they want to make the internet like tv. with channels and paying to get to specific websites and things. net neutrality = not doing that
This impacts every internet user. Please signal boost the hell out of this and sign the petition if you are American
I do not reblog things like this very often, but this affects me both personally and my business as a freelance artist.
In the economy here; cash is already strapped as it is. You bet your ass companies would suck the ever living life out of misc. art sites.
I don’t want it to ever come down to me choosing between groceries or purchasing a new tier package via comcast to be able to access tumblr or DeviantArt (let alone not guaranteeing I’ll even be seen by my customer base since they may not want to pay out their asses either). It doesn’t seem important to most, but I do 90% of my business online entirely.
Please sign up, fight for this and share it with your followers/friends/family and urge them to give them hell as well.
Not writing related, but this is incredibly important. While we pay for service via ISPs, the internet has been a relatively free space where everyone, no matter their income level, is able to connect, access a wealth of information, and express themselves. The Internet has become a major part of our culture as human beings and the notion that ISPs might be able to limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more is utterly sickening. A lot of us are cash strapped as is, and I’d rather not be limited even more by someone else’s greed. Net Neutrality is essential and I hope you guys will understand why it needs to remain.
-Morgan
P.S. Signal boost this if you’re able.
“ limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more”
limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more
limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more
limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more
limit what sites I can access unless I pay them more
DO YOU WANT THIS? NO?? CLICK THE LINK. REBLOG.
As I understand this ruling, it means that businesses now have to pay extra to ISPs to have access to their websites through that ISP provided at a reasonable speed. If you don’t pay, users’ access to your website will be slowed to a crawl - so independent people and small businesses can forget about getting onto that high speed access tier.
This means that the American internet is going to be firmly under the control of those who have the most money. You’ll only get to see the content of those who can pay the ISPs to provide access at a reasonable speed. This means that you can expect to see skewed representation of just about everything, with those bigger businesses who can afford to pay ISPs a premium for access deciding what you can and cannot read, view and consume on the internet.
This is not something that we have in the UK. Our ISPs compete with each other to provide higher speeds, better services and lower prices, but because there’s a monopoly in the US of a few ISPs who provide services, they can afford to do this to you. You can’t go anywhere else, after all.
Everyone in the US needs to sign that petition, call their representatives, write angry letters and do whatever you can to tell your government that this ruling is Not Okay.
Maybe you guys are sick of this post but It’s really important to freelance artists and pretty much everyone who uses the internet, so here it is again. \o0o/
Anonymous said: ok everyone is constantly on about neil and allison and neil and matt but WHERE are my discussions on neil and kevin?? don't even TRY and tell me they're not lowkey besties
OH MY FUCKING GOD MY GUY,,, DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED i wrote a whole fucking essay on neil and kevin trying to get into the extra josten squad i’m never ok. anyway even tho i said don’t get me started,,,, im getting started
OK. LIKE. their relationship is so fucky to start with. neil looks at kevin and sees everything he could have had. he’s just… jealous in a lot of ways. but it takes him like 0 time to realise that actually, kevin’s life has been pretty shit, and he’s IMMEDIATELY protective of kevin. like,, he’s so pissed off at kevin for pressuring him into being on kathy’s show but he totally gets where he’s coming from and as soon as riko starts being an asshat he’s just like “you know what? my life isn’t worth anything. i’ll give it up for kevin. no question.” no doubt, he’s a ride or die motherfucker and he gives it all up for kevin
LOOK AT THIS!!! THIS ISN’T BC OF A DEAL OR SOMETHING!! NEIL’S JUST LIKE. NO. WE’RE ON THE SAME TEAM. #FUCKRIKO2K17
he doesn’t even last two pages and then he’s just. so fucking pissed he literally can’t even let riko talk anymore. what kind of a gem
oh my god and this is just like… the start. this is the first book. this is pretty much the first time neil shows any type of care for anything except surviving this year. he was gonna run away before he even saw riko, and here riko’s not looking at him and he paints a target on his back for kevin??? i love him
alright and that’s not all. it’s not just neil adopting kevin. kevin straight up adopts that boy too. he loves neil for his exy, and he’s certain he’ll make court, but do you see him inviting anyone else to practice at night? nope. AND AS SOON AS KEVIN FINDS OUT THAT NEIL IS NATHANIEL HE DOES THE SAME THING he doesn’t defy riko or smth not yet but
HE STRAIGHT UP ADOPTS NEIL RIGHT BACK!!! and i dont even have to show u guys this quote its the fucking apex of their relationship-
OH MY GODDDDD he believes so much in neil!!!! he’s so fucking upset that neil can’t have a future. he wants that for our boy as much as we do; like nothing else that has happened has hurt kevin that much.
and they see themselves in each other. they SEE that they’re basically just alternate timelines of each other - that one small difference could have made either one of them into the other
a BUNCH of their compassion for each other comes because they know what they’re looking at. they’re looking at themselves, if there had been one small change in their lives. and both of them know that it wouldn’t have been good either way - both routes were torture in different ways. kevin has a future, but the moriyamas will always be hanging over them; neil was free for a while, but it won’t last. they KNOW that for each other and that fuels them. there’s a bond there that just can’t be ignored ok??
