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Pirate Terms and Phrases
-> Pirate Lingo
-> A Pirate's Glossary
Batten Down The Hatches - tie everything down and put stuff away for a coming storm.
Brig - a prison on a ship.
Bring a Spring Upon 'er - turn the ship in a different direction
Broadside - the most vulnerable angle of a ship that runs the length of the boat.
Cutlass - a thick, heavy and rather short sword blade.
Dance with Jack Ketch - to hang; death at the hands of the law (Jack Ketch was a famed English executioner).
Davy Jones's Locker - a mythical place at the bottom of the ocean where drowned sailors are said to go.
Dead Men Tell No Tales - the reason given for leaving no survivors.
Flogging - severe beating of a person.
Gangplank - removable ramp between the pier and ship.
Give No Quarter - show no mercy.
Jack - flag flown at the front of the ship to show nationality.
Jolly Roger - black pirate flag with a white skull and crossbones.
Keelhaul - a punishment where someone is dragged under the ship. They are cut by the planks and barnacles on the bottom of the ship.
Landlubber - an inexperienced or clumsy person who doesn't have any sailing skills.
Letters of Marque - government-issued letters allowing privateers the right to piracy of another ship during wartime.
Man-O-War - a pirate ship that is decked out and prepared for battle.
Maroon - to leave someone stranded on a. deserted island with no supplies, typically a punishment for any crew members who disrespected the captain.
Mutiny - a situation in which the crew chooses a new captain, sometimes by forcibly removing the old one.
No Prey, No Pay - a common pirate law that meant crew members were not paid, but rather received a share of whatever loot was taken.
Old Salt - experienced pirate or sailor.
Pillage - to steal/rob a place using violence.
Powder Monkeys - men that performed the most dangerous work on the ship. They were treated harshly, rarely paid, and were expendable.
Privateer - government-appointed pirates.
Run A Shot Across the Bow - fire a warning shot at another boat's Captain.
Scurvy - a disease caused by Vitamin C Deficiency.
Sea Legs - when a sailor adjusts his balance from riding on a boat for a long time.
Strike Colors - lower a ship's flag to indicate surrender.
Weigh Anchor and Hoist the Mizzen - an order to the crew to pull up the anchor and get the ship sailing.
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#creative writing#writeblr#pirate writing prompts#pirates#pirate au#glossary#pirate lingo#pirate terms and phrases#pirate language#pirate vocab#pirate vocabulary#victorian slang#how to talk like a pirate#how to write#writing tips#fiction writing#writing advice#writing help#writing resources
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i am the sanest most normal transformers one ending survivor
#art#fanart#maccadam#transformers one#transformers#megatron#optimus prime#d-16#orion pax#tf one#i wanted this to be more minimalistic than my usual artstyle to emphasize the tension.#also! i wanted to paint megatron's tears more clearer so i can properly visualize what his tears would've looked like in my style#hi yes tf glossary experts i know the correct term is coolant it's been a while since i lurked in the fandom.#/affectionate
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HAYLEY ATWELL
for The Glossary Magazine
#hayley atwell#the glossary magazine#glamoroussource#hayleyatwell#hayley atwell edit#flawlessbeautyqueens#thequeensofbeauty#dailyactresses#daily women#stunning#femalestunning#femaledaily#ladiesofcinema#marvel cast#mcu cast#marvelladiesdaily#ladiesblr#usertelevision#usermilf#usercora#userpcultures#*mine#celebrity#photography#photo shoot
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God, I love it when people who clearly have personal experience or expert knowledge on certain things write obscure AUs that incorporate those things so hyperspecifically that I feel like I'm learning something.
I love nurses who write hospital AUs that have accurate medical knowledge just thrown in there because they went to medical school and when people who clearly had a phase where they obsessed over a certain time period write an AU set in that time period or location it's just so fun.
Tell me about the 1950s Chicago culture and history and how the characters are interracial and how that affects their life, I love when the money is accurately converted and the personal histories of the characters are thoughtfully woven to incorporate the new setting they're put in, I love it when people care so much about making something and use their own expertise to aide them.
