#I'm not an English native speaker so if there's something that could be improved please let me know

[enwonderland]

Athena needs someone to help her with the investigation. She would do it herself, but Bobby and her are already compromised. She needs someone she can trust, but she's running out of options. She can't ask Hen and Karen; Hen would hold her own if things went awry but she can't put Karen at risk. Same situation with Chim and Maddie. So, the only ones that could help her right now, her only choice, are Buck and Eddie.

They agree to go undercover, the idea is almost exciting. They need to be together at all times, though, they can't be distracted or separated, otherwise it could go wrong for both of them. What if a random girl wanted to get one of them alone and ruined the whole thing? That just couldn't happen. So, they decide it just makes sense to pretend to be a couple.

They're following someone, trying to get some information to report to Athena, when they hear someone getting closer to where they are. They think they have enough information now but they can't escape, there's no way to make a clean exit. They have no explanation to why they are in a private area, they shouldn't be there in the first place. So Eddie does the first thing that comes to mind: he backs Buck to the nearest wall, holds his face softly and kisses him.

It should be awkward, kissing your best friend. Male best friend. That's what goes through Buck's mind in those first few seconds. "This should feel wrong". But it doesn't. It... It just makes sense. It's Eddie, he's kissing him, and for a millisecond he wonders why they have not kissed before, when it's so obvious now how good they are at it, how good it feels.

The kiss is so unexpectedly good, so sweet and soft, almost like a whisper on their lips. They can feel the other's stubble on their cheeks and lips, it's new, they shouldn't like it, but it becomes addictive immediately. Buck wraps his arms around Eddie's neck and shoulders and pushes him closer to his own body. After getting a taste of his lips, he needs to touch all of him, needs to hold him close and don't let go. He swears Eddie just moaned into his mouth, he felt the vibration all over. And why is it so hot now all of a sudden, his clothes are suffocating him.

After a minute, or a hundred, someone clears their throat behind them. They stop kissing, but don't move from where they are. Buck's arms are still around Eddie's shoulders, Eddie's hands are still holding Buck's face. He drops them to his neck and caresses him so tenderly. He turns around to face the person interrupting them, a security guard.

"You shouldn't be here."

"Sorry, we just got caught in the moment. We, um... We couldn't help it. We'll leave now."

Eddie grabs Buck's hand, fingers intertwined, and goes straight to the exit. He doesn't stop until they reach Eddie's car. They get in and just stay there for a moment. They don't say a word, they don't even know what to say right now. Until the silence becomes unbearable for Buck.

Buck turns around to face him, face still red. Eddie doesn't dare look at him, he doesn't know if he's strong enough to look at Buck right now.

"Eddie... That was..."

"I know, Buck."

"Can we...?" Eddie completes the question in his mind 'can we talk about it?'. He's terrified. Buck is going to question him, he's going to ask him about his feelings and he's going to run away from him. But like the kiss, Buck is also unexpected. "Can we do it again?"

Eddie turns around so fast he's sure he'll get whiplash, but he couldn't care less. He looks at Buck then. He sees Buck, sees the honesty in his eyes and he has no doubt he absolutely means it.

So he doesn't answer, he just grabs Buck's face, brings him forward and kisses him again. They smile into their kiss, can't help it. It's not as smooth but it's even better than their first one. Because they're not pretending anymore, this is 100% them. And they have never felt so connected to another person; it's so good it's maddening. And in many ways, it is inevitable.

Later they'll talk about it at home, they'll define what they are, what they want to be. But for know, they're in each other's arms and that's all they could possibly need.

#buddie #eddie diaz #buck #911 #evan buckley #9-1-1 #911 on fox #evan buck buckely #911 6x13 #mini fic #buddie fic #hope y'all like it #first kiss #buddie first kiss #I'm not an English native speaker so if there's something that could be improved please let me know

[yjhariani]

Doon

Task Force 141 X GN!Reader

A/N: Another dedication, this one is for @itzclouding who got me inspired by this post to write this little something about getting influenced by Soap's accent and dialect.

Disclaimer: This is mostly taken from observation by the media I'm consuming. Please, educate me if I'm pragmatically off. I'm not sure how to categorise this one, maybe for non-English native speaker!Reader? For non-British!Reader? Non-Scottish!Reader?

The stages of a human being learning languages started by the listening phase followed by the speaking phase. It seemed that spending quite some time with three English men and one Scottish man got you into those phases unconsciously.

