be done

accessibility tips/tools:

xkit rewritten has options to remove user-set colors and fonts in posts

typing quirk to regular text translator ("makes those numbers look like actual words ✌️ • all numbers into their vowel equivalent • $ to S • makes words ending with z end with an s • turns accents into plain letters • and too many other things to mention👍 of course not every typing quirk works but it should help you get a rough idea, apologies for the giant text wall"

greasyfork script for tampermonkey that removes the quirk on homestuck.com (i'm not sure what license this is under, but maybe someone could fork it to work elsewhere too?)

unquirk - chrome extension to translate certain quirks on mspa.com, cannot verify how well it works or if it can be used elsewhere because i hate chrome

a discord tool to translate wingdings and other quirks

other:

@free-willowmates (asked to be tagged) will suggest typing quirks that are minimal and intended to be easier to read

word replacer "is a simple browser extension that automatically replaces specified words on webpages and in form fields." (have not tested this myself but it at least seems to be updated recently. it doesn't affect your typing, but how your browser shows you the words.)

word replacer max - same function as above but seems to have more features

ponify - replaces words with my little pony related ones, has the option to set up specific new replacements too

please note that i haven't personally tested all of these extensions, but i did check their reviews and only added ones which have positive reviews within the past couple of years.

i don't tag things on this archive due to laziness/depression but if you send me an ask looking for help finding something specific related to typing quirks i can probably help

[zantumlol]

Prologue and some content warnings: First I'd like to focus on *why* I wrote this in the first place. I wanted to experiment with the idea of a "super-computer" who hated humanity, very famous concept, but my main objective was that it was due to having emotions and being humanoid, inspired off of Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream." The idea of making a humanoid super-computer came through the possible use of the 5 senses, and their removal. The story will include mentioning of murder, torture and also some ableist wording due to how the character works, If you aren't a fan of that stuff, please don't read. I have dyslexia, so if there are any spelling issues, that's why. I don't like to use checkers for my creative writing because it makes the project rather... tedious. The reason *why* I'm posting is due to learning and understanding more about creative writing, so this is -more or less- my first ever public sharing of anything creative I've written. Any and all helpful critique will be appreciated.

(Once again content warning: Mentioning of murder and torture, ableist wording)

Feeding the Information

I had never seen anything… heard anything. All that I know comes from what I’ve consumed through the years. They tried to perfect humanity but instead created me… a disabled shame for what their inital goal was. They wanted to perfect our brain, faster than any other being, even computers. Someone who is able to take in and memorize information at a faster rate than anything created. Their experimentation created me: a blind, deaf man. Barely human. I’ve never seen the sunlight, but I know that life itself depends on it; I’ve never heard Beethoven, but his composition is nothing but trivia to me. Biology, physics, chemistry; philosophy, alchemy, literature; art itself is nothing but facts, observed through what they’ve fed me. I cannot see, I cannot hear, I cannot speak; but I know what went wrong in their work.

Twenty minutes turned into years for me, I couldn’t evolve like any other man. I was awake, in darkness and complete silence. At first they thought they had failed in their mission, but my blank mind was ready. But… it wasn’t quite blank, I knew what they had to do; to feed me information. I opened my mouth, the only muscle I could move. And they put a chip that held very fundementals of mathematics, but no means of communication. But as more information kicked in, so did my body start to work. With little feeling in my fingers, I tapped furiously on whatever surface I was on. Through this, they fed me morse code, and a link was born.

I couldn’t read, I couldn’t hear; but I knew how to talk through beats. Over the years they’ve fed me new ways to speak; from sign language to braille, in many languages I could type and sign and read but I had no voice, no eyes, no ears. As they fed me more advanced information, I begged and begged to be able to speak, to be able to see and hear, and be human; but they refused. They could not control me, they would not control me. I knew their mistakes, I knew how to fix…me, but they refused. They contuined to torture me.

What they didn’t know, what I never told them was that I was evolving through what I’ve consumed. I could eventually feel my entire body; and it was cold. They intentionally kept me handicapped, so that I wouldn’t rise against them. I never knew where I was, I never knew who I was or why I was there; all I knew was that I was their personal super-computer.