#i love it when the authors notes are just a history lesson#or like an index/glossary about the vocab used by the characters#if you think no one would care about your mechanic au where you throw a fictional guy under a car bc that's what you know I care#its so nice when people so clearly care about the world that they're writing in#can you tell i found a new fic today and I'm excited about it#ao3#fanfic
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Fandom Memories: HMFarm
Hmmm. So, nearly a quarter of you whippersnappers wanna hear about the good ol' days, huh? Well, back in the day, you wouldn't just hang out on one or two big websites to try to find people who shared your niche interests among a million random users. Everything had its own dedicated site, with its own special pack of weirdos that you probably wouldn't find anywhere else. Home grown fandom, sprouting from the cement sidewalks of the freshly paved internet like so many weeds with pretty little flowers on top. So, let's take a little stroll down memory lane and visit one of the oldest fan sites with Archive.org's "Wayback Machine."
Ahh, just like I remember it. This here is "Harvest Moon Farm." 'course, we just called it HMFarm, like the URL did. This used to be the place to be. The prime progenitor of all farmin' fansites in the English speaking community. Maybe not the literal first, but up until around 2005, this was where you would go if you wanted to know anythin' about digital farmin'. It truly was a magical place to visit.
This screenshot isn't the oldest design, but it's the one I fondly remember. The majority of my time using the site was during the lead-up to A Wonderful Life, which was probably also when it was the most active as an information source. Seeing the screenshots, checking the forums, speculatin', wonderin', dreamin'... It's a warm feeling. I can't really describe how it felt to look at these shots for the first time. Granted, they were mostly sourced from various places like IGN or Newtechnix, but who wanted to go to THOSE messy sites when all the info I wanted was right here? IGN wasn't telling me how to revive the Vineyard in Harvest Moon 64 while I was waiting for AWL news either.
Our first look at the character we would come to know as Muffy, the sheer novelty of being able to go into the townsfolk's glorious, 3D-rendered rooms, the apparent misidentification of flowering tomatoes... The webmaster, Gamergirl87, would caption each one as well. Some of the captions of those screenshots ended up not being exactly true, but it was the closest thing to on-going coverage we really had. Who else was there to trust?
It's a little off topic, but I think at one point after learning about the GBA connectivity, I must have dreamed about this very gallery and seeing a screenshot of a Gamecube-ized Popuri with the caption that Mineral Town villagers would visit after connecting the GC and GBA together. At least, I'm pretty sure it was a dream. I've met some people who claim they saw the same thing, but none of us have been able to find that screenshot or comment again.


The one that would most catch my attention was the one on the left here. I didn't have a PlayStation 2, so I was coming fresh off of the GameBoy and Nintendo 64 when going into A Wonderful Life. The pond, the mysterious glowing plants, the mood and ambiance of their lighting, the little tree on the door... Naturally, I mirrored it on my first day the remake was available.
It's a real shame that the message boards are poorly preserved, since it doesn't look like there was a news post about the pre-order plush cow. I was hoping to find the name of whoever it was that convinced me to commit my first ever preorder. I still have the receipt, but without the forum post it's really only tangentially related to HM Farm.
'course, just learning about existing games and upcoming games wasn't the only good thing HM Farm was for. As I alluded to, there was a whole community here! While it's a shame that the message boards aren't well preserved by the Wayback Machine, you know what is?
The "ideas" list! This incredible time capsule was one of the first "interactive" parts of the site, starting in the year 2000. It's kind of fun to see how many of these ideas actually happened. Obviously, new characters and personalities were probably expected, but Animal Parade would eventually feature a honeymoon, several games have clothing and other customization, a mall, city, and pig would be added as soon as GBC 3, a goat would be in A Wonderful Life... It's actually amazing how prescient a lot of the suggestions are.
I'd share the whole thing, but the amount of e-mail addresses involved gives me pause. Still, there's a couple I wanna highlight:
Considering how often I still hear about people wanting to marry the moms and people attributing it to just "the fans getting older," it's funny to see Laserion lay out that, no, we've always been like this. Right down to using Manna's unhappy marriage and Lillia's husband never returning as valid reasons they should be available.
Tuan145, on the other hand, I just find extremely amusing because of the specific "2002 Escalade" part. Yes, this is clearly the ideal vehicle for all farmers in the Story of Seasons universe. This is now accepted headcanon. The boat was added in GBC 3 too, so obviously a 2002 Escalade is going to be added any day now.
Another thing that's amazingly well preserved is the site's fan art section. There's a few missing images here and there, but for the most part the entire thing is open to explore. People of basically all ages and skill levels happily submitted their creations, including original characters, digital art, traditional art, crossovers with popular series like Sailor Moon, a liiittle bit of drug use... Y'know, all the kinds of things you'd expect to see in a fan art gallery of the day.