Firstly, of course, you were listening to what they were saying and how they said it. You started stressing a part of a word differently, adapting to whoever you spent the last few days with. Then, you started picking up some slang they were using in the different ways they were saying them.

When you started using them in your own way of pronunciation, they did not actually notice it. It was as if the slang had been part of your vocabulary this whole time. 

Things started to get apparent over time. Like the first time you spent a week on a mission with Soap and you returned a different person.

After that mission, the squad members were gathering for a catch up. All of you were about to have a movie night in a meeting room.

“We’re short on food,” Price realised.

“I’ll fetch it doon at the mess,” you volunteered, not realising that you sounded almost identical to Soap.

The whole group turned to you. Soap had gotten used to it and he still looked entertained. Ghost raised an eyebrow under his mask. Gaz let out a scoff of amusement. Price tilted his head a little.

“Doon at the mess?”Soap asked, a smug smile on his face.

“Where else am I getting food, mate?” you replied before making your way to the door.

“Haste ye back,” Soap yelled.

“Aye,” you replied.

As it turned out, your obliviousness was even funnier to them.

“I swear to God, Soap, if you influence them any further, I will kick you in the throat,” Ghost warned.

“I never did,” Soap insisted. “They just picked it up like that time with you.”

“With me?” Ghost repeated, offended.

“Oh, I remember that,” Gaz nodded. “It’s like hearing a more chatty version of you, LT.”

“I can’t believe back then, of anyone, they have to pick up your accent, Simon,” Price said. “You’re already incomprehensible half of the time, having two of you isn’t an improvement.”

“Incomprehensible? You’re talking about yourself,” Ghost replied. “The thing is, we don’t need to suffer dealing with two of Soap.”

“You mean to say, ‘Thank you, Soap, for leading our good friend to a better path’,” Soap said.

“Fuck off,” Ghost scoffed.

“What? Everyone always wants more of me,” Soap said.

Eventually you returned with another bag of snacks, some canned drinks, and a bowl of something the cook could spare. The bowl was immediately snatched by Soap and Gaz exhaled in disappointment.

“You just brought one bowl of that?” Gaz asked.

“I didnae ken you wanted it,” you answered.

Everyone turned to you again. There was a pause before Gaz chuckled whilst the other—save for Ghost—grinned in amusement.

“What now?” Price asked.

“Shite—I mean, shai—shit!” you struggled to respond, realising what just happened before exhaling. “I didn’t know you wanted it.”

Price patted you on the shoulder, still very much amused.

“Oh, come on, you didn’t make fun of Soap after Las Almas and he’s way worse,” you pointed out. “Also that one time Gaz spent too much time with Farah and can’t stop calling people habibi.”

There was a pause.

“So, where do you wanna sit doon?” Ghost asked.

“Fucking bollocks,” you muttered under your breath.

#soap x reader #john mactavish x reader #simon riley x reader #simon ghost riley x reader #kyle garrick x reader #gaz x reader #price x reader #captain price x reader

[amedamacherry]

Office

Warnings/promises: Azureshipping, established relationship, panty shot, Anzu being Anzu!

Reading direction: western (from left to right)

(It was originally a single long comic strip, but tumblr messed with the resolution and I didn't like the huge preview, so I divided it in two pieces for better looks and accessibility 🙈)

More details and insights under the cut: ⬇️

Azureshipping again!

Hell, I really love the two rn. Please don't kill me! 🙈

Also, I'm very sorry in advance for any language and wording mistakes. I'm not a native speaker of English and I never read any comics or Manga in English, so please don't be too harsh on me. Onomatopoeia are unexpectedly difficult to do if you don't have much experience and feel for a language. Phew! 😵‍💫 (I do appreciate suggestions for improvements! In fact, I could do some corrections if you pointed something out for me. 🥹)

About the comic strip:

I always imagined Genius Billionaire CEO Seto Kaiba's office must have some dead-serious Mafia vibes about it, but Anzu wouldn't care and do her thing anyway! I wanted to make something showing her personality some more this time. In my headcanon, Kaiba is not strictly asexual, obviously. (Even though I can imagine that very well!) Demixesual, maybe?! 🤭

I'm not fully satisfied with my own work here. Some things could have looked better or arranged differently, whatever. But in this case I don't really care. It was supposed to be a study piece and I feel like I put (WAAAAAY) too much effort into this to not share it with my beloved fellow Azureshippers. As a tiny marginalized group we ought to feed and supply each other, right?! 😂

