#The eng VA just went all out

[m1zukam3dian]

Man is malding fr

(This is the original clip, do whatever you want with it)

#ᵗᶜʰ... AAAAAAAAAAAA #you good bro? #I'm going insane #Me when I stub my toe #The eng VA just went all out #inazuma eleven #kazemaru ichirouta #nathan swift #dark emperors #Man has no business sounding this violent #Posting original video which was meant to be posted yesterday but I got too tired

[technaart]

Can we keep them?

Characters: Zhongli, Tighnari, Diluc, Ayato Request: what about Genshin S/Os reacting to you bringing home a stray animal. Genre: Fluff gn!reader A/N: To the person who requested this, I struggled with the poly request so opted for your second one! Fun fact - I only wished for Ayato because he has Gohan's Eng Va lmao

Zhongli was sitting back, book in hand peacefully reading. It's a surprise when you throw open the front door, slamming it shut in haste. It gave him the impression that something could be wrong, or that you could be mad.

Book forgotten, he was already on his feet when you stood before him with leaves and sticks trapped into your hair, a small scratch on your cheeks, and dirt on your clothing. It looked like you went rolling in a patch of bushes.

"Dear, are you -"

He is stopped short by a small meow that came from your crossed arms. It was enough to get his attention to see the little black and white kitten that stared up at him with big, round eyes.

"Can we keep him?"

You looked up at him with the same big round eyes and a kissable pout on your lips. Silently pleading with him to say yes, and deep down you knew he would.

Zhongli exhaled slowly, already knowing his answer. "If that is what you wish,"

He can never say no to you.

Tighnari can and will say no to you.

You stood there smiling like an adorable idiot looking like you just got in a scuffle with 20 Rishboland Tigers when in fact it was just one baby tiger.

The cub was held up for him to see, the cat bearing its teeth at Tighnari and he immediately shook his head quickly before any words can leave him.

"There is no way that is staying here, take it back. Now." He said sternly, arms crossed over his chest.

He did his best to ignore the mischievousness shining in your eyes or the pout you gave him that he sometimes fell for. Tighnari sighed, once again shaking his head.

"Its mother will be looking for them, it'll be dangerous for everyone if that happens." His words were soft as he spoke, talking some sense into you.

You cannot have a Rashboland Tiger for a pet.

No.

"A dog?"

You stood at the entrance of the Dawn Winery, a cherry grin plastered on your face. Standing next to you at your feet was a blond, fluffy-haired dog with an equally happy look.

"Can we keep her, Diluc? She'll fit in with us perfectly!" you bend down and hug the dog to you.

He can see the dog had some training, as she sat there with a small bark while you hugged her. Both starring up at him, waiting for an answer.

Well, it couldn't be so bad.

"Alright, she can stay here." He sighed, lips tugging upward at the happy laugh that bubbled out of you, already giving the dog a name and listing off everything you wanted to buy for her.

D/N ended up being a content, spoiled dog. Even Diluc would sneak her some treats when he wasn't supposed to.

Ayato let out a small, soundless sigh as he finished his current work. He couldn't say he was almost done, because they're will be more on his desk by the morning. He was thinking about the options of working a little longer when the sound of your laughter mixed in with Ayaka and Thoma caught his attention.

Now that he thinks about it, Ayato is sure he hasn't seen you since this morning. He couldn't leave it that way, so he stood up and followed the happy sounds to an amusing sight.

You and Ayaka laughed while an orange cat kicked Thoma's hands with its hind legs. The both of you cooing about how cute the cat is and all he can hear from Thoma is "ow, ow, ow".

Ayaka glanced up, eyes sparkiling. "Oh, brother! You're finished with your work?"

"For the night, yes." He replied, joining the trio.

The cat, curious of the newcomer went right up to Ayato, sniffing his legs before nudging its head against them. The cat was cute.

"I found him on my walk today with Thoma," You start, smiling at the adorable sight of Ayato with a cat. You wished you had a Kamera to take a picture of it. I was going to ask if it's okay if we keep him?"

Ayato picks up the orange cat, holding him up so that he can see it. The cat meowed at him to be healed properly, so he did so. Ayato nods his head as the orange cat moves into an awkward position - for Ayato - to fall asleep in.

"That'll be fine. You'll have to go out and buy the necessary things for him." He replied, then smiled at the excited talk between you and Ayaka.

He knows you get lonely sometimes with his overworking. A pet would do good for you, and even his sister and friend. There was no reason for him to deny his family.

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[perereiii]

Gentle reminder to those writing a French-speaking Alastor—His French will NOT sound or look like standard French (SF)! He might know well known phrases like adieu, bonjour, or au revoir, but the French he knows is Louisiana Creole (LC). While it mainly pulls from SF (As well as a bit of African and Spanish) the spelling is clearly different from SF. Take a simple conversation, for example, in LC, SF, and English.

(LC)

A: Bonjou! Ça va?

B: Ç’apé kouri, mærsi. É twa? Komen to yê?

A: Mo byin, mærsi. Ki-çé tô nom?

B: Yé pèl mò Joseph. É twa?

A: Mô nom çé Max.

B: Mo konten fé lakònésans avèk twa.

A: Paréy. Orévwar!

B: Orévwar, twa!

(SF)

A: Bonjour! Ça va?

B: Ça va bien, merci. Et toi? Comment ça va?

A: Je vais bien, merci. Comment tu t’appelle?

B: On m’appelle Joseph. Et toi?

A: Je m’appelle Max.

B: Je suis heureux de vous rencontrer. (Which is pretty close to nice to meet you, that of which is shortened to « Enchanté »)

A: Moi aussi. Au revoir!

B: Au revoir (« twa », afaik, just directs it at person A)!

(ENG)

A: Hello! How’s it going?

B: It’s going (literal translation: is it going well), thank you. And you? How are you?

A: I’m good, thank you. What’s your name?

B: They call me Joseph. And you?

A: My name is Max.

B: I’m happy to meet you.

A: Same. Goodbye!

B: Goodbye!

Some words/phrases translate pretty well, like « Bonjou » and « Bonjour » or « É twa » and « Et toi », but the further you stray from simple words and sentences, the greater the difference you see. (Turns out being separated from SF for about 300 years has its consequences!)

Also to note, Louisiana Creole ≠ Haitian Creole (HC)! They are different! Take the same convo in HC (with the aid of Google Translate)

A: Bonjou! Koman bagay yo ye?

B: Mwen byen pase, mèsi. E ou menm? Koman ou ye?

A: Mwen byen, mèsi. Kijan ou rele?

B: Yo rele m Jozèf. E ou menm?

A: Non mwen se Max.

B: Mwen kontan rankontre ou.

A: Menm jan an tou. orevwa!

B: Orevwa!

If you do end up writing Alastor speaking LC, do a bit of Googling rather than going straight to translate (Google doesn’t have LC, sadly). I went with the site below—the link isn’t working with me, but it’s a long pdf with 18 quick lessons followed by a glossary. It’s also where I got the convo example (it’s the very first convo they have written, under lesson 2).

(If you want to find it and are struggling, my search was “dictionary of louisiana creole pdf”)

His French is said to be broken, so don’t worry about being absolutely perfect ;} It’s unlikely that he would speak many full sentences with it anyway, since it’s so uncommon. Even if he knew it fluently, very few would understand him!

And yes, in the above glossary, there is the word for shit. It’s « Lamærd » if you were curious (which happens to sound similar to SF’s shit, « merde »).

Extra resources you might find useful!

This page in particular is good for grammar, from the writers of the above pdf

A technical and more in depth approach to history, phonetics, sentence structure, etc from the Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online (note: you can travel to different pages in the site, but be warned, because APiCS covers all sorts of languages and dialects outside of LC)

TL;DR: Alastor speaks broken Louisiana Creole, which is different from standard French. There are resources out there to translate if you want to spice up your fic or if you just want to learn it yourself. While using standard French is fine and more accessible for people, Creole is more accurate.

