Heh. . . Close Enough

Choke. Just think about it, seriously. Think about what choking is and imagine speaking while it’s happening. That would fuckin’ hurt, man.

Hiss. Look, it’s just not possible, okay? No matter how “evil” you want your character to seem.

Snarl. Animals snarls. The Beast from Beauty and the Beast snarls. The Hulk snarls. You know who doesn’t snarl? PEOPLE WHEN THEY’RE SPEAKING.

Shriek. Come on, 99% of the time, “shriek” is not the word you want.Let’s face it: if you put an exclamation point at the end of the sentence, your reader gets the picture. Don’t bring to mind banshees and screaming toddlers.

Hiss is a low, threatening whisper. Raw, guttural, vicious. It is NOT a literal hiss like an animal, it is a tone of voice that serves the same function. Someone will hiss that they’re going to cut your throat- a message from one person to the other.

Snarl is the same kind of thing. Not literal, it’s a tone of voice that serves the same function. It’s raw and gutteral like a hiss, but more savage than vicious. It’s loud, it’s showy, it’s intimidating. It’s very alpha male, big man, look at how fucking dangerous I am. I’ll take ALL of you on. Even if they’re snarling at one person in particular, nobody better back them up or they’re gonna get fucked up too.

Shriek. Come on, seriously? We’ve all heard people shriek either in fear or outrage. High pitched, loud, out of control, feminine. Men can shriek, but it’s funny and emasculating. Think angry italian women throwing pots and pans or ladies on tables who just saw a mouse.

If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine

RWBY VOLUME 10 HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY GREENLIT WOOOOOOO

I mean we kind of knew that already cause they’ve been talking about writing and recording lines but-

Volume 10 has moved on from "it exists" to "it is currently being made"

Apologies in advance for not breaking the European countries down into smaller geographic units but that requires a deeper dive.

But once again the state of hockey shows up to the draft with ten players claiming a Minnesota hometown. Ontario also ties for most with ten. (Though this is where I point out the population of Ontario is nearly three times that of Minnesota! So y'know, per capita... ;) ) that means they contributed 13.9% of players each.

British Columbia and Alberta with good showings at 6 and 5.

i may go thru and do a similar one for schools, but not tonight.

Bonus country breakdown: