Unusual Words With Beautiful Meanings

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go write three sentences on your current writing project.

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helpful sites for writers

i have a little collection of websites i tend to use for coming up with ideas, naming people or places, keeping clear visuals or logistics, writing basics about places i've never been to, and so on. i tend to do a lot of research, but sometimes you just need quick references, right? so i thought i'd share some of them!

Behind the Name; good for name meanings but also just random name ideas, regardless of meanings.

Fantasy Name Generator; this link goes to the town name generator, which i use most, but there are lots of silly/fun/good inspo generators on there!

Age Calculator; for remembering how old characters are in Y month in Z year. i use this constantly.

Height Comparison; i love this for the height visuals; does character A come up to character B's shoulder? are they a head taller? what does that look like, height-wise? the chart feature is great!

Child Development Guide; what can a (neurotypical, average) 5-year-old do at that age? this is a super handy quickguide for that, with the obviously huge caveat that children develop at different paces and this is not comprehensive or accurate for every child ever. i like it as a starting point, though!

Weather Spark; good for average temperatures and weather checking!

Green's Dictionary of Slang; good for looking up "would x say this?" or "what does this phrase mean in this context?" i love the timeline because it shows when the phrase was historically in use. this is english only, though; i dig a little harder for resources like this in other languages.

Vampire that’s dirt poor, doesn’t have a sprawling manor or vast riches accumulated by interest. Can’t afford those black leather boots they really want. Travels as a bat to save money not cuz they like it.

Deck & Patio Styles, 1996

IM DYING AIJZSBHAJQNnqka

Words to Describe the Moon

Ablaze: Very brightly coloured or lighted.

Aesthetic: Pleasing in appearance.

Ageless: Timeless, eternal.

Angelic: Beautiful and pure.

Astrophysical: Related to space.

Brilliant: Glittering, very bright.

Celestial:  Belonging or relating to heaven.

Ethereal: Unworldly, heavenly.

Evanescent: Ephemeral and transitory.

Glisten: Sparkling.

Gloomy:  Dismally and depressingly dark

Heavenly: Beatific, delightful. 

Lifeless: Inanimate.

Luminous: Clear, enlightening.

Lonely: Solitary.

Mysterious: Mystical, deep and obscur.

Ominous: Sinister and menacing.

Otherworldly: Unearthly.

You’re suddenly transported to another world where magic is cast by perfectly pronouncing an ancient language. This language happens to be your native tongue

“WAKA SAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!”

BYEEEE

Okay so Venti knows literally every song that has and ever will exist in teyvat but, what about songs from our world?

Imagine hanging out with his beloved creator when all of sudden they get one of those ear worms- you know the ones where you can't stop humming along until it goes away. And Venti??? doesn't recognize the tune???? How can that be????? He has to know what divine hymn you're honoring him with.

"Your grace, what is that?"

"......cpr x misery."

me reading the end of this ask:

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO HIM!!

OH THE FACT THAT HE'D CERTAINLY ASK YOU TO SING HIM THE LYRICS TO YOUR HOLY SONG SO HE MAY SING IT WITH YOU. And you, his ever lovely, benevolent, almighty god, sang the lyrics happily to him. His smile slowly morphs from sheer glee to sheer horror as you look at him straight in the eyes while the sinful words mixed with another that suddenly don't make any sense tumbles out of your mouth.

Venti's ears felt like they're falling off.

Venti, stuffing himself into a laundry basket after the song: I dedicated my songs and ballads to our Supreme Creator, (Name), and this is the thanks I get?

i’ll share this one last tidbit because i’m scared to get hunted down by the government, but i trust tumblr anyway- but there already have been rumors of people getting redtagged in the philippines for being vocal about this elections

what’s redtagging? wikipedia describes it as “the malicious blacklisting of individuals or organizations critical or not fully supportive of the actions of a sitting government administration in the country.” redtagging is used to mark down names of activists or, honestly, anyone opposing the government’s beliefs for potential arrests, or in worst case scenarios, extrajudicial killings. 

this has been happening in the philippines for a long time, but it’s only recently reemerged during the reign of duterte. while i can’t compile all redtagging cases, here’s an example thread i made last year that highlighted some cases from april-may. it can give you the gist of how it works. and with the suppression of press freedom (google maria ressa, ceo of rappler, a filipino news site, who got arrested. she was eventually awarded the nobel peace prize for speaking out), there are many redtagging cases that are not spoken about. a friend from a certain university has talked to me about many of their classmates immediately being targeted. many filipinos are in danger

and i’m already hearing that the gov is trying to redtag more people who are just VOCAL about this elections. i was not even gonna post this because i was scared something’ll happen, but i think people deserve to know what’s going on before i stop posting about stuff completely.

freedom of speech is a privilege in the philippines. now that sara duterte, daughter of the current president, is going to head the department of education, it’s important to continue uplifting, supporting, and sharing news and posts by filipinos. bbm is a son of a dictator tyrant who murdered and tortured tens of thousands, and they will revise our history books despite years of fighting against them.

again, we are risking our lives trying to post about this, so if you see any post about the elections, it’s important to stay informed. it’s important to get mad at our government on our behalf because at some point, we won’t be able to. here’s some good posts i’ve found that summarize the elections/the marcos family’s wrongdoings pretty well (1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5). and if you have the audacity to go “why the hell are filipinos so stupid to vote for this man?” please read this.

and when marcos gets fully instated, i want you to cause a ruckus, a riot. we can’t let another marcos and duterte ruin our country once again.