Slit-slat-smickle-pickle

[trascendenza]

Can an eye be described as “slitted” (e.g. a snake’s eye)? Context: “when he looks into the slitted eye.” Or is it slatted? That’s what Word is suggesting to me, but, um… slat is a totally different word. (Though, oddly, kind of works

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[chvickers]

A slitted eye is one almost closed, so the opening is just a slit. One usually peers out through slitted eyes.

"Slatted" would be definitely wrong, unless you were trying to describe this.

[trascendenza]

Hmmm. Looks like slitted isn't the word I want at all. Pah!

OMG. You always have the best pictures.

Those slatted glasses should definitely appear in my fic at some point, just because they can.

[chvickers]

I HAD glasses like that when I was a teenager. I have no idea what happened to them - well, that was 25 years ago.

(goes for the Geritol)

[trascendenza]

I've never seen glasses like that. Then again, I've been wearing prescriptions for the last, erg, ten years, so I rarely think to look at fun glasses.

If you ever find them, you must wear them. You will be mad pimpin'.

[taro_twist]

"Slitted" sounds better to me ... when I hear "slatted" I think of ... the slats of venetian blinds or something (although I'm not even sure those are called slats, lol).

You're right, though, that saying "slit eye" conjures up rather vague images. It could be something like a snake's eye (where the pupil is a slit), but it could also be the shape of the entire eye (like with some Asian eye shapes). Although ... how would the iris be slit shaped? I'm having a hard time imagining that ... I might need an illustration, lol. Anyway, I think if you're describing a certain part of the eye and not the eye as a whole, you might have to specify that it's that part of the eye. Umm ... I don't know if I'm being helpful ... I'm just rambling ... lalalala ... ;P

[trascendenza]

Haha, yeah, that's what I was thinking of when I saw slatted. Windows/=/eyes.

Oooh, yes, good point about it just being specifically the pupil that's slit. That's what I ended up using. Yay you for knowing what I was thinking when I didn't! ♥ This is why I love bouncing ideas off other people ^^

[lyrstzha]

Slitted eyes can be used to describe an iris shape like that of a cat. If that's what you're going for, it works just fine.

Coda simply means "concluding part". In music, it's the passage you play at the end.

And I don't know why curious isn't a potential mood, because I'd certainly use it plenty, too.

[trascendenza]

Hmm. That's what I was thinking. I guess it's just one of those phrases that can be interpreted multiple ways, since it seems like so many of us have different visualizations in association with it.

Concluding part... okay. That makes sense. *wonders what she finds so hard about this concept* So, let's say I write something slashy that occurs right after the end of an episode... that would be an AU coda (since it has slash, and all)?

Maybe I'll just have to upload a good mood icon for it and type it in by hand. Seems like they're missing most of my favorite mood, *sigh*.

[lyrstzha]

So, let's say I write something slashy that occurs right after the end of an episode... that would be an AU coda?

Yes, that's right.

And also, on a totally unrelated note, I wanted to say thanks for posting smoothie recipes with tofu in them, because I don't think I'd have thought of adding tofu to mine otherwise, and I quite like it.

[trascendenza]

Great, thanks! That makes more sense, now. I think the main confusion I was having was about the difference between a missing scene and a coda, so that's good to know.

Glad to have helped! Tofu is such a wonderfully versatile food, and silken tofu is just amazing for desserts and sweets.