#luis.

[arkeresia]

luis luis luis luis luis

[hexxgirlthorn]

closed starter @faiirytalcs​ (luis) location: topsy turvy

Thorn was more than aware that she needed to stop going to places that tempted her worst vices. She was fully aware that she probably shouldn’t be drinking and that she really shouldn’t be dancing with a bunch of strangers in some nightclub. She was more than aware that Dusk and Luna were going to be disappointed in her and she was going to be even more disappointed in herself. The sad fact was, Thorn felt herself starting to slip and she didn’t want her girls to know how bad this time was. Ever since she met that guy in a superhero costume she felt off, she felt like she really was stuck in a town that she was never escaping from and that all of her hard work to keep calm was for nothing. She was feeling hopeless and so her reaction was to not feel anything.

After dancing for a little while she found herself heading towards the bar again, pushing her hair back and seeing who she could talk to in the quest to further her goal to feel numb. The guy next to her was cute, she wasn’t sure if it was in a hot way or sort of adorable way, but then again what Thorn considered cute or adorable was not the standard for cute and adorable. “What’re you drinking?” she asked, leaning over so that he could hear her. “I’m in the mood to go out of my comfort zone.”

[rottedjudgement]

closed starter @faiirytalcs (luis) location: topsy turvy

"i was starting to think i was being stood up. what a bother that would have been," meg said dryly as luis made his way over to her. honestly, if he would have bailed she not only would not have taken it personally, but she would have just moved on and found other company. she wasn't the type to really care about much these days. just seeking the next rush as she tried to ignore that gnawing feeling in her mind that things were...off. she enjoyed luis's company because he seemed to feed on the chaotic side of her life and sometimes that was just what she needed. "can i order you a drink or are we skipping the formalities tonight?"

[ohwynne]

@barncat-therapy from here

[pm] I thought you were dead. Thank the gods you're not. The hospital isn't good either, I know, but it's so much better than gone and missing and probably dead. I've been telling Todd and the other managers that you're sick or something, so hopefully it'll work out with that. I'm just happy you're going to be alright. Is it alright if I ask what happened?

[pm] I'm glad I'm not either.

Thank you, I really appreciate that. I guess I'll reach out soon. I can get a doctor's note, or something, maybe.

You probably wouldn't believe me Some bad people from the Worm Row attacked me and my roommates. It wasn't looking good for a while, but some people helped us out. Just resting up now.

[christadeguchi]

i watch baseball for the side quests

update: i think you should look at the reblogs for more important baseball hijinks

[allinllachuteruteru]

Duolingo is NOT what it used to be.

“Duolingo is ‘sunsetting the development of the Welsh course’ (and many others)”.

I’ve used Duolingo since 2013. It used to be about genuinely learning languages and preserving endangered ones. It used to have a vibrant community and forum where users were listened to. It used to have volunteers that dedicated countless hours and even years to making the best courses they could while also trying to explain extremely nuanced and complex grammar in simple terms.

In the past two years it feels like Von Ahn let the money talk instead of focusing on the original goal.

No one truly had a humongous problem with the subscription tier for SuperDuolingo. We understood it: if you can afford to pay, help keep Duolingo free for those who couldn’t.

It started when the company went public. Volunteers were leaving courses they created because they warned of differing longterm goals compared to Duolingo’s as a company; not long after it was announced that the incubator (how volunteers were able to make courses in the first place) would be shut down. A year goes by and the forums—the voice of the users and the way people were able to share tips and explanations—is discontinued. A year or two later, Duolingo gets a completely new makeover—the Tree is gone and you don’t control what lesson you start with. With the disappearance of the Tree, all grammar notes and explanations for courses not in the Big 8 (consisting of the courses made before the incubator like Spanish/French/German/etc. and of the most popular courses like Japanese/Korean/Chinese/etc.) are removed with it. Were you learning Vietnamese and have no idea how honorifics work without the grammar notes? Shit outta luck bud. Were you learning Polish and have absolutely no clue how one of the declensions newly thrown at you functions? Suck it up. In a Reddit AMA, Von Ahn claims that the new design resulted in more users utilizing the app/site. How he claims that statistic? By counting how many people log into their Duolingo account, as if an entire app renovation wouldn’t cause an uptick in numbers to even see what the fuck just happened to the courses.

Von Ahn announces next in a Reddit AMA that no more language courses will be added from what there already is available. His reasoning? No one uses the unpopular language courses — along with how Duolingo will now be doing upkeep with the courses already in place. And here I am, currently looking on the Duolingo website how there are 1.8 million active learners for Irish, 284 thousand active learners for Navajo, and even 934 thousand active learners for fucking High Valyrian. But yea, no one uses them. Not like the entire Navajo Nation population is 399k members or anything, or like 1.8 million people isn’t 36% of the entire population of Ireland or anything.

And now this. What happened to the upkeep of current courses? Oh, Von Ahn only meant the popular ones that already have infinite resources. Got it. Duolingo used to be a serious foundational resource for languages with little resources while also adding the relief of gamification.

It pisses me off. It really does. This was not what Duolingo started out as. And yea, maybe I shouldn’t get invested in a dingy little app. But as someone who spent most of her adolescence immersed in language learning to the point where it was literally keeping me alive at one point, to the point where languages felt like my only friend as a tween, and to the point where friendships on the Duolingo forums with likeminded individuals my age and other enthusiasts who even sent me books in other languages for free because they wanted people to learn it, the evolution of Duolingo hits a bitter nerve within me.

~End rant.

[the-evil-clergyman]

The Pole Star by Luis Ricardo Falero (1885)

[unicornconnor]

Happy end

[princerevenant]

don quixote and sancho panza 👯

[diviedrawn]

Resident Evil 4: jjba edition

[heraxic]

im sensing a pattern here🤔🏳️‍🌈

[raccoons-garbage-can]

What if we were silly sylvanian families characters in love

[hexxgirlthorn]

closed starter @faiirytalcs​ (luis) location: festival 

once the high of performing was more than done, thorn did the worst thing she could possibly do for herself and celebrated. one beer turned into a few and then she was wondering around kind of aimlessly as it grew later and the glow from the rides illuminated the festival. all of her worst choices tended to be after a show and she was trying not to make that a habit but it was so easy falling into old habits. it was a lot better than reminding herself she was still stuck in evermore at least. as she made her way for a water this time to try and sober up and not make a complete fool of herself, she noticed someone was hovering near the little drinks area and she tilted her head trying to get a good look. “hey, don’t i know you or something? you look eerily familiar...”

[eurodynamic]

RESIDENT EVIL 4 REMAKE (2023) dev. Capcom [1,2]

[daily-leon]

[sirrenhd]

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