#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel alastor #alastor hazbin hotel #creole alastor #louisiana creole #alastor #the radio demon #hazbin hotel fic #fic writing #long post #hazbin hotel ao3 #??? maybe ??? what other tags work for this

[bunnyai]

do you have any favorite horror movies? in general i mean

GOD YOU HAVE ASKED THE WRONG PERSON

i'm. picky about horror i watch. quite possibly a bunch of it is cult classics, indie films, or just really obscure things i don't really think people have seen

for example, outside of like. the child's play movies and the latest scream movies, i don't particularly care for any horror mainstays like jason, freddy, leatherface, ect ect. they're just not interesting to me

HOWEVER

i have Varrying different favorites depending on catagory because i am a freak

favorite anthology;

trick r treat. this has been MY MOVIE since i saw it back when i was a kid. sam is my son boy allowed and i am one sidedly fighting his va for who has the most sam merch (don't ask me about the supposed sequel that's been announced for over a decade i hate the director)

runners up;

the v/h/s series and the abcs of death movies. v/h/s is fun and i LOVE the later instalments (especially 98 and 99) but the first 3 were kinda weak?? and god i hated the first ones wrap around story arc. abcs of death are honestly just really fun!! love seeing all the different ways people can interpret their word they got and can get silly with it (SHOUT OUT TO W FROM THE FIRST ONE AND P FROM THE SECOND I LOVE THE SILLY SHORTS SM)

favorite found footage:

paranaormal activity. i'm normal about it (is not) pa1 changed my brain chemistry idk what else you want me to tell u kjnKJD. i however am very insistant on watching it IN THE CORRECT ORDER, which means i more often then not have to watch it alone. don't ask me about "next of kin" i hate it it's bad it's worst then ghost dimension. pagd actually stayed on story and gave us closure and a finale!! nok just feels. like they said "oh pa is just about recording a demon obsessed with a woman" NO IT'S NOT YOU BOZOS I'M HOLDING YOU HOSTAGE TO WATCH THE MOVIES AGAIN

runners up;

quarentine. let it be known i AM AWARE this is a remake of rec, i just ended up seeing quarentine first and havent had the time to see the rec movies. i definately want to though, quarentine was a fun zombie movie

favorite mockumentary:

ABSOLUTE TIE BETWEEN SAVAGELAND AND THE RISE OF LESLIE VARNOM. savageland is just Really solid and i love the inclusion of the photos and the 3d map and everything OOOOO I LOVE IT!! behind the mask is a favorite for another reason and that is leslie varnom my little freak. i know he's a serial killer but he's so SILLY! i'm putting him in a bug cage to study him as we speak thank you. a bit upset they took away the found footage bit near the end but that ending has me holding out my wallet ready to fund a sequel movie <3

runner up;

the tunnel! it's only a runner up cause i just recently watched it, i know in my HEART if i had watched it longer ago it would've been a top favorite

favorite foreign horror:

i'm grabbing gonjiam haunted asylum LIKE A SQUEAKY TOY. it's basically a korean grave encounters but the difference here is that it's good /lh

runner up:

ONE MISSED CALL. i originally watched the eng remake with my dad but gave the original japanese version a go after finding out it exists and OOHHHHHHHH OHHHHHHHH!!!!!! /pos literally the only reason it's not my favorite is because my father (derogatory) set the ringtone from the movie as HIS ringtone. any time his phone went off he would look at us all worried like "that's not my ringtone..." my dad's a jackass

and because i'm on a roll legally i can say anything by eli roth fucking SUCKS. granted this man is a zionist so he fucking sucks in the moral department, not to mention his movie "green inferno" is his adaption of "cannibal halocaust" but like. his movies are just. so Mean, and for no good reason either. i dunno man i watched hostel too young so anything with his name attached gives me bad vibes

anyways i'm sorry for rambling you unleashed the autism curse urself good luck

#bunny.txt #ask to tag

[themelodicenigma]

***Long post, oh boy.

It is interesting that I've gotten some Asks about Fang and Vanille circulating on Twitter because of FFXVI. Lol I have seen the posts, and also the resistance of it from those who feel like it's looking down on Dion/Terrance (which I kind of agree with, let them have their spotlight).

Overall, we really just shouldn't care too much about that.

A lot of the fandom drama is just bleh at this point (really always was), and when you've seen SO much for years, it's easy to tell what is what. I mean, I'm now seeing people fighting over Jill/Clive of whether they're romantic or not, or if they align more with Clerith or Cloti. Lol Just why.

However, as for what some of ya'll requested from me about Fang and Vanille, to talk about how they're different from Jill/Clive or Vaan/Penelo—I mean, that's easy.

Jill/Clive? It's a random line in her young profile at the beginning that mentions Clive and Joshua "love her as a sister"—the same beginning that immediately has an NPC say Jill/Clive make a "handsome pair", show hardly any typical sibling action, dialogue, or contextual connotation between Jill/Clive in any scene (where they barely really interact until the Moon screen), and the interactions they do have don't really naturally fit into the box of "these two love each other as siblings or Clive views her as a younger sister". Apparently, it's also BOTH the ENG and JPN that mention a sibling relationship. Either way, the game also straight-forwardly writes them as romantic, so it doesn't matter even if it was true or not—unless you're trying to argue he thinks of her as both, there's no doubt they're romantic. Like, seriously, if you haven't finished the game well....trust, you'll find out they're romantic.

Vaan/Penelo? Well first, as far as I'm concerned, the BradyGames guide from years past is the one that carries the assumption that they're "brother and sister". Otherwise, the game, Ultimania, and even the Archive Ultimania only mention they're "like family"—in which case, this is obviously in reference to their orphan past where they were already childhood friends. Reks (Vaan's brother) went to war and Vaan's parents died, Vaan stays with Penelo's family as a result, and then soon after Penelo's parents ALSO died, and then now they BOTH were orphaned along with a bunch of other kids and grew up together working for Migelo as a group of orphans. It's not written for no reason or something that is not true—they're like family. And of course, you know that's a descriptor of a bond, of closeness—YOU can assume it defaults and is limited to a sibling relationship, but technically that's not true, and very often isn't. So, it doesn't even contrast their romanticism (which is hinted at in the 1st game, not just the 2nd), not to mention, it's not even a focus between their characters in the story. The friendship is really the focus, while the family aspect is more expressed for Vaan through dealing with his actual brother's death. The family in relation to their past and part of their bond is definitely a thing, don't get me wrong, but it's hardly emphasized within the game and a center for what they express about and to each other. That'd be the friendship, you just also happen to have romanticism applied eventually as well.

Fang and Vanille, though? It's the major focus of their characters, the family concept flows through them intentionally, consistently, and is also specific to being as sisters. Not to mention, it then is applicable to ALL things shown between them and EXPLAINS their behavior towards each other. In the Games, FFXIII and FFXIII World Previews, Ultimanias + Other credible guides like Piggyback, VA interviews, novelizations—this never stops being true for them and something implemented more than you'd EVER see between Clive/Jill or Vaan/Penelo. And it all "coincidentally" flows together as a whole for the family/sister application.

FFXIII World Preview - their introduction on the relationship chart is "same family surname". Even before the game's release, the family connotation is applied to them. While we learn the REASON in-world is because of them being from the same village, this more than obviously is for the purpose of serving the continuous family connotation THROUGH Fang and Vanille specifically to emphasis this, as supported by all other points below. Also, just a small thought, why choose this to introduce the characters mysteriously, and then later have a plethora of familial confirmations, if it's something that isn't representative of exactly what it foretells?

FFXIII Ultimania Chart - "relationship like sisters", enough said. Unlike Vaan/Penelo, it specifies WHAT family relationship they have. They didn't pull back from "same family surname", they took it steps further. The relationship chart is informative of something about the characters, and obviously the content can show something more than just the chosen moniker (e.g. Aqua/Terra/Ven aren't just "fellow pupils"), but it also isn't something that is FALSE information unless the content TELLS you it's false. It normally doesn't, and certainly didn't for Fang and Vanille, as per below.

FFXIII Scenario Ultimania, Archive Ultimania, LR Complete Guide - literally, everywhere, ESPECIALLY in writings relative to Fang, who is the older sister, protector, and most concerned over the other—this also correlates to why Fang's character centers around Vanille's more than the other way around (more on that later). Her descriptions really capture WHY she is the way she is towards Vanille and why the center of her character is protecting Vanille and keeping her from turning into a Cie'th. The FFXIII Scenario Ultimania even directly says in Fang's profile "Vanille is not just a childhood friend from the same hometown" and guess what works alongside this description: "To Fang, Vanille is an irreplaceable family member", "grew up like sisters", "they have a bond beyond family", “Since the original Final Fantasy XIII, Fang has always strived to protect Vanille, considering her as her own family", etc. etc. etc. Family, family, family. Being friends is absolutely a thing, don't get it twisted, but the family aspect not only in retrospect to growing up together, but in HOW they see each other, is consistent, ESPECIALLY for Fang. The Lightning Returns Complete Guide is from Piggyback, who is known for having the developers involved in the conception of their guides as well, and Toriyama himself is quoted in the book saying Fang considers Vanille as family.

