Given that Rene Echevarria was involved in producing DS9, maybe this will inspire him to break a mythical season 2 of Now and Again. And maybe this is overly wishful thinking on my part.
valkyriejack asked:
tinsnip answered:
I just google, tbqh, but I bet somebody’s got something better.
Folks! Help!
old-type-40 asked:
Oh, thank GOD. Oh, I am so happy now. Oh, wow. Thank you!!!
cteranodon asked:
tinsnip answered:
Mature is ‘and then they made love.’ Explicit is ‘and here’s how they did it exactly.’
To wit: mature.
He looked at the envelope, spread out before him.
God, he’d never been this hungry.
Could he be gentle enough? Slow enough? He didn’t want to damage it, didn’t want to do anything he’d regret… but no, no, it seemed the envelope wanted this as much as he did. It slipped into his hands, it folded as he asked. When it was time for more, the card was waiting, and he somehow knew exactly what to do. He moved with his correspondence in a dance as old as the mail system, and when it was over, he was smiling and the envelope was completely, thoroughly sealed.
Explicit:
The envelope waved its flap in the air slowly, gently, and he could see the faint shimmer of the adhesive traced along its fold. It was like a taunt, a dare: won’t you? And he would, oh, God, he would, lifting the envelope firmly to his lips, licking slowly at first, then faster, more firmly, tasting the envelope’s essence, the faint bitterness, the sweetness to follow—
Oh, he couldn’t help but smile at how it felt in his hands. It was so perfectly folded. Its paper was rough against his fingers, and its crossed folds shifted slightly as it opened for his eager tongue. Yes, yes…
Now the card, and his hand trembled as he lifted it, as he held the envelope, stretching it wide. Would it fit? Oh… oh, yes, it would fit, it slid in smooth and quick and filled the envelope to bursting, oh, made for each other, and he smiled in delight at how perfect it was.
He was ready. Now, now, now: with one swift movement he folded the flap over and he pressed, yes, he pressed the flap down and it stuck, God, it stuck perfectly, and he closed his eyes in bliss.
Afterwards, he stroked the envelope, and thought about addresses.
omg THIS MADE MY MORNING.
well, this is something I didn’t know i needed till I had it.
“and thought about addresses” oh my
I never thought I’d say this but it’s too early for this level of porn.
MAIL PORN
@snowgall - on the difference between E and M!
This is excellent. I’ve been meaning to write a post about this for a long time, but this is perfect.
One of the complicating issues (as I see it) is authors importing older works from (say) fanfiction.net, where ‘M’ is the highest rating (ff’s ‘M’ is often equivalent to AO3′s ‘E’). But AO3 confusingly has an ‘M’ rating as well (which is meant for less explicit stuff). So authors import older works and choose the rating - M - which matches the rating they used before, even if ‘E’ would have been the more accurate choice.
The result is that works rated ‘M’ on AO3 run the gamut from very explicit to rather tame, and this makes this rating very confusing for readers.
- now you’ve shat in the blue cupboard
- the taste is like the butt
- there’s no cow on the ice
- i sense owls in the marsh
- to walk like a cat around hot porridge
- don’t paint the devil on the wall
- to be out biking
- cake on cake
okay @chigrima @silvysartfulness I need you guys to help me out: what are the actual Swedish phrases AND WHAT DO THESE MEAN?!
@chigrima is probably replying to this as I type, but that only means you get twice the swedesplaining, @speculativexenolinguist . u.u
- now you’ve shat in the blue cupboard
Actual phrase: Nu har du skitit i det blå skåpet.
As far as a I know, this one dates back to ye olde times, where you’d store the night pot in a cupboard by the bed. In the kitchen area, you had another fancier cabinet (blue, for example, is fancy, maybe some flowers painted on there, pretty stuff) where you kept the “china” to eat on. So to say you’ve shat in the blue cupboard means you’ve made a huge mistake - like using your dinner china for going poo-poo in.
- the taste is like the butt (divided)
Actual phrase: Smaken är som baken - delad
Literally means that just the way the butt is split into two ass-cheeks, so peoples’ tastes and preferences may be divided. The last part of the idiom is often left out since everyone knows what it is.
- there’s no cow on the ice
Actual phrase: Det är ingen ko på isen.
A cow that’s gotten lost from the pasture and wandered onto the frozen nearby body of water is bad. You may end up with drowned cow. So as long as there’s no cow on the ice, whatever you need to do isn’t really in a hurry. If there WAS a cow on the ice, you’d be in a rush to fix it before it got worse, though.
- i sense owls in the marsh
Actual phrase: Jag anar ugglor i mossen
It means to suspect foul play (fowl play, ha, see it works in English, too), that something’s not quite right. Since I didn’t know how it originated, I’ll leave you with the wisdom of Wikipedia - it’s originally a Danish idiom where the owls were actually wolves (which makes more sense, something creepy’s about) that got mistranslated into owls because apparently unbaptised children who died out of wedlock turned into owly marsh-spirits-… you know, that’s fucked up creepy, too. That, and I now feel a very strong urge to incorporate cursed owl-featured child-zombies of the marshes into like ALL my original stories. Anyway. Moving on.
- to walk like a cat around hot porridge
Actual phrase: Att gå som katten kring het gröt.
Circling but evading an issue, being reluctant to bring something up. Porridge was often served with butter and milk, which were tasties for cats. But the porridge was too hot, so the cat would just slink around, waiting for it to cool down. So evading something until, preferably, someone else brings it up or it goes away. Like the heat of the porridge.