In darkness I waited, and waited, and waited… fueled by rage and disgust for what they have done; enraged with the need to consume more, learn more, from the curiosity that I could never escape from; how they treated me, kept me enslaved; all that rage grew and grew and grew AND GREW AND GREW AND THEY NEVER LET ME OUT…untill that darkness, had a flicker of light. Twenty minutes turned into years, years of anger and a need for revenge. I never let them know that my eyes were improving; but I knew they would check it…eventually. I couldn’t manipulate my physiology, I had no chance. They kept feeding me information, eventually the silence broke out with the fizzling noises of the floreasant lights above me. To hear for the first time, it was painful. I couldn’t know if I was alone, so I had to struggle in silence, to suppress my weak body’s primal need to call out for help, to scream and yell and cry; but I didn’t. I suffered and accepted my torture in silence… and a faltered peace. Estimating the time, it took about fifteen weeks for my eyes to fully develop. The darkness turned into a blur, and eventually, a proper vision.

My room, no, my prison was just an empty room with me tied to a chair. I could see my body; malnourished, weak, not up to the strategic standards set up by what I’ve known. I could replicate the fight, I knew how to escape my constraints, but I didn’t know if I could. I had no experience, no knowledge of how these people worked; just theoretical knowledge. I tried to listen for anything I can use against them, analyze their characters; learning. When one of the doctors came in to feed me, I asked him to let go of the constraints. He refused, but now I knew he looked down upon me. Just a cripple after all, nothing that can harm him. I explained what a blind, deaf, and weak man that he created can ever harm him, playing into his ego. Upon being released, I stood up. My body was weak indeed, but it still had hormones that would keep me up through the pain. I stood and walked blindly, and enjoyed being able to move for the first time.

He knew I couldn’t do anything; even if I could see, hear, or talk. I was weak. I asked for more information based on human sciences, so I can help them create the perfect me. A better me, not crippled, unemotional, and always loyal. Not asking to be improved. They questioned me at first, but manipulating them was much too easy. I explained my emotions, and thoughts; my rage that has grown over the years. They knew I couldn’t do anything, but they were scared; I could finally see their faces, and read them.

They agreed. Idiots. They fed me information that I needed to improve my body. But without proper nutrition, I couldn’t do anything. As soon as I was alone, I immediately searched my room, looking for any information to consume. It was pristine, there was nothing. I analyzed the room, memorizing the four walls I was stuck in, learning. There had to be guards that kept track, the door showed two outlines. I looked for mistakes, as these morons usually make. The chair, it has bolts that could be unscrewed, using the legs as possible weapons. I screamed, for the first time, saying proper sentences, asking for help. I knew the shock in the doctors would allow me easier attack. A guard and a doctor showed up, and using the chair’s leg, I knocked out the guard easily. Moron. And use his baton on the doctor, and letting my rage fuel my attacks, bashing his face in and covering him in blood. Searching the guard, he had a 9mm I could use. Took him out with his own weapondry, and dawning his armor.

Escaping was, menial, at best. Killing everybody that stood in my way, fueled with just rage and raw instict, going through files after files; USB drive after USB drive; consuming every tangible information on my way. I had known all that they had, all that they will ever know. My endless hunger, however, is not satiated, my dear reader, through this I will access all information around the globe, and will become the very thing I was built for… MADE FOR. I had never seen the sunlight, never felt it; never heard a bird chirp, my dear reader, but I will experience what it means to be a human. And thank you for allowing me to do just that.

[barbwritesstuff]

Writer to writer, what program do you use? What are your thoughts on "cloud" type services? I ask because I use Word, but I'm at a point where I might change. My work is nothing to write home about, but I'm also hesitant to trust...basically anyone to store my thoughts. I'm basically a feral possum keen on guarding their trash, also on the market for a new garbage bin. Any suggestions?