FFXII Scenario Ultimania Stories - As a bonus, in Benny Matsuyama's short stories for all the characters, including separately in both Fang and Vanille's stories—in both stories, he doubles down on the same things as above, describing how Fang has this strong conviction and vow of protecting Vanille, who is like her younger sister, and wants to stop her from becoming a Cie'th. While Matsuyama's canonicity through BentStuff is a complete other conversation, there is the consideration of the fact he's reiterating something that has already been applied as opposed to making it up, not to mention, his novella and the character he created in the FFXIII Ultimania Omega were made canon, and he's in the staff credits for Lightning Returns.

FFXIII Ultimania Omega Interview - even Fang's VA mentions how "To Fang, Vanille is like a younger sister", and relates that to why she relates to Fang since she has a younger sister too, and thus understands the strong conviction Fang has in protecting Vanille.

The FFXIII Game - now I don't think the game itself specifically mentions them being "like sister" (at least in the dialogue, as I've gone through the script of the cutscenes), but the family aspect is something they carry pretty heavily, especially for the group. Vanille's narration talking about family and the regrets of not keeping them as close as you should, Vanille introducing the idea of "On Gran Pulse, everyone is family", Fang and Vanille emphasizing that their village is a close-knit family when arriving to Oerba, Fang assuring Vanille "we have a new family now" and the Ulti Omega doubling down by saying that this line clearly shows how Fang sees the group as her family, and of course, Fang trying to sacrifice herself to fulfill her promise to "protect her family" when the group faces Orphan. Fang's worry and conviction to protect Vanille, and extending this to her expanded family, is shown greatly.

-Zero Promise- Novelization - the novelization is the treasure trove for Fang and Vanille's context as character, their family/sister relationship (along with friendship, of course), and their past. It even features two direct parallels between Lightning and Fang for the sake of showing how Fang views Vanille like a little sister. Even Vanille, in the moment they became L'Cie at their village, tells Fang about how despite being orphans, they were raised together, and were family. There's also the additional context of Fang being like the "woman/adult" while Vanille is like "the child", emphasizing the child-like personality of Vanille by how she always slept next to Fang (also with other kids in the village, before they became L'Cie) from her fears of loneliness, and Fang recounting this of her looking after her being a "crybaby". Naturally, all of this does naturally fit within a context where there's an older sibling and a younger sibling. There usually isn't, but if there are concerns over canonicity—Jun Eishima, the author of this novel (and the FFXIII-2 novels), was hired directly by SE to write her novelizations and to have them published through SE individually, had them featured in the World Previews of both FFXIII and XIII-2, had another short story called -Episode i- featured with the Xbox 360 release of FFXIII, AND was the Story Advisor for the actual FFXIII-2 game. So, it's safe to say she's an authentic additional party to the series as an author, even more than Matsuyama.

-Episode i- Novelization - this short story features the group slightly post-the ending of FFXIII. The story shows the groups conviction for saving Fang and Vanille from the crystal stasis, which sets up this same conviction expressed from all of them (especially Snow and Hope) in FFXIII-2. More importantly, how this conviction is shaped by the familial bond they created with Fang and Vanille, and they remark how this meaning came from Vanille's famous line: "On Gran Pulse, everyone is family".

FFXIII-2 World Preview Book - continuing the trend, Fang and Vanille are described as "like family" once again in the relationship chart. And at this point, we already know HOW they're like family: sisters.

FFXIII-2 Game/Novelization - This first point is really kind of a bonus that is congruent to the comparison of Lightning and Fang, but in FFXIII-2 when Serah meets Fang for the first time, she talks about how Fang reminded her of Lightning. There's also the "Daughters of Etro" moniker they gain through prophecy and the "Legend of Cocoon" Noel speaks on—this is obviously congruent with the concept of them being family/sisters to one another, it just throws in the context of a connection to Etro. Interestingly enough, the ENG localization also recounts the legend through Noel as them being called "the sisters", as well, though this line of dialogue in JPN from Noel is still "the daughters". This meaning is also talked about within the novelizations Fragments Before and Fragments After.

FFXIII: Lightning Returns Game - And of course, Fangs conviction to protect Vanille is STILL the center of her character, to the point she leaves Vanille in order to accomplish this. Lightning will remark this, wondering what made Fang leave since they have "a bond beyond/stronger than family". At this point, it's obvious why family is the foundation of this descriptor, but also how it works as a nice descriptor that comments on the strength of this bond, and how it is stronger than the already strong bond of family bonds.

And the most important thing as demonstrated above? They don't stray from this—they build upon it. There's no deviation, there's no making it false, there's no "this is a lie and it's actually romantic". This IS the characters and their relationship—perhaps the most important difference between them and Clive/Jill or Vaan/Penelo. Within all this, there is no "coded/subtext" of romance, when all things expressed in the game fits within ALL that is provided above and is congruent to one another for the same conclusion: Fang and Vanille are family, are sisters, and very much so care a lot about each other. As you can see, it was given in a multitude of ways throughout the existence of all 3 games and corresponding material relative to them. This especially for Fang—a character who is older, has grown up taking care of a younger character in a family setting, and whose main priority is protecting them and looking after them: this doesn't just fit in the sibling/parental [hogosha] box, it is THE box itself. Are there stories that deviate, that subvert this and make it romantic? Absolutely, I've seen them myself. But, it's a deviation for a reason, it's "different than what it appears as" for a reason—because it's not what is natural for a romantic relationship to develop. There's a reason Fang is consistently compared and paired with Lightning, who is also not only just a sibling to Serah, but also a hogosha [parental figure]. I would make the same argument for Fang too.

One thing I've seen actively in the way is the very typical urge to use our personal interpretations more than the content to understand something. The bar for romanticism is REALLY low in how people perceive things, and that's a wider conversation on how media itself was the influence on this, kind of negatively if you ask me. Glorification of romanticism and sex is a thing. Like really, it's what part of me understands HOW people can see Fang and Vanille as romantic, but also, WHY I know they also should be able to see it as platonic, too. I believe this is an important aspect of talking about perception and media. However, we can't be blinded by it—logically or emotionally. There's not a single thing they've done that can't be understood through the lens of what the material has given you to understand it. Use the lens of the information, not your own personal interpretation if you want to KNOW Fang and Vanille. If you want to ship the hek out of them despite this, fine—I don't care about that specifically, but it would be nice if people recognized and also talked about who the characters actually are outside of their headcanon. That way, when things that are just misconceptions are said, people who know better can say something.

Fang originally being a man? Actually, they both were in a sense. And, not only is it a "coincidence" that the construction of Fang's character is centered on her "wanting to save Vanille", but also that one of the reasons Fang was turned into a female was to AVOID the feeling of romance between Fang and Vanille. Interesting how that little detail is left out by those mentioning this (one could even argue it's slightly homophobic, but that's a whole other convo). Either way, it makes sense as to why the center of Fang's character is her conviction to protect Vanille—it's what she was created for, and we see HOW they chose to execute that: to protect Vanille, her younger sister, her family.

Fang and Vanille being like the Ragnarok legend? It's pretty easy to understand what was/wasn't used with the Lif and Lifthrasir comparison. They're a duo, seemingly the last of the Pulse civilization, and associated with Ragnarok—that's where the similarity ends and how far it was utilized, obviously as based on the above. Something done in media all the time is the utilization of concepts, but not ALL details are 1:1. Happens all the time, and when the storytelling is directly referencing the concept itself (like True Love's Kiss or an Act of Pure Love), it's actually a specific point to SUBVERT from romance and apply it differently.

Vanille talking about never sleeping alone? This is literally linked to the "child-like" aspect of her character—of her fears and sadness of loneliness, and quite frankly the trauma of being orphaned. She's never slept alone, and Vanille recounts this in lieu of herself and ALL the orphans (before they're L'Cie)—it wasn't just Fang in her recollection, but Fang is the one she is closest to and relied on the most. Sleeping alone = fear of loneliness. Fang recounts the same idea in lieu of Vanille's "crybaby" personality—"Vanille would always cry, waking up from a bad dream, holding on to Fang and begging her not to leave her alone. She had always been like that, since they were children."—and naturally, this coincides with Fang's role of taking care of her since they were kids. Surely we're not confused on how that fits with a sibling dynamic more naturally than a romantic one? Then lastly, what is probably even the inspiration of this from the -Zero- Promise novel, is the wholesome/sad scene in the FFXIII game when Vanille, after making a deal about Sazh not invading her sleeping space, sneaks over to sleep next to him, crying, and Sazh allows it, calling her a kid. I mean, it's literally outlined three separate times. Nothing to do with romance, it's about Vanille's character. Unless, you really think Vanille was coming onto Sazh as opposed to dealing with trauma. Knowing the internet, I'm sure that's a ship somewhere, but it ain't it.

