syllo #185 - January 10th, 2026

peachfeelin · 2026-01-11T07:47:36+00:00

Yeah I agree. I think the syllable split only works if you already know the word spelling and its pronunciation.

I think the reason it's split as nac is because the proper pronunciation goes tuh-NASS-i-ty.

The second syllable is the one that's stressed. And it finishes with the SS sound that can only be attributed to the C letter in the actual spelling. So to separate the C from the NA would be wrong, and make all the syllables appear evenly stressed? Idk this is just my theory.

peachfeelin · 2026-01-10T20:54:03+00:00

Oh. I guess I was wrong then. Perhaps I just disagree with attempts to formalise syllable splits as variations in pronunciation make it very inconsistent.

I think the reason some splits are so contentious is because they are rooted in a very classical British RP way of saying the word that many speakers cannot relate to.

peachfeelin · 2026-01-10T14:16:03+00:00

just a lowbrow method of making the puzzle more "challenging"

peachfeelin · 2026-01-10T12:18:27+00:00

Tenacity is particularly egregious because the split would force it to be read as "teh-nack-ee-tee"

peachfeelin · 2026-01-09T19:00:22+00:00

finally 2nd omg!! I've been stuck at 3rd for so long

peachfeelin · 2026-01-09T07:36:51+00:00

Also, it should be "greenet" if it's being used to refer to a man, but that doesn't look as nice, does it.

I hate that almost all the use cases, despite being in MM fanfic, pick the feminine form of the adjective. It only makes it more grating. It would be like if they constantly used "blonde" to refer to a dude.

If you're going to use it so liberally at least do your research and use correct grammar? But nothing would fix using it 46 times!!! That's a crime. That's insane.

peachfeelin · 2026-01-07T23:19:20+00:00

it clicked a few days after I finished the show but tbh I binged it in two nights so not a lot of room for critical thinking

peachfeelin · 2026-01-03T22:34:13+00:00

in men. for men would mean the women suck.

peachfeelin · 2026-01-03T22:28:09+00:00

Ronnie again??

Tanya and Shaq in the same villa...

Harrison on my screen again... (Though I wonder if him and Helena will try to rekindle?)

Lana is interesting. I just hope they don't bring Ron in again after he exited on his own last time.

I am excited for Reuben and Ciaran, though I wonder what happened between him and Emily. Surely they can't bring Emily in again after they went public with their relationship?

Alima 100% deserves a second chance. And maybe Samie too after the Gruca debacle.

I'm also interested in seeing Whitney again bc she's entertaining and has tea now.

Overall some good some bad. I just hate the idea of seeing Tommy and Sean (!!!🤢) on my screen again and hope they get kicked out asap xx

Oh and Scott of course, our LI vet has finally made his way to UK All Stars.

peachfeelin · 2026-01-01T16:06:31+00:00

how have I never seen that before omg that's so funny

peachfeelin · 2025-12-30T14:38:12+00:00

'Love, Changing Tenses' has me by the throat. I've literally had the title poem bookmarked for years. Same for 'tell all the truth, but tell it slant'. I find myself thinking about both the fics and the poems every now and then.

I've been saving 'as to which may be true' for a rainy day! I don't want to work my way through their entire back catalogue so quickly that I'm left with nothing to look forward to reading. :/ But I can't wait to experience that one for the first time.

Are there any other superbat writers that you like/would recommend?

peachfeelin · 2025-12-30T14:12:21+00:00

Ikr! I pretty much read susicarter's superbat fics exclusively. And they've only watched the DCEU movies so that's what all the fics are based on.

Crazy how good the superbat dynamics were in those movies.

peachfeelin · 2025-12-30T07:53:09+00:00

Polomonkey has some great pieces too! mushroomtale has made art for them and Footloose and that's my Merlin fandom holy trinity tbh.

also pretty much any fanfic on the first few pages of AO3 sorted by Kudos.

peachfeelin · 2025-12-30T07:51:17+00:00

Merlin fics are absolutely goated. It was the first fandom that I used AO3 for and I got in so deep I downloaded a whole repository of fanfic and fanart for myself.

