#sending this and passing out

[karlachismylife]

hello juju, this is very random but, I was reading a fic with Makarov in it, and it used "Volodya" so I searched it up, and while the meaning is very beautiful, I realized it's just another way of using "Vladimir" (rather more... affectionate? is that correct?) And then it clicked in my head that's also how "Kolya" is used for Nikolai. (realized it wayy too late haha) Both of their meanings are very beautiful, I was happy to find it out. Do all Russian names have a different version to them? "diminutive" is what Google describes it as but I don't understand it yet. And if so, is it only for affection, or can it be used on anyone?

Hi Oliv comrade!! Good questions incoming, hehehe.

Okay, so I tried approaching this with full on linguistic approach, but as it happens, it gets too complicated with too many variations, so I'll explain without smart words.

So first, there is the full first name - the one that stands in your passport.* It's used in formal settings (in business discussion, for example), and usually it's longer than the informal one. Vladimir, Nikolai, Pyotr, Elizaveta, Natalia (Natalya), Anastasia etc. The best comparison that comes to mind in English would be Thomas, Johnathan, William, Anna, Katherine, Rebecca.

*Nothing prohibits using the short form for passport, but it is an exception, just like using not the most widespread spelling etc.

Then there is the short version of the first name. It is used more often, it's informal, for friends, family, just the most used form, and it's typically indeed shorter (not always). This is how you introduce yourself usually unless it's, again, some super formal setting/unless you prefer your full name used. Some names have more than one version of this form, but the main thing is, despite beng informal, it's the neutral informal/short form. Yes, it is indicating some form of closeness between you (not always, like, if I just met someone, I can still introduce myself with short name. Especially since I am younger, I do it most of the times; more adult people tend to go with full name and then might add which short form they prefer), but it does not indicate affection, so it is not the same as dimunitively-affectionate form. Short forms are: Volodya/Vlad/Vova (for Vladimir, the last might be a step more informal that first two), Kolya (or Nik even though it's not widespread in Russia), Petya, Liza, Natasha, Nastya. For the English ones I would say same tone have: Tom, John, Will/Bill, Ann, Kate, Becca.

And finally, the dimunitively-affectionate form. It can be even longer than the full form, and it is very informal and indicates affection.** There are tons of ways to form these, because Russian loves its suffixes and word formation, they can be formed from the full form or the short form, or be some third way to modify the name that cannot even be easily traced to the original. These are (only some examples, since again, countless versions): Voloden'ka/Vovochka, Kolyen'ka, Petyen'ka, Lizon'ka/Lizochka/Lizok, Natashen'ka/Natusik, Nastyen'ka/Nastyusha/Stasya. For the English ones I would say, even though it feels like there not always is the same affectionate meaning, are: Tommy, Johnny, Willy/Billy, Annie, Katie, Becky.

**Obviously the short and the affectionate forms can be used ironically, so you can very well call the man you're about to throttle Voloden'ka in a mocking way.

***There also are SUPERinformal but not affectionate versions, basically the way a bunch of lads in a boy friend group will call each other (this is not just for boys, I'm trying to explain the vibes here), the "cool" informal names. Volod'ka/Vovan/Vovka, Kol'ka/Kolyan/Kolyanych****, Lizka, Natashka (or even Nat), Nastyukha/Nastyona (although Nastyona is borderline between affectionate and cool). One of the street/cool informal versions that amused me was the following chain (there are more versions of this name, but I'll use one for each step): Sergey (formal)/Seryozha (short)/Seryozhen'ka (affectionate)/Seriy (cool short. It also literally means "gray", like the colour.)

****Kolyanych here is a beautiful abomination born from the fun of Russian word formation. So we here have three parts of a full name: first name, surname and patronym (it's fromed from the father's FULL name and morphologically is made with suffixes that mean belonging, so it's the part of name answering question "whose kid is this?"). The patronyms have the suffixes, but in informal speech they are slightly deformed, so if the full patronym is "Ivanovich", the spoken form can often be "Ivanych". But as you can see, "Kolyanych" looks similar, but is formed from the SHORT version of the name (full patronym would be Nikolaevych or in spoken Nikolayich). That's just what we do. Sometimes boys will call their friends by their given names (not their father's), but form them in a way that's similar to a patronym. Why? Fuck if I know. Sounds cooler, I guess.