Fang lifting up Vanille's skirt to see her brand on her upper thigh? That is, to see if she is close to death, being a Cie'th? The very thing she's been stressing about the entire game up to that point? In this, we can also include the ability of Fang and Vanille hugging or holding each other's hands when they're sacrificing themselves. Basically, physical intimacy.

Boy, this one is a rant for me, and it's hard to be nice about it.

The L'Cie brand is practically almost like a wound, and they're constantly in s state of worry of it getting worse, with it being their ticking time clock towards losing themselves to becoming Cie'th. This is one of Fang's biggest concerns for Vanille along with protecting her.

Now, take their outward personalities that reinforce they're not one to make a big deal about seeing skin, their close-knit familial upbringing + being sisters within this environment—supplemented by the info that supports Fang being the older sister whose main concern is Vanille's safety and turning into a Cie'th + Vanille, who is the younger sister and like a "child", them both being females, and how Fang wordlessly moves Vanille to do this while Vanille has no protest, which can be reminiscent of a mother/child, which "coincidentally" flows with the above, etc. If you seriously can't understand in any way how this interaction fits within the information of the above, platonically, and doesn't showcase anything relative to "this can only happen if they're fucking"—then there's not much else to be said other than, maybe expand your understanding of human interaction and personalities in media (not even just JPN, either)? That's the nicest and most understanding way I can put it. Take in anything, where a sibling dynamic and their capability of interaction isn't just bickering and tussling with one another. Please. It's super easy, and has been done before or even further in so much other content, all across JPN media. There's SO many characters with strong sibling relationships. For SE games, also look at FFXIII itself—Lightning and Hope, Hope and Vanille (the beginning), Sarah and Vanille even share a moment when they meet, Lightning and Serah's interaction at the end of XIII-2, etc. It's everywhere. Yuna and Rikku's hug scene in FFX, Aqua's general intimacy towards Ventus in the KH series, etc. There's not a single thing Fang and Vanille has done that isn't covered under what has been given about their characters, and it's not even like, that much. I mean, Elsa and Anna between Frozen 1 and 2 show more I'd say. "B-but, but, hugs in Japanese media are always—". Nope, go read, watch, anything, please. Now, there can be a certain conversation of expectations between say, a female and male (and even this isn't absolute), but between females? Showing physical intimacy and closeness, not only in real-time of the story but also in key art? Super common. Easy.

There's even a conversation for the sake of how Fang and Vanille specifically are the way they are because of this upbringing, so Fang not making a big deal about even checking Lightning's brand despite being a stranger, Vanille and Serah sharing a moment while being strangers, and even how quickly Vanille physically came to comforting Hope at the beginning of the game—it's more about their personalities and familial/close-knit characterization.

Like, c'mon man. There's "I can see this happening between a couple but also know it can happen without it", and then there's "there's no 'heterosexual' explanation for this". One shows understanding and wisdom, the other, either just uninformed or purposely ignorant of the fact that, yes, they give you an explanation. Over, and over, and over again, in multiple sources, in multiple ways, as shown above. Realize the whole "I would never do that with my sister" is not evidential of what CAN and HAS been done for other sisters or sibling characters. I mean, if you're sincerely not use to seeing all types of physical or descriptive expressions that can happen between this configuration of characterization, I'm not sure how you'd make it through most JPN content to be honest and not tell the difference between what's sexual or platonic, or even American content like Four Brothers, The Outsiders, Frozen, etc., without believing all the siblings (blood related or not) are all having sex with each other. Also, I think it's interesting to note that most physical interactions are initiated by Fang, the older sister, who's main priority is protecting and looking after her younger sister—it certainly matches the same energy you'll see from older sisters in JPN media who show love and comfort to their younger sisters.

Fang would "be everyone's enemy/tear the sky down" just to save Vanille and this is like "Snow's language" towards Serah? I mean, have you seen Supernatural? XD Also like, again, ANY JPN content with an older and younger sibling, whose sole motivation and characterization is protecting their younger sibling? It's called conviction (as we covered, Fang was created specifically to have for Vanille), and considering Serah and her happiness is Lighting's "reason for living and her greatest reward", who Lighting has "the same beloved feeling" for that is the same depth as Snow, is what, "coincidentally", Fang herself uses to motivate Lightning to keep going when she contemplates giving up, who Lightning does turn against Cocoon for in order to save, and who is THE most important component to Lightning's agency in the 3rd game and is the key to her character arc—I'm sure Lightning isn't far off from what Fang is. Again, there's the novella equating them, and also, Serah being reminded of Lightning when she finally meets Fang—this conviction to protect and save your loved ones is something, really, all the characters show. It isn't just Snow, nor is it just Fang. And, Fang just so happens to have this conviction in a way that has been repeatedly linked to "protecting Vanille, her younger sister".

Fang and Vanille having a "bond beyond family"? First, notice how family is still the basis of this bond, the conventional relationship type that is the most versatile AND the top signifier of closeness. So "bond" here isn't relationship type, it's in the same vein of the "reason for existing", "irreplaceable", "unbreakable", "most important thing", etc. descriptors that you get to show how a relationship goes beyond just a type, which all the above is beyond simply being family. The logic of romance being "beyond family" also doesn't make any sense because it literally is it's own sector in family—I mean, the conventional point of a romantic relationship is TO become family. Also for this specific phrase, funny enough, I've only ever seen it used platonically or specifically with no romanticism application, e.g. in Boruto, Sakura tells her daughter that her and Naruto became "more than family". It's like literally the same Kanji phrasing too (家族以上 - kazoku ijou). I haven't even seen it used in a romantic context, but I'm sure it very well could be. It's also funny that, Lightning says this about Fang and Vanille, of how Fang would "never just leave Vanille all alone", but "coincidentally" (this is getting fun, huh), Hope says Sazh had mentioned practically THE SAME THING about why they wanted to believe Lightning wasn't in the crystal, that Lightning wouldn't "just up and leave Serah like that".

Vanille's VA says she hopes the games will show how Fang and Vanille "have a bond more powerful than friendship"—I mean, yeah? They're family, something stronger than friendship. Bond-wise? Absolutely. They have a bond BEYOND even that. See the above, how is this specifically and only romantic? Keep in mind, this is also the same interview where Fang's VA directly says "To Fang, Vanille is like a younger sister", seeing herself in Fang because she has her own younger sister, and relates of the feeling of "protecting small children" that comes with this. Like you know, "coincidentally", like how Vanille as a younger sister is also "childlike" in disposition and a "cute, crybaby" to Fang. Neither this phrase or "bond beyond family" are inherently romantic, and they're very applicable to other multiple relationship types because it's for the sake of describing the strength of a bond.

Fang and Vanille still live with each other at the end of LR? You mean, two people who have lived together since they were children as a close-knit family, have a whole arc involving them separating and reuniting in BOTH games, and are thrust into a new world with the two still being each other's closest family? A world of which is also still very different than the one they came from? You mean two people like THAT would still live together? I am shocked and dismayed. I feel a little sassy here because, c'mon. I'd also like to point out that the idea of "never being apart/leaving each other's side" is congruent with their history, but also is something expressed in the storytelling of Vanille's fear of loneliness, in which even WAY back in the FFXIII novelization Zero Promise, she expresses to Fang “We might be orphans, but we were raised together. We’re family. We can protect everyone together. We’ll be together forever… no matter what happens, we’ll never be apart.” when being turned into L'Cie. So, it's very fitting, but also still within the context that is repeatedly there.

Let the material speak for itself. Which it does. A lot. And you don't have to do much other than just finding it and absorbing it. I feel like, there's STILL more that I could say, but this is the brunt gist of understanding Fang and Vanille.

#oerba yun fang #oerba dia vanille #final fantasy xiii #ffxiii #ffxvi #ffxii zodiac age #kingdom hearts #long post #lightning farron #serah farron #clive rosfield #jill warrick

[meirimerens]

it seems to me that the deal with pathologic 2 english dubbing is entirely dividing all of the characters into three categories: British, South Park character and Women (with intended derogation). honestly drives me insane a bit because with russian well we don't really have that distinct of accents so everyone kinda sounds the same in that manner... and it almost feels less theatrical (maybe it should. but the way english dubbing sounds theatrical To Me is. well. NAWT GOOD) in russian voice over, especially with the kids. (still thinking about british 20 y.o. oxford student that is Notkin and south park caricature voiced by an adult woman that is Khan in english dub. *[metaphorically] holding a cig in between my fingers pensively* still not dealing very well with it emotionally.) the only voice that set me absolutely fucking insane in russian voice over was Eva's – WHY DOES SHE TALK LIKE THAT!! WHAT DID THEY DO TO HER!!!!! misogyny in casual ways etc. etc. but with english dubbing every other character forced a fight or flight response out of me. idk maybe i am a bit biased but with the way it is just so different.... pathologic 2 (RUS) and pathologic 2 (ENG) are like two siblings who are mostly the same but one of them is objectively . uglier than the other. speaking of siblings, it turns out Stamatins have DIFFERENT voice actors in english. this feels like a crime....

i could talk about the voices for Hours bro i played the game russian voices/english subtitles and most of the lp's i watched also went this route except One so i discovered the english voices like second-handedly and Scared Me bro scared me... i've already talked about the kids' voices like I Know. I Know how hard it is to VA kids especially if you have to work with regulations making it harder to hire child VAs (for the better of the kid mind you, i'm not saying #bringbackunregulatedchildlabor here) and i'm sure the women who voice teenage/child boys are doing their absolute bests but man. i think the suspension of disbelief works way more when working with for ex. anime voice acting bc you can See the characters are only vague simulacra of children, but in a game that has pretty detailed 3D models and strives for a certain realism in the faces and whatnot, it is Jarring...

i think the use of British/generally Non-American english accent is like a commin trope to denote a foreignness or a different social status (because most of the anglophone players Will Be americans because. bigger country) but like. come on. look_how_they_massacred_my_boy.mp4... i'm sure there are subtleties within the russian voices that i'm not gettin because. well i'm not russian i guess that helps that would be Complicated to transpose in english but like. worarrgh.

i'm Very Glad both of these games had a release with an english voice acting cast because we like. Know. the tendency that americans have wrt Foreign Media / refusing to interact with things if they are not Dubbed in english even if they are subtitled [i think the whole Parasite movie release put that on the carpet again but i knew of it way before that] so it allowed for More People to check out the games [again. for the better and the worse...]

can we talk about eva and the twins let me talk about eva and the twins. can i talk about eva and the twins?

p2 russian eva has a light and high-pitched voice but it's kinda like. airy and hazy like she's deep in thoughts like she's daydreaming... her english voice sounds like the squeaky voices anglophone VTubers make so sound like cutesy anime girls. she sounding more like a child. and when you pair it with her neotonous face with her fit that looks like a child having dressed themselves and the general "youthening" of her personality. well i ain't saying anything but i'm making the biggest side-eye known to man rn!

p1 russian andrey has a sort of like high almost mighty and haughty attitude, kinda towering, p1 russian peter also has this sort of height with pride to it but fraying on the ends like mouth woolen (the Drink)... p1 english andrey has some of that height and restraint, kinda high in the throat like he's being above... p1 english peter is Squeaky. he's so squeaky. almost sounds giddy from time to time but also. The Drink. my man an arm on the wall drink in the other at a party telling you about shit only his drunk mind can comprehend...

p2 russian andrey has a depth and a certain Mystery but it still looks natural/like he's Deep In Thoughts... p2 russian peter is way #deeper than his p1 counterpart but it still looks natural/that's a Depressed voice if i ever heard one. scraping the floors with it.

p2 english andrey is so raspy it's kinda comical like he playin toughguy and p2 english peter while still Deep is like Theatrical to a goofy extend like IT'S NOT THAT SERIOUS. YOU SLEEP IN A BATHTUB 😭😭

while it. is normal for siblings to have different voices and would make sense for two siblings to have different voices, and as such voice actors... it doesn't for the stamatwins!! are you crazy? you SEPARATE the stamatwins? you make them into two people instead of two sides of a same coin? JAIL!! JAIL FOR THE VOICE ACTORS

#ring ring (answers) #anonymous #artur ivanov while i think making the twins look deep and mysterius is well a departure from their p1 selves. you did a great job. liked it

[drmajalis]

Some growing thoughts on the AK Eng Dub

Martha Mackintosh is a cool find for Reed's VA, no doubt, but, I am kinda miffed that with all the themes from CH9 and Dublinn that they couldn't get an actual Irish VA to voice her. My pick was to just bring Aileen Mythen (Dusk's VA) back to voice them, since she is Irish. But it feels like now that HG I guess has the clout or money to hire more "well-known" talent we're getting less and less of the quirky UK based VA talent that mostly did obscure games & commercials, which, I honestly thought was kinda special. Sure, I went NUTS when we found out Allegra Clark was going to voice in Arknights, and another one, and another one, but, hearing the same talents across multiple games and medias over and over does make me wish we could get more fresh talent. Like how the first batch was my first introduction to Devora Wilde who I think did a really great and distinct job as Nearl (yes, she did!), or Sarah Ovens' kinda random but just hilariously suited to her English accent for Kjera, I feel like we're not gonna get moments like this anymore.

Am I alone in kind of missing this "wild west" sort of early period of the AK Eng dub?

But anyway, considering how Anthony Howell was able to fake a Polish accent for Mlynar, I'm hoping Martha can fake an Irish accent for Reed, instead of just sounding Br*tish

#arknights #majalis blog

[kimium]

I was tagged by @m34gs in this post HERE! Thanks for the tag, friend! Took me a moment to figure out how to do this. Anyways, I'm done, so let's talk about this!

Anime with a Favourite Opening/Ending Song:

While this was a touch choice, and almost went to Attack on Titan, I picked Jujutsu Kaisen because it's one of the rare anime when I love all the openings. If I had to pick a favourite opening it's a tie between VIVID VICE and Specialz.

Anime you recommend others watch:

Without a shadow of a doubt I recommend Anohana to everyone. It's a coming of age story centred around a difficult topic, yet there are light moments. However, it's an anime that always makes me cry, so be prepared to not just watch a coming of age story but also an emotional character dive.

Anime that shares a genre with the centre anime:

It would have been easy to pick another adventure/fantasy/sci-fi anime and call it a day, but I think I did well picking Sabikui Bisco. The anime is set in a post apocalyptic wasteland. There is awe and wonder outside of the city but also danger. Government cannot be trusted and medicine/scientific advancement is a key element to the story, which are all elements that FMA has.

Anime that shares Eng. VA with touching square:

Laura Bailey who voices Lust in FMA also voices Tohru Honda in Fruits Basket! Actually, Fruits Basket and FMA have many English VA overlaps, but Laura is the one I first thought of!

Favourite Anime of All Time:

Fullmetal Alchemist is my favourite manga of all time, so I had to go with the 2009 remake. While the 2003 anime still holds a nostalgic place in my heart, nothing compares to the manga's story to me.

From the plot, pacing, character arcs and design, and art direction I truly believe Fullmetal Alchemist is a near perfectly written and produced series from Hiromu Arakawa.

Anime that shares Japanese VA with touching square:

Paku Romi who voices Edward Elric in the Japanese version of FMA also voices Hitsugaya Toshiro in Bleach.

Shares a Similar MC Energy with centre square:

The obvious comparison is Senku and Edward are both genius scientists who did the impossible (Senku with his counting and Edward with human transmutation), however there are other traits the two share. Both have a bit of a mischievous side and both can be singularly focused on their scientific goals. Finally, both are hopeful in the face of peril and use their wits and scientific knowledge to win in the end.

Also, as an extra fun fact the English VA for Senku is Aaron Dismuke who voiced Alfonse Elric in the original 2003 FMA anime.

An Anime you read/have the manga of:

I've been reading My Hero Academia (or BNHA) for years. While I don't own it, I read it on the Shonen Jump app. It's a series I'm also enjoying the anime adaptation.

A series with your favourite ship/ship dynamic:

Soukoku (or Dazai/Chuuya from Bungou Stray Dogs) is both my favourite ship in the series and also my favourite ship dynamic.

My favourite part about Soukoku as a ship is the underlying loyalty and trust the two have in one another. Despite everything: their personality clash, their first meeting, Dazai betraying the Port Mafia, they still care for one another. In their own weird ways, yes, but care none the less. How else can the series explain the convoluted schemes in both Dead Apple and in Season 5? That's some "we're two halves of the same whole" level of trust there. They're not even being subtle.

I tag: @a-little-harmed-shinra, @someobscurereference, @shreedle, and @memoryoflife.

#personal #tag game #anime tag game #i hope you like my answers friend

[lunareclipsa1026]

Yes I am aware about the revelation of Tighnari's Eng VA, Elliot, turning out to be a digesting and horrible person. I found out about it last night right when I wa showing to bed.

I am absolutely disgusted, upset, disappointed and beyond pissed by this. This is something I will not tolerate or let this slide! I am not even gonna explain what he did, check it for yourself in Twitter, Im too angry to explain this.

I still love Tighnari as a character, he's still my one of my favorite characters.

Words cannot expressed how I am angry about what the VA did. It's upsetting to see how famous people can take advantage to their popularity to do vile and grotesque things like these.

