the highlight of the season for me

Nocturne was made for the bisexuals

THIS IS A MOTHER!!!

“It takes more than the house of god to cause me to combust, if that’s what you mean.”

I think it's obvious how much the people working on Castlevania Nocturne love Drolta because she's one of the few characters who actually gets to change outfits and she slays in each and every one. They must've had so much fun designing her character. Now I need more characters to switch up their style every once in a while.

Diversity win! The evil demonic vampire trying to murder you is bisexual!

They had to put them in different parts because otherwise they would have served so much evil cunt together

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝒹𝓇𝑜𝓁𝓉𝒶 𝓉𝓏𝓊𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓈

Drolta is finished 🦇🩷

Castlevania: Nocturne

Castlevania: Nocturne | 1x07 | Blood Is The Only Way

i'm about to become the number one olrox defender everybody else MOVE

Censorship Georg

This is why an increasing number of libraries are adding a requirement to their challenge policies that challengers must be residents of their service area.

Why are cishet men like this...

Only good response.

"banned"

After shoving Hansel in the oven, the witch turns to Gretel - who is currently fending the witch off with a gingerbread chair - and says:

“I can’t believe you thought a trail of breadcrumbs would save you. I mean, honestly, this is a forest! It’s full of animals. Honestly, the very idea that a dumb shit like you thought you could get the better of me is absurd.”

Gretel hits her in the face with said chair. To be fair to the witch, she takes the chairshot like a champ.

“Ow!”

“Did you know,” says Gretel, “that crows are capable of facial recognition?”

“Eh?” Says the witch, clambering to her feet and pulling a candy cane sledgehammer off the wall. “What’s that got to do with anything?”

“Not only that,” Gretel continues, “but they can remember both friends and enemies. And they’ll often follow people they remember as friends.”

The two fence with their sugared weapons for a moment, before the witch knocks the chair out of Gretel’s hands.

“Enough with the bird facts! Honestly, this whole attempted escape has been utter clownshoes. Get in the fucking oven!”

She seizes Gretel by the collar. Gretel immediately sandbags, letting her whole body go limp. This eminently practical defense forces the witch to try and deadlift her. Which is hard, as the witch often skips leg day.

“For example,” Gretel says, as the witch struggles and grunts, “if you feed crows a lot of breadcrumbs, they’ll probably start to see you as a friend and follow you in the hope of more food.”

The witch stops. Outside, she hears the thunder of wings.

“They’ll even bring you shiny things they find as presents!” Says Gretel, as a corner of the gingerbread ceiling is suddenly cut away by a large crow with a knife in its mouth.

“Oh shitballs.” Says the witch, as the crows descend. “I hope you know this is a great unkindness.”

“Technically,” Says Gretel, “It’s a murder.”

Case Study in How to More Effectively Email the Library for Help

Email received (sent to general library email address):

There’s a moment, when I receive emails like these, when I just have to stop and catch my breath. There is so much information missing that it’s hard to know where to start because I don’t want to scare the student off, but look: is the subject the name of the video, or your assignment? What do you need help with? Are you trying to find it? Do you need information related to it? Do you think I know what your class and assignment are? Because I don’t! I don’t know anything at this point.

So of course I am going to reply to the student and clarify, but if you find yourself in a similar situation, here’s an example of what an email could look like that will help the librarians help you faster and better:

or

What do you see in these two examples? Let’s break it down.

The subjects are both have short but descriptive. The first one makes it clear they’re searching for a specific video, and the second example clarifies they just need help finding videos altogether. They don’t need to be super specific, because that’s what the actual message is for. Both put the most important words (”finding video”/”finding videos”) at the beginning, so even if the rest of the subject gets cut off, it’s easy to see at first glance what they need.

The message starts with the most important information: what they need help with. (I am leaving out the greeting from this analysis, but like…greetings are polite, y’all. I recommend them. Same with a signoff.) Both examples are very short, to match the length and tone of the real email I’m basing them on, but you can absolutely include more information. Just add any extra info after the main point.