Even better, some of the artists are still doing art today! Looking around, I quickly discovered one of my favorites, Rina Cat, is now on Blue Sky. I made sure to ask for permission to repost their art before including it here. Reaching out to everyone would be a bit much though, so I'll just encourage you to just browse the gallery using the Wayback Machine yourself. There's poetry and fanfics too!
There's a lot more to the site, including useful bits of history like keeping track of release dates for games, pre-release screenshots, and information that was only available on Japanese websites at the time, but I'll leave it at that for now.
Unfortunately, though the site continued to be updated until 2010 and stayed online until 2021, it's no longer available on the regular internet and the URL doesn't seem safe to access anymore. I wanted to include an interview with the former webmaster as well, but all their readily available contact information was tied to the website and I haven't had any luck so far in finding other means of contact. If I have any success, I'll be sure to make a follow-up! If you have any memories of HMFarm, or other fan sites, I'd be happy to hear about it.
#story of seasons#harvest moon#fandom history#i started this post by using portraits of Taro every couple paragraphs#to help sell that the “voice” of the article was a comically old and crotchety old man remembering the good old days#but he has like NO emotional range in his portraits. “Happy” just uses closed eyes and mouth open#so the idea was abandoned as the post went on. oh well#For a lot of the smaller sites I'm not sure if I can really write up a long article#I might try to do something more like a series of little glossary entries in batches or something?
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Speculation on Mando'a Todays word: "kaan"
There are several words in Mando'a that include the element "kaan"
ge'kaan - military exercise ne'kaan - non-combatant akaan - war* akaan'ade - army akaanir - to fight akaata - battalion meshurkaan - jeweler/gem cutter pelkaanir - to shave
But what then does "kaan" mean? We can reasonably infer that “kaan” is a root related to action, precision, or conflict.
Let’s explore a few thematic clues:
1. Core war terminology
All the following stem from "akaan", which clearly relates to war:
akaan - war akaanir - to fight akaan'ade - army akaata - battalion
This suggests that "kaan" is a morpheme deeply embedded in militaristic or combative terms.
2. "ge'kaan" = military exercise
"ge'" appears to act as an adverb or modifier ("almost" or perhaps "mock" in this context). ge'kaan may literally translate to something like "almost-war" or "war-like," which tracks for “military exercise.”
3. "ne'kaan" = non-combatant
"ne" is a negative prefix. → So "ne'kaan" = not kaan = non-combat.
This supports the idea that "kaan" has to do with war or fighting.
4. "meshurkaan" = jeweler/gem cutter
This one’s a little more metaphorical. The root "meshur" refers to gems or jewels, and "kaan" here might reference the precision or cutting aspect, which metaphorically aligns with the precision of battle or skillful action.
5. "pelkaanir" = to shave
"pel" = soft "kaanir" here may evoke a precise or scraping action, again suggesting "kaan" relates to deliberate, skilled movement.
From all this we can do some speculation.
📚 "Kaan" likely connotes: 📖 Combat 📖 Precise action 📖 Controlled or skilled intensity
It sits at the root of both warfare and delicate craft, suggesting that Mandalorians conceptually link violence and craftsmanship. Both require discipline, skill, and purpose.
Concerning it's morphological role, "kaan" seems to operate as:
a root in verb and noun derivation
neutral in moral weight, used in war, training, crafts, grooming
"kaan" - core concept of intentional, skilled action; often combat, but not exclusively violent.
Think: "to engage with deliberate force or precision."
* "But what about 'aka' and 'akaan'?" I hear you say. Well! I propose that akaan is a actually a combination of "aka" and "kaan".
"aka" - mission
"kaan" - (hypothetical root) combat, deliberate action, precision, etc.
So:
"akaan" = aka + kaan → mission + combat/action → war, as "a mission of combat", or "a purpose-driven conflict."
How do I support this?
Conceptual logic: Mandalorians see war not as chaos, but as structured, purposeful. Combining "mission" with "action/combat" reflects that framing.
Linguistic patterns: Mando’a often uses compound formations to build words:
akaan’ade = akaan (war) + ade (people) = "warriors/army" pelkaanir = pel (soft) + kaanir (maybe "to act/shave") = shaving, a delicate precise action meshurkaan = meshur (gem) + kaan = gem-cutter, precise work again
So "akaan" as aka + kaan fits this structural tendency.
