#which was...incredibly incorrect

[sharpjay217]

I am usually an incredibly tame person, but one time I was challenged on my usage of the word tits in regards to men, and because I couldn't figure out how else to explain how non-gendered the word is to me I just ended up rather loudly declaring "TITS ARE TITS" and anyway I think about that daily.

[brainworms-all-night-long]

Whatever. go my random memes I've been hogging in my inventory

[cheddar-cheese-enthusiast]

i hope sam lifts mjolnir and throws it at john and he immediately goes down

[caligvlasaqvarivm]

Do you think it is possible for the other trolls to gaslight Eridan into do the murder for the right cause? E.g. not like the murderstuck in the canon but guiding his murderous direction to align with the purpose, using him as a disposable glass cannon and a cannon fodder to take down enemies? but not easily disposable due to seadweller's physical strength and his fighting skills. Not the optimal way to handle him but given that he needs some presence of others how will this scenario go?

no because i believe eridan is the specific type of idiot that you can't actually manipulate because he doesn't listen to people. god bless 🫡

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

Fëanáro: I can’t be the best at everything if I never give violence a go.

[therighthandofvengeance]

I love so many of the relationships (platonic, romantic, or otherwise) of Babylon 5, because they fit in the category of If You Don't Start Taking Care of Yourself, I Will— and I Promise I'll be a Much Bigger Problem About It Than It Already Is. It just depends on the definition of “taking care.”

[wonder-worker]

"[Elizabeth Woodville] was the only member of [Crown Prince Edward of Westminster's] original 1471 council not already on the king’s council and her name headed the list of those appointed as administrators in Wales during Edward’s minority. [She remained on the council after it was expanded in 1473 and granted new governing and judicial powers]."

"In 1478 Prince Richard married the Mowbray heiress. Like his elder brother he had a chancellor, seal, household and council to manage his estates. His council, like that of Prince Edward, comprised the queen [Elizabeth Woodville] and a group of magnates and bishops, few of whom were Woodville supporters. [...] It was Elizabeth who mattered, for Richard resided with her and Rivers treated his affairs as their own."

— J.L. Laynesmith, The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445-1503 / Michael Hicks, Richard III and his Rivals: Magnates and their Motives in the Wars of the Roses

[mentallyillastrophelfreak]

James: I am straight, I am an ally, and I am NOT gay.

James: *sees Regulus*

James: *wheezes and chokes*

[queenofcarrotflowers-s]

if I ever made a podcast it would be me describing what I assumed to be the plots of movies I have never seen and being hilariously incorrect

[cherry-bomb-ships]

IM SORRY. RANT INCOMING BUT

THAT'S THE QUOTE FROM RANGO WHEN RATTLESNAKE JAKE IS ACTIVELY KILLING BEANS AND IN CONTEXT IT'S NOT ROMANTIC IN THE SLIGHTEST.

AND THIS IS TAGGED SHIP????? 💀😂💀😂💀😂💀😂💀😂

[bl00dh0rs3]

Caught up on Hazbin and. Man. I haven't even seen anyone react to episode 6 but im already dreading it. How many people are going to Deliberately miss the point This time.....

[leitmotif]

i have a syncope clinic appointment tomorrow and suddenly i am convinced i am actually faking everything im so scared

[askshivanulegacy]

Nah, lol. "Chat" is ABSOLUTELY second person. "Chat" is the term for "you" (plural) or "you all." It is identical (as many comments have already pointed out) to addressing your readers, listeners, or audience.

The fourth wall has NOTHING to do with pronouns. You are counting different things. First-, second-, and third-person pronouns cover all pronoun use cases in English.

The "fourth wall" refers to the fourth "wall" of a stage set, with the first through third walls literally being the other three walls of the stage (sides and back). They are physical objects. The fourth "wall" is less physical, being the imaginary barrier between the performers and the audience.