In the first example, the student knows and communicates the specific video title, and that they’ve been told it’s accessible via the library. That gives the librarian a good place to start! The student could also include any extra information about the video, if they knew it (“It’s from a PBS series called Titles of Stuff and came out in 2015″), because extra details never hurt, but what they have in that short email would be enough to easily get started.

In the second example, they student could include information about what “social problems” are–if I got this email in real life, I might ask to clarify that, because when searching, maybe “social problems” as a search term don’t bring up a lot of useful video results when I’m in the right database, but “poverty” or “educational inequality” will. Or they might just copy-and-paste the explanation from their syllabus into a new paragraph, deciding that it explains what they’re looking for best. The key thing here is that after they say what their problem is and what they need help with, then they provide that additional information.

Now even if the librarian needs to ask clarifying questions, those questions can be a lot more specific, instead of “what video and what do you need help with” like the original email.

Writing a Professional Email

I work in client services, which means that a frankly depressing amount of my job is writing emails, both for myself and for other people. There is an art and a science to writing professional emails.

The subject line

The subject line should be informative enough that somebody scanning through their inbox can tell what the email is about and whether they need to look at it any time soon. Depending on their job, some people get hundreds or thousands of emails a day, and they need to be able to tell at a glance whether an email is important to them.

When emailing someone particularly at another organization with a question, I will often use "Inquiry" or "Question" in the subject line. depending on industry standards, you may also use something like RFI (request for information).

If you want to be clear on why exactly you're sending an email, it is the standard in some industries to start your email with For Action: or For [Reason]: (e.g., For Review:, For Situational Awareness:). I generally only include that in emails staying within my organization, but depending on how well you know whoever you're emailing, you may or may not feel comfortable to do that outside of your organization.

You may not need to be that prescriptive in your email subject lines. if I'm emailing someone about tuition assistance, I might just use the subject "Tuition Assistance."

The salutation

How you address the person sets the tone of the entire email. A lot of this has to do with industry standards and the level of formality you're trying to convey.

At my organization, the explicitly-stated expectation is that you will address everyone, regardless of level, by their first name. If I got an email from someone at my organization referring to me by Ms. [Surname] I would be immediately confused and suspicious.

When emailing agents or addressing them in query letters, it seems like the expectation is often to use their first name--but you should always check, in case they specifically say they want to be referred to in some other way.

When emailing someone with an industry-specific title (professor, doctor, military or law enforcement) it's often your best bet to start with their title. You should make sure you know how to properly abbreviate them, if you do that--the same military rank, for example, is abbreviated differently depending on the service (e.g., Second Lieutenant is abbreviated 2LT, 2ndLt, and 2d Lt).

As you become closer to them, you may start to address them by their first name--but not necessarily.

Also some people/industries prefer "Hi" while others prefer "Dear". if you're really not sure, I've found that defaulting to "Good morning" or "Good afternoon" is often an easy workaround.

The body

Organize the body of the email so the most important information is clear, easy to find, and unambiguous. I frequently use bullets and/or tables in my emails. I also use strategic bolding and underlining, especially for due dates or specific asks.

If you don't know the person or they won't understand why you're the one emailing them about the thing, it can help to introduce yourself. If you're going to do so, keep it short and focus on the key info (e.g., "I am part of x team and am reaching out to you because of y").

If you think your email is too long, it probably is.

The closing

I recommend finding a closing that works for you and stick with it. What I see most commonly are Best, Regards, Best Regards, or Sincerely, but you have a good deal of flexibility here. (I use Regards.)

You should also consider whether to sign off with your first name, full name, or full name + title. I use first name because my signature has my full name.

The signature

Most (all?) email service providers let you set a default signature. My organization has a very prescriptive signature block, so for my work email I just use that.

If you don't have that, I recommend some version of

Full Name Organizational Title Organization

Sorry not sorry

I totally get why youth librarians weed out the most mid YA of 1986 in favor of shit kids will actually probably like, but I did love going into the library as a kid and just being like. Sure. I’ll read a book about a teen girl who hangs out at the mall and falls in love with a guy in a potato mascot costume.

This is the book by the way. It’s real.