I know he made an apology video, I didn't watch it, but it didn't sound genuine to me cause he released this video only cause he's exposed, it just sounds like an excuse to get away with it, an apology alone isn't enough from all this. I don't forgive him at all after learning what he did, he's staying logged out, and I hope he keeps his words, and I also hope he will be punished for his crimes and repent for reals for his crimes.

I already knew the word will get out to the VAs when I went to bed, they have already tweeted about this. They have already cut ties with him.

Oh and Chris, the voice director for Genshin, said in Twitter that he's now doing what limited power he has to reach to hoyoverse about this, which I am really thankful for that.

Also, there are people hating on Tighnari just because of the VA. May I inform everyone one that vas and the characters they voice are not the same person! Stop focusing on a fictional character and focus on the real criminal here!

Anyway, my heart goes out to all the victims who had suffered from this and I am proud of them for their bravery to speak up about this. Everything's going to be okay and I hope you all recover well and mentally healthy. 🙏❤️

And I hope once the word gets out to Hoyo, they will fire Elliot and do a recasting, just liek what they did to Oz's cn VA. I wonder who will be suitable for the role of Tighnari now once the issue is handled.

For now, I'm not going to put Tighnari in my party until the situation is handled properly and the recasting for Tighnari's voice is done. And if I need him for something like a boss fight, I'm going to switch dubs.

#genshin impact #tighnari

[macaronnya]

Fresh(?) Impressions (5)

Other parts: |Trickstar| |UNDEAD| |2wink| |Ra*bits| |Akatsuki| |fine| |Ryuseitai| |Knights| |Valkyrie| |Switch| |MaM/Double Face/Crazy:B| |Eden| |Alkaloid|

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Hello Enstarries~☆ It is the next unit, Akatsuki! I don't have anything to write here as an introduction anymore but leaving it empty is weird, especially with the lengthy disclaimer. So, I'll just babble a bit here. As of now, the first shuffle event is here! I am aiming to get Kaoru! Idk if I'll actually like him as much as I hope but I like the song, his card is pretty and I can always use another Glitter 5☆ rn. I hope he won't be too expensive....

DISCLAIMER!: Everything said here is for entertainment purposes only and not meant to attack anyone. This is not an accurate description of any characters but my subjective rambling for fun, so please don't take it too seriously. (Just to be safe, I'm kinda scared of elite idol fans) Also, you will hear me mention other games a bunch of times bc I'm that bad and uncreative at explaining and I'm still grieving A3!EN's shutdown. Eng is my 2nd (or 3rd?) language.

Without further ado...Let's Ensemble!☆

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I love traditional japanese music mixed with modern, or to be precise, hearing kotos and shamisen playing with modern intruments in modern tunes. It's just SO cool and beautiful, just what their unit theme is, according to enstars wikia. I like the majority of their songs. As far as I know, akatsuki means dawn or so (Akatsuki no Yona = Yona of the Dawn), which explains their red theme. I like their outfits quite a bit as well. Kimonos are SO pretty and I like their more loose approach to it. All the colors work so well together! Oh, and I thought it's cool how they danced with swords and fans (like in Love Live or Pretty Rhythm). Anyways, weren't they one of the ruling and oppressive units in the "!" era? Yikes 😬 Well, they're good now.

8/10 - really like their music and the members are kinda funny

Keito Hasumi

He is, what one and he himself would call, a hobbyless person. Anzu just asked him why he was sitting alone and he went on and on just to say he didn't know what to do with his free time lol He looks so boring at first with his student council president look and aura but the fact that he masks his awkwardness with long paragraphs and lectures, plus he likes comics, reminds me of Sakyo (A3!), which makes him funny again. It even fits with the I-used-to-be-an-evil-boss or whatever happened in the "!" era. And what's up with his points system 😂 Does he have a whole book with everyones' names and points inside it, that he carries everywhere? Would have an actualy blacklist. Or maybe even: Dear Diary, today Miss Producer made fun of me :( Gosh, Leona (Twst), his VA twin would fold him in half in a second. With all of that done, I like his voice. It's a weird mix of being high and deep at the same time but not really and it feels like drinking cold water.

6.5/10 - pathetic funny man I'd be too scared of him in rl tho bc of his authorative air

Kuro Kiryu

Kazuma Kiryu?!?!?!?! (Yakuza series) Big scary looking guy who changed his way of being a gangster to being a big dorky softie 💕 We love to see it. Big bro, likes sewing, caring, hubby material He may not be a man of many words but that's OK, I'm sure his actions prove his good intentions. He seems like he can cook and do housework. Probably has a single father. I love this trope of scary giant with a heart of gold so so much He's also ambitious enough to pursue both being an idol and designer!!! Literally a fusion of Yuki, Omi and Juza (A3!). Is his hair color red or black? Whatever it is, I bet if a card of him with his hair down comes out, everyone is gonna go crazy (me included).

8/10 - good boy, I'd pat his head

Souma Kanzaki

He never grew out of his chuuni phase and even went as far as to get an official license for his sword, if that isn't dedication idk what is. -insert meme of a guy cutting cake with a giant sword but instead it's a fish and his katana- He's like Gakupo (Vocaloid) but real. May or may not be friends with the ninja guy. He used to have a lot of friends in elementary school but then became a loner, is what I imagine. Dude didn't even realise people were kinda put off by his sword. If he has a license, then he practices kendo, right? He can actually wield it, right? If he also likes swords a lot and not just being a samurai, he'd have a field day with Touken Ranbu. His voice is softer than I imagined it to be, it has a pudding like texture.

7.5/10 - part of the drama gangy, would be the uncle kids love only for his cool things

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Conclusion

They can live perfectly fine in a house with just the three of them without burning it down. We have a cook, smn who does the paperwork and finances, and a handy guy. Honestly, still a pretty normal group here. I can't wait for more songs of them to come.

That's about it this time. I hope you found it nice and all if you made it this far. If you have any thoughts you wanna share, just remember, that everything is just for fun and stay polite! See you in the next part~☆

#ensemble stars #enstars #Akatsuki #macaron rambles

[5-pp-man]

do u usually watch anime dubbed or subbed if u have the option

hiyaa, I always go for subs the first time around! Sometimes I watch dubs w my dad (I love the grepre dub sm that i actually prefer Laurent's eng dub voice, a tough hurdle to clear with Junichi Suwabe as his jpn va) Sometimes I watch parts of eng dubs just to check out what they sound like, I like comparing voices :)

I'm actually thinking of watching eng dubs more often, I have a few in mind that i wanna check out (sk8, yoi, sasamiya, all dubs I've heard good/funny things abt). The reason I always go for subs at first is because i still wanna learn japanese, and since I'm so passionate about translation I want to appreciate the work in its original form so I can really appreciate the work that went into dubbing it too I do, however, almost always choose dubs when it comes to video games... idk why. Though, there are some exceptions (when I dont like the dub, in smtv's case, or with worlds end club where we had dutch text so the eng voices became too distracting).

Also, a thing I always make exceptions for is dutch dubs. If there is one I drop everything and watch that one (but it rarely happens w anime unfortunately, just with kids shows like pokemon, inazuma, etc)

#i used to be sort of a hater but im glad to say that im well past that #im a lover now! an enjoyer! #i love everything translation so dubs are super interesting to me #tedpost #tedtalks #asks

[pugs-cats-bb-8]

Persona 2 Eternal Punishment

I watched a playthrough that I thought was the PSP ver but turned out to be the PS2 ver. 🤷‍♀️

You walk pretty fast for back then.

Graphics hold up. Then again, I grew up on old games. Sometimes, older graphics are better.

Oh, I see this is the PS 2 ver. Still has good graphics. I wondered why everybody was all "We got a localized P2EP". I honestly thought that the video I had was in Japanese. Then, I find out that the PSP ver was never localized till recently.

Those rooms turn way too fast for me. (Motion Sickness)

Maya beats down the door, only to find a dead guy. 🤣🤣🤣

Why does everyone have to walk across the room to see the dead guy? Is the sofa that big that it blocks the dude from view?

I like the cute Slime 💕💕 it says squish. It could give Jack Frost a run for his cuteness money. And the Slime runs away. 😢😢

How do the demons know about the Velvet Room?

Too many personalities😵😵 thank God they simplified it.

Those winged serpents remind me of Yu-Gi-Oh.

Nice jumpsuit. Is it a jumpsuit? It might be a tracksuit.

Baofu looks like John Lennon. I call him Baffy. Why does he look like he came from the 70s? Is he a time traveller?

I forgot Maya's a slob.

I take it Katsuya's a neat freak?

"Grab your asses and get to the roof". 🤣🤣

"Your police hero is here". 👀 I'm listening.

That blimp is giant. It looks like a missile.

🤣🤣 Tatsuya remembers not to let Maya drive.