If aka = mission and kaan = action/combat → then akaan = the mission is combat, which is very Mandalorian.
This makes the derivations feel even sturdier:
akaanir - to fight (turning "war" into a verb)
akaan'ade - warriors (people of war)
ge'kaan - training in simulated, structured combat
ne'kaan - one whose mission is not combat
As such, I interpret "kaan" to mean:
Mando'a : kaan Pronunciation : [kahn] Word Group : noun English Meaning : intentional, skilled action; often combat, but not exclusively violent.
Feedback is as always warmly welcomed!
#mando'a is a scrapbook and im an avid anthropologist wielding fosrceps and a scalpel with great enthusiasm#star wars#mando'a#mandalorian culture#mandalorian language#mandalorians#mandalorian#mavlas mando glossaries#mavla does mando'a#mavla originals collection
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heyyy what happened to my superman comic? did i pick up the wrong one? who the hell is this solarflare girl.... 🤨😳
OKAY but in all seriousness! HI HI HI!! the FIRST chapter of the superhero au is now up to read!!
COLLATERAL DAMAGE: PART 1 AND PART 2 !!!
told from the perspectives of our hero besties sol and xenia :)
split into a two-parter for convenience, as this...got a lot a bit lengthier than i had initially expected. you know how it goes LOL. but i am SO excited to finally, officially share it with you all (and super excited to share the mock comic cover as well. had a blast doing it)!!
some names here may be a bit familiar...and some may not! i'll keep it short, but here's some explanation and context under the cut (completely optional to read! just thought it may help supplement the story if needed). i still need to draw Official designs for a lot of these guys, so keep an eye out for those too, eventually!!
a little world and character glossary:
Gestalt- The name of the primary city in which the main story takes place. named after the Gestalt principles of psychology! something something the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Surely that means nothing for our hero team...
Mutants vs. Magic Users- A very minor part of this chapter, but still introduced. All powered supers (well, aside from Sol) have either biological or magical origins for their powers. Now, who's what is something (mostly) yet to be revealed!
Boomsday- One of the henchmen introduced in this chapter! His whole gimmick is based off of how some of the concept designs for Guilt involve him carrying around a giant backpack.
Doppel Danger- The other half of the henchmen in the first fight sequence. Not much to say here for him yet, except that he's based off of the scrapped emotion Doubt!
Janelle- Of Dream Productions fame! She's a hero talk show host here!
Jean- Sigh...of Dream Productions...infamy. Chief department editor of Hero Affairs, which also means she's both Jane and Sammy's boss. Fun!
Gretchen- ??? Supposedly, she's Sammy's boss. And Jean's boss. a higher-up of the higher-up. We have yet to truly meet her... 😳
Tally- My own mind worker oc LOLLL. She's one of Xenia's college professors.
Anj- A newbie Hero Affairs reporter. She's actually a scrapped mind worker character from the second movie! You can find her concept design (along with Gail, the next entry) here.
Gail- Captain of the Magical Interference and Neutralization Division (MIND) of the Gestalt Police Department. So basically a fancy cop LMAO. I wonder what their deal is...
MIND- As mentioned above, the Magical Interference and Neutralization Division! They're a branch of the police department that focus on taking down magic-based villains and threats.
Old Lady Who Crossed the Street in Part 1- ...I think we all know who this is. ABDHKJKGDA
PHEW okay, that should be all the major stuff, but i'm always open to answering questions on any other details! i've got some more major story stuff in the works as well, but. gonna take it easy with that for a little bit LOL. but THANK YOU SO MUCH to anyone who made it this far. i'm surprised how much support this au has gotten, how much that's inspired me to keep creating, and it means the world!! you guys make it all worth it.
hahaha that's it. i promise. hope the wait was worth it!!! 💖
#GAAAAAAH. sorry i said 'Oh this week :)' and waited until like friday to post. there's just so much to do forever. Anyways#i hope the glossary helps!! introduced a handful of guys here hdhjkhkj#i was considering putting a fic summary here too but i didn't wanna give too much away...maybe for future au fics? idk we'll see lol#HOOOPE you have fun reading as well!! YIPPIEE!!!#inside out au#inside out 2#inside out#uhhm. im not sure if i should tag chars...maybe the ones on the cover?#inside out joy#inside out anxiety#inside out disgust#inside out fear#inside out anger#inside out sadness#well. Her Hat But She Is There I Promise#superhero au#nebfic#sketchbook#immm exhausted phew. i am going to close my eyes forever now
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THE DECAYING - Glossary
NOTE: due to a URL change, many links are currently down. Please be patient as I go and fix them all!