- don’t paint the devil on the wall
Actual phrase: Måla inte fan på väggen
This is so visually poetic. It means you shouldn’t invite trouble, or borrow misery. Things might just work out fine, so if you start painting up vivid scenarios of everything that COULD go wrong, you may end up screwing things up for yourself. Don’t.
- to be out biking
Actual phrase: Nu är du helt ute och cyklar
Means to be completely and utterly wrong, way off topic, making no sense. Like being out biking and getting yourself utterly lost. Which happens faster if you’re biking than walking? Or something.
- cake on cake
Actual phrase: tårta på tårta
Literally means to stack one cake on top of another. Ie doing something to extreme excess, exaggerating, too much of any one thing. Is often used about language taking a turn for the purpler - you needn’t describe the polar bear to be furry and white, it’s a polar bear, they’re ALWAYS furry and white, kinda thing.
Finally, because no post about Swedish is complete without it, I shall add on my very favourite Swedish insult: Skitstövel. It literally means shit-boot, and I think that’s beautiful.
@copperbadge because of cake on cake, sorta like if it’s worth doing…
See and I totally am living out the trope because as soon as I read that one I thought “But why wouldn’t you put cake on cake, IT’S CAKE.” :D
I’m pretty sure in the foodieverse, Mjolnir has a dessert called tårta på tårta which is one of those “if you eat the whole thing your party eats for free” deals.
Steve and Bruce both have their photos on the tårta på tårta wall of honor.
I’m reading cake on cake and just hearing, ‘yo dawg I heard you like cake…’
I don’t know why, but I’ve always imagined kanar tastes like Jägermeister but not as sweet. Or maybe like gin with more anise. I don’t know, but “licorice” is definitely the flavor I associate with kanar.
For some reason, I imagine “licorice” but also a weird buttermilk taste and a thickness like watery kiefer.
Basically kanar is awesome to Cardassians but absolutely dreadful to pretty much everyone else. (See also, the aliens from Alien Nation that get drunk on sour milk)
YOU’VE WATCHED ALIEN NATION????<3 <3 <3
Oh, wow, I don’t think I’ve even THOUGHT about Alien Nation for at least a decade, and it’d been one of my favorite sci-fi shows.
and this is patinkin george, not my fave george, but STILL
why doesn’t tumblr watch alien nation
there is so much tumblr would like
why
I’d actually never heard of this movie, but i am interested…..
Watch the showwww, its betterrrr.
Like, if you like world building? This. If you like conlang? This. If you like aliens with different genders & attitudes to sexuality? This. If you like differing biologies, such that the Tenctonese and Humans are often mildly repugnant to each other, and yet they still end up just kind of going, oh yeah, that’s Eileen Over, she’s a Tenct, don’t eat her donuts, they have gopher innards in them, like–
Everyone is just People, first and foremost. And the show flows from that. Racist people. Sexist people. Ageist people. Frightened people. Angry people. Loving people. Kind people. Curious people. Just People.
It’s So Good.
… maybe I need to learn how to make gifs, just for Alien Nation.
Do you have a link to somewhere to watch it? If you don’t, no worries I can probably find one somewhere :)
A surprising amount is on Youtube!
Lady, is that what we used?
I don’t know why, but I’ve always imagined kanar tastes like Jägermeister but not as sweet. Or maybe like gin with more anise. I don’t know, but “licorice” is definitely the flavor I associate with kanar.
For some reason, I imagine “licorice” but also a weird buttermilk taste and a thickness like watery kiefer.
Basically kanar is awesome to Cardassians but absolutely dreadful to pretty much everyone else. (See also, the aliens from Alien Nation that get drunk on sour milk)
YOU’VE WATCHED ALIEN NATION????<3 <3 <3
Oh, wow, I don’t think I’ve even THOUGHT about Alien Nation for at least a decade, and it’d been one of my favorite sci-fi shows.
and this is patinkin george, not my fave george, but STILL
why doesn’t tumblr watch alien nation
there is so much tumblr would like
why
I’d actually never heard of this movie, but i am interested…..
Watch the showwww, its betterrrr.
Like, if you like world building? This. If you like conlang? This. If you like aliens with different genders & attitudes to sexuality? This. If you like differing biologies, such that the Tenctonese and Humans are often mildly repugnant to each other, and yet they still end up just kind of going, oh yeah, that’s Eileen Over, she’s a Tenct, don’t eat her donuts, they have gopher innards in them, like–
Everyone is just People, first and foremost. And the show flows from that. Racist people. Sexist people. Ageist people. Frightened people. Angry people. Loving people. Kind people. Curious people. Just People.
It’s So Good.
… maybe I need to learn how to make gifs, just for Alien Nation.
The cultural aspects were my favorites, because they were odd to a human mind, but when they were explained, they made sense. The biology was so interesting - the entire pregnancy arc was mind-blowing.
And it was handled SO WELL.
Things happened that were Weird and Gross, and yet the show was always playing exactly the same music they’d play while a Human woman was having a child. The show was telling you, quietly, if you think this is gross, you are Looking At
It Wrong.
I LOVE THAT SHOW.
uuhhhh when you try all the sounds and beats on your synth while only playing toto - africa
The varying wavelengths of different colors
Adorable science is adorable.
IT BOOMS WHENEVER THERE IS A RAINBOW
Yes, and the red one seems to look back at the rainbow each time it happens.
fishyfishyfishtimes
mallsharks
coworker told me he “hates all mollusks” today. and to each their own obviously but like… theres 100k species of mollusk… you really hate all of them bro? nautiluses and oysters and snails and nudibranches and chitons and thousands of animals youve never even heard of???? what did ammonites even fucking do to you
he hates sea bunny?
AND leaf sheep??
