Val Quainton - curmudgeon

lvl 2: the plural version of octopus is octopi because if a word ends with "us" the plural version replaces the "us" with "i" e.g. cactus -> cacti and fungus -> fungi

lvl 3: actually, that rule is only for latin words. octopus is a greek word and the correct plural is octopuses or octopodes

lvl 4: actually, language is descriptive not prescriptive. since enough people over time have used octopi as the plural for octopus, it's a valid plural

AI to write your novel is wrong

Tartini was a composer and violin teacher and no one respected him, he was generally broke, and he started having weird dreams in which the devil asked him to teach him violin

despite being catholic tartini agreed - although everything told him this was a bad idea

so he taught the devil violin in his dreams and when he had taught him everything he knew the devil offered him payment, he played an original composition in his dream

Tartini woke up weeping and struggled to write it down

we have a historical version of "couldn't remember the greatest song in the world, this is just its tribute", and the song he wrote down made him "Sonata in G Minor, aka the devil's trill" it's usually played by 2 violinists because it's evil difficult,

now imagine you make a deal with the devil to write your novel, he writes it but only lets you read it in a dream and you have to transcribe it from memory the next day.... 150k of the best prose and plot you've ever seen in your life and you have to remember it

Also the further you move toward the poles the more pronounced the difference between the length of day and night is. Worst part of a far-north (or south) heatwave is it doesn’t get dark long enough for meaningful cooling.

There are so many wonderful Ineffable Wives fics out there! Please add your (self)recs in the reblogs! Let’s show the ladies some love!

The Serpent’s Companion, by WaitingToBeBroken. Rated T, 11k.

Ineffable wives human AU set in the 1800s. Aziraphale is a matchmaker who’s tasked to find a husband for beautiful, smart, stubborn Crowley. Ha! I love how the characterisation in this story; the external circumstances in which our heroines find themselves in are so very relatable to the canon circumstances, and the characters react in the way they would: Aziraphale loves and protects, Crowley loves and challenges the status quo. If you ask very very nicely, the author might be willing to tell you the ending they had imagined for one of the charming side characters, but you didn’t hear this from me.

SEEKING: A Killer, by scullyphile. Rated T, 3k.

Great ineffable wives AU where Crowley is a werewolf and Azirapahle is helping her catch a werewolf killer. Very gripping, the ending will leave you wanting for more of this universe!

LessonsI’ve Learned About Love, by curiouspupsicle. Rated T, 4k. P. Apr 26.