ALSO. LETS NOT FORGET. KEVIN OFFERED TO NOT DRINK FOR NEIL! JUST IF NEIL WANTED TO DRINK!!
even nicky comments like “kevin has CLEARLY just done something nice for neil but kevin’s a BRAT” like. kevin cares so fucking much,, he’s like “you know what? if i were in neil’s shoes i would already be fucking wasted. idk if it will help but if he wants to he should be able to. i got u, bro.” what a BOY. i love him they’re the best friends
and okay if anyone needs more- i swear i’m wrapping this post up - when neil thinks about his future, he sees andrew. obviously. BUT HE ALSO SEES KEVIN THERE.
they’re straight up best friends and brothers and i fucking love them
and as a last point, this is extra content instead of book-canon, but
NEIL IS AS IMPORTANT TO KEVIN AS THEA IS. MIKE DROPPED. MY BOYS.
okay friends here’s a quick Guide to Doing the Finals w/Mental Illness (feel free to add)
first of all, before finals, as much as you can: get cozy with teachers. go to office hours. have 3 questions written down that might actually help you, ask them. if you have anxiety about this stuff, rehearse beforehand, and keep the door open (it will feel less confrontational).
assume you will go into Bad Mode at some point. when you can, beforehand, start early. if it’s 2 sentences, a thought on what your thesis could be, whatever - get it started. it’s much easier from a start than from a blank page.
in assumption of Bad Mode, have your basic needs taken care of. if you know getting food is going to be difficult, stock up on snacks so that you force yourself to eat during the day. i don’t care if they’re oreos. you need to eat. if you can mix in some healthy stuff - nuts, carrots, apples, etc - go for it. but eat. buy dry shampoo for the days you can’t shower, or use corn starch. set out the clothes you will wear for the week.
if you can skip caffeine, do so. most of us won’t but… it does help anxiety.
find out if you study better with friends or alone. most “study groups” are a waste of time if people aren’t focused, and focusing on people and school is almost impossible with The Mental Illness, which wants you to not do work.
bribe yourself if you have to. “if i pass with [this average] i can buy all the things already in my amazon cart.” don’t go shopping, though. you’ll find yourself looking at strange shit for a dollar and it’s 4 in the morning and the essay isn’t written.
figure out what learning style you are and study using that. remember that if you doodle, you’re probably a kinesthetic learner - learn by doing. visual learners? flashcards. auditory? tape the lectures. kinesthetic? write it down, buddy.
make lists. they reduce anxiety and help you see that what feels overwhelming is only like 3 things.
figure out where you focus best. libraries or your room?
protip: use the school’s computer. you know, the big embarrassing ones everyone can see? having your screen visible to others will help you stay on track - particularly because the people waiting to use the computers will be v annoyed with you if you’re not busy.
fire your inner critic. you’re on full Survive mode, pal. you don’t have to make everything perfect to your standards. i find myself pointlessly obsessing about colorcoding and pretty writing. no time for that anymore. it’s there, it’s legible? it’s good enough.
five page literary/research essay gotcha down? get your evidence all of it. write it in the document. then put your own words about it. a good method is “i’m gonna give you evidence. [evidence]. this is an analysis of the evidence”. then put a sentence before your first to transition into it. then put one after your last to transition out of it. suddenly you have a lot of words with what feels like very little work.
wait to write introductions until the essay is done
white noise - good for study, stim, and also sleep
when you need to, just fess up. admit you have a problem. tell your teachers, talk to them about it, try to set up something to help you make up missing work. I want to say 95% of the time… teachers will do their best to pass you. they just want to see you try.
if you have trouble focusing on 1 thing at a time - do multiple homeworks at once. if you go on tumblr not even bc you care about this rotten website but because you just need something else, this will probably help you. two sentences on essay 1, three math problems, three words on essay 2? before you know it, it adds up.
i hear a lot of “quit social media!” but tbh if you reward yourself with like… human interaction… dont quit it. i’m like “okay i want to message him back but i need to finish X amount of work and then i can”.
small rewards are the bomb.com
honestly dress for success. if you’re in full No mode, it can be easy to wear the same thing 8 times in a row. if you pick out an outfit you love, and spend the time getting ready in the morning - it does help. and if you need to be in pj’s to attend the final? at least you’re there tbh.
grades are not a reflection of how much you learned, how hard you tried, or anything like that. they are frequently subjective. remind yourself that you are not defined by someone’s subjective amount.
tell a buddy about what you’re dealing with. have someone who knows. who listens to you.
sleep helps you learn way better than cramming tbh
My first shot at creating a sort of tutorial/guide, telling how I do things. On this initial chapter we’re going over the handy matter of Hands.