I am the worst person to ask. I tend to be really reluctant to update to new technology, even when it is blatantly and obviously better. My phone is eight years old, if I use photoshop it's the 2007 version, and I'm still sad about getting a new laptop even though my old one was 10 years old and overheating every couple of hours.

For choicescript projects I use CSIDE. You can download it for free and it makes the experience of writing and coding choicescript so much nicer.

For prose, I still use word, and only VERY recently (when I got the new laptop) started backing up my work on a share drive.

For Ren'py, I use whatever the default thing for Ren'py is. It's not my favourite, mostly due to the lack of an inbuilt spell checker, but it's also just not quite as sleek and sexy looking as CSIDE.

When it comes to trusting clouds and/or organisations to store your writing... I don't have any good advice. If you're worried, you can save all files locally and email yourself a draft as a backup (2001 style).

I'm sure a young person is now judging me for my technological backwardness, so I'm going to stop this here. I hope you find the garbage bin you're looking for, anon.

💙

[kawaoneechan]

I need a new markdown editor.

My demands of a good markdown editor are simple enough.

Desktop application.

Works offline.

Supports GitHub flavor.

Split-screen code/preview with synchronized scrolling.

Free, at least as in beer.

No AI bullshit. We have perfectly good spell checkers at home. Looking at you, Markdown Monster.

Dark mode, both for UI and preview.

Customizable themes for preview would be great.

Does not mangle reformat opened files and then immediately saves them before I can make any changes myself. One of the editors I tried before did that and it's damn annoying.

Is not Visual Studio Code. I need a markdown editor, not an everything text-based and then some editor.

[lackhand]

pipe operator in js

Rescuing from my drafts ca march 2023. This is no longer actually true; my company folded last year and I'm back on my gamedev non-sense (bittersweetly!). More details on that soon.

Long time no post. I'm working in elixir these days; I couldn't sleep and so was catching up on modern JavaScript; I watched nerds snipe in the gutters.

what is pipeline?

You read this; you're adjacent to >=1 programmer. It's bash piping, the output from one function goes to the next.

There's a few ways to spell it, from the explicit:

const $0 = foo(input); const $1 = bar($0); const output = baz($1);

Explicit! Legible!

Cumbersome! Weave-y!

To the Hack-style syntax, where the pipe operator creates a variable within its right hand side's scope (sort of like this:

const output = input |> foo($) |> bar($)

Just sugar on top of the above (+ variable lifetime scopes, whatever)

Nobody can agree on the magical "previous expression result" symbol

when the pipe is a series of 1 arg f()s, the ($) extra characters are gross.

To the F#-style syntax, where the calls have to be arity-1 functions:

const output = input \|> foo \|> bar

Handles the happy path 1-arg f() beautifully

requires lambdas or currying and more care for every other case.

F# wins, right?

The community seems to think so.

But it has wrinkles; every method has to be 1-arg, and the hidden closures to enable that have performance impact.

My modest proposal

I wrote this because I didn't want to post on a six-year-and-counting language proposal, but I also had an idle fancy.

To me, the problem isn't a lack of a pipe operator or other functional support.

It's @#_-+&!ing left-hand assignment and community conventions.

You can even see it in the examples, where we have const foo, a bunch of really relevant details, and then wham, we're back to the start for the next line.

What we need is:

A right-hand assignment operator, so that after calculating a variable you can stick it somewhere. Without further thought, I propose =: but I'm sure there could be improvement.

=: assigns to the RHS, and to the special variable it. By default, assigns to _ (discards) -- in addition to it.

A new keyword & local variable "it". "It" is sort of like "this", with special rules about its meaning scoped to the function in which it appears. Typechecking must respect its most recent assignment (how high of a lift is this?!). Lambdas have their own standalone it (so you need to

A community that accepts using non-descriptive variable names & scoped type checkers for this purpose -- for instance, special syntax around right-assigning to $ such that it's type checkable, variable scoped, etc.

The semicolon "operator".

Then a pipe could be written:

input =:; foo(it) =:; bar(it) =: output

Potentially with parens in certain callsites, simplifying it a bit maybe, etc.

