#effaces

[coquelicoq]

what i like especially about the pronouns in the goblin emperor is that this language doesn't just have the T-V distinction (aka informal vs. formal second-person pronouns, in this case 'thou' vs. 'you'), it also has informal and formal first-person pronouns. having BOTH of these distinctions in the same language lets you fine-tune your tone by mixing and matching. with only one axis of formality, when you use informal pronouns, are you being familiar in an intimate way, or in an insolent or dismissive way? when you use formal pronouns, are you being polite or standoffish? you can't tell just from the pronouns; there's ambiguity. but a language where you can use a formal first-person pronoun in the same sentence as an informal second-person pronoun allows you to distance yourself (via the formal first) while also being familiar (via the informal second), thereby achieving the conversational tenor known to linguists as Fuck Thee Specifically.

[milquetoad]

of the many injustices put forth toward the show by fans i think the most overall damaging and telling of a complete lack of critical viewership is the idea that sam riegel builds his characters with nothing more than the bit in mind. like you are only telling on yourself if you think characters like scanlan shorthalt and veth brennato are one-dimensional and depthless

[determinate-negation]

me reading this article for class critiquing the view of archivists as unobtrusive and anonymous when the reason i decided to do library science and archives was to be unobtrusive and anonymous

[spontaneousmusicalnumber]

Did you know that sometimes, if you ask friends for assistance and support, they'll do it?

Anyway I'm actually getting traction on Chilchuck! I think I'm gonna have it ready by anime iowa!

[blorbocedes]

you who charmed my dad with self-effacing jokes✨

Nico Rosberg speaks to Lewis's dad and brother: Anthony and Nicholas Hamilton, 2019

Nico: we got the Hamilton family in the house. We met when I was like 12 years old. Did you think Lewis was gonna be 5-time World Champion, I was gonna be 1-time World Champion?

Anthony: [...] I do remember the first time we met and we used to see you driving around in the go-kart with Rosberg on the back. We were like, 'Wow! Nico Rosberg!' And then we got into a team together, that was amazing. What you (Lewis & Nico) guys have achieved is actually phenomenal. [...] For me, one of THE photos of the past, I've got this photo of you and Lewis, you might've been 13, on unicycles, don't know you you remember that.

Nico: any predictions today? Lewis P1?

Anthony: Yeah, hopefully, that's how it's gonna end up. You know Lewis.

Nico: Yes, I do. 😆

[4lph4kidz]

being invested in reading Jake English as an autistic character when Laios Touden exists is like having a resplendent meal of my most favourite foods cooked for me by a master chef laid out before me free of charge and turning around and choosing to eat out of a garbage bin that is on fire. said lovingly

[jacquesdor-poesie]

J'ai tout digéré du monde et bientôt je serai digéré par lui. Gibier du temps, proie fragile oxydée d'émotions. Lutter contre quoi ? Vous avez inventé la roue, le canon, le parapluie, le planeur mais rien qui empêche ou guérisse des disparitions. De mon côté je n'aurais fait que des mots ; ils ne seront parvenus ni à faire basculer un amour, ni à convaincre d'un retour les âmes en allées. Des phrases éphémères relâchées dans la nature, sur la toile, comme des souris de labratoire. Des mots sauvés ou perdus d'avance : confettis, éclats de clarinette, sourire en douce. À la fin, c'est le point qui clos la recherche du sens et des frissons ; pas d'autre issue pour l'écrit, la pensée, l'existence ; tout s'arrête à cette ponctuation ... Et puis l'écho d'une suspension, d'une errance, d'un silence et son oubli magnifique ; point final au-delà du point.

jacques dor

[jesse-is-inarguably-purple]

@ people saying they don’t understand the horror and the grief inherent in paul

[zegalba]

Bea Camacho: Efface (2008)

[swamp-chicken]

the one thing that I really HATE about bdubs is that he decides certain content is other people's content and refuses to put it in his own video. like what the fuck do you mean. king. I don't care if it's another hermit's idea I want to see your edit of it!!! see your perspective!! hear your gleeful little laugh through YOUR microphone

[pyrrhiccomedy]

Innokenti & Tomassin - The Wyld-Knight & The Sparrow Priest

Weary Innokenti, knight of the Wood, marauder, carouser, apostate faerie-thing:

Unhappy Tomassin, half-heavenly mistake, defiled, tormented, gentle beyond all measuring:

Poisoned by grief, bereft of your God and your Other, and denied the sacred order which was promised to you at the moment of your creation:

Struck silent by horror, unwanted by God, harrowed and abused and brought into this world to die:

Self-exiled from your home, to this alien place -

Chained to your flesh, in this alien place -

So hopeless, so desolate, so interminable is your existence:

So hopeless - so desolate - so interminable is your existence -

Perhaps, now, unexpectedly, like sunlight breaking through the brooding trees -

Perhaps, somehow, however undeserving you may be -

A kindness?

A mercy?

Soft footsteps have intruded upon the barren country of your heart, and around his feet the flowers grow.

Clever footfalls are heard within the empty cathedral of your heart, and it makes you wonder if it's anything like music.

He is nothing like you.

He is nothing like you: thank God.

You take his hand.

May God forgive you, as you let him take your hand.

[henghost]

i can pretend to be the least problematic amy stan but i know in my heart of hearts that if amy were real and on here i'd reblog everything she ever posted even the really annoying incel ones with the kind of tags you only see on the most mentally ill part of kpop fanfic twt.

[mikkeneko]

Shen Qingqiu at pretty much all times:

[utaesthetics]

CTF-Effacer

[vhscorp]

Ce qui me sidère dans le fait de tomber amoureux, c’est que les chagrins du passé s’effacent ; bien sûr, on n’oublie pas les histoires dures et compliquées qu’on a vécues, mais soudain, on n’a plus mal…

V. H. SCORP

[cheminer-poesie-cressant]

(petite scène de la ville quotidienne, ce qui reste)

l’homme est mort l’an passé pense-t-elle ; elle me dit qu’il faisait un jardin magnifique ; je le regardais en friche constitué désormais de hautes herbes camouflant jusqu'au chemin d'entrée ; mais ici et là, je distinguais encore ce qui avait été créé de part sa main de jardinier comme ces floraisons bleues d'iris qui pointaient de la masse de l'abandon ; si vite, je me suis dit, si vite, l’effacement se propage

© Pierre Cressant

(jeudi 25 mai 2023)