#william peterson

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To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) William Friedkin

[pierppasolini]

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) // dir. William Friedkin

[fascinating-nightmares]

Grillows photo dump

That's it that's the post

[mystery-meat-with-cheese]

For a show from the early 2000s CSI is still wildly unproblematic. I'm halfway through season 4 in a rewatch and the only problematic thing is Sara and Gil's relationship (as a student/teacher relationship) and even then it's not wildly problematic because while there's an age gap there's no maturity gap. Gil might have more academic knowledge (or rather shows it more) but Sara is equally mature and knowledgeable, and it is a relationship borne of mutual respect and admiring.

[dark-ethereal-visions]

A more legendary photo does not exist!

[ynisa8]

Help

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Elvira and the Party Monsters (Williams 1989)

[revivemyreverie]

An early Happy Halloween from toytoriya, who went with a marionette theme for their night of fun!

Hopefully, the dorm's best rocket scientist won't get too intimidated...

[pacific-coast-hockey]

And there is a strange text in the comments:

[dedalvs]

Fiat Lingua Top 10 for 2023

It's time for the annual Fiat Lingua rewind!

Background: I created Fiat Lingua over ten years ago with the idea that it could be something like the Rutgers Optimality Archive: A place where conlangers could post work that they wanted to showcase, or work that was in progress. We've had tons of contributions over the years, and some standout work I'm really proud of.

Using our fancy statistics program (you know, the free version) we're able to determine the top 10 visited posts for this year (though, note, the numbers for the current year's December post will always be down a little bit, since it didn't have a full month. If you'd like to take a look at it, Carsten Becker did a version of "Silent Night" in his conlang Ayeri!). Here they are!

NUMBER 10

"Road Trip Conlanging with Kids" (August, 2023) by Mia DeSanzo: Fiat Lingua is supposed to be an archive of long, detailed conlang articles, and also short, breezy conlang ideas, and this is one of the latter! It's less than a page long, but a fun idea, and it was quite well-received!

NUMBER 9

"Art & Anxiety: Conlanging through impostor syndrome" (February, 2023) by Jessie Sams (now Jessie Peterson): This is a personal reflection by @quothalinguist on how she has dealt with impostor syndrome, and how it's impacted her conlanging.

NUMBER 8

"Taadži Linguistics" (March, 2023) by Lauren Kuffler: This is a wonderful introduction to the Taadži language, which features a writing system reminiscent of Mayan epigraphs.

NUMBER 7

"Tone for Conlangers: A Basic Introduction" (April, 2018) by Aidan Aannestad: Making a second consecutive appearance in the top ten, Aidan Aannestad's introduction to tone has been an invaluable resource for conlangers producing tonal conlangs for just over five years now!

NUMBER 6

"Afrihili: An African Interlanguage" (April, 2014) by William S. Annis: Afrihili is an a posteriori auxlang from the late 60s that uses Bantu languages as its source, and it is fascinating! One of my all-time favorite auxlangs, and William provides a wonderful introduction. Of interest, this article was number 6 in the top ten last year, as well!

NUMBER 5

"Names Aren’t Neutral: David J. Peterson on Creating a Fantasy Language" (March, 2019) by David J. Peterson: Up four spots from last year, this is my article on best practices when coming up with names in a fantasy setting—even when no conlang is present.

NUMBER 4

"Grambank & Language Documentation: Zhwadi and Its Features" (June, 2023) by Jessie Sams (now Jessie Peterson): The first of the game-changing mega-resources for conlanging Jessie created in 2023, this is a short description of how to use Grambank in conlanging with a link to a fillable Google spreadsheet any conlanger can copy and use to introduce their conlang to others.

NUMBER 3

"Patterns of Allophony" (April, 2015) by William S. Annis: Definitely one of the most popular papers on Fiat Lingua, William illustrates graphically a number of very common sound changes. This article once again occupies the third spot of our top ten!

NUMBER 2

"A Conlanger's Thesaurus" (September, 2014) by William S. Annis: We have a new number 1 for this year! This has, historically, been the most accessed article on Fiat Lingua, and it's obvious to see why. The article is relatively short, compared to the information and use you can get out of it. William Annis details ways in which languages relate words to other similar words. For conlangers who struggle either with coming up with words that are different from English in meaning, or who struggle with coming up with words at all, this reference article should prove very useful. Using the word maps in this article, you might be able to come up with words you never dreamt of before, but words which could exist in some language. A great resource for conlangers who are desperately trying to break out of the influence of their L1 or L2!

And now for the top viewed article for 2023 on Fiat Lingua...

