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thranduilland:

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tuesdayisfordancing:

ozymandias271:

“our teeth and ambitions are bared” is a zeugma

and it’s a zeugma where one of the words is literal and one is metaphorical which is the BEST KIND

I didn’t know about zeugmas until just now! That is so awesome, everybody: 

zeug·ma ˈzo͞oɡmə/

noun

1. a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g.,John and his license expired last week ) or to two others of which it semantically suits only one (e.g., with weeping eyes and hearts ).

ISN’T THAT AWESOME??

#in english class in high school my teacher had us write our own zeugmas in class#and one guy came up with ‘he fell from her favor… and the window’#i am forever looking for opportunities to use that one

She dropped her dress and inhibitions at the door.

What’s this? My favorite rhetorical device showing up on my dashboard?

IT HAS A NAMEEEE!! OH MY GOD!!!

I LOVE THIIIIIS!!!

One I’ve loved was “on their weekend trip they caught three fish and a cold”

I love these they’re like a pun and a metaphor wrapped up into one neat phrase

spock-here-captain:

Personal headcanons of mine for one of my top five favorite Cardassians. (As of writing this I’ve not read A Stitch in Time yet, so bare that in mind.)

*The lies Garak told that involved another Cardassian, who he claimed was Elim, was actually Pythas. Pythas has been a friend and almost brother to Garak since Bamarren, and was also referred to as one of the Sons of Tain

*Pythas Lok’s code name was Agent Cova

*Also Beauty of the Order, as he was a very appealing face and his younger years drew attention. Honey-potted a lot of targets.

*One of the reasons he doesn’t speak much is because he has a slight lisp, and is incredibly self conscious about it

*Garak was the first to say he liked Pythas’ voice (one of the reasons Pythas began to have a crush on Garak)

*During their time as agents together, they had an open relationship, born out of convenience and affection

*Garak was always meant to succeed Tain, he was groomed to do so, Pythas was meant to be his support. With Garak’s sudden exile & Tain’s retirement barely a year later, Pythas was left to make do on his own. He hated it.

*They weren’t supposed to, but they kept in touch, even during Garak’s exile, though messages were few and far between. Pythas did what he could to make sure Garak always had another favor to pull, and made sure Dukat couldn’t have him executed

*Pythas survived through TWO purges in the Order through stubbornness, wit, and sheer paranoia. It cost him half his face and arm.

*When Alon helped the fall of Central Command and the citizen revolt, Pythas was enraged. He didn’t show it, because he doesn’t (often) let personal feelings influence his decisions, but he held the bitterness of the perceived betrayal by Alon, who he was mildly close to as Alon was his right hand all throughout Bamarren after Garak left, for many, many years.

*Nal Dejar was trained by Garak, and after Garak was gone Pythas needed someone he could mostly trust. He sent Nal on missions close to DS9 so he could hear about what was going on there. They ended up being close, especially as it is because of Nal that he survived the Dominion War at all