Not meaning to be an encyclopedic explanation, only showing my own methods and self-taught clues. Hoping somebody finds it useful! :3 I’ll do more if this one is received well. So let me know~
My thanks also to the supporters in my Patreon campaign, who helped me decide which themes to focus on for a start. And are actually allowing this to happen. :D Cheers!
ok so i’m gonna say this because how can i not: PLEASE READ SIX OF CROWS IT CHANGED MY LIFE.
and i agree, anastasia is such a fave omg i love it??? i’ve also got to apologise because there’s no way to fully explain this if you aren’t familiar with soc, but if you ever do read it i hope this still interests you
so, i’ve talked about this au quite a bit, but something i don’t think i’ve talked about yet is that Iconic dream sequence in once upon a december, which is still very much a thing in this au but with a slightly darker twist. anyone remember the underrated yet equally Iconic nightmare scene on the boat to germany? wouldn’t it be sad… if someone… combined them :)
the way i’m approaching magic here is that it kind of exists but it’s not really an acknowledged thing, more of a superstition, and although some people can tap into it, it would take years of study and most people don’t believe it’s real anyway. plus, you might end up selling your soul to do it /cough jarl brum. grisha as such don’t exist, but you DO get people who are more naturally attuned to the magic around them: in this case, jesper, nina, and kuwei all fall under that category, as would zoya/genya/etc. there are also much stronger traces of magic in some places than others, and the ice court is full of it. a lot of people died there because of dark magic, powerful dark magic, and linked to that is the memories of terror, of pain, of loss. it’s not something in that scenario that you want to tap into, even a little, but when you’ve got three criminals, a sort-of questioning drüskelle, a sea captain, a political prisoner, and one amnesiac all looking for answers, do what you will.
i don’t want to spoil too much but there’s a lot of blurring the lines between memory and reality, some relived horrors, and some near-death experiences of a sort. it’s the only actual dark part of the au but nobody comes out of it happy and most of them are in unanimous agreement that they were better off Not Knowing.
after that it’s all waltzing on boats and flirting and good things, mostly
yesterday i lent a girl my pen and she gave it back with an alien drawing attached to it so i think thats how
A girl once asked me what music I was listening to and I stammered and stuttered and couldn’t look her in the eye and I think that’s flirting.
real talk, I was sitting on the floor at a party and this girl came sit next to me and said ‘i’ve been looking at you all night and I think you’re really beautiful and I mean, I’m not saying this to hit on you, I mean I wouldn’t mind if it worked though but anyway you’re just so beautiful’ and that’s how she got me to kiss her
I wanted to talk to a girl for four months and when I finally did, I told her I had wanted to talk to her for four months and then she gave me her number and now we’re in a relationship so I think that’s how to flirt
I was hanging out with a bunch of friends and made a joke about being the only gay in the room, and this girl corrected me because she’s also gay. And we basically started dating that night.
one time when I was walking down the hallway at my school a girl complimented my hair and I was so panicked I yelled “YOUR FACE IS GOOD” after her just as she disappeared into a classroom
One time my waitress drew little hearts all over my to go box and I nearly tripped over myself when she smiled at me as I was walking out the door
A lesbian couple gets a shocking surprise one day when God (played by Laverne Cox) shows up at their door. Upset at how humans had turned her message of love and acceptance into a message of hate and discrimination, she decides it’s time to send Jesus back to earth and wants the lesbian couple to raise Jesus. Hilarity ensues.
No need for homophobic or transphobic jokes when you can have exchanges like “Ma'am your son turned the water fountain into wine again and got all the other students drunk” “Jesus Christ.” “….. I’m not sure if that’s suppose to be you responding to me or you requesting to speak to him.”
Also jokes about infinity-“Ask your mom”.
Kid: “Mom, can I sleep over at John’s place?”
Mom #1: “Oh, I don’t know, sweetie. Ask your mom.”
Kid: “Mom, can I sleep over at John’s?”
Mom #2: “I don’t know, have you asked your mom already?”