NUMBER 1

"A Surreal Conlang" (January, 2023) by David J. Peterson: Quite the surprise! Late 2022 I wrote an article about how one might go about creating a surreal conlang—neither naturalistic nor regular and artificial like an auxlang or engelang—and it went up on Fiat Lingua on January 1st. I think (or hope) it served as a useful jumping off point for conlangers who are looking to try something really different from what they've seen done elsewhere.

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And that's it for 2023! I'm looking forward to posting more conlang articles next year. If you are a conlanger, a conlang-researcher, or conlang fan who has something to say in .pdf format about a specific conlang or conlanging in general, please consider submitting something to Fiat Lingua! We take any and all articles related to conlanging in whatever form you have them. I'm also happy to help you think up ideas, or refine those ideas you have. There is no strong review like in a fancy journal: I just want to get what you have up. I'm especially in interested in hosting personal conlang stories—stories about how or why you started to create a language, or your experience creating your own language—personal stories that are often lost, but are so vital, as there is an absolute dearth of literature about conlangers! If you think you have even the seed of an idea, please get a hold of me! I want to share as many stories and ideas as I can.

[616witch]

i do not always understand why things happen the way they do. i do not always make the most logical decision. these flaws... they are what make me human. while my family and friends--they help that humanity to grow.

[toytoriyadorm]

New banners🎡

[fascinating-nightmares]

Canon!Warrick Brown

Straight and Cisgender

Status: Dead

Only child

Doesn't know who his father & mother died when he was seven

The ex-husband of Tina Brewster

Father of Eli Brown

AU!Warrick Brown

Full name: Warrick Michael Walker Brown

Bisexual & Transgender

Status: Alive

Has 3 older sisters and 2 older brothers

Knows his father and he's in the picture

mom died on his 9th birthday.

Husband of Nick Stokes

Adoptive father of Jiah, Nate, Maggie, & Mari Stokes-Brown.

Uncle of Eli Brown

Brother-In-Law of Tina Brewster

Canon!Nick Stokes

Straight

5 Older sisters & 1 older brother

Has a pet dog named Sam

San Diego's Crime Lab Director

AU!Nick Stokes

Full name: Nicholas Presley Stokes Dalton[Birth name]/Rogers Stokes[now]

Bisexual

5 Older sisters, 1 older brother, and a twin brother hint hint it's Jack Dalton from Macgyver

Husband of Warrick Brown

Adoptive father of Jiah, Nate, Maggie, & Mari Stokes-Brown

Still has a pet dog named Sam

Still San Diego's Crime Lab Director

His father's name is now Jackson Wyatt Dalton Sr.

Uncle-In-Law of Eli Brown

Brother-In-Law of Tina Brewster

Canon!Catherine Willows

Straight

Only child

Mother of Lindsey Willows

Works at FBI and owns her father's casino

AU!Catherine Willows

Full name: Catherine Felicia Flynn Grissom

Bisexual

Has a twin sister that younger than her[OC]

Mother of Sydney[OC] & Lindsey from a previous marriage, and to Charlie and Marvin from her current marriage[father is Gil].

Still works at the FBI and owns her father's casinos.

Canon!Gil Grissom

Straight

Only child

Remarried Sara Silde

AU!Gil Grissom

Bisexual

Still an only child

Husband of Catherine Flynn

Bio-Father of Charlie and Marvin, and Step-Father of Lindsey & Sydney Willows

Canon!Sara Sidle

Straight & Cis-gender

Remarried Gil Grissom

Turned down as Lab Director to be with Gil

AU!Sara Sidle

Full name: Sara Elise Eastwood Sidle

Pansexual & Transgender [MtF]

Wife of Sofia Curtis

Las Vegas Crime Lab Director

Adoptive mother of Sebastian, Samantha, Sheldon, and Shawn Curtis-Sidle

Pet Owner of Mr. Noodle the Poodle

Canon!Sofia Curtis

Straight

Only child

Deputy Chief of Las Vegas

AU!Sofia Curtis

Lesbian

1 older brother 1 older sister

Still Deputy Chief of Las Vegas?

Wife of Sara Sidle

Adoptive mother of Sebastian, Samantha, Sheldon, and Shawn Curtis-Sidle

Co-Pet-owner of Mr. Noodles the Poodle

[comicarthistory]

Page from Underworld Unleashed: Abyss- Hell's Sentinel #1. 1995. Art by J H Williams III and Mick Gray.

[kissorkill15]

Who do you think would win in a fight?

[spyderschaos]

The sillies