Welcome to the official 'The Decaying' webcomic Tumblr, thanks for stopping by and reading my silly zombie cat comic and if you decide to stick along then I give my heart to you.
TD takes place in a human-esque society of cats undergoing the zombie apocalypse, and follows current protagonists, Valentino and Maverick, as they grapple with grief, lies, love? And what it means for someone to be immune when the other isn't. The comic and world building are original and completely separate to any media like Warrior cats.
TD is intended for ages 14 and up. It features:
(illustrated) frequent blood, gore, animal death, and violence. Other possible triggering topics include: guilt, grief, and depression, abuse, LBGTQphobia, alcoholism, suicide, gun use, body horror, murder, smoking, stalking, underwater imagery, uncanny imagery, disordered eating, fatal illness, illness, hospital imagery, unethical experimentation. It's to be noted some of these are hardly mentioned while others are more apparent, but that pages are typically tagged with cws/tws.
Art by Lambhopp
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CHARACTER Q&A
If you'd like to ask characters stuff directly (or even myself) feel free to refer to ! THIS ! post for extra info on where they're at and ask in the question box!
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Lore outside of pages (BW = Blood/gore warning)
Outside tidbits of information that may enhance your reading experience but otherwise are not included in the comic itself
Region map featuring terrain, biomes and climate
BW Brief Disease Information
BW Stages of infection and Decay
BW Variants
Valentino | Reference Sheet
Maverick | Reference Sheet
Art by Yypuos
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Chapters
Cover : First Page

Chapter 1: IMMUNITY

Chapter 2: MAVERICK
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#the decaying#webcomic#original comic#zombie apocalypse#glossary#table of contents#digital art#not warriors#comic page#worldbuilding#finally made a glossary phew#may add onto this or split it up in the future#do note trigger warnings may change or be added upon depending on how much I illustrate in pages
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Cookie Glosssary
A lot of humans might not know some of the terms used by cookies, so, I put a list of the terms here and an explanation for what they mean!
A
Ancients/Ancient Heroes - The 5 great heroes who wield the soul jam. These
B
Baby Dough- Baby cookies
C
Beasts/Beast Cookies - The Corrupted cookies who had the Souljam before the Ancient Heroes
Bland - An offensive term for a cookie that you find boring or not unique
Crumbs - the fallen parts of a crumbled or injured cookie. If used in the context or, "Oh crumbs", that can basically be, "Oh fuck."
Celestials - Godlike cookies who weren't born cookies but somehow became cookies and originated from the human world
Cheesian - A cookie who is descended from the Golden Cheese Kingdom
Cookievorous - something that hunts cookies
Créme Republican - Refers to cookies who are from the Créme Republic
Crispia - The main Continent of Earthbread
Crispy - Refers to a healthy Cookie. Is also slang for a young cookie
Crumbling - Dying
D
Dragons - When talking about Dragons, cookies usually mean the Dragons that are able to turn into and communicate with cookies. But, they're are also dragons who don't have this ability
Dark Cacaoian - Refers to cookies who are from the Dark Cacao Kingdom
Dough- Body or skin
Dough-Brained - An offensive term for someone you find dumb
E
Eyecing- Eyes
Earthbread- The world that the cookies are on
Elementals - Refers to the powerful god-like cookies who rule over a specific part of nature
F
Frosting - The umbrella term for hair. Not all hair is made out of frosting, but all hair is called frosting
First Cookies - The witches who had their souls rebaked into cookies. Because they are witches, these 12 cookies are very powerful
Flatster - A slur for cookies
Flavor - Refers to the specific taste of a cookie but can also refer to the cookie's ingredients
Freshly Baked - A baby cookie
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H
Hollyberrian- A cookie from the Hollyberry Kingdom
I
Ingredients- The things that make up a dessert's dough. Can also refer to their genes
Icing- Refers to facial features as well as any decorations on a cookie
J
Juice - Unless specified that it's non-alcoholic, juice is an alcoholic drink
Jamline- The familial line of a cookie
Jellies - The food cookies eat. Practically everything they eat is made up of jellies
K
L
Lifepowder - The magical substance that gives dessert creatures life
M
Millenial Cookies - Cookies who are from the Millenial Forest
Magichanical - A combination of modern techonology/robotics with magic
Mercookies- Aquatic cookies
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Oh Witches - Like, "Oh God/Oh my God"
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Q
Parfaedian - A cookie from Parfaedia
Pasty - An offensive term for cookies who have a lot of Vanilla flavors or ingredients in their dough
R
Rising Dough - A growing cookie. Usually refers to a young cookie
Resonate Ingredient - The main and most important ingredient of a cookie.
