How to Use a Semicolon

poplitealqueen:

Sit the fuck down, kids. It’s time to learn something.

Ever wondered how you could use this nice, spicy piece of punctuation mark without looking like a dumbass? Here’s an easy, fandom-esque version of doing just that!

First of all, what the fuck is a semicolon for? A semicolon is used to indicate a pause, much like a period or a comma. The difference is that the pause isn’t quite as long as an end mark, nor as brief as the pause of a comma. It’s nice and comfortable in the middle, like the smallest character in your OT3 after the big fuckapalooza chapter.

How the Hell do you use a semicolon? Simple! Here’s a few rules to live by:

*Use a semicolon to separate independent clauses not linked by a coordinating conjunction ( things like this: and, but, or…)

Example: Chirrut believes in the power of the Force; Baze believes in the power of really fucking OP blaster cannons.

*Use a semicolon to separate independent clauses connected by a conjunctive adverb such as however, therefore, nevertheless, furthermore, and consequently.

Example: Gimli and Legolas fucked constantly during their Quest with Aragorn; however, the two swear up and down that they are not a couple.

*Use a semicolon in a series with internal punctuation. In a complex series, it may be hard for readers to know if commas are a part of items or separating the items. In such cases, semicolons can be used to separate the items.

Example: Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan have made out all across the galaxy, but especially all over Coruscant, from the Jedi Temple to Palpatine’s office; on Naboo, in the Lake Country; and on Tatooine, on top of the Skywalker Angst Hill.

*Use a semicolon between independent clauses if commas are in one or both of the clauses.

Example: Hera loves Ahsoka, that strong, mysterious former Jedi; and best of all, Ahsoka loves her, too.

I hope that was informative for you! Remember, punctuation can make or break your writing. Use it wisely.

(Special thanks to Grammar Sucks – What to Do to Make Your Writing Much More Better by Joanne Kimes & Gary Robert Muschla for having such a fantastic section on punctuation.)

… Isn’t a bird that eats poison things a good thing in a place full of poison things? You go, kookaburra, you go.

jezi-belle:

determamfidd:

you know, i’ve read that all the cutiepie marsupials here are 100% poison-free, but I’m not sure I believe it, because naaaah surely not

😉

kookies are soft and cute and kickass and incorrigible thieves who laugh at you at sparrowfart in the morning, 100/10 perfect Australian birb

THE MARSUPIALS DON’T NEED POISON, DETS, HALF OF THEM HAVE POINTY ENDS AND THE OTHER HALF ARE FUCKING JACKED

WAIT OKAY WAIT i must have a marsupial moment

okay fine yeah OKAY, so the big ones are totally jacked and can Fuck You Up, koala claws have a terrifyingly strong grip even though it sleeps 18 hours a day, and running into a wombat can flip your car over bc they are a keg on legs..

…but the smol ones!!! The smol ones are competing for “Most Insanely and Impossibly Cute and Adorable-Looking Animal EVER’ – and all of them are winning

Marsupial mice! Wambengers! Aussie possums!

Quokkas! Bandicoots!

Numbats! Bilbys! Bettongs! QUOLLS! 

looking at those lil fluffs of perfection, you could begin to think their evolutionary strategy was to weaponise cuteness 

not-all-the-prayers:

Some words of wisdom from Carrie Fisher

  • “Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ” 
  • “If my life wasn’t funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.” 
  • “Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.” 
  • “I feel I’m very sane about how crazy I am.” 
  • “And when you’re young you want to fit in. Hell, I still want to fit in with certain humans, but as you get older you get a little more discriminating.” 
  • “In my opinion, a problem derails your life and an inconvenience is not being able to get a nice seat on the un-derailed train.” 
  • “You know the bad thing about being a survivor… You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift.” 
  • “There is no point at which you can say, ‘Well, I’m successful now. I might as well take a nap.” 
  • “No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.” 

softdirks:

the best lord of the rings thing ive seen is the headcanon that gimli is like Prince Tier of beauty for dwarves and is absolutely stunning and legolas is like, for an elf, absolute butt ugly like relatively and everyones always like gimli how could you marry such a shit tier ugly ass elf and gimli is like ach.. nae…i love him

poplitealqueen:

unapologeticallyahomicidalkoala
replied to your post “I HAVE NEVER SEEN LORD OF THE RINGS AND I NEVER SHALL”

Sansukh is amazing!

Fuck yeah it is, fam. That fic is a genre all it’s own: kickass.

(Like EVERYONE I know in the SW fandom has heard about it. You know how cool that is? AH. Makes it hard to rec it to people but great to chat about. Pretty sure at least three separate fandoms outside of the Hobbit implode every time she updates.)

@determamfidd

*very softly and full of feeling* holy shit

i am gonna F L I P

aaaaaugh thank you Pop, thank you beautiful! damn, that means the world, coming from you ❤

culturalrebel:

eunnui:

Kookaburras are so soft and good like mashpotato

@determamfidd this bird is native to your land so I’m 93% positive that they’re assholes

no no, they are actually soft and good like mashpotato

true, they are the sort of mashpotato that wakes you up by laughing madly at you at dawn

and fine, okay, they are also the sort of mashpotato that kills and eats venomous snakes 

and ALL RIGHT, they’ve been known to snag food from people’s hands, or even pinch sausages from a barbecue…

but dammit they’re so cute, look at that lil birb nugget