#fedl

Sorry it’s been a while, I got distracted by a Merlin fandom Discord I made with my friend – but here's another round of "how the fuck do you describe that?"

For everyone who might not have seen the previous posts, this is the idea of the FEDL:

Describing expressions is hard, especially for more nuanced faces than “smile” or “frown”. The point is now to find/take and post a gif or picture of an expression that needs words. (If you make your own post, use the tag #facial expression description library, and/or #fedl, so it’s searchable.) Then everyone responds to/reblogs that post with how they would describe that expression. It takes a moment to build it up, but in the end we all have a neat little library of  gifs and descriptions and we just have to find the one we need when we  need it. We are also expanding this to gestures now because reasons.

Now I still have no following and this side-blog even less so. Subsequently, I (again) humbly ask if you would consider to reblog this even if you don’t add your own description. Even a like (to appease the algorithm-gods) would be great!

But on to round 4: How would you describe this gesture? (Bonus points for descriptions at different intensities; e.g. pointing like this with your palm up but barely lifting the arm)

Sorry it’s been a while, uni got crazy and then Whumptober stole all my dopamine and I’ve been writing 24/7 – but we’re back!

For everyone who might not have seen the previous posts, this is the idea of the FEDL:

Describing expressions is hard, especially for more nuanced faces than “smile” or “frown”. The point is now to find/take and post a gif or picture of an expression that needs words. (If you make your own post, use the tag #facial expression description library, and/or #fedl, so it’s searchable.) Then everyone responds to/reblogs that post with how they would describe that expression. It takes a moment to build it up, but in the end we all have a neat little library of  gifs and descriptions and we just have to find the one we need when we  need it.

Now I still have no following and this side-blog even less so. Subsequently, I (again) humbly ask if you would consider to reblog this even if you don’t add your own description. Even a like (to appease the algorithm-gods) would be great!

But on to round 3: How would you describe this expression? (Gif submitted by @manixzen​)

Wow, okay, I was fully prepared for this idea to be considered stupid and fail miserably but apparently not??! 🥺😭❤️ Thanks so much to everyone who shared and responded to that first post! So many brilliant descriptions came together there! I made a separate side blog for it now, because reblogging that first post would get messy quite quickly, and new posts would probably drown in the chaos that is my main account.

For everyone who might not have seen the previous post, this is the idea of the FEDL:

Describing expressions is hard, especially for more nuanced faces than “smile” or “frown”. The point is now to find/take and post a gif or picture of an expression that needs words. (If you make your own post, use the tag #facial expression description library, and/or #fedl, so it’s searchable.) Then everyone responds to/reblogs that post with how they would describe that expression. It takes a moment to build it up, but in the end we all have a neat little library of gifs and descriptions and we just have to find the one we need when we need it.

Now I still have no following and this side-blog even less so. Subsequently, I (again) humbly ask if you would consider to reblog this even if you don't add your own description. Even just a like (to appease the algorithm-gods) would be great!

But on to round 2: How would you describe this expression?