#trainspotting rp

[shiftingmuse]

"I'll gie ye a fuckin' gang, come 'en ye daft cunt!?"

[pacifymebby]

https://www.tumblr.com/whey-aye-sam-fender/656267645139681280/in-newcastle-we-say-pet-and-someone-was-trying

Such a good read x

“In Newcastle we say ‘pet’ and someone was trying to tell me that was fucking offensive towards women. You’re not going to delete my fucking colloquial identity. It’s not even gender-specific; we say it to men and women. My Grandma calls me ‘pet’! That brand of liberalism is fucking destroying the country. We could be getting Boris Johnson and all them pricks out of office if we stopped sweating over shit like that”.

put his whole chest into that :')

he's so real for that too! I do think that the attack on that kind of language by a certain brand of academic liberal as being "sexist" comes from people outside of those working class towns, and is ultimately an attack on the language and dialects of these places. People would say it isn't that deep telling people they can't use pet names, but it starts to be about where you draw the line? "You can't use your dialect if you want to be taken seriously/ professionally" is something you quite often hear/ see, like writers who write in Scots (Irvine Welsh/ Trainspotting) are often shunned or taken less seriously, you're taught that if you want to go to uni you have to speak a certain way, if you want to be perceived as clever you have to speak in RP because people think a working class accent sounds scummy and stupid.

I think what he's talking about with "pet" being called sexist, is part of that general classism towards local dialects. And local dialects are a massive part of community identity. I heard someone speak in a welsh accent earlier and was like oh shit, a friend <3 and thats the same with dialect, speaking in your local dialect is a way of showing that you're part of that community and have a group of people on a level with you.

I used to live in the midlands where instead of pet you call people duck, and the phrase "ey up me duck". apparently comes from when the vikings were around, it was used to identify you as being a celt or something? I can't remember exactly but I know the words are derived from the Scandinavian (like a lot of Geordie terms) and so they're intrinsic to the fabric/ history of a specific area and using them links you to your ancestors and that kind of thing is often really important for people (especially when they're from historically downtrodden communities!!! Its a way of having dignity and pride in your community/ class)

Anyway this is such a big rant lol sorry, im actually also really crazy passionate and a big nerd when it comes to dialect because I've picked up a lot (in an attempt to fit in in the various places I have lived) and also been raised with conflicting opinions on (my mums parents were always telling me not to speak in my accent when I was younger, they tried to teach me to speak RP and to drop dialect, my dad and his family pretty much went the other way and encouraged me to be proud of it haha)

[redheid]

here ah am in the junky's limbo; too sick tae sleep, too tired tae stay awake. a twilight zone ay the senses where nothing's real except the crushing, omnipresent misery n pain in your mind n body. ah notice with a start that ma ma’s actually sitting on my bed, looking silently at me. 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗵'𝗺 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗵 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹.

[roundourwcy]

        𝐍𝐎 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋 𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐃     ---      

just      looking      for      a      protector   ,    god      never      reached      out      in      time      .      there's      love      ,      there      is      a      savior      but      that      ain't      no      love      of      mine    .

             𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚     ♡

[avntures]

ASSORTED STARTERS FROM TRAINSPOTTING (1996) AND T2: TRAINSPOTTING (2016).  some slightly edited for rp use.  warning for strong language and mentions of addiction.  feel free to change as necessary!

❛  first, there is an opportunity.  then there is a betrayal.  ❜

❛  choose life.  ❜

❛  i’m not pregnant, but thanks for asking.  ❜

❛  what you been up to... for twenty years?  ❜

❛  let’s face it, it could’ve been wonderful.  ❜

❛  you’ve already been to jail.  what’s the deal, you like it so much you want to go back?  ❜

❛  did i tell you about my birthday?  he forgot, useless motherfucker.  ❜

❛  useless motherfucker, that’s what she called me!  ❜

❛  had it all before us, didn’t we?  had it all still to come.  ❜

❛  and now here we are.  ❜

❛  what do i get?  all i can take with my bare hands.  ❜

❛  i just want the money.  ❜

❛  the truth is, i’m a bad person.  ❜

❛  just ‘cause you had a near-death experience and now you’re feeling all fuzzy and warm...  ❜

❛  he’s always been lacking in moral fibre.  ❜

❛  that’s hardly a substitute.  ❜

❛  oho, what’s all this then?  ❜

❛  i was very impressed by the stylish and capable manner in which you dealt with that situation.  ❜

❛  well, it amused us at the time.  ❜

❛  despite what you may believe, there is no such thing as a victimless crime.  ❜

❛  and that was it.  that was [name]’s story.  at least, that was his/her/their version of the story.  ❜

❛  detox the system, what does that even mean?  ❜

❛  who’s the fucking smart cunt now?  ❜

❛  so he wakes up next morning, realises what he’s done, gets very fucking nervous.  ❜

❛  i can’t believe you did that.  ❜

❛  i got a good price for it.  ❜

❛  do you find that this approach usually works?  ❜

❛  you always got the truth from [name].  it was one of his/her/their major weaknesses.  ❜

❛  music is changing, drugs are changing, even men and women are changing.  ❜

❛  one thousand years from now, there’ll be no guys and no girls, just wankers.  sounds great to me.  ❜

❛  where i come from, the past is something to forget.  here, it’s all you talk about.  ❜

❛  that’s disgusting.  ❜

❛  just tell them we’re dead.  ❜

❛  it’s a shite state of affairs to be in, and all the fresh air in the world won’t make any fucking difference!  ❜

❛  we were young, bad things happened.  it’s over.  ❜

❛  some people hate the english, i don’t!  they’re just wankers.  ❜

❛  nostalgia, that’s why you’re here.  ❜

❛  you’re a tourist in your own youth.  ❜

❛  that’s going to change.  ❜

❛  i’m going to change.  ❜

❛  i’m going to be just like you.  ❜

❛  let’s face it, i ripped them off.  ❜

❛  just fucking drive!  ❜

❛  aye, go ahead.  finish your story.  ‘cause we’re all dying to hear it.  ❜

❛  the dodgiest scam in a lifetime of dodgy scams, being perpetrated by four of the most useless and unreliable fuck-ups in town.  ❜

❛  i’ve thought of a title.  ❜

❛  he’s doing what?  writing them down?  ❜

❛  what do they think i am?  they think i’m like one of they cunts in the bible that live forever, is that what they think?  ❜

❛  come on, [name].  not like you to be so shy.  ❜

❛  i’m cleaning up and i’m moving on, going straight and choosing life.  ❜

❛  i’m looking forward to it already.  ❜

[chselife]

SOME  HATE  THE  BRITISH.    I  DON’T.    THEY’RE  JUST  WANKERS.

[thenbetrayal-blog]

 - you know nothing. you understand nothing  /  indie veronika, from t2 trainspotting

[chooseslife]

                                       choose your future. choose life

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[boucherie-heroique]

[rentbxyaddxct-blog]

“I really don’t fuckin’ understand this fuckin’ facebook, twitter, instagram shite. Who the fuck has somethin’ interesting to talk about every day?” He looks down at his phone before looking back up at the other person. “Is it just ‘cus I’m old now? Maybe I would have wanted everyone in the whole world to know my every fuckin’ move when I was young?” Doubtful.

[shiftingmuse]

open roleplay - Franco Begbie - trainspotting

Franco laid out on the curb near the pub with his arm over his head. Renton was supposed to be around with Sickboy hours ago. They'd made plans to meet up before Spuds even woke up for the day. It wasn't really to avoid the bastard, but he wanted to get a word in before Spud tried to get them to swan off for their next fix.

"Fuckin' junkies, Ah, wait here aw day an' th' ne'er show!" He hated it, hated being the only 'sober' one of the lot. 

[heireating]

           BOOK STARTERS VOL.47    TRAINSPOTTING    IRVINE WELSH

❛ We start off with high hopes, then we bottle it. We realise that we’re all going to die, without really finding out the big answers. ❜

❛ By definition, you have to live until you die. Better to make that life as complete and enjoyable an experience as possible, in case death is shite, which I suspect it will be. ❜

❛ I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin’ else. ❜

❛ And the reasons? There are no reasons. ❜

❛ Love does not exist, it's like religion, made to control you. ❜

❛ After all, we're not fucking stupid. At least, we're not that fucking stupid. ❜

❛ You fucking knew that fucking cunt would fuck some cunt. ❜

❛ Everything in the street today seems soft focus. ❜

❛ What does that make us? The lowest of the low. ❜

❛ Take your best orgasm, multiply the feeling by twenty, and you're still fuckin’ miles off the pace. ❜

❛ It’s as if everything is a copy of what you knew before, similar, yet somehow lacking in its usual qualities, a bit like the way things are in a dream. ❜

❛ It’s all okay, it’s all beautiful; but I fear that this internal sea is going to subside soon, leaving this poisonous shite washed up, stranded up in my body. ❜

❛ It cuts me up. It confuses me. ❜

❛ It's not funny laughter. This is lynch mob laughter. ❜

❛ Protect me from those who wish to help us. ❜

❛ They mean well, and they mean well to me, but there's no way under the sun that they can appreciate what I feel, what I need. ❜

❛ The pit of melancholy is a bottomless one, and I am descending fast. ❜

❛ Living like this is a full-time business. ❜

❛ I’ll stand or fall alone. ❜

❛ We are no wiser now than at the start. ❜

❛ This is pathetic, and fucking boring. ❜

❛ Death is usually a process, rather than an event. ❜

❛ We're ruled by effete arseholes. What does that make us? ❜

❛ We are all acquaintances now. ❜

❛ The problem is that this beautiful ocean carries with it loads of poisonous flotsam and jetsam. ❜

❛ Life is beautiful. I'm going to enjoy it, and I'm going to have a long life. ❜

❛ The grim reality of impending death can be talked away by trying to invest in the present reality of life. ❜

❛ There must be more to life than this. ❜

❛ We all see what we want to see. ❜

❛ Statistically speaking, you're more likely to be killed by a member of your own family or a close friend, than by anyone else. ❜

[didntfeel-blog]

our great war is a spiritual war. our great depression is our lives. and then, something happened. i let go. lost in oblivion. dark and silent and complete. i found freedom.   losing all hope was freedom. independent horror oc, as told by lo.

[lifesicken]

* • ° ✦ 。   I AM A DYNAMIC YOUNG MAN,   upwardly mobile and thrusting,   thrusting,   thrusting.   the socialists go on about your comrades,  your class,  your union and society.   fuck all that shite.   the tories go on about your employer,   your country,   your family.   fuck that even more.   it’s me,   me,   FUCKING ME,   simon david williamson,   numero fucking uno,   versus the world and it’s a one-sided swedge.   //   indie & private sick boy from irvine welsh's trainspotting,  both novel & film   //   as understood & penned by sydney.

[breathtakingdawn-blog]

starter call!

cause i’ve been away and busy and... yeah. so hello all

[chooseslife]

                                       choose your future. choose life.

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