Latest Posts by dead-tired-on-a-dull-night - Page 2
TOO BE FAIR THEY HAD A VERY NICE VOICE AND I JUST LEARNED THAT ABOUT MYSELF (and it’s a kink not a fetish)
My friend just messaged me saying “PRIMROSE HELP I HAVE A VOICE FETISH” and I’m not sure what to do with that information
Writing tip to those who care.
Write stuff. It will always be hard to take the time to sit down and write, but your ideas are something that somebody out there would love to read. Try your very best to take even five minutes of your day to sit down and write.
To those who care, it’s over.
Eugenics = Breeding Kink
Discuss
Dive in Deeper: Irony
Hey, hey! Happy Monday! Hopefully everyone had a wonderful weekend and we’re all ready to tackle the week as strong people!
Sometimes, I forget If I’ve quickly covered something on this blog before.. I feel like I’ve done irony before but it’s probably me just imagining…
Let’s begin!
What is Irony?
The definition of irony as a literary device is a situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality
For example, the difference between what something appears to mean versus its literal meaning.
Irony is associated with both tragedy and humor.
What Are the Main Types of Irony?
Dramatic Irony: Also known as tragic irony, this is when a writer lets their reader know something that a character does not. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, each young lover takes the poison, thinking the other is already dead—the dramatic irony comes from the audience wanting them to know the whole story before taking this final action. Similarly, in Shakespeare’s Othello, Othello trusts Iago—but the audience knows better.
Comic irony. This is when irony is used to comedic effect—such as in satire. Jane Austen was a master of irony and dialogue. Her preoccupation with social divisions, and the witty and insightful tone with which she revealed hypocrisy and parodied people contributed heavily to her voice. Austen opens Pride and Prejudice with a famous line implying that men are the ones who hunt for a wife; however, she makes it clear throughout the narrative that it is actually the other way around.
Situational Irony. This is at play when an expected outcome is subverted. For example, in O. Henry’s classic tale, The Gift of the Magi, a wife cuts off her long hair to sell it in order to buy her husband a chain for his prized watch. Meanwhile, the husband has sold his watch in order to buy his wife a comb for her hair. The situational irony comes from each person not expecting to have their gift be undercut by the other’s actions.
Verbal irony. This is a statement in which the speaker means something very different from what he or she is saying. Think of the knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail: with both his arms sliced off, he says, nonchalantly: “It’s just a flesh wound.” He is ironically (and comically) underplaying the severity of his injury.
What Is the Difference Between Irony and Sarcasm?
Sarcasm is a conversational device characterized by saying the opposite of what one means.
The key difference between irony and sarcasm is that sarcasm characterizes someone’s speech. Irony can additionally describe situations or circumstances. There are some cases in which someone could say something that is considered both ironic and sarcastic, but sarcasm is not a literary device.
Five Tips For Writing Irony
Pay attention. As you read and watch movies, think critically about what is ironic, and why. For example, in the film The Wizard of Oz, the great and powerful Oz turns out to be just a regular man, while Dorothy, who has been desperately seeking his help so that she can get home, has had the power to return home all along. Think about ways in which you can incorporate situations like this into your writing, where you subvert the expectations of your characters, your readers—or both.
Use an omniscient point of view. Many novels written in the nineteenth century are told from an omniscient point of view. When a reader knows more than the character, as in Bram Stoker's Dracula, it generates suspense, because your reader waits for the character to learn what they already know. But you might want to invert that balance of knowledge and make the narrator a character in the story that knows more than the reader. Agatha Christie used this first-person strategy to create narrative irony.
Have a clear point of view strategy. Point of view strategy is deeply bound up with what story you want to tell and will guide how that story unspools. No matter where you are in the drafting process, devote some time to thinking through the risks and rewards of different point-of-view strategies and consider who in your story may be best suited to hold the narrative reins.
Use the “meanwhile” device. If you are using an omniscient narrative point of view strategy, your narrator may recount a parallel event happening simultaneously in another place using the “meanwhile” device (e.g., “Meanwhile, across town...”). Because this device lets the reader in on happenings that one character has no knowledge of, it is a great tool for generating dramatic irony.
Use a flashback sequence. When your narrative or characters recall a long memory from a time before the story began, you may want to pull the reader back into a past scene. This is called a flashback. It important to mark the beginning and end of a flashback to make your time jumps clear to the reader, which you can do using past perfect tense to introduce the change—e.g. “he had gone to the marina.” Past perfect tense uses the verb “to have” with the past participle of another verb (in this case “gone”). After a few lines of this, transition into simple past tense—e.g. “he climbed onto the boat.” Generally speaking, using past perfect for a long section of text is jarring for most readers. It’s enough to use it only at the start of the flashback before switching to simple past tense. At the flashback’s end, use a reminder that the reader is back in the current scene.
There you have it! Please reblog, like and comment if you find these helpful!
Let me just uh…. totally out of pure wackiness not cause I absolutely agree and feel we should just eat em.
I refuse to believe I am sick, I am just updating and I froze half way through the process.
