FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT CROWN AND CB ARE BOTH MENTALLY TEENAGERS

two gets out of bed

steps in through the door awkwardly and stumbles over my own feet..

..sniffs...

"Semicolons," I say with a hint of fear in my voice.

I reach out my hand, trembling.

"Teach me your ways."

[english class tried to tell me, but it failed... i mostly need to know HOW to use them properly </3]

“SEMICOLONS!!!” i scream at you; i love these annoying little shits

THEYRE MY SECOND FAVORITE PUNCTUATION MARK AFTER MY LOVELY EM DASH! OK LETS GO

FIRSTLY! a lot of people fundamentally misunderstand the purpose and practical function of semicolons. you’ll often hear one of these three things when asking someone to explain them to you:

1. they’re just like periods

2. they’re just like commas

3. they’re just like ‘and’

WRONG!

WRONG!!

AND WRONG AGAIN!!!

(but none of them are COMPLETELY wrong, and here’s why)

the actual function of a semicolon is to connect two closely related independent clauses in one sentence. ya just use it when you want to show the direct relation between two sentences.

in a purely practical sense, the writing world could do without semicolons—you can literally always replace it with either a period, comma, or “and.” or a bunch of other punctuation marks, including the em dash, which i just used in that last sentence in place of a semicolon!

if you don’t get semicolons, you never have to use ‘em!

but if you DO really really really want to use semicolons a whole bunch, for whatever reason (i do it cause i think they’re delightful), here’s when to use them:

1. when you want to show that two separate ideas are related

2. that’s it

a HUGE MISTAKE I ALWAYS SEE WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO USE SEMICOLONS is that the clauses on either side of the semicolon are NOT INDEPENDENT!!!

if you can’t keep either side of the semicolon as its own sentence, you can’t use a semicolon!

for example:

I wondered when I would see him again; that kind man.

this is WRONG!!

“I wondered when I would see him again.” WORKS as a sentence on its own! awesome!

“That kind man.” …huh? the kind man what? what idea or action is going on in this sentence?

oh, what’s that? NOTHING?

then it ISN’T AN INDEPENDENT CLAUSE and CAN’T be used as one side of a semicolon! semicolons aren’t just here for flair, they connect actions/ideas, and this example is ONE action and ONE subject doing nothing but clarifying what the previous sentence means! NOT INDEPENDENT!!

if you’re struggling on when and how to use them, take this:

when writing, don’t build a sentence AROUND a semicolon, but stick ‘em between two sentences whose meanings need to be linked. this is something you should focus on in editing, when you’ve already got all your sentences laid out and you can pick which ones should smooch! don’t worry about it during drafting!

because that’s really all a semicolon is: just a helpful little bridge between two sentences. it doesn’t have to be there, so make sure the sentences would still work if it wasn’t.

now, let’s look at this example:

I hadn’t spoken to that kind man in two weeks; I wondered when I would see him again.

“I hadn’t spoken to that kind man in two weeks.” WORKS AS A SENTENCE ON ITS OWN!

“I wondered when I would see him again.” ALSO WORKS AS A SENTENCE ON ITS OWN! YAY!!!

you could just have these as completely separate sentences (which tells you you’re using it right), but the reason a semicolon is used is to help the reader understand that one leads to the other!

this character is wondering when she’ll see that kind man again BECAUSE she hasn’t seen him in two weeks.

cause; effect.

this is the correct use of a semicolon!

(or “effect; cause” if you want, they’re usually rearrangeable.)

and so i restate: the world could do just fine without semicolons! they’re only here when YOU think they’re necessary.

you might use one to show how a character figured something out—

The doorknob was coated with dust; I knew he hadn’t been home for months.

—or why they made a decision—

A guard stepped toward me, brandishing a spear; I grabbed my stuff and ran.

—when, without the semicolon, it might not be clear to the reader why they did that or why they came to that conclusion. point out the connection, help the writing be more clear and more fun! not super duper necessary, because you can always replace it with a period or “and/so,” but they’re 100% useful and nice to have in your toolbox.

hope this was clear enough ack!!!

P.S. semicolons have a SECRET OTHER USE. but it’s booooorrrinngggggggg and you’ll, like, never use it ever. BUT HERE IT IS ANYWAY

you can use it to separate entries in lists when there’s already a comma. like… a SUPER comma to show that you’re talking about a new item on the list, not just expanding on the previous item

I spoke to: Basil, the artist, Berry, the nerd.

this kinda reads like you spoke to four people: you spoke to basil, you spoke to an artist, you spoke to berry, and you spoke to a nerd.

you can use a semicolon between these to separate which commas are to show descriptors, and which commas are to show a new entry in the list

I spoke to: Basil, the artist; Berry, the nerd.

hey, we’re on TV!

anyway, a simple “and” at the end of the list would solve this whole problem, but if you can’t use “and” for whatever reason (a list following a colon usually doesn’t need them), then there’s another use for semicolons that you will probably never need!

anyway i looooove semicolons and i will FIND YOU if you use them wrong . thank you and g’bye!

Hiiiiiii :3

How was TPOT 17? :]

Do not talk to me at this hour.

MAJOR TPOT 17 SPOILERS BELOW ⬇️

OKAY. OKay. okay. Ok. Buddy. WHAT WAS THAT.

I MEAN THIS IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE BTW. PROBABLY MY TOP FAVORITE RIGHT NOW okay dude WHY DOES EVERY NEW EPISODE BECOME MY NEW FAVORITE. ITS LIKE. dude. the tpot peak curve is going up and up and its NOT STOPPING !! ITS GOING SO HIGH UP THE PEAK IS UNMATCHED okay sorry im tired OKAY.

first of all, ONE? CRASHOUT? HELLO?

ALSO SIX APPEARANCE??? THE IMPLICATIONS THAT ONE GOT EXILED FROM THE EQUATION PLAYGROUND? dude. WHERE DO THE SUBSCRIBER SPECIALS FALL ON THE TIMELINE???? CAUSE I KNOW SOMETHING'S UP WITH THAT ENDING SNEAKPEAK.

ive been thinking for quite some time now that the subscriber specials will eventually link up with the TPOT timeline or something. or that one being exiled from the equation playground happened during BFB at some point.....

man I DONT KNOW i need to rewatch this episode at least 17 more times ON TOP of the entire series... tpot has really developed a TON over the course of the series, and its so fascinating to see it progress from the typical competition BFDI to the lore-filled, story-telling BFDI. its such a nice mix that ive been yearning for ever since the EXIT was slowly being developed back in BFB... and even the beginning of TPOT with that FRICKING CLIFFHANGER THAT LEFT ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT ALL THOSE MONTHS AGO

okay. i may ramble later...... Not sure. BYE

we’re so back

WOOOOOOOOO

Happy first anniversary, Love of the S*n!

Love of the S*n released last year on this day, January 31st.

I have one of the most insane and stupid interpretations of hfjone and I just have to share it here.

Listen. Airy’s character isn’t his own guy, there’s a reason Airy was never given a proper name, is left intentionally ambiguous and ends the story in that way.

Airy IS Cheesy HFJ, literally.

Airy is so apathetic about the characters because he knows they aren’t real.

Airy didn’t kidnap the characters because he wanted company or entertainment, he did it because he wanted to write a story.

Airy literally has control over the setting, shows pride in his creations, intentionally uses the characters to push a story into existence and EVERYTHING AIRY DOES CAN BE USED AS A METAPHOR FOR SOMETHING A WRITER WOULD DO.

Airy is so adamant about the show continuing because he knows how he wants the story to end, and he doesn’t want their story to end by them going home.

Airy dying is the parallel to the writer ending the natural story, and what’s left is a question:

What happens to fictional characters when the story is over?

This question is answered by hfjone in a special way by saying that they go to limbo, forever being frozen constructs of what they once were but being dead in every way but literal.

Where does stone fit into this? Stone is the viewer, more specifically stone is what happens when a fan cares about character, they want to try and help these characters and one of them made it into the narrative. Stone makes effort but cannot communicate properly with the fictional characters, stone can warn but never enough. And ultimately, in the characters eyes, every fan is the exact same and there is an ocean of millions.

Maybe I’m holding cheesy to too high of a standard of artistic genius, but a lot of these metaphors feel really intentional

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more songs i made ^^

2/3 PROPAGANDA LETS GOOOOOOO

I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING UP WITH THE LITTLE DETAILS IN THE SERIES

My 3 post went well, may as well spread the propoganda.

tpot 16

Can you draw Puffball?

she's planning devious activities!!