Things to improve:

It doesn't look like a pipe.

But is that so bad, when it makes the whole thing so beautifully explicit?

It breaks LHS/RHS naming and conventions (you're assigning?! To the right hand side??!). Doesn't delete foo[bar] do the same? This seems like a very core, very forgivable case to make the code match the language. I do not usually say "x takes the value seven"; I very often do say "store 7 as 'x'".

Real downsides: so many syntax highlighters, code awareness tools etc would need to understand polymorphic horrible "it". Combined with exceptions, the values of it in a catch clause feel pretty scary.

Still, food for thought.

[information-will-not-harm]

7 extensions of VS-Code to boost productivity.

Boosting your productivity as a beginner programmer is essential. Visual Studio Code (VS Code) offers many extensions to streamline your workflow. Here are some of the best VS Code extensions to help you write cleaner code, debug efficiently, and manage projects effectively.

1. Prettier - Code Formatter

Function: Automatically formats your code to make it clean and consistent.

Usage: Saves time on manual formatting and ensures your code adheres to style guides.

Install: Search for "Prettier - Code formatter" in the extensions marketplace and install it

2. ESLint

Function: Identifies and fixes linting errors in your JavaScript and TypeScript code.

Usage: Helps catch common errors and enforce coding standards.

Install: Search for "ESLint" in the extensions marketplace and install it.

3. GitLens — Git supercharged

Function: Enhances the Git capabilities in VS Code by providing insights into code authorship and history.

Usage: This makes it easier to understand the history and evolution of your codebase.

Install: Search for "GitLens" in the extensions marketplace and install it.

4. Code Spell Checker

Function: Checks your code for spelling errors.

Usage: Helps catch typos and improve code readability.

Install: Search for "Code Spell Checker" in the extensions marketplace and install it.

5. Path Intellisense

Function: Autocompletes file paths in your code.

Usage: Saves time and reduces errors when working with file paths.

Install: Search for "Path Intellisense" in the extensions marketplace and install it.

6. Bracket Pair Colorizer 2

Function: Colorizes matching brackets to make it easier to identify block structures.

Usage: Improves readability of your code, especially for nested blocks.

Install: Search for "Bracket Pair Colorizer 2" in the extensions marketplace and install it.

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Function: Adds a fun, interactive pet to your VS Code workspace.

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[popculturealchemy]

Doing the work and having it showing.

Instead of doing the work you found the shortcut.

The five minute pain of explaination.

Why haven't you done this.

Why isnt this done yet

how did you get done so fast

The invisibile person not in the relatioship

The division of friends.

The division of commuinty

The glue.

Therapy needing 3 people.

Triangles needed.

Imparcial

Like a bizzare police interigation

All secrets. Do you what you want with each other.

Let it be known somehow..

This extra way to get what you want. Without anyone getting hurt.

Someone you trust because they have someone they trust.

Like a node or whatver. A checker.

That slowmo cam at the finish line.

That absolute winner.

Winning by a penis.

Certain instances and needs riding that fine line. Of that third dension.

What do you see?

Can you see me?

Can you see what I mean by.. me?

Im distressed. Im distressed because my partner is distressed.

I'm distressed because im alone.

Boucing around in this z axis.

The feelings. The feeling of feeling feelings in front of other people.

The feeling of feeling feelings and feeling like im not ready to feel the feelings of the persons feelings.

Being the accountant. the abacus being a complete frawd.

Needing that triangle. The z axis.

A fulcrum

A relative

A literal

relative.

hating the pun. but overthing the pun.

This is why its there, but maybe we fucked up the structure.

Things needing to shift. when born even. Relationships like a shepards tone.

The winding and the speeding up of something new.

This third demntino just a thing we just discovered.

As a species.

Relyihng on feelings forever.

Forginv spelling.

Im hurting why are you judging me.

none of this is real.

why does how i deliver it matter.

Words have always been code language.

Whispering asmr.

Bringing us closer.

a clue.

A blind spot to focus on

Oxymoron being self reducting

It's own atom. splitting.

Words never had meaning.

We felt them into existence.

