THANK YOU đ
the suffering never ends
There is a star in the universe
I hear its words
Trailing in the night
Calling to me
"Come home"
I hear it say
"Come home to us"
It repeats
In the night is when I hear it most
Its words stronger then
Its words brighter
Calling
I hear it as I fall asleep
"Welcome home"
It saysÂ
"Home"
I repeat
-SadTrainNoises
Oh that two year gap on my resume was when I was the architect of my own hell
Obligatory disclaimer that southern accents vary significantly, and I can speak on a general Texas accent. Also, this is nit-picky, so donât take it too seriously. Mostly just âhey hereâs some fun ways to make your writing more realistic.â
1) Most people writing a southern accent love to use âainâtâ and âyâallâ. Great start, but when those terms are surrounded by non-contracted words, it starts to lose the accent (and look a little funky). Think âhowâre yâall doingâ rather than âhow are yâall doing.â
1.5) âAinâtâ is often paired with ânothinââ. âThere ainât nothinâ wrong with thatâ vs. âThere isnât anything wrong with that.â
2) Southern accents donât only drop the last letter on -ing. âSomethingâ becoming âsomethinââ is definitely accurate, but I also hear a lot of âaroundâ becoming ââroundâ and similar things.
2.5) On a slightly related note, if youâre doing a southern accent, keep in mind that the way someone writes out words âin a southern accentâ does not always reflect how it would be pronounced. âSomethinââ is nice short-hand for âoh this is dropping off that sound at the end,â but I usually hear it pronounced like âsuh-mnâ (which is unreadable and bad for writing). I donât even have a strong accent, and I do this.
3) Thereâs a lot of jargon! Iâm not sure if this is specific to my region or more general, but a common one I hear a lot is âfixinâ toâ as a substitute for âgoing to.â Like âIâm fixinâ to start dinnerâ rather than âIâm going to start dinner.â In addition, theres a whole world of fun southern terms and phrases (big fan of âoh, bless his heartâ as a patronizing, fake nicety). Lots of fun church-themed and farm-themed terms and turns of phrase.
4) âYâallâ is a super common gender-neutral term, but âfolksâ is used equally in my experience. Iâve heard it used to refer to family (âhis folksâ to mean âhis parentsâ), to refer to specific communities (âthose folksââ), or just as a general substitute for âpeopleâ (âfolks these daysââ).
5) âHowdy!â is severely underused in writing! Itâs super common around where I live, and itâs just used as a greeting.
Go forth and have fun!
I'm re-listening to Icebound, and I realized something.
Taishen said he raised Mei Li. And somehow I didn't register that the first time I listened to Icebound. Taishen being a parent or at least a parental figure makes so much sense. And also...
That means he's a dilf
...I need to write a modern au one-shot where he's a single parent tea shop owner and has a meet cute with Jornir
When someone is...
Face/Body:
Avoidant/reduced eye contact
Drooping eyelids
Downcast eyes
Frowning
Raised inner ends of eyebrows
Dropped or furrowed eyebrows
Quivering lip/biting lip
Wrinkled nose
Voice:
Soft pitch
Low lone
Pauses/hesitant speech
Quiet/breathy
Slow speech
Voice cracks/breaking voice
Gestures/Posture:
Slouching/lowered head
Rigid/tense posture
Half formed/slow movement
Fidgeting or clasped hands
Sniffing or heavy swallows
Self soothing gestures (running hands over the arms, hand over heart, holding face in palms, etc)
The only reason green arrow realised who Batman is first is cause Batman slipped once and said âtalk to me supermanâ after a mission during a briefing once when everyone was super tired in the exact same tone and jersy accent Brucie would sayâkeep twalking ollie we need to pass this testâ to him when they were in the library in school at 3am.
He just sits there staring into space. Next day he tries to tell himself it was just the exhaustion but inside he knows.
Bruce noticed and inside slapped himself but keeps his composure.
holy shit, look at all the stars!!
Me about 2 hours ago
The Kiss of Life - A utility worker giving mouth-to-mouth to co-worker after he contacted a low voltage wire, 1967