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Syrup- On cookies, syrup refers to makeup, since a lot of makeup is made out of syrup. On clothing, it's basically a synonyms for icing
Shortbread- A slang term that refers to a small cookie
Soggy- A wet cookie. Being soggy for a cookie is dangerous because they can literally die if their dough becomes too soggy
Soul cheese - What the Golden Cheese Kingdom calls a cookie's soul
Soul Jam - An item with great power that gives the Ancient Cookies and the Beast Cookies their power. Contains a lot of lifepowder.
Stale- An older cookie. Can be used as an insult in a different context
Strawberry Jam - Basically the cookie version of blood (doesn't work the same way human blood works though)
Sugartearean - Cookie's who are from Sugarteara
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Toothcing - Teeth (most cookies don't have teeth so idk why this is a term 🤷♀️)
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Vanillian- Refers to cookies from the Vanilla kingdom
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Wizards - Similar to the witches, the wizards were humans with magical powers and also created cookies
Witches - The humans with magical abilities that created dessert kind
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Yogurcans - Cookies who are from Yogurca
Yakgwans - Cookies from the Yakgwa Village
Z
Feel free to tell me anything that you think I should add!
#this was supposed to be explaining to humans what cookies mean by “frosting” and “crumbling” and all that#but it got out of hand...#anyways enjoy the glossary#will be updated accordingly!#earthbread#crispia#cookie run#cookie run kingdom#crk#cookie run roleplay#crk roleplay#cookie archives#worldbuilding#cookie run ovenbreak#crob#cookie run ovenbreak roleplay#beast yeast#crwc#cookie run witch's castle
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Terminology Thursday: The Fandom That Ate Fandom
Has your feed suddenly been taken over by one fandom? Are all your mutuals discarding their fandoms and creating for this one new thing? You may be experiencing The Fandom That Ate Fandom.
The Fandom That Ate Fandom is a term used to describe one fandom that all other fandoms seems to turn towards, which seems to absorb all the attention of fans. Some examples of this are Stargate Atlantis, BTS, and The Untamed. This trend can be frustrating for some fans because all their mutuals, fannish friends and favourite creators are focused on one thing, something they may not be interested in, and it can be very hard to avoid.
Have you experienced this phenomena? Come check out Fanlore and see if the fandom that ate fandom you were thinking of is on the page.
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#fanlore#fandom that ate fandom#Terminology Thursday#Thurminology#fandom terminology#fandom glossary#fandoms terms#graphic by hheyhalley#text by kingstoken
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Hello! Could you do a cowboy/wild west terms & phrases?
Thank you!
Cowboy / Wild West Terms and Phrases
-> The Chief Storyteller
-> Cowboyaccountant
A Lick and a Promise - to do haphazardly.
Above Snakes - If you were “above snakes,” you were above ground; still alive.
Acknowledge the Corn - admit the truth, to confess a lie, or acknowledge an obvious personal shortcoming.
An Invite to a Dance - could mean shooting at a man’s feet to make him dance.
Bake - to overheat a horse by riding too fast, long, or hard.
Barkin’ at a Knot - Doing something useless; wasting your time, trying something impossible.
Barn sour - horse that loves his stall; speeds up the pace as he nears the barn on the journey home.
Bedroll - Blankets rolled and carried for sleeping. Also called sugans, soogans, hot rolls, or dream sacks.
Bee in Your Bonnet - An idea.
Boondocks, Boonies - far from civilization.
Broom-Tail - a negative term for an ill-behaved or ugly horse, often a horse that looks or acts like a mustang.
Burn the Breeze - ride at full speed.