"Chat" IS second person. When you address any person, anywhere, whether near you or in some metaphysical plane of reality, that is second person, because that is how second person is defined. It's the direct addressing of an audience. Near vs far, and defined vs undefined forms are irrelevant: it ALL falls under second person.

Also, "breaking the fourth wall" (speaking in second-person) really only has relevant meaning when you disrupt an otherwise self-contained story to do it. If you're constantly speaking to your audience via live stream, or if narrating at the audience is the literal premise of your production, you don't have a story with a "wall" to break. These types of productions have been around forever anyway, such as in stand-up comedy or documentaries or Q&As on any number of productions. Streaming makes it more accessible to access your audience in the moment of production, so that's neat, but I wouldn't say it's shockingly new. Theater has done it for ages.

Anyway, regardless of how you think of 4th-wall breaking and when it applies, it is second person. 4th person does not exist.

Also, "chat" isn't even a pronoun. It's a NOUN, just like reader, listener, or audience.

[theredjenny]

Give me all the Problematic details on Thyrias and Actias

Thyrias:

- Abandoned his son for like over a year to be the inquisitor

- Got into not one but two romantic relationships during that time

- Did not warn his son about that before showing up to be a dad again

- Was/is(?) A spy for Briala. Doesn't tell anyone in the Inquisition about this until After Celene is assassinated and Gaspard is installed as Briala's puppet.

- His relationship with Dorian starts off pretty fucked up. (You ever hook up with a guy you don't like because you feel guilty at the idea of getting into an actual romantic relationship again because your husband of like 10 years was killed two years ago and you are Absolutely Not Over That? But then you start actually liking that guy and it's a Whole Thing)

- His son realizes he is a mage while he is gone, and then when he shows back up he just kinda throws his Tevinter Human Mage Lover at his Former Orlesian City Elf Dalish Mage Son for magic lessons and doesn't think through why that might not be a good idea until shit has hit the fan.

- Spends more time lamenting to Bull about how he is bad at communicating with his son. Than he does communicating with his son.

- Spends too much time thinking about how he used to have a good relationship with his son and trying to methodically pick apart what went wrong. Does not spend enough time actually hanging out with his son.

Actias:

- Looks at his group of friends and strongly considers himself to be the only normal person amongst them. (He just has a different brand of autism. Nobody would consider him normal.)

- Despite his Dad being The Inquisitor he hates the inquisition and everything they stand for.

- Because of this he does Not get along with Harding

- In spite of all of that he's still Rook? Bro? You could have said no. You didn't have to agree to help Varric.

- Very grumpy brusque guy. Does not have time to play nice. Will not apologize if people are upset by this. Thinks it's their problem for taking him in bad faith.

- Never really fully forgives Thyrias for the whole. Becoming the Inquisitor thing.

- Saves Minrathous over Treviso fully just because his favorite dad is there.

- Look communication is a two way street here. Half the reason Thyrias sucks at talking to Actias is because Actias acts like he doesn't actually Want to talk to Thyrias.

[chronomally]

I appreciate how Paradise Killer takes the Ace Attorney approach to a trial - as soon as you nail the right person, they start having a total breakdown and name every co-conspirator they had, but if you fuck up then the original defendant dies even if it's excruciatingly clear that not only did they not do it, they're the only person who couldn't possibly have done it

[wonder-worker]

Anne de Pisseleu had exercised a form of power that was intrinsically extra-institutional and dependent entirely of the king’s favor; her role was clearly understood by political insiders. Criticism took the form of conventional hostility to the role of women in power, yet in the king’s lifetime had to be circumspect and oblique. However, she lived more than half her life after the death of the king whose love had given her power and wealth. In this, she weathered the storm of disgrace remarkably effectively, carved for herself a new role and ended her life a moderately wealthy woman whose assets became a matter for ferocious competition among her relatives.

— David Potter, "The Life and After-Life of a Royal Mistress: Anne de Pisseleu, Duchess of Étampes"