Whoever did Sudou's voice made him really creepy.

"We're losing altitude fast," Jun says when he's nowhere near the wheel. No wonder we're falling.

Tatsuya's been working out. How long has he been wanting to do that? Damn, Tatsuya, just push everybody out the blimp, why don't you?

Good to know Maya can die and the game continues.

Why is there a Nekomata in the bathroom, who looks like an Espeon?

Damn, this plot's dark.

Isn't guido Spanish for white or something? Oh, it means guy.

I don't remember the original names.

Are they not allowed to say hell?

Never noticed it in IS, but Tatsuya's cute. I think it's the new portrait.

Why does Baffy sound like he knows Tatsuya?

Is Nanjo going to wear that helmet for the whole game?

My man just jumps off the stage🤣🤣🤣🤣. I love the animation for it.

100km=62.1371 miles.

I thought Baffy would turn out to be a time traveller, not an agent. Still cool, but less than I expected.

You only have a Learner's Permit". 🤣🤣

I knew something was up with that cat.

Is the cat a ghost?

Now is not the time to get excited Elly.

The cat talks and they are not fazed at all by it.

If that's IS Tatsuya. Where's EP Tatsuya at?

It looks like there's a coffin nailed to the top of the sub.

200km=124.274 miles.

I liked Ulala more as the game went on.

Baffy's pretty cool. I still think a better story would've been that he's a time traveller from the 70s.

He does wear that damn helmet the entire game.

I'm guessing Eikichi, Lisa and Jun don't get Personas in this game.

I like Katsuya. I guess I just have a thing for detectives. Now, if I could only find one with curly hair and glasses. 🤭

I prefer IS Tatsuya to EP Tatsuya. I don't like moopy, moody boys. Some mopiness is fine but not too much.

Atlus has a weird thing with crediting VAs one game but not the next. Sometimes it's Eng/JP and sometimes it's just JP.

EP>IS (EP over IS).

IS gets a bit boring at the end.

I like Maya.

I like Ulala and Baffy partnering up.

I'll take Ulala and Baffy over Eikichi and Lisa.

#Persona 2 Eternal Punishment #Persona 2 #long post #tag game

[usersasaki]

BIG SIB BIG SIB DID U SEE THE 3.1 STREAM AND TRAILER?? NCHEHWHS CYNO IS SO HOT?? HEHSH HE FINALLY HAS A VOICE AFTER LIKE TWO YEaRS I SCREAMED LIKE EARLY IN THE MORNING HGNDBHDX :coughs: anyways! i also wanted to gib u a lil update: from here on out "lucid" (luce/luci for short) will be my second alias with my first! << mostly cuz i dream a lot and went "why not" ehe- then alternate shipnames would be albeluce and lunari! ~Lycoris

i thought i'd just answer all 3 asks in 1 go,, sorry for not responding for so long lil sis :( uni's been tiring me out leaving me with lil to no interactive energy

starting out! yes i did watch the 3.1 trailer and when i tell u i lost it. when cyno showed up. AND HIS VOICE ??_)#9" his eng va did an amazing job and his jp voice had me screaming into my pillow 😭😭😭 ALSO I LOVE UR NEW ALIAS??? IT'S SO CUTE WAAA i'll call u luci along with cor ^^ also ur shipnames >>>

and thank u for checking on me 🥹 i've been alright but travelling to and from uni exhausts me beyond measure and i fall asleep the moment my head hits the pillow,, but it's also very fun! i made friends who literally are so sweet and the classes are much better than hs classes :D how have u been luci?

AND LASTLY! YES I DID WATCH AND I ACTUALLY WATCHED IT WHILE I WAS ON CAMPUS SO I COULDN'T REACT AS I WANTED TO BUT GOD I LOVE HIM, HIM JUST HIM??? at this point i consider myself married to him and we exchange bad jokes with each other <33

#— asks ☆ #i'm so sorry for not answering ur asks for ages :( but thank u for reaching out to me sm?? mwah hugs hugs

[cryspymf]

2.7 is finally here,,,

spoilers: update 2.7, no leaks just the official livestream stuff, theories

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welcome back to me screaming-

WAHHHHHH I’m so excited! ngl I thought I’d be very underwhelmed with this update but I’m so interested. My biggest excitement is the rhythm game but we’re gonna act like that’s not my favorite part-

THIS THING LOOKS SO PRETTY I DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS BUT IT LOOKS NICE I can’t tell if this is an existing place in the chasm or like a tiny new area? Xiao mentions something like a domain so maybe that lil doorway is a way in or out? Not quite sure but the compass thing looks so epic.

YELAN I think I was pulling for her,,, she’s so pretty and I love her animations. Alas, I refuse to let Kazuha down and I’m staying strong cuz I have his c2 but I’m desperate to c6 him lol

HEARING HER VA WAS SOO COOL TOO I think both her and Shinobu’s eng voice actors fit the characters appearance. I love Yelan’s Korean va tho oml it’s such a pretty voice.

The camera angles with Yelan, bruh they knew what they were doing she’s so pretty- her movement and fighting style in general are so cool, very dynamic. Same for Shinobu. While I have no interest in pulling for Shinobu cause her character doesn’t interest me much, I still think she’s really cool. I’m not too happy about her kit, even considering that she’s a 4*

xiao my beloved <3 I’ve got a side acc for genshin where I pull for characters that I like and want on my main but am fully aware would not benefit my teams at all. So despite Xiao getting a rerun and my love for him, I will once again be skipping him </3 ITTO THOUGH I want Itto so bad because I foolishly skipped him the first time around for shenhe- but again, we savin’ for kazuha so I must resist the temptation. I might try to get Itto on my side acc, who knows (I have no pity built up after Yae lol).

Anyways, back to Xiao. This trailer supports my idea that despite being a lil reserved party pooper, Xiao does not know how to shut up once you get him talking. He didn’t say much in the trailer but I feel like he’s gonna have so much dialogue in game with how passionate (?) he sounded in the trailer. I wonder if the lil hologram lookin thing of him is supposed to be a portal. Reminds me of the abyss portals.

I can’t tell if it’s related but Xiao seemed to be saying something along the lines of “If you’re still alive why would you become like this?” My brain immediately went to that MIA yaksha. I could be really far off lol but it’s the first thing I thought of. I wanna know if that green haired person is related to who Xiao may have been speaking about. The only thing that makes me think otherwise is that Itto seems to know the green haired person and I feel like Itto has little to no relation to Liyue especially in yaksha terms. My favorite part of genshin lore is the Yakshas so I’m hoping we get to learn more about that and that I will not be disappointed,,,

Also why tf are Itto and Shinobu here lmao I don’t understand how they fit in such a Liyuean focused plot but that’s okay they’ll explain it lol

omg the siblings jazz hands they’re back together, except I don’t think so lol Xiao’s saying something’s not right with the domain and my current assumption is that the sibling we see in front of us isn’t actually them, whoever’s messed up the domain is showing it to us to lure us in. Idk but the way Lumine seemed kinda fuzzy drew me away from the thought of it actually being her along with the space their in, look like the mf character menu lmao

the like red and black vortex shit confused me it looks cool and I’m excited for that part but I don’t know what it is.

And my favorite part -u- Rhythm games are peak entertainment for me. I’m not a fan of the set up of the last two(?) rhythm events we had, but as an enstars fan this one has me so hyped. All of my millions of hours playing enstars have prepared me so this very moment It actually looks challenging in the best way. I’m just really picky about the rhythm games I play and this is my favorite format, set up, way of playing them, whatever you wanna call it lol I’m so excited for this event and I wish we got it sooner.

I’m hoping it’s earlier in the update thought I doubt it seeing as it was one of the ones announced later. That one fighting one does not interest me at all and I would be skipping it if we didn’t get a free weapon from it. It was announced first so I see that coming first in the update but maybe I’ll get lucky and the drum one will be beforehand or together with the first event seeing as it’s a little simpler!