#azureshipping #anzu mazaki #tea gardner #真崎杏子 #seto kaiba #海馬瀬人 #yugioh #遊戯王 #digital art #fanart #comic strip #manga style #my art

[antaresgalaeth]

Yearning for her (Sebastian Sallow x Hufflepuff OC)

Notes: Hi! This is my very first fanfic. My intention was to write a oneshot with a smut scene but I ended up writing more than expected, so I suppose now my next goal is finish it in a second chapter 😅 I am a completely rookie at writing, I'm just trying to have fun while I improve my skills. Please keep in mind that I'm not a English native speaker. Any corrections and constructive criticism are very welcome 🤗 (link with second part below).

Warnings: Angsty, Spoilers from Hogwarts Legacy, jealousy, toxic behavior, possessive Sebastian, smut (fingering, masturbation), toxic relationship, WiP✍🏻

Word count: 2826

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December, 1891. Alessa, Sebastian and Ominis are in their sixth year at Hogwarts following the events in Hogwarts Legacy. The relationship between Sebastian and Ominis was back to normal after a summer filled with conflict and reconciliation. Alessa has found a great friendship in both of the boys. But even though the situation calmed down and they finally could get a normal school year, there were still some unresolved tensions.

Sebastian noticed Alessa since last course, when they had their first duel in Defense Against the Dark Arts class, a mysterious girl who had just arrived at Hogwarts at the age of 16 and, nevertheless, she beat him without even disheveled. Along the school year, she gave him her absolut support for trying to find a cure for Anne, his twin. Her great easiness to learn spells and cast them on the battlefield, her curiosity, her thirst for adventure and her kind heart made Sebastian lose his head for her over time. Since they finished 5th year and started in 6th year, he wanted to go a step further to show her how massive his desire was for her, but the guilt for his terrible past acts kept stopping him.

The only thing that didn't stop was his jealousy every time some guy got close to her. Alessa became a popular person, everyone at Hogwarts knew who she was, the girl who defeated Ranrok and Rookwood, apart from excelling in his classes even having started so late. “I approached her first'' thought Sebastian with rage each time something like that happened, while being flooded by feelings of urgency to make her his. Every time he saw her walking the halls or at the classroom, he couldn't take his eyes off her.

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Today was Potion class with Professor Sharp, in the morning. There she was, as radiant as every day and ready at her table, on Omini’s left side. Normally, when she was attending classes, she pulled back her hair in a low bun and a small and rebel lock always fell over her left cheekbone. Sebastian asked himself how it would be to the touch, imagining his fingers meandering through her hair, caressing her from the temple to her nape, at the same time he pulled his head close to hers, sensing their warm breath one over the other, until they lightly rub their lips and… “Are you planning to go in or are you going to stay by the door all day, Mr. Sallow?" Professor Sharp protested over Sebastian’s shoulder, he came behind him to start the class.

Everyone left what they were doing and they turned to the door, standing up, as a welcome to the Professor. “I’m sorry, Professor”, Sebastian's cheeks flushed when he realized he was daydreaming, so he bowed his head and quickened his step to reach his corresponding  cauldron, sitting on Alessa’s left side, leaving her in the middle of Ominis and himself. “A great start to the day, I see” Ominis mocked Sebastian. “You…see?” he answered in a sarcastic tone while raising his eyebrows and tilting his head to the side. Ominis chuckled at the same time that he was touching a sopophorous bean, helping himself with the sense of smell. “Good morning, Sebastian” Alessa received him at the table with her beautiful smile. He returned the gesture and winked.

“Today we will continue with the Draught of living death potion. Well, even if it doesn't take long to brew, it doesn’t mean it will be easy to make. At the end of the class you will be examined”. Professor Sharp made a pause, scanning his students’ faces, “Tell me, Miss Galaeth. Could you tell me what was the third step in its making?”. Alessa repositions herself in her chair to face the teacher with an upright posture, lowers her hands into her lap as her fingertips play against each other, looking up trying to remember. “Hmm… you have to… stir twice… clockwise”, she concluded faster as she was finishing. “Excellent, 5 points to Hufflepuff”. Alessa could relax her shoulders and let out a small huff of relief, spinning on herself to go back to their desk. To Sebastian, she looked very cute when she behaved that proper in class, knowing how savage she could become outside Hogwarts.

They've spent the rest of the class focusing on their own potion brewing to pass their exam. Sebastian was lost on the notes from his notebook