Kid praying: “Mom, can I sleep over at John’s place?”
God: “Have you asked your moms already?”
OH MY GOD YALL ARE KILLING IT
Title: Jesus, Mary & Josephine
FUCKING YES
I kind of don’t care if I’m going to hell. This is hilarious, and I would watch it.
so i just googled the phrase “toeing out of his shoes” to make sure it was an actual thing
and the results were:
it’s all fanfiction
which reminds me that i’ve only ever seen the phrase “carding fingers through his hair” and people describing things like “he’s tall, all lean muscle and long fingers,” like that formula of “they’re ____, all ___ and ____” or whatever in fic
idk i just find it interesting that there are certain phrases that just sort of evolve in fandom and become prevalent in fic bc everyone reads each other’s works and then writes their own and certain phrases stick
i wish i knew more about linguistics so i could actually talk about it in an intelligent manner, but yeah i thought that was kinda cool
Ha! Love it!
One of my fave authors from ages ago used the phrase “a little helplessly” (like “he reached his arms out, a little helplessly”) in EVERY fic she wrote. She never pointed it out—there just came a point where I noticed it like an Easter egg. So I literally *just* wrote it into my in-progress fic this weekend as an homage only I would notice. <3
To me it’s still the quintessential “two dudes doing each other” phrase.
I think different fic communities develop different phrases too! You can (usually) date a mid 00s lj fic (or someone who came of age in that style) by the way questions are posed and answered in the narration, e.g. “And Patrick? Is not okay with this.” and by the way sex scenes are peppered with “and, yeah.” I remember one Frerard fic that did this so much that it became grating, but overall I loved the lj style because it sounded so much like how real people talk.
Another classic phrase: wondering how far down the _ goes. I’ve seen it mostly with freckles, but also with scars, tattoos, and on one memorable occasion, body glitter at a club. Often paired with the realization during sexy times that “yeah, the __ went all they way down.” I’ve seen this SO much in fic and never anywhere else
whoa, i remember reading lj fics with all of those phrases! i also remember a similar thing in teen wolf fics in particular - they often say “and derek was covered in dirt, which. fantastic.” like using “which” as a sentence-ender or at least like sprinkling it throughout the story in ways published books just don’t.
LINGUISTICS!!!! COMMUNITIES CREATING PHRASES AND SLANG AND SHAPING LANGUAGE IN NEW WAYS!!!!!!!
I love this. Though I don’t think of myself as fantastic writer, by any means, I know the way I write was shaped more by fanfiction and than actual novels.
I think so much of it has to do with how fanfiction is written in a way that feels real. conversations carry in a way that doesn’t feel forced and is like actual interactions. Thoughts stop in the middle of sentences.
The coherency isn’t lost, it just marries itself to the reader in a different way. A way that shapes that reader/writer and I find that so beautiful.
FASCINATING
and it poses an intellectual question of whether the value we assign to fanfic conversational prose would translate at all to someone who reads predominantly contemporary literature. as writers who grew up on the internet find their way into publishing houses, what does this mean for the future of contemporary literature? how much bleed over will there be?
we’ve already seen this phenomenon begin with hot garbage like 50 shades, and the mainstream public took to its shitty overuse of conversational prose like it was a refreshing drink of water. what will this mean for more wide-reaching fiction?
I’m sure someone could start researching this even now, with writers like Rainbow Rowell and Naomi Novik who have roots in fandom. (If anyone does this project please tell me!) It would be interesting to compare, say, a corpus of a writer’s fanfic with their published fiction (and maybe with a body of their nonfiction, such as their tweets or emails), using the types of author-identification techniques that were used to determine that J.K. Rowling was Robert Galbraith.
In an earlier discussion, Is French fanfic more like written or spoken French?, people mentioned that French fanfic is a bit more literary than one might expect (it generally uses the written-only tense called the passé simple, rather than the spoken-only tense called the passé composé). So it’s not clear to what extent the same would hold for English fic as well – is it just a couple phrases, like “toeing out of his shoes”? Are the google results influenced by the fact that most published books aren’t available in full text online? Or is there broader stuff going on? Sounds like a good thesis project for someone!
More recently I’ve been finding phrases I see a overly done in fic popping up in published work and it always pulls me out of what I’m reading. Like the streams have been crossed in an odd way… It’s like did fandom influence them or them us?
All of this is awesome and fascinating.
I’ve seen this post a few times and it makes me curious, because I’m pretty sure I’ve been using “toe out” of shoes my whole life, without giving it a second thought. It describes a specific method of shoe removal which doesn’t have another convenient descriptor.