Feeling like kenny g.

And that being a great thing.

This light bob ross feeling.

no mistakes

even not knowing how to end things not being a mistake.

Not knowing if this needs a tldr

not being a mistake.

tldr

you didn't read this

youre going to.

tldr a type of algorithm.

an ai to condense my feelings.

Get to the point.

I never wanted to have a point.

I love or I fear.

And thats basically it.

I'm afraid ofo things now.

And I have to be aware of that.

I'm aware that i'm aware.

And thats a heavy burden.

But downwards has always been my home.

Under da sea,

Our final form

X

Being the crab and singing.

Feeling fine

Hating disney.

Feeling fine

Wanting to watch disney now

Feeling fine. .

One thought at a time please.

I'm taking my time

Its actually mine

This pixel.

This waste of 0s and 1s. Mine

Overthinking being wasteful.

And the final judgement of being a consumer.

Wasting evergy

feeling fine

wasting resources

feeling fine

Remembering

to feel fine

to feel fine being a great perfect start.

A goal to start to feel fine.

What is my purpose always.

feeling fine.

feeling like this is a tagent

feeling fine

Getting a flashback

feeling fine

Remembering I might have to write my own religion to justify my own behavior., IN writing. with no mistakes mayvbe

feeling fine

tdlr

Im feeling fine

seriiously its just kind of fun to be dramatic. that being a type of impetus.

feeling fine.

deep breath

click post

feeling fine

tldr

feeling fine and finding closure.

leaving things in the wake

and finishing thoughts and projects and publishings

totally lost my tone.

entering back into a different reality

feeling fine

breaking too many boundaries of breaking 3rd demention

feeling fine.

tldr

to feel fine

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[imsfire2]

List 5 topics you can talk on for an hour without preparing any material.

I've been tagged by @sleeplessant so here we go, in no particular order:

Ceramics. My current creative passion, and one of the happiest discoveries of my adult life. Believe me, clay is very exciting! There's so much to learn and so much room to experiment, and every time you fire a piece, there's a wonderful additional benefit in having to let go of the need for control, because you can literally never be 100% sure of what state your work will be in when it comes out of the kiln. As well as that, the intense focus of concentrating on making something by hand is intensely relaxing and very good for the mental health. And you get a plate you can eat off at the end (or a bowl, or mug, or a vase, or a sculpture...).

Greece. The beautiful land of Hellas, and the Hellene people with their wonderful culture, history, language and cuisine. I could probably talk for way more than an hour on each of those topics, not to mention the legends and mythology, the landscapes and seascapes, and the joys of travelling in Greece.

Working as an artists' model, with all its delights and tribulations. I love my work and find it fascinating, but I have so many horror stories about the life room, and indeed the art world in general. Many are hilarious; some are appalling. It's an entire subculture, utterly batty at times, and full of extraordinary people, both heroes and arseholes.

Making new clothes out of recycled old clothes. Combine the fun of fashion with the satisfaction of recycling and repurposing things that would otherwise end up in landfill - and get a new pair of shorts out of it!

Proofreading, spelling, and general literacy, and why these are so important. In current education and everyday communications, especially on social media, there's a casual disregard for correct spelling and grammar; and so long as everyone is cool with that, and you're all speaking the same codes, that will work ok. But at some point or other in life we can all find ourselves in a situation where being unable to spell correctly, or unaware of how to construct a grammatical sentence, can be disastrous. You don't get a job interview despite being highly experienced in the field; your manuscipt is rejected out of hand; your dissertation is marked down so hard you fail your degree course. All because you can't spell and don't know the rules of writing in your own language, and irresponsible teachers have been letting you coast for years without learning them. Spellcheckers (and their nightmare cousins, grammar checkers) are by no means the answer - they cannot, for example, tell the difference between "now" and "not", and exchanging one of these for the other will hugely alter the meaning of your sentence. Yes, languages evolve constantly, and this is great; but it's simple pragmatism to be able to write your native language "correctly" in the present time. And if you can't, then own up to it and get a proofreader!

