morallygreyginger:

rating actual medieval names i have found as a medieval studies student but they get progressively more unhinged:

  • William de Appeltrefeld: 8/10 bc appeltrefeld sounds like a nice place to live. who wouldnt want to live in a field full of apple trees? points deducted cause there are like fifty bajillion williams in england
  • Luke de Luka, merchant of Luca: 6/10. ur parents really werent creative huh
  • Hugh de Wlonkeslowe: 7/10. looks like a straight person trying to keyboard smash. *laughs in english place names*
  • Roger Smert: 10/10 absolute banger of a name. does it make any sense? absolutely not! but you guys. i dont think you understand. smert!!
  • John de la Bro: 7/10. when ur such a bro that its literally ur name and 800 years in the future its all people know of u
  • Hugh Sad: 7/10. weve all been there buddy
  • Gaylarde de la Mote: 10/10. slay. i bet this guys mote was the gayest mote youve ever seen
  • Hugh de la Penne: 9/10. we stan a pasta man
  • Richard de Astlegh: 10/10. verily, he shall ne'er give thee up, ne'er let thee down, nor shall he run with great haste and desert thee, he shall ne'er cause thee to weep, ne'er bid you farewell, ne'er shall he speak wicked falshoods in thine ear or cause thee harm
  • Bindo Hug: 8/10. who is this man a hobbit???
  • Eudo la Zusche: 6/10. deadass sounds like something youd see in a really bad fantasy novel
  • William crisp: 7/10. w h a t.
  • Asser son of Licoriz: 7/10 there is so much going on here i dont even know what to tell you
  • Baldwin Panik: 10/10 cause this is a heckin mood
  • Richard Cok, aka Dick Cok: 69/10. nice.

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astraldemise:

one time in my last job a woman came up to the register explaining that when she bought stuff a day prior the clerk forgot to scan a pair of socks worth less than €2 and it was only right for her to bring it back to the store and pay for it proper. unfortunately my manager was directly next to me at the time and took over the register to handle this serious issue. the receipt she had brought with her said which register performed the previous transaction that forgot the socks and the manager could find out who was running that till on that day. poor dude had a manager yell at him for a half hour about how much of an incompetent fuck up he was, he left the job immediately after but i couldnt tell you if he quit or was fired

i think about this moment a lot. the customer seemed like a sweet woman with only good intentions and when she paid for the socks she had a look on her face that said “i feel good because i did the right thing”. and a guy lost his job because of a pair of socks. if shit like this ever happens to you and a clerk forgets to scan an item just think of it as a small blessing or that you had good luck or something. keep it.

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manywinged:

manywinged:

so like. obviously it’s an immensely tragic route to take but sometimes it’s just so satisfying for a story to go “there’s no happy ending this time. resistance is futile in this scenario. the ‘good guys’ can’t win. this is a pointless last stand. so for their final act, our beloved characters are going to rock the antagonist’s shit so fucking hard it makes you stare at a wall struggling to process what just happened and how you feel about it for hours afterwards.”

i simply think that sometimes it’s the best possible narrative decision to allow characters to become supernovas, imploding on themselves but taking as much with them as possible. “you can’t save anyone” “maybe not, but i can hurt you”. fuck yes. if you can’t beat them, tear them apart.

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