Bees were added in update 1.15 or 1.14 if you have bedrock edition. Other than being adorable you can harvest honey and honeycomb (to make honey blocks and honey comb blocks respectively. You can also consume honey!) Before harvesting either though, you need to put a campfire under the hive, the hive also needs to be filled with honey and there need to be bees to refill it!
Hope this helps!
???? when on earth did they add bees
Dnd Update! Again!
I have been abandoned, I live alone in the woods now, there’s no one but me, a sandwich, and the murderous farmer that my character couldn’t tell was actually just a regular scare crow.
Important ideas to consider when creating characters who are black and indigenous people of color. (x) (Creator’s instagram post)
Happy earth day! Also look at this cat I saw
The ever wise and gracious station masters
Source
Video of Tama
Follow Ultrafacts for more facts
aaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAH
The world is made for the boringly average and I refuse to elaborate.
🦀 time for crab 🦀
it is time for crab on tumblr, but not time for crab in my life. yet.
i hope everyone with acne, eczema, vitiligo, psoriasis, dermatitis, and skin conditions have a good day today
happy april fools. please take this egg
hahahahahha………………..
youve been fooled………………by the april fools beeper……………..it was a fully grown bird the entire time…..no egg………………it tells u it hopes u hav a good april 1st
YES THANK YOU
All I'm saying is, if a fic refers to characters by their physical attributes instead of their names or pronouns ("he smiled at the older" "the blonde laughed") when we know who the character is, and ESPECIALLY if the descriptions include "ravenette" or "cyanette" or other ridiculous words--
I'm clicking out of that fic so fast my AO3 history won't even register I've been there.
To the man on the street who said that he would never be dominated by a shorter girl, congrats, your opinion is trash and you are missing out.
Thank you for existing
Cheat Sheet for Writing Emotion
Anger:
Grinding teeth
Narrowing eyes
Yelling
A burning feeling in the chest
Heavy breathing
Unjustified or justified accusations towards other characters
Jerky movements
Glaring
Violence
Stomping
Face reddening
Snapping at people
Sadness:
Lack of motivation
Messy appearance
Quiet
Slow movements
Crying
Inability to sleep
Frowning
Red eyes
Isolating oneself
Fatigue
Not concentrating
Keep reading
DND update!
It’s been a while! Giant ants and got to scream “Pedophiles” and shadows. Also, 8 year old has become a bludgeoning necromancer on a war path. So fun!
Time to play my favorite game!
Did I put it away properly and it’s just buried under other things in its respective storage or is it still lying around somewhere- oh wait it’s in my pocket
Not that the detective is bad at solving crimes, far from it in fact. However they’re such an idiot in literally EVERYTHING else to the point where the demon is surprised they’re not missing limbs and much more surprised they’re not dead by now. Like stupid enough to the point where he’s been kidnapped (white van, promise of candy and all), lost all of their money to scammers twice, and almost died cause they couldn’t solve 3^2.
A detective and a demon are a crime solving duo. However, the demon is bound to the detective, and only helps because the detective is an idiot.
I should probably specify this a bit more. I am absolutely not against putting these sorts of things in your writing. I am totally for it in fact. What I am also for, however, is authors specifying that they don’t approve of the actions displayed in their books. I’d rather writers not have to do this, but people often perceive fiction as reality.
Writing… opinion?
Ok so this isn’t a tip but I do find this important. Please don’t romanticize kidnapping and stalking or at least if you do please note that such activities aren’t, in reality, romantic. I have been around so many people who have copied such actions or have not been able to recognize the danger because stuff like obsession, possessiveness, and generally unhealthy habits have been so heavily romanticized. I’ve even had friends who have been stalked and yet not realized it because of these sorts of things! Please be aware of the messages your putting out through your work and don’t promote dangerous activities!
Opinion over.
Writing… opinion?
Ok so this isn’t a tip but I do find this important. Please don’t romanticize kidnapping and stalking or at least if you do please note that such activities aren’t, in reality, romantic. I have been around so many people who have copied such actions or have not been able to recognize the danger because stuff like obsession, possessiveness, and generally unhealthy habits have been so heavily romanticized. I’ve even had friends who have been stalked and yet not realized it because of these sorts of things! Please be aware of the messages your putting out through your work and don’t promote dangerous activities!
Opinion over.
criminal profiling is just astrology for cops
for the love of god please look at this list of banned fandoms from a MCYT discord server my boyfriend sent me
May I also add,
“Let’s get you fed.” and “Let’s get you inside.”
Just thinking about the intimacy behind a very soft and gentle "Let's get you home."
Glass is spiky
Fuck this shit Imma eat a jar
Fuck this shit Imma eat a jar
I believe this is called a writing type.
Detail is something that can shift what the reader is focusing on. Adding more detail on to one place will make it seem important, memorable, and something to focus on, while removing detail or not giving to much detail to it can make it unnoticeable. If you pour more detail into the clock on the wall than the strange hooded figure, people are going to care more about the clock. That being said, be mindful of where you put detail and where you don’t.
If this is a writing tip then I believe it is over.