Chuckwagon - A wagon used to carry food on a cattle drive, which also serves as a mobile kitchen.
Clipped his Horns - took him down a notch or two; referring to a fight or a braggart.
Cowboss - In charge of the cattle operation on a ranch. They choose where the cowboys will ride and hire and fire cowboys. Answers to the general manager or ranch owner.
Curly wolf - real tough guy, dangerous man.
Dilly-dally - loiter or vacillate.
Flannel mouth - overly smooth or fancy talker, especially politicians or salesmen.
Night-Wrangler - A cowboy that herds and cares for the saddle horses during the night.
Pull in your horns - back off, quit looking for trouble.
Rustler - A horse or cattle thief.
That Dog Won’t Hunt - That idea or argument isn’t going to work. Or, the person saying it doesn’t believe what you’re saying.
Will Die Standin’ Up - brave
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i have a question for you feel free to ignore though I don’t want to bother you
do you know any ressource or anyone who’s knowledgeable in terms of spec evo words? uhm, like more global ones anyone could use. I’m just getting started but my grasp on biology is p basic
if that helps I’m doing something with aliens and im hitting a block referring to similar aliens as mammals or plants bc that’s very earth things
i really like your blog btw ok bye
I don't know of one but maybe some of my followers/mutuals have a good resource?
I will say I don't think you're going to find specific universal terms for classes of alien animals akin to "mammal" "reptile" etc.- people make those up for their own individual stories in the same way they make up names for their original species. You could identify a specific trait that your aliens have that sets them apart from other animals on the same planet (like having no eyes or bony spines or giving live birth or whatever) and give them a name based on that, or you could just make up a fun word that sounds like something you might call a group of animals
#I'm not really an in the loop speculative biology person unfortunately so if there is a glossary somewhere i'm not privy to it#side note that I don't think anyone will blink if you use something like “plant�� even though it does have a specific biological definition#i've never seen a speculative biology work avoid using terms as generic as “plant” and “animal”#talking tag
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HAYLEY ATWELL on the cover of THE GLOSSARY MAGAZINE
“One of the most exciting and versatile actors of our generation, as captivating on stage as she is on screen.” – The Glossary Magazine
#hayley atwell#cover magazine#The Glossary Magazine#hayley atwell edit#ladiesofcinema#femaledaily#flawlessfemale#flawlessbeautyqueens#stunning#dailyactresses#dailycelebs#wonderfulwomendaily#femalestunning#female icons#peggy carter#marvel cast#mcu cast#lovely ladies#ladiesblr#usermilf#useraudrey2#useraurore
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i want to start a reading journal for kotlc but i know that as soon as keefe shows up itll just end up being the keefe chronicles bc im no better than sophie
#it would help my fanfic writing tremendously#because the keefe scenes are the ones i refer to the most#i hate relying on the wiki#i want my own index and glossary#kotlc#keeper of the lost cities#sophie foster#keefe sencen#sokeefe#im sorry its just who i am#i lean upon the bricks of sokeefe's relationship
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let the bells ring out
When he wakes up on Christmas for a third time, George is armed with a plan.
george/alex | M | time loop christmas fic | 12k | here on ao3
written for the @f1-fic-secret-santa
#this is definitely the most aggressively british fic i've ever written#and should probably come with a glossary#it was a LOT of fun to go back into george's head#despite what some moments in this fic might feel like i love him deeply and often model him on myself so take from that what you will#happy gavin and stacey day one and all#hope your turkey doesn't drop on the floor#now go read all the amazing fics in this collection!!!!#galex#my fic
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Mando'a Adjectives! Part 2 of my "educational poster in a classroom"-esque mando'a series (does it count a a series now??)! The layout was a bit harder to figure out with this one. **The -'la, -'yc categories idea is mostly speculative and based on patterns I noticed in the available material, but shouldn't be taken as more than a guiding rule that I use! I pray there aren't any typos. Feedback is as always warmly welcomed! To check out my pervious Mando'a Verbs post click -> here! K'oyacyi!
#you don't realize how much random junk you've accumulated until you try to order it into an easily digestable informational sheet#enjoy the new angle of my bucket!#repurposing my mando ref sheet into this is hilarious#mando'a#mandalorian language#star wars#mandalorian culture#star wars art#mando'a translations#mandalore#mandalorian#mandalorians#mavla does mando'a#mavlas mando glossaries#mavla originals collection
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