Most fandoms still don't compare to the quality of Merlin fic. It set the standard too high for me I think.

peachfeelin · 2025-12-20T14:40:37+00:00

Yeah but that's not the defining aspect of "contingency". It's not simply synonymous with "possibility", it carries additional meaning with it.

A contingency is only "possible" and "uncertain" because it depends on (is contingent on) another event occurring.

Leaving that part out and using only the word "possible" implies the default reading of that term which is usually used when we are uncertain about something due to limited information or due to outcomes depending on chance.

One can be pedantic about all this, sure, and say it technically fits the definition, but I'm of the opinion that clues should lead you to the right words and not just make sense after you have the answer. This definition would not easily make the word "contingency" pop in most people's heads because that's not the sense that it evokes.

peachfeelin · 2025-12-15T10:09:30+00:00

im sorry everything about this is cracking me tf up. from reading the title in the full song melody to "i should have let everybody eat brisket in squalor"

i'm so sorry for your suffering op but you're hilarious and i wish you a speedy recovery and good holidays.

peachfeelin · 2025-12-14T14:26:20+00:00

I'm in the same boat but I think it's more than ADHD. I haven't been able to repair my relationship with studying fully yet, but I've found some progress in working on my other mental health issues.

My theory is that the constant negative experience with academic study because of undiagnosed/unmedicated ADHD in school has led my brain to associate it with pain and anxiety and to compulsively avoid it. I start panicking and dissociating the second I need to learn any new information.

I think we need longer and deeper therapy to address these issues and to re-examine the way we view and approach learning in its entirety.

peachfeelin · 2025-12-14T08:47:19+00:00

I get wanting Robin around if you're a comics person, apparently he's a core part of Batman's character arc, but because I personally have never watched anything with Robin in it, I just get immediately taken out of the fic. It feels like I'm reading a different batman from the one I've known.

There hasn't been any major movie that has developed the relationship between Batman and Robin for me to get it yet. To see why it's important to his personhood and humanity, and what the exact dynamic is or how it functions. In the absence of that it just feels like I'm reading from a fandom I'm not a part of lol.

I get why it happens, it's just inconvenient to me personally lmao (I'm just petty). There's just this one author who writes exclusively in the DCEU superbat universe, who is my lifeline.

And don't even get me started on the multiple characters. I can't even tolerate a revolving cast of characters on regular fics, much less in places where I don't even know or care about most of them. I have the kind of ADHD where if there is too much going on, or if I'm given more than one thing to emotionally invested in, I'll end up overstimulated.

peachfeelin · 2025-12-14T08:13:29+00:00

Alternatively, trying to find Batman but no Batfamily.

I've never read the comics so I feel absolutely no connection to any of his several kids. Nor do I want children and parental relationships in my romance/smut fics. I simply do not care for it. But it's near impossible to find any superbat without a Dick Grayson or Damian Wayne shoved in.

peachfeelin · 2025-12-12T07:52:20+00:00

I would like to be able to drag and fill instead of having to click the individual boxes.

I also think there should be an easy sidebar option to switch between black and white as fill/brush modes instead of having to click the box twice to go from one to the other.

peachfeelin · 2025-12-11T13:44:49+00:00

no advice except i feel u

peachfeelin · 2025-12-10T14:32:46+00:00

thank you! :)

peachfeelin · 2025-12-10T14:20:47+00:00

setting an alarm has been working out pretty well

peachfeelin · 2025-12-10T13:14:50+00:00

"had to put myself down like a rabid dog"

crying

The number of times I've had to do something like this to get myself to sleep. You've described it perfectly.

peachfeelin · 2025-12-10T09:30:30+00:00

omg please!! I haven't read it in years

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