This makes me wonder if maybe it’s British English and got into American English via fic.
so after the foxes win everyone starts paying attention to them
suddenly the press is all over their social media and wants them on talk shows and panels all the time
and they do it bc they could use some good publicity tbh and they rly need a bigger team
one day allison (her and neil are bffs now dont fight me on this i s2g) is watching tv w neil and he is rly into what’s happening and she pulls out her sc and starts taking a video
she holds the camera so both their faces show and goes “hey neil” and and when he starts to look over she kisses him on the cheek (allison reynolds does not give 2 shits about neil’s scars and she’s gonna show every1)
the video ends just as neil smiles
ppl on the internet lose their shit !! this video is everywhere
allison moved on from seth and NEIL JOSTEN is dating a teammate
so they go on a lowkey trashy talk show (and everyone warns neil to keep his mouth shut)
the lady is like “so neil i hear ur in a relationship with one of ur teammates”
all the foxes hold their breath he’s too unpredictable
wymack takes a drink
andreil arent hiding anything really they just dont do pda so neil is like “oh ya we like to keep our relationship private tho lets talk about exy”
and she is like “well it didnt look like you were keeping it private when allison posted this on her sc” and she plays the video
all the foxes start laughing except kevin, andrew, and aaron
allison is literally losing her shit and matt has trouble breathing for a few seconds
and the lady is like “…um did i miss something haha”
and nicky takes pity on her “we’re just laughing bc neil and allison are definitely not dating sry”
and she is like “???????????? but ur still dating a teammate”
kevin quickly redirects the conversation back to exy bc they do not have the time to sit here and talk about andreil’s love life jfc
she cant get anything else out of them
so ppl are just losing their minds for like a week trying to figure out who neil is dating when renee posts a pic on instagram of them w the caption “neil drove me to lunch and paid for my meal” ((they actually talk about andrew lol))
and now every1 is like omg !! this is it!!
so the foxes are doing a panel and they get through a decent amount of exy related questions and then
“i have a question for neil. would u like to comment on ur relationship w renee walker??”
“id like to comment that my relationship w renee is that we r good friends and that id like to talk about exy now”
they cant get anything else out of anyone
so now ppl rly confused bc neil is a Straight Man and only Dan is left but her and Matt are very publicly dating
what kind of sexual deviancy is this ??????????? is neil josten engaging in some kind of polyamorous relationship with his teammates?????? no one can answer
ok so next talk show
this woman barely gets the introductions out before she leaps right in
“neil are you currently in a relationship with dan wilds despite the fact that she is dating matt boyd?”
neil has had enough
this boy just wants to play exy hes too old for this
he just stares at her
he cant even speak like who is this woman??
he didnt ask to dismantle heteronormativity in america but apparently he has to
“i dont have a gf”
she stares back
“are you no longer in a relationship with one of your teammates as you previously stated?????”
the foxes are getting worried neil might kill her
it’s getting very hard not to laugh
neil stares a little longer
“i dont have a gf”
the host’s eyes widen
the audience goes silent
“am i to understand that neil josten, breakout exy player of the year, has just come out??”
ppl start clapping (some ppl boo and nicky starts to flip them off before kevin grabs his hand)
this woman has just gotten one of the best stories of her life on live television
she cant stop smiling
once again kevin steers the conversation back to exy (even when he isnt insulting ppl why does neil always have to cause problems ??) and doesnt let her go back
there’s wild speculation about which boy he’s dating bc it doesnt makes sense ?????/
aaron has been seen kissing katelyn after games
kevin and thea are now officially dating
nicky is v vocal about his bf (like 12 times a day on twitter)
matt and dan are definitely still dating
andrew is not capable of relationships ????? and him and neil hate each other ???/
the answer comes 3 weeks later
they are all in the girls’ room for a movie night
everyone but renee is slightly drunk
allison and renee take a cute pic
in the background u can kinda see neil asleep on andrew who in a rare display of affection actually has a hand in his hair
allison notices right before she posts it on instagram but andreil have already said that they arent rly trying to hide their relationship they just arent going to go out of their way just for crazy talk show hosts
and DAMN
the way they are leaning against each other is unmistakable (esp in light of recent news)
neil josten and andrew minyard are in a relationship?????? have been in a relationship?????? the ppl need confirmation
neil’s twitter (that he uses to retweet exy players and occasionally start fights w them) is being blown up
finally he goes on twitter and makes his first original tweet
“Andrew is my boyfriend.”
twitter literally explodes and “andreil” is trending for a week
Anonymous said: ok everyone is constantly on about neil and allison and neil and matt but WHERE are my discussions on neil and kevin?? don't even TRY and tell me they're not lowkey besties