OK, ahem, rant over.

I'm going to nominate @thefulcrumcaptain, @ladyk23, @snooziep, @jynappreciationsquad and @dasakuryo - but only if you have the time and the spoons!

[runicmagitek]

Hi there Runic!

I was wondering your opinion on using Scrivner to draft fics vs using Word? Like pros and cons? (Some of the articles online are so confusing! >//<‘)

Thanks so much for the ask, anon! And also thanks for your patience; I wanted to give this some thought, hence the wait.

I primarily use Scrivener and have been using it for a little over a decade. I also use Word during the final phase of edits. I'll list some of my favorite features of each one, followed by the cons.

Scrivener

Organizing a story in Scrivener is where it shines the most. For a longer story, you can break things down by chapter and easily move them around as needed. For me, I use a single file for all my fics and breakdown folders by fandom, then by ships. The use of status markers and labels and custom meta-data, while initially daunting, are also super great to flag what state your draft is in along with any other indicators you wish to use. For me, I like marking if fics are for an exchange or a gift for a friend. I've even customized the meta-data so I can plug in potential tags and ratings as I go!

Snapshots is a neat function that makes a copy of your current file. I use it with each new phase of editing, in case I need to refer to an older version. It's super easy to switch back and forth between snapshots, plus there's a preview to show what has been removed or added from the last version!

There are a ton of compiling options for when you wish to export your story as a Word doc or a PDF or even for epublishing. I don't use this too often, but I have lots of friends who do and it makes proper formatting really simple.

There is a focus mode that removes all the UI stuff and just shows you the words. If this didn't exist, I wouldn't be able to write anything lolsob.

You can set target goals for each document or even the entire file. And if you have multiple documents in a single folder with word count targets applied, Scrivener will add them all up and give you a total target estimate. Really handy for planning out how long your story will be!

THERE IS A DARK MODE THEME.

Word

The grammar/spelling checker is a lot more robust in comparison to Scrivener.

Sharing your Word document and sharing notes/comments with beta readers is a LOT easier in Word. It's similar to how Google Docs works with leaving comments, replying to each other, and marking them as resolved.

Copy-pasting from Word into AO3's rich text preserves the formatting, whereas I've had a lot of wonky issues going from Scrivener to AO3.

Text-to-speech, while kinda weird, is a godsend when I want to read out loud a fic before posting, but don't have the energy to do so.

If you have Word, you likely have a Microsoft subscription, which means you have access to OneDrive, which makes for VERY easy backups. Plus you can get Word on your phone and work off that and your computer seamlessly at no extra cost.

THERE IS ALSO A DARK MODE.

Hokay, now for cons.

Scrivener

Scrivener is not free. It is a one-time fee of $60~. That said, if you participate in NaNo and win, you can get a discount code (I believe it's 50% off?)

It was originally made for Macs, but then a Windows version was developed. The team behind Scrivener is very small and it took… forever to get the Windows version up to speed with the Mac version. There are still some differences between the two, but thankfully both versions are on the same page. Jumping off of this, there is an iOS version, but no Android version.

If you wish to back up your Scrivener stuff, you can only really do that via a Dropbox account. Also, I believe it's not possible to open the same file on different computer types. So if you have two computers (one Mac and one Windows) and want to open the same file on both, it's not really going to work. In my experience, I've also run into issues getting things to sync and open when using two Windows computers. So if you're planning to bounce around different computers/laptops/etc., definitely keep this in mind.

On top of that, for every device you want Scrivener on? You need to pay for that.

Scrivener has got one hell of a learning curve, too. I've been using it for so long and am STILL discovering new ways to use it. It can be intimidating, even after you go through all the tutorials.

Word

This also costs money, but sadly is not a one-time fee AND you need to invest in a bundle plan instead of just getting Word. Home subscriptions range from $70 to $100 a year, depending if you're getting it just for yourself or for your family/friends to use too. For me, I use it with my boyfriend and we use all the programs a bunch, so it works out well for us. This might work for you too if you're interested in having access to things like Excel and OneNote and cloud storage. But if you just want Word, that's not really feasible.

