never forget what they took from you (blooper reels)
"they killed Shinzo Abe with that" needs to be the spiritual successor to "they beat Jesus with that"
@kiiingsnake soooo true
masks and helmets that hides someone's face in such a way that they become the face themselves my beloved
these are all creatures to me
Angel of War, angular and strange, gleaming silver and gold,
Angel of Wonder, pure and one-eyed, looking to stars new and old,
Angel of Harvest, simple and hidden, bring nature's sweetness to all,
Angel of Health, mysterious and fine, beacon when life starts to fall,
Angel of the Deep, crooked and cage-like, guide us across the sea,
Angel of Solace, protect us from evil, lead us to where we are free.
Was inspired by the previous post a while back, and had been working on this on and off for a long while.
You can see the full-resolution versions on My Patreon.
“what if the house was haunted” what if the house WASNT haunted. what if your continual presence there is what corrupts. what if you are what haunts this house
99% of all murders committed by women in ancient greek plays are completely justified
Clytemnestra: crack? Is it crack you smoke?
More insane distraction tactics from the captain of a sinking ship.
ok when I was in sixth form 13 years ago, we had the option to take 4. almost everyone who took 4 dropped one before the end of year 12, me included, because it was too much. what could possibly go wrong!
I think the idea is that the 5 subjects would be "slimmer" so workload would be manageable? I do think A-levels have got a bit too narrow since getting rid of AS exams (that was a tory decision too) BUT there aren't enough teachers to cover those extra 195 hours at a high standard.
An even if you could recruit the teachers, there's not enough space. My current place is post-16 and we are full to the brim, we are all fighting over lab space to teach in, there are periods in the week where there isn't a single spare classroom. We've got no money to build an additional building. For 195 additional hours, we'd be turning students away.
And there's already a shortage of post 16 places locally.
'Students will spend at least 195 hours more with teachers' - what teachers?! The teacher retention rate in the UK is in the fucking toilet, and a £30k bonus isn't going to fix that. Jesus Christ, I hate this government. Absolute bunch of rotten trout and pigeon shit, the lot of them.
johnny english really destroyed all movie logic
the funniest part is that he’s not even running
Rowan Atkinson is a pursuit predator
Oops, I started a ridiculous challenge.
This is why it’s ridiculous, fyi:
Listen… my entire personal life is fucked… but I have written over 2000 words without using the letter ‘i’ even once… does that count for anything…
This is… I mean. Incredible. But terrifying.
You’ve written over 2000 words with no ‘it’. No ‘ing’. Oh God, no ‘ing’.
You’re a force to be reckoned with.
No ‘it’, no ‘is’, no ‘-ing’, no ‘in’, no ‘I’. I’m on 2,700 words now, and I’m… not sure how I’ve managed to do this. Dialogue is proving the biggest challenge, unsurprisingly. Why did I do this to myself?
So this is going to be like 15-20k when it’s done… um
If I finish this, I will probably count it amongst my greatest achievements.
Op you’re the most powerful person on writeblr right now
That’s good to hear because I’ve lost all semblance of control with respect to every other facet of my life, but
I’m maybe a third of the way through now?? So that’s good???? And now I’m going to have a very relaxing bath??????
I probably have about another 14,000 words to go and honestly, when I hit 10k (the expected halfway point), I’m going to treat myself to writing 100 words of something else that has the dang letter ‘i’ in it
Nearly wept when I realised I couldn’t use the word ‘frantic’ earlier, but
7.5k is my next milestone, and it actually might happen tomorrow, which is unnerving. How should I celebrate??
Getting really bad impostor syndrome today and feeling 95% sure that I will never amount to a thing and will probably never finish this story, and so in response to that dumb brain thought I did this
Suck it, subconscious.
You are a force of nature and I am both impressed and terrified.
Please publish this somewhere when you a e done so we can read it holy shit
I absolutely will!! In other news I hit 10k today and that’s without a thesaurus and oh golly, my poor think-box
This author is a sleeping God among mortals
The Earth fears their awakening into their full powers
Full powers yet to be confirmed, but after a short hiatus, I have returned
When I get to 12k, I might do a very elaborate jig
I really hope the title of your story is “Team.”
What is it about???
It is a retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice (and no, I can’t use her name because it has an i in it, but this is in fact part of the theme of lacking agency and identity, so it is not a problem) in which Eurydice is the architect of her own descent into the Underworld and Orpheus can’t take no for an answer!
And also:
I have a more up to date version on my computer with quite a few more words but I don’t remember how many oh no
I both respect and fear you
I think the only reason this is even possible to achieve is because it isn’t written in past tense or otherwise something like “he doesn’t touch her” would be “he didn’t touch her” and ooops there is an i…same goes for stuff like says and said…it’s still fucking hilarious tho^^
Present tense narratives use -ing, though! Except I can’t. Obvs. There’s also two interlinked narratives which make up the text, one of which is in past tense, and you’re right in that I would give my left arm to be able to use the words ‘said’ and ‘did’.
Also:
My next update will be at 20k, so as not to keep putting this long post on people’s dashes… pray 5 me
If my mom sees a significant amount of blood she gets lightheaded, and has fainted on some occasions. Once it happened when we were kids, I wasn't there to witness it but I heard the story from my dad. Basically my brothers, around 7 or 8 at the time, were playing outside while my mom was making their lunch, and she accidentally cut her finger. It wasn't anything serious, but it drew a fair bit of blood and she passed out. My dad saw this and rushed over, but he didn't really know what to do so he just sort of started slapping her to wake her up (not recommended, but he had no idea and panicked)
At that exact moment my brothers both came in from playing, and all they saw was our mom unconscious on the floor and our dad slapping her. So, like, without even saying a word to each other they both just INSTANTLY start whaling on him, like, full blown attack mode to defend our mom. Which obviously didn't help the situation, but she did wake up and everything was fine.
Now our dad says that he's actually really glad they attacked him over what they thought was going on, because it means he raised good boys. And I still think that's true, they're very good boys.
Same guys btw. So they did turn out good yeah