#don't reblog unless you want to

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

@gnotknormal replied to your post “Hi Frank! What's your favorite word?”

Crocodile is three syllables. Croc-oh-dile? I want the know the accent in where crocodile has 4 syllables. I bet that would sound great.

Ah, well, I should've picked "four" or "three" based on a single word, but here it is:

"Crocodile" is a four syllable word. But "Crocodile" can be analyzed as two syllables, "cro-cadile." Here's a way of writing it in IPA:

/ˈkʌ.rɔkəˈdɪl/. (This is, of course, just an "analysis" of the way the /kʌ/ and /dɪl/ segments are articulated, not a description of the vocal tract or something)

This could also be written as a two-syllable word in a different writing system, like this:

/ˈkɹkɔɹ.dɪɾl/. The vowel /ɹ/ could be spelled with a /k/ in some writing system, though I don't know which.

[sykloni]

Dannymay 2023

15. Full Hazmat AU & 23. Rogue Gallery

[koshercosplay]

Neil gaiman is a Zionist :(

this is so funny because if you google "neil gaiman zionist" nearly all of the links are to unsourced tumblr posts or responses to a single tweet from 2015 that just acknowledges Israel's existence

I see gaiman has once again committed the heinous crime of Being Jewish When Israel Is In The News

[some-teeth-in-a-trench-coat]

I don't get why everyone thinks vampires would be sexually dominant when it's literally common knowledge that they need permission to come inside

[mintjeru]

hypothetically speaking, these would be cute sticker designs ^^

open for better quality | no reposts

[thelaurenshippen]

genuinely think it's good and healthy to follow at least one person in each of your fandoms who reblogs good gifsets but has just...absolutely dogshit takes on the show, or who ships that ship you despise. keeps things fresh. keeps things grounded. you gotta stay humble

[miscgallery]

[Day 4: AU] a close call!

(bonus doodles and context under cut)

peaky are sort-of "robin hood" characters who are rich themselves, but don secret identities to target corrupt politicians, government officials, and billionaires when the law fails to punish them. most of what they do is dig up dirt on their chosen target and bring it to light for the general public.

one of their targets had invited esora (current ceo of the shimizu group) to a mansion party. they decided that this would be a good opportunity to gather more intel and do a little snooping around the mansion.

esora attends the party proper with yuka as her "bodyguard". things are going well until the power goes out and a gun is shot. the room immediately dissolves into a panic, and yuka scoops esora up before making an emergency exit through one of the massive windows. kyoko and shinobu throw out a rope ladder and yuka grabs it at the last second before they make their escape.

[vimbry]

"likes don't do anything" they do

"there's no algorithm" there is

"well nobody uses the for you tab" I do

"reblog all art and fics you see" there's no thought put into that. if this does work on people, then it's just pity engagement borne out of guilt rather than genuine interest, which is arguably worse than having none, because it's totally hollow.

[unladielike]

...So since reblogging asks hasn't really helped in instigating more interactions on my blog (because I guess people don't really enjoy continuing asks into threads anymore?), I'll be posting a brand new starter call! Anyways, you know the drill. Like this post for a starter and if you're a multimuse, please specify a muse. Oh, and alternatively, if there's a verse you specifically want to request from Vivian, do specify that too; otherwise, I will default to using a more modern, slice of life setting.

[gummy-axolotl]

Hazbin Hotel changed the course of my life, for better or worse lol. I've grown so much since the pilot came out, and the sense of nostalgia I get watching the new show is incredible. I thank Vivzie, the original cast, and everybody who worked on the pilot, and I thank a24 and Amazon for continuing this series. It's really so, so special to me. I can't wait to see where it takes us.

[emdotcom]

Also, like, if I can ask a humble "elaborate/say why?"

[violetdisasterzone]

it's kind of sad to say but sometimes I think I'm not cut out for fandom. I've always been more of a lurker than a contributor anyway, but even then I feel like I might just be too much of a canon purist to really be part of them. so much of being on the internet is about curating your own experience, but fanon (mis)interpretations/characterizations are so rampant in some spaces, treated as canon to such an extent that some people literally believe they ARE, that they're often hard to avoid completely.

the point of fandom isn't supposed to be nitpicking every little thing for accuracy, obviously. I like talking with people about my favorite things, and seeing how my thoughts and interpretations match up with theirs. I don't expect everyone's experience with whatever media to be the same. but I think a lot of people view canon as something separate, as something they get to play around with and take the parts they like and change what they don't. and that's fine, but I don't really get it, not entirely. I like playing around with hypotheticals and what-ifs and stuff, but to me canon is always going to be superior/unchangeable. and it's even worse when people will try to use canon to explain that their blatantly fanon-based interpretations are, in fact, canon somehow. and it gets even WORSE when it turns into actual discourse, and suddenly people are claiming that not following their fanon interpretation means something about your real-life values.

it's just kind of exhausting sometimes. I love a lot of y'all on here and it can be so fun to be a part of things, even mostly from the sidelines. but sometimes all I want is to close social media forever and reread my novels in peace

[mpsideadump]

Excited to see the result?

Second chapter of Detroit: Lie or Die is ready to be read!

Connor meets P!

Disclaimer: Results of Poll had no effect on the outcome of the encounter. I had already planned how this would go beforehand.

[rowan-e-ravenwood]

the whole "if you don't reblog every piece of art you see, you hate me personally" attitude is so weird bc at its core is the idea i see in all the new-user guides that tumblr has no post-recommending algorithm. which. is blatantly untrue. y'all just talk about how much you hate it and you all have it turned off. idk man.

i'm sure that part of it is also the bizarre opinion that likes are equivalent to bookmarks, and reblogs are equivalent to likes. that's... also not true. everyone has the option to make their likes public, it's just that every new-user guide also recommends you turn that off. likes are likes, reblogs are bookmarks.

people say it's great that you can hide your liked posts from your page, but also if you don't put every post you like on your page, you're doing it wrong? there's just. there are like three layers of hypocrisy here and it melts my brain every time.

[neverfittedin]

— ENDLESS EDITS ft. Nick & Trevor ( @byronlc )

[traumablcd]

Look it, Chris @bloodlct talking to Morgan, about something. But clearly, he can't take his eyes off Madison. But I can only imagine her in the 3rd gif, catching him looking at her. And she is talking to @sunomaly about seeing him and being like. " Aly, holy shit I think Chris is Watching Me. " In the last Gif she is telling Aly that he is pretending to tell Morgan something stupid to throw her off. Lol, these two. <3 <3 Those two so hot for each other.