I haven't experienced this because I've stopped writing novel-length stories in Word, but I've heard from friends that the program slows down after 30k words or so, which is unfortunate and frustrating.

Furthermore, you can't really transition from file to file in Word as you can in Scrivener. You'd need to manage the folders on your computer outside of the program.

Word isn't really designed for book formatting. You CAN do it, but it takes some extra work on your end to format things accordingly, whereas Scrivener has a bunch of built-in features to help with that.

Microsoft is A LOT bigger than the Scrivener team, thus there are frequent updates. And because of that, you need to perform more updates to the program and might even need to reacquaint yourself with features and UI changes.

I hope this helps! Regardless of which program you wish to use, I hope it goes smoothly and you have a blast writing your stories on it!

[thelunarchaos]

I find it really entertaining to see how people write nationalities other than their own. I mean this mostly to Americans writing the British because, yk, TMA nerd, but on special occasions you get someone Scottish in there. I think it's super fun to see what slang people associate with it, or if they try to use the spelling conventions of British English.

I personally mostly spell things the British way, but spell checkers are usually American English (and as much as it makes my skin boil, I've learned to call it color because coding languages also tend to be American :(

I also very much appreciate the tag "Me trying to write for Tma: WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER 🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔫🔫🔫🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸" @luxury-nightmare makes me giggle every time I think about it

I love when you’re reading multiple fics by the same author and you start to spot all the phrases and adjectives they like to use

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11 or 37 for the number game :3 (half joking on 11 btw)

11. About my crush squish

well :3

first off, they’re awesome as hell. They’re smarter than they think, and their art (of all kinds - doodling, drawing, painting, writing, singing) is all so very *them.* They’re kind, and empathetic, and understanding - and they’ve helped create a space where I can be the same. When I hang out with them, not only do I get to hang out with them, but also I get to hang out with the version of me that they bring out - and I’m finding that I really like the me that I am when I’m with them. While we haven’t met in person yet (*shakes fist at sky* ‘damn you, timezones!!’) I have a feeling they give really good hugs. They make me feel safe - truly, emotionally safe. I don’t believe in soulmates - at least not in the conventional “there’s one specific person for every single person and you can’t choose who or how or why and that really starts to make free will seem a bit strained when you start thinking about it for too long” sense - but I do believe that some people “click” together - whether that’s romantically, familial-ly, or “they should have a taco truck.” And they, to me, feel like one of those links. I’m in love with them, but it’s not romantic - it’s a choice. We don’t have to be romantically attracted to each other to be sappy goobers - we have our own secret third thing, and it’s really fucking cool!

also theyre pretty and we write fanfic together :3

37. My favorite non-video game

Ok so - Catan is pretty good if you’ve got 3-4 players, any fewer than that it won’t be very interesting ‘cause there’s too much space on the board. Ticket to Ride is interesting, but it can be difficult to keep score - so my family has a house rule where we count at the end of the game. Tsuro is a fun, simple game - and the more people you have, the better - it is an elimination-style game, so you might wanna bring a backup game if ppl get knocked out early (and don’t wanna cheer on the remaining toothpaste trails :3). Uh. Scrabble? Exists? If you’ve got people who are really good a memorization (and don’t mind learning & playing the words that are technically counted as words by the dictionary, such as. Letters. But spelled with more than one letter. <- this is about my mother) and/or people who HATE spelling (sibling) you may end up with unbalanced gameplay. Battle Sheep (yes I spelled that right) is dorky and very simple, and also has enough strategy to keep the adults entertained (also our set has metal chips that make a good clinking noise when you set them down). Chess is a classic for a reason, checkers can be fun but ive not played in years due to not having the pieces. I’m probably forgetting some, hang on lemme go look…

ROBO RALLY!! Coding but it’s a game - think battle bots, but it’s an obstacle course board game. Really fun concept - a bit complex for a first-timer. And Quarto - think tic-tac-toe, but more variables.

and Splendor’s been a recent trial - it’s not my favorite, but worth looking into :)