Whenthetreesspeaklatin - The Trees Speak Latin

“Memories are what warm you up from the inside. But they’re also what tear you apart.”

— Haruki Murakami

I keep seeing people making fun of using growled, hissed, roared, snarled etc in writing and it’s like.

have you never heard someone speak with the gravel in their voice when they get angry? Because that’s what a growl is.

Have you never heard someone sharply whisper something through the thin space of their teeth? Or when your mother sharply told you to stop it in public as a kid when you were acting up/being too loud? Because that’s what a hiss is.

Have you never heard a man get so blackout angry that their voice BOOMS through the house? Because that’s what a roar is.

Have you never seen someone bare their teeth while talking to accentuate their frustration or anger while speaking with a vicious tone? Because that’s what snarling is.

It’s not meant to be a literal animal noise. For the love of god, not every description is literal. I get some people are genuinely confused, but also some of these people are genuinely unimaginative as fuck.

Look at this. This is what I need to show to every adult in my life every time they ask why.

“you do not need to explain your decisions to anybody if you don’t feel comfortable doing so”

— Unknown

Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies