Month: August 2012

  • August 27th, 2012 7:58am

    wahwahwah why in the name of god did i pick up an 8:30 class

  • August 27th, 2012 7:57am

    gunslinger:

    “Criminals are a terror. Hearts of the night. I must disguise my terror. Criminals are cowardly. A superstitious terrible omen. A cowardly lot. My disguise must strike terror. I must be black. Terrible. Criminals are a superstitious cowardly lot. I must be a creature. I must be a creature of the night. Mommy’s dead. Daddy’s dead. Brucie’s dead. I shall become a bat.”
    Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth

    One of my favorites. 

  • August 26th, 2012 12:58am

    fyeahbatgirl:

    Detective Comics 732

    Barbara’s reaction to there being a new Batgirl (it was Helena Bertinelli then). She did not take it well.

  • August 26th, 2012 12:54am

    Pro-tip for writers,

    because I’ve been seeing this a lot. 

    To be is the most common of the linking verbs and also the most overused, but all the linking verbs invite generalization and distance. To feel, to seem, to look, to appear, to experience, to express, to show, to demonstrate, to convey, to display – all these suggest in fiction that the character is being acted upon or observed by someone rather than doing something. She felt happy/sad/amused/mortified does not convince us. We want to see her and to infer her emotion for ourselves. He very clearly conveyed his displeasure. It isn’t clear to us. How did he convey it? To whom?

    Most linking verbs have active as well as effectively passive forms, and it is important to distinguish them. She felt sad is effectively passive, but she felt his forehead is an action. If the magician appeared, he is acting; but if he appeared annoyed, then the verb is a linking verb and the only action implied is that of the observer who perceives this. 

    Linking verbs, like the passive voice, can appropriately convey a sense of passivity or helplessness when that is the desired effect. 

    From Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft by Janet Burroway

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