It's Not Very Nice - Tumblr Posts

Calciumcat, with all due respect as a fellow Christian, we’re supposed to love everyone, regardless of any ‘flaws’ or opinions. I do not understand why you believe you should be upset with people who change their pronouns. If God created everyone, then why would he make the trans community, who by your terms, are sinners by default? No loving God would do that.

Now, I understand not supporting the surgeries, (I myself am offput by them, as I don’t understand why they would do stuff like that) but they are doing what they think is right. We are in no position to stop them, and they are not harming us in any way. Regardless of whether it be a change of pronouns or an alteration of the body, it is their choice and theirs alone. So what if they get the surgery that goes against God’s will? Confession gets rid of all sin, and asking God for forgiveness is one of the first things I was taught as a Christian child.

You have your beliefs, and I have mine. I am fully aware my words may mean nothing to you, but I just want you to know that we don’t need to hate others for their lifestyle. Just because there’s a few bad apples doesn’t mean the whole tree produced rotten fruit.

I apologize if this came off as rude or spiteful, but I don’t wish to see hate against any group. I get that may be hard in this world, but you can do it, I believe in you. I wish you a happy new year and a hope that 2024 will be a wonderful year for you and your followers, regardless of their belief.

TLDR: everyone deserves respect, please don’t use God as an excuse to discriminate.

Hey guys, Cal here!

I just wanted to thank everyone who's sent me support and kind words during all the drama that's accured in the past 48 hours, all of it has been very much appreciated.

I'm not going to pretend to be a victim here- I knew I was going to get backlash for sharing my beliefs. But I did it anyway because I am not ashamed of what, or better yet, Who I believe in, and I am willing to sacrifice the good opinion of many to say what I believe is true.

I'm also not going to discuss this matter further, publicly or privately, because I am not trying to change anyone's mind. I only shared my views because I was asked to, and I'd rather be honest than have rumors spread behind my back.

Lastly, I just want to say that going forward, I'm will continue sharing content I enjoy and enjoying the content that others share here on tumblr. :3

Happy New Year everyone! 💖

Character: *speaks in a different language* Oh, whoops, sorry! It's hard to switch back sometimes!

Me: Ew, no, stop that. That's not how that works

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Bi/Multilingual characters consciously switch between languages, unless they've been afflicted mentally, such as being delirious or running on a dangerously high fever. Please, if you're including a bi/multilingual character and want to intergrate that naturally into your story, just do a bit of research.

Reddit gives a lot of advice, as well as tumblr and maybe TikTok if you find the right side of it.

Bi/multilingual characters are only really likely to switch languages mid-sentence if there's a specific word that doesn't translate exactly to the general language. Even then, it's not likely that they'll instantly switch.

They may also switch languages for specific idioms or phrases that aren't common in the general language or just don't translate well at all.

Troubles with language: if they forget a word in the general language, they're likely to just go 'that thing' or try to describe it until someone else finds the word for them. Sometimes, they'll know the word in another language but not the general one. In most cases, if they can't remember the word in the moment, they'll remember it later and slap themselves in the face.

The more languages a character speaks, the more likely they are to forget words. Also, it's incredibly hard to become fluent in a language unless you interact with others speaking the same language. Colloquisms and such are hard to pick up on unless speaking and interacting with natives or that specific culture.

Some letters/characters are incredibly hard to pronounce properly unless you've been corrected on them multiple times and actually taught them by natives, though they most likely don't care about butchered pronounciation, unless it's a specific dialect. In that case, some might find it insulting.

I'm not bilingual or multilingual, so if you want proper advice, go to those reddit pages or tumblr posts that are actually written by people who are. Still, all this advice I've given is from my own research for my fanfics.

Seeing authors abuse google translate and go, 'yay, representation!', is very frustrating, especially because it relies on stererotypes and thus diminishes the representation. It happens more often than not, and that's really sad because you can make bilingual/multilingual troubles so funny.

Forgetting a word so you just shrug and start a new conversation because it's easier than trying to figure out what the word is. Swearing in another language so children don't pick it up, only for them to also speak that language. Speaking in a different language just to annoy everyone else who doesn't understand.

There's a lot of potential for comedy with this, but not when it's 'oops, it's hard to switch back/I get confused sometimes.' And, no. They do not switch when excited. It's a conscious decision, unless they're really, really out of it.