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the emotion i just experienced is kind of indescribable

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[ID: excerpt from ‘Elektra,’ by Sophokles (tr. Anne Carson)

“Do I not live? Badly, I know, but I live.”]

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just read this interview with Nive Nielsen where she says that she’s “pretty sure what was meant is “tuurngaq” [not Tuunbaq] and I say it like that in the TV show” and I want to talk about this for a second. because in the interrogation scene in ep5, the way Crozier and Blanky pronounce the name of the creature is so clearly different to how Silna pronounces it and she even corrects them after they say it wrong. but neither of them listen to her and continue to pronounce it as “Tuunbaq”. it’s the continuation of the colonial tradition of gradually destroying Indigenous languages but it’s done in such a subtle and seemingly harmless way that most people wouldn’t really bat an eyelid at it. I mean, what harm can two people pronouncing one word wrong do? but that is exactly how the eradication of indigenous languages began. with ignorant Europeans finding a similar pronunciation that is easier for them to say

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Song : Izzamuzzic - Shootout

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Survivor's guilt

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I love one very evil boy and a huge soft and sad man 🐻🐀💦

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i dont think theres anyone under your skin

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in honor of @terrorscript reaching The Silver Swan: here is a large reason that scene had me leaping out of my chair on my first watch -- i learned a different arrangement of it (the orlando gibbons one!!) in early high school and we sung it ALL THE TIME and i hadn't thought of it in YEARS. so!!! i dug out my atrocious old USB mic and forgot to warm up and sang u some late renaissance/early baroque Swan Music. <3 hope u enjoy

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when you're looking at a dead body but then you see your old man crush and have to expose your slut waist

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front facing egrets making me lose control of everything

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dead dove/darkfic fest interest check!

HELLO FRIENDS!! i'm aiming to organise an AMC'S THE TERROR SEASON ONE DEAD DOVE/DARKFIC FEST this coming winter -- 13 days with one prompt each, in either mid-December or mid-January -- and i need help makin' the whole thing run smooth!!

are you interested in Making Things Worse? a fan of getting your faves up trees and throwing rocks at them? do you have experience running fan events, modding, or doing other online admin??

if you're interested in organising (etc), shoot me a DM on twt HERE, or send an email to wrizardwrites+dovesicle2024@gmail.com!!

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Resources for Writing Sensitive Topics

As always, when writing about sensitive topics/injuries/illnesses, we encourage everyone to research and tag works appropriately. This is to ensure that the whump community can remain a safe space for everyone, as well as assist writers in creating well-informed works that avoid offending people and stereotyping, romanticising, or sensationalising hard topics.

Below are some links to resources we and others found useful - we'd like to thank the wonderful members of our community for helping us with finding great resources.

Blogs/Tumblr Posts:

@cripplecharacters - A whole blog dedicated to helping people write disabled characters.

^ A Guide to Writing Disabled Characters

@writingwithcolor - A whole blog dedicated to writing and resources centered on racial, ethnic and religious diversity.

^ Stereotypes and Tropes Navigation

Resources for Writing Injuries (Tumblr Masterpost)

Resources for Writing Sketchy Topics (Tumblr Masterpost - please note that a couple of links are broken due to the post being 7 years old, but many are still working!)

A guide to designing, drawing or writing characters who use mobility aids (Tumblr post)

Writing A Blind or Visually Impaired Character (Tumblr Post)

Independent Websites

Avoiding Stereotypes in Fiction: Characters with Mental Health Issues (WritersHelpingWriters)

How Do I Depict a Disabled Character Respectfully? (Fay Onyx, Mythcreants blog)

Respectfully Depicting a Character Adapting to a Disability (Fay Onyx, Mythcreants blog)

Writing Deaf Characters (T. Frohock, author.)

How to Write Deaf or Hard of Hearing Characters (Melanie Ashford, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association)

How to Write a Blind or Vision Impaired Character (AllWriteAlright)

If anyone has any additional sources, feel free to share them in the reblogs/replies!

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Does anybody have that image of what cyberpunk dialogue is like. "to crack a cyber lemon this nasty" or whatever

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tragedy that i haven't seen anyone post this clip from the latest make some noise

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people on twitter freaking the hell out because rebecca sugar drew a comic of pearl and greg having a messy situationship in the aftermath of rose dying wasn't on my 2024 bingo card if I'm being honest

even Less so because the thing they're apparently mad about is that the nonbinary alien rock was supposed to be a lesbian (as if there's anything wrong with a nonbinary alien rock being bisexual, Or that lesbian can't have a situationship with a man without still being a lesbian on the other side.)

anyways, may take on it is: you don't have to consider any of rebecca sugar's sketches "canon," because it's not actually in the source material. rebecca may have a strong influence on how the fandom sees the characters but it does Not actually change the show. so getting worked up about it in the first place is ridiculous.

That Said, it kinda works with whatever they had going on in the show if I'm being honest

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