Your friendly neighborhood Kate

[Your friendly neighborhood Kate]

[captmuldoon]

wait a second -

MOBY BARBIE??? IN MY BARBIE MOVIE????

[punkrorschach]

the cowards wouldnt say Barbie Dick

[Your friendly neighborhood Kate]

[kirbyskisses]

dear non-spanish speakers writing spiderverse fanfiction (or anything with spanglish),

Originally posted by itsvs

in spanglish you don’t switch by word, you switch by phrase.

it’s not:

“[first part of the sentence in english], [second part of the sentence in english], mi amor.”

“[full english sentence], querida.”

it’s:

“[first part of the sentence in english], [segunda parte de la frase en español], mi amor.”

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also miles is boricua, miguel is mexican. they have two different accents and use different vocabulary for certain words.

also miles is “nyourican” - a puerto rican native to new york - while his mom is directly from the island, so there are differences there, too, because his spanish is more influence by new york english. 

here’s some good references that aren’t google translate (which usually pulls from spain, a country that speaks vastly differently from latin america)

• SpanishDict
• WordReference

here have some random videos on different slang/spanish accents:

• Puerto Rico
• Mexico (1) (2)

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in spanish most words are gendered, so most feminine words end in a and masculine/gender neutral words end in o. adding ito/ita makes something cuter, smaller and more affectionate.

spanish nicknames that aren’t “mi amor”

• “querido/a” - darling
• “cariño” - dear (always masculine regardless, of who its being said to)
• “mi princesa/príncipe” - my prince/princess
• “mi rey/reina” - my king/queen
• “papí/mamí” - can be used in any way; romantic, sexual, familial for one’s parent or child, or just platonically
• “tesoro” - treasure

also spanish is a language that uses adjectives as terms of affection both cute ones and ones that might sound insensitive in english

• gordo (fat), flaco (skinny), negro (black), blanco (white), linda (pretty), bella (beautiful), morena (brown skin), etc.

and like most languages that are not english, spanish has multiple ways of saying i love you.

• “te amo” - romantic
• “te quiero” - familial, platonic (although there’s nothing wrong with using it romantically)

see also:

• te adoro - i adore you
• te deseo - i want you
• te necesito - i need you

 and, of course, they can vary regionally too.

please use this because i have read a lot of really well written things that take me out of it because the use of spanglish is terrible. don’t just go on your presumptions that spanish/spanglish works in the same way that english does.

buena suerte, gringos.

- signed your friendly neighborhood afro-latina

Originally posted by momentofmemory

[Your friendly neighborhood Kate]

[sabrebash]

The cedar waxwings blew through a few weeks ago. As a species, their M.O. is to show up like locusts, eat every berry in the state, poop on everyone's cars, and then vanish within a day. I respect it, i suppose.

[Your friendly neighborhood Kate]

[plantanarchy]

with friends, I frequently refer to thunder as "Thor clapping his cheeks" so you can imagine the travesty that almost happened to me today while discussing the weather with my older coworker

[Your friendly neighborhood Kate]

[charlottan]

they should invent a way to reconnect with old friends that doesnt feel like eating a pile of dirt in front of god

[Your friendly neighborhood Kate]

[Your friendly neighborhood Kate]

[drisnow]

I’m a different man when I’m alone in my car

[Your friendly neighborhood Kate]

[prideknights]

Meet the King of Diamonds, the rainbow pride knight! Thank you everyone for joining us and giving feedback on all the compositions, shaping this deck; it's been an amazing journey! The Pride Knights Playing Cards, art prints and uncut sheets are now available for pre-order here: prideknights.com ⚔️🌈

[robin-parravel]

YES YES YES IT'S FINALLY HERE!!!

[robin-parravel]

Just a reminder that these cards are only available for preorder until the end of June! After that, they will be gone.

Just wanted to say that incase you haven't heard about them before and wanted to check them out later, but kept getting delayed until you found out that they aren't for sale anymore or something similar.

[Your friendly neighborhood Kate]

[end-orfino]

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[Your friendly neighborhood Kate]

[lorsanbitch]

bruh if people want me to stop sympathizing with villains they need to stop making the villains the ones who want to change broken systems

[stromuprisahat]

#and stop making heroes fight to maintain the status quo ffs

[itsladykit]

You know, there is something extremely interesting about the idea in Western media that the villain is almost always the one who catalyzes the events of a story. They’re usually the ones trying to bring about some change.

The only exception I can think of might be dystopian fiction. That seems to be the only situation where it’s “acceptable” for the heroes to be proactive and the villains to be the ones maintaining the status quo.