SO TO SUMMARIZE AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.

Yes, Russian names always (might be exceptions I can't think of right now) have short forms. There are neutral informal short forms that can be used by anyone in an informal setting, and there are affectionate informal short forms that aren't always short. There also are superinformal, but not inherently superaffectionate short forms.

There also can be situations where you address someone by the neutral short name, but still use the polite/formal version of "you" (like Sie in German). Also friends can use full formal versions of names for fun and still use the informal "you" (for example me and my best friends sometimes address each other by full names and patronyms in a slightly mangled spoken form. Usually name + patronym indicates SUPER formal setting, we address teachers or big big higher ups this way, but me and besties are just taking the piss).

I hope now everyone understands why the fuck my post about Russian cursewords is stuck in production. There are SO MANY WAYS a word and thus its meaning, tone and connotation can be changed by using a different suffix or prefix. I am sure I'll wake up several hours later and realize I forgot something important in this post, but that's it for now. Thank you for asking, comrade, I love yapping about the language!

P.S. Also people don't really care about names' meanings I think, but it is fun to look at them. Although not so fun when you realize that parents naming your current dictator "owner of the world" might have been prophetic or at least inspired him to be a greedy colonizing cunt. There is a saying, как вы яхту назовёте, так она и поплывёт, so yeah. Hope this one sinks tho.

[imclou]

there's no way he said that so confidently

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[nymphobunni]

easy access tops are my fav ૮꒰ྀི∩´ ᵕ `∩꒱ྀིა

[ailithnight]

DPxDC Prompt #8

Danny was practicing shapeshifting with Amorpho when he felt the tug of a summoning and heard the distant words drifting into his mind.

Normally Danny would just ignore it. Or if it seems like this was a group that needed some sense scared into them, he'd shift into his Horror form and terrify them into never pulling this shit again. But then he heard them mention live sacrifices, and Danny just had to step in before that happened. So he let the summoning pull him on through, briefly forgetting he was shapeshifted into a... less than ideal form.

Danny lands in the circle right on top of one of the intended sacrifices, a group of people in weird outfits and, is that guy green? Irrelevant. Immediately Danny on knows something is very wrong. His powers feel muted and far away. His form suddenly feels, locked somehow.

He casts his gaze across the summoning circle and, to his horror, recognizes the binding ritual. These cultists wanted to bind and seal him in one of these mortal's bodies after they were sacrificed. But they fucked up the spell. Or maybe Danny fucked it up by coming in too soon? Irrelevant again.

What matters is the spell went sideways. Instead of locking Danny into one of the sacrifice's bodies, it locked him into his own form while pulling most of his abilities just out of reach. Now he's here. In the shape of- He's stuck as-

"Dude, is that a pigeon? Did the Ghost King, like, send you to voicemail?"

[lucabyte]

i CANNOT stress enough how incompatible the themes of these two pieces of media are. i promise my media literacy ability is actually good im well aware that these character mappings are absolutely nothing. that said. play with me in this space. in this sopping wet miserable space. its bad luck to kill a piou piou

original screenshots (and hypnosis 1904) for reference

[sunderwight]

Scenario where Yue Qingyuan and Luo Binghe both pick up on and independently confirm for themselves, a few years into the matter, that Shen Qingqiu's soul has indeed been replaced with someone else's. But they have polar opposite reactions about it. Yue Qingyuan keeps trying to figure out how to get SJ back (alone, since it's nothing he can prove and also he sucks at asking for help), while Luo Binghe is doing everything in his power to make sure that Shen Qingqiu stays the new version or doesn't have his soul replaced again. The two of them each entirely unaware of the other's knowledge or actions, basically cancelling one another out.