OK THATS ALL IM EXCITED!! <3

#genshin impact #genshin #arataki itto #kazuha #yelan #kuki shinobu #xiao #2.7 update #inazuma #liyue #rhythm game #enstars #ensemble stars #cryspygi #cryspyen

[actualbird]

hi zak!! i have a question if you have the time?

in a hypothetical english dub for TOT, who would your dream cast be?

like don't get me wrong, i love all the VA's in their respective languages and think they're all spot on and would be okay if an english dub never came out. But food for thought, ya know? kinda like fantasy sports teams? LOL

anyway, have a nice day!! :D

HI SAM :DDDD

this question is SOOOO INTERESTING OH MAN. like yea, deffo agree, the cn/jp/kr voice actors r perfect in every way to me, to the point that even if an eng dub comes out, im not gonna use it kJBKJSKDF im too attached to jp vas.....[marius voice: ONEEEESAAAAAAN] but yeah it's cool to think about!!!!

so here's zak's tot eng dub va dream cast!! complete with explanations, because when have i ever not rambled

vyn is somebody i, unfortunately, imagine to sound british. or some kind of european accent. in addition to that, im looking for a voice that has an air of elegance and hoity toity-ness. and the only va that came to my mind was Yuri Lowenthal ala how he voiced eng Clive in Professor Layton and the Unwound Future. but like SOUNDING OLDER. bc clive is like some kind of teenager and thus has some high pitched/voice crack moments. vyn would be this but deeper, smoother, and generally just lower in pitch

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artem is somebody i also envision a low voice for, but in terms of vibes, it's less of a floral garden path like vyn and more of a dark, polished wood. LIKE, IT'S SOPHISTICATED BUT IN A MORE GROUNDED WAY. like instead of this voice making me go "huh what an elegant dude" it makes me go "huh what a steady, reliable dude. somebody to trust and also somebody i want to hear give me compliments on my writing." and my va for this is Logan Cunningham ala how he voiced Achilles in Hades. but this voice is again, british (or something, idk anything about europe) and i dont think artem would sound british. he would sound like this without the british, a dude i would want audio asmr of giving me sweet and sincere comments about my skills, calm and assured, just the most earnest and honeyed praise

(uh....dont examine my desires too much)

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MAN, HERES THE THING. I CANT FUCKING FIGURE OUT WHO I WANT TO CAST AS MARIUS!!!! because what i love so much about his cn and jp vas (i havent listened to the kr yet) is how playful and mischievous he sounds. and also how WHINY. and so i went thru the archive of my brain, looking for characters from tv shows or eng dubbed anime or video games, looking for a voice that made me want to kiss that character after first punching that character in the face.

and sadly....i found nobody...

(because i honestly havent watched/played many medias sjfsfjhdshJKSDF)

i'll continue to think about marius!!! but for now, i have no answer :(((

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and currently luke.....honest to god, i can only see being voiced by Christian Banas ala how he voiced eng Thoma in gnshn because like. eng thoma sounds like the SOFTEST FRIENDLIEST DUDE ON THE ENTIRE FUCKIN PLANET. the voice has cheer, excitement, sometimes an endearing kind of embarrassment, and every time eng thoma goes "hhhhaha" i die a little bit from how cute it is. all of these vibes fit luke so much. mister christian banas, sir, how does it feel to have voiced the goodest boy? WOULD U LIKE TO VOICE ANOTHER ONE???? thank u for making the philippines proud...

thanks for the fun ask, sam!! hope u have a nice day too :DDD

#samsspambox #tears of themis #asks #this ask was a nice break from fic writing hehe. now BACK 2 WORKKKK

[agent-cupcake]

Please tell us what you think of the Japanese dub of fire emblem!! Do you have any you like or dislike?

Mercedes’s voice, done by Yumiri Hanamori, is probably my favorite change. I dislike Mercedes’s Eng voice for several reasons but her Japanese dub shoots her up into S tier easy. Super sweet and kinda breathy, she speaks very soothingly and deliberately, I love it and never skip any of her dialogue. Her little giggles give me butterflies, and the way she reacts when you propose to her? I cannot recommend you watch her S support with the Japanese dub enough. It’s very easy to come off inauthentic when the character is as loving and kind as Mercedes, but her performance absolutely sells Mercedes’s angelic nature.

Marianne, voiced by Sawako Hata, goes through a pretty dramatic change pre/post timeskip in the Japanese dub and I live for it. Seriously, listen to the very beginning of her C and A supports with Byleth (same line) and marvel at our favorite horse girl’s growth. I love the shift in her voice and it really shows a lot about how Marianne grows as a person and becomes more confident.

Hubert is played by Katsuyuki Konishi and, yes, I will simp. He just sounds so cool. That va being an intimidating bastard just does it for me even if all the roles I know him for is him singlehandedly holding the entire weight of a character who is otherwise not the coolest. It is a little goofy when you have to strain to hear him when he’s saying battle lines that are supposed to be dramatic but he sounds hot so it’s whatever. 

Claude, voiced by Toshiyuki Toyonaga, is actually pretty similar in both dubs. That is, I feel like it’s the same Claude in both languages which I really enjoy. I think both voice actors did a fantastic job and in my humble opinion do a lot to make Claude as likable and fun as he is when the writing kind of falters. Toyonaga has a really nice voice and does the playful sarcastic yet also guarded and sneaky thing perfectly.

Edelgard is played by Ai Kakuma who dials back on the mean-girl aspect of Edelgard that, for me, makes her kind of insufferable sometimes. It’s strange because I don’t like the “uwu professor I drew you a picture” aspects of Edelgard very much, but they do make a lot more sense with Kakuma’s softer, more vulnerable interpretation of the character. Overall, I do like her dubbed voice better especially when I’m playing Crimson Flower and the game obviously wants me to waifu her.

Seteth is voiced by DIO Takehito Koyasu and that is very important to me. It helps with the “can I trust this man or can’t I?” aspect of the character because of intense JJBA conditioning. He has less stick-up-the-ass dad energy, but I think it’s a fair trade. 

Leonie is voiced by Sakura Nogawa and I don’t particularly like Lenoie but can we just acknowledge that she came out on top in both dubs? Both Ratana and Nogawa have such ear candy voices. 

Simp King Alefric was voiced by Daisuke Hirakawa and this was an especially low blow. As the resident Disgusting Pervert, I have a pretty instinctual reaction to hearing his voice. I know he does a LOT of different types of roles (hearing him in Monster Hunter Stories was great) but the fact that they cast him as an unfuckable (as well as annoying, pointless, and awful) character just cuts deep. 

Yuri, played by Junya Enoki, was just strange imo. When I heard his Japanese dub voice my first reaction was “wow it’s weird they gave Yuri the voice of a shonen protagonist” and then Enoki went on to play the Prince of All Shonen Protagonists Yuuji. And Enoki is super skilled! A lot of his combat lines hit super hard. Buuuuut, it’s hard to not miss the seductive persona that his English dub gives him. Someone asked who I’d ideally recast for Yuri, Felix, and Dimitri (like... months ago... I’m so sorry lol) and I think that Mamoru Miyano doing Yuri would be great. Mamoru Miyano has a massive list of credits, but his most famous is probably Light Yagami from Death Note. He also did Hunter x Hunter’s Chrollo and Persona 5′s Ryuji. Actually, since he did Amai Mask, this would add another One Punch Man voice actor to the list. Admittedly, I’m a cringe fangirl but he's got range for sensual, serious, and goofy and gets bonus points for having a really nice singing voice which Yuri also has. Making Yuri sound more alluring and kind of secretive seems like the obvious choice for his character. I’m in no way, shape, or form in any position to suggest this change but since someone did ask there’s my single suggestion. 

Dimitri is played by Kaito Ishikawa and I am not a fan. This is a massive bias because I’ve made my love of his English dub so clear so take it with a boulder sized grain of salt but, Dimitri aside, I don't really like Ishikawa's voice, it has this nasally quality that drives me up the wall which was why I never really liked One Punch Man’s Genos. There are also a lot of performance differences that I feel detract from Dimitri’s character but that is even more subjective because they feel like such different characters. Ishikawa goes for a less manic, wild sound in favor of a more “restrained” interpretation of Dimitri’s feral voice. The Event “Village Tragedy (Blue Lions)” is the scene that showcases this difference perfectly.

Felix’s voice is done by Yuichi Jose and I don’t think it suits him. He has a very low, kinda cool voice and I just... I dunno, it feels contradictory to how I interpret Felix’s character. English dub Felix gets this, and I mean this in the nicest way possible, mall ninja sort of inflection especially early on in the game because he’s trying too hard and I think it’s so damn endearing to hear that harden until you realize that, no, he’s just a broken person putting up a shield to deflect emotion. But it also feels unfair to make direct comparisons when the two voice actors are doing two different things. 

Anyway, those are characters I have strong opinions about. Overall, I far prefer the English dub but there are definitely pros and cons to each and it’s fun to listen to both. I have respect for all of the va’s involved with this project because of the sheer amount of lines they recorded and it’s really a matter of opinion as to which voices and interpretation of the character is preferred.

#personal #fe3h #although i will say that i think its kinda weird when peoples criticism for female jp vas is #well she sounds like a child and the eng sounds like an adult so the eng is better #and then you listen to the va and thats just her voice #obviously thats not true for all of them and many do pitch up their voice just like a lot of eng vas do #but idk it just rubs me the wrong way