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"I asked chatgpt" Okay, well I read the statement of Hazel Rutter regarding a fire in her childhood home Original statement given August 9th, 1992 Audio recording by Jonathan Sims, The Archivist Statement begins Hello, John Apologies for the deception, but I rather wanted to make sure you started reading

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Angels and Man is over. I’m crying.

I hate (love) these books. I can’t wait for the next one and I can’t wait to read the novellas between.

But also fuck these books oh my god I’m a mess

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I can behave normally around books

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Who is this sassy lost child @nicosraf

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In Rafa we trust🫡

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“Lucifer, please. Enough.”

“I’ve never been happier,” Lucifer seethed, bursting out high laughs in between the tears forcing their escape from the crevices of his eyes. - Angels Before Man, Rafael Nicolás.

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Lucifer drawn for @angelszines banner 💜

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Angels and Man is so sad wtf

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I dont fuckin knows!!!!!!!!

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excuse me while i nerd out for a minute

i have five words for you, fellow linguists

The Law of Ablaut Reduplication

Literally the coolest thing EVER

So you know how in English, adjectives have to go in a specific order when placed in front of a noun?

(determiner, opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose)

Almost all phrases in English follow this rule. It’s why saying “the brown big dog” sounds weird, but if you change it to “the big brown dog” it sounds fine!

You can see this rule in other phrases such as “cheap red dress” or “round wood table.”

BUT

Some phrases don’t follow this rule! (I know, English is built on rules that aren’t actually rules.)

Think of the Big Bad Wolf. If we apply the adjective order rule, it should be “Bad Big Wolf,” since opinion comes before size. But that sounds weird, right?

That’s because some phrases instead follow the Law of Ablaut Reduplication!

In this law, words are ordered based on the sound. More specifically, they follow this order:

I -> A -> O

That’s why we say things like “flip flop” or “hip hop.”

Or, my personal favorite example, “splish splash splosh.” (i -> a -> o)

Thanks for listening to my rant 🔥🔥

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the thing is that childhood doesn't just end when you turn 18 or when you turn 21. it's going to end dozens of times over. your childhood pet will die. actors you loved in movies you watched as a kid will die. your grandparents will die, and then your parents will die. it's going to end dozens and dozens of times and all you can do is let it. all you can do is stand in the middle of the grocery store and stare at freezers full of microwave pizza because you've suddenly been seized by the memory of what it felt like to have a pizza party on the last day of school before summer break. which is another ending in and of itself

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My favorite part of the Mo Dao Zu Shi novel so far is how when Wei Wuxian is resurrected he proceeds to play gay chicken with someone who is a) actually gay and b) completely in love with him.

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In news that’s shocking to nobody: the queer retelling of the fall of Lucifer (Angels Before Man) is heartbreaking

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TMAGP 40 SPOILERS BELOW

Okay so I have some thoughts and feelings about Dane rn, you’ll have to forgive me.

I actually think him being American is so important when looking at his death.

It first hit me when he said, “You kill kids?” All of his bravado, the (failed) cool guy act, and typical-American arrogance vanishes from his voice.

I didn’t even pause to question it before thinking, yeah, makes sense that’s what got him, we (Americans) have been plagued by school shootings for most of our lives.

And look, okay, it doesn’t stop there. That’s just a base observation.

When our favorite killer toy/maker/workshop attacks him, we hear Dane shooting with absolutely no effect. Because, you know, shocking, the use of guns—Dane’s, in this case—isn’t solving the problem.

Whether it was intentional or not, I think it’s pretty poignant allusion to America’s issues with school shootings and our reliance on guns.

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Ugh idk man whatever.. *shoves the knife in the hollow of my throat*

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hey remember when I was studying creative writing last year and i got (affectionately) mad that basic writing exercises actually help? well I'm studying creative writing again and you'll never guess what I'm mad about again. (hint: freewriting is actually super fucking useful and I'm so irritated)

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It legit took me like an hour to find a picrew I was happy with for this but here we are