Yue Qingyuan finds an item that should loosen the current occupant soul's hold on the body, potentially allowing Shen Jiu's soul to come to the fore again (if it's still in there somewhere) or regain control. Luo Binghe, around the same time, discovers a rare herb that is said to help reinforce the connection between the soul and the body, to help with individuals who have troubles with dissociation. Yue Qingyuan gifts the "rare artifact" and gets Shen Qingqiu to put it in his study, Luo Binghe mixes the herb into a medicinal tea and serves it to him every day. Net zero impact.

[nekrosmos]

One happy Nikolai, showing off the goods 🐻​💪​

Less cropped version here or here

[mike-wachowski]

nat and van the two best of them all dying to save the people around them. nat stepping in front of the syringe to save lisa and van risking her life to save everyone, sparing melissa, and both of them still dying. being the firsts to die. this is a tragedy and both of them died horrible deaths they did not deserve. but they died saving the people they cared about. and maybe thats enough.

[violent138]

Bruce has a habit of randomly worrying about his kids and silently lurking in their room until he's done being insane. This usually happens mid prolonged argument or after an incident on patrol that he thinks could've gone much worse.

It would be sweet, if he hadn't raised his kids to be just as paranoid as he is, making them shoot awake every time to see to their Batdad sleep paralysis demon.

[littlecrittereli]

Wanted to doodle some comfort bros to balance out the angst of my recent posts lol

Hey pookies! Just wanted to say I really appreciate all the love and support I've been receiving lately for Decoded! I always love your comments/asks/fanart/memes, it genuinely has been bringing me so much joy and I'm so grateful for it <3

I know I said I had a lot of art to post (and then proceeded to post none of it LOL) I'm just a little overwhelmed rn with some life stuff so sorry for the wait! I also have a lot asks that I haven't gotten to and I apologize for that as well!

Trying my best to keep up, but I haven't had a lot of time recently. Art's gonna be a little delayed, but don't worry Chapter 8 is still gonna come out this Saturday as scheduled!

[gremnda]

i love ur pangkey art more than anything else in the world. also, question. u draw them with matching earrings, do those represent something? or why did u add that little detail??. i just noticed and thought it was so cute :,)

emerging from under my rock. hello cooper and mika !!!! the earrings are jade stone that all honey badgers share in my drawings <33 because i am. normal ^-^ why jade? simply bc i like it <3 it's meant to purify your soul and all that jazz and god knows these mfs need it.

normally they wear the stone however they like but pangi and lukey is pangi and lukey so ofc they have to match. gayasses. ^-^

i hope this answers most of the questions, i got this ask once before too so i thought this time i'll simply draw it out! to make the little gnomes in my brain happy and to show you guys a proper visual :] honey badgers my absolute beloved, i love them all so much ;w; <3

but yeah! these are just my silly little headcanons and designs, i honestly just wanted to draw them all and this is the perfect reason for it LOL

[equill]

Reuniting with a distorted past.

Extra:(New personality tested gone wrong)

wanted to play with rin living in the aftermath aus aswell and had these drawings laying around to share so yay

Panel 1: Was buried alive.

Comic 1: Who are you supposed to be?

new friends

Comic 2: Misguided protection.

obito still sensing the warning signs of rin losing her temper. anyways they proceeded to be dragged into the ocean by rin like some sea monster

Comic 3: Finding out (Now what will you do?)

obito is harshly brought back from his delusions because now its not just kushina but rin too who he needs to ripped out the tail beast from

[devilledminion]

imagine being the most powerful being in the room right now but your henchman got knocked over so now you must stop being evil and put him to safety first

[arthur-lesters-right-arm]

Here, i'll help out with the *starting shit*

Do you think if Arthur touches his eyes it gets John off?

Alright Starting Shit is cancelled everyone go home.

[clumsypuppy]

personal character design headcanons + brainrot

Note: the re-bound!au does NOT belong to me, it belongs to @chipper-smol I’m just not normal about it lol

[jomo-is-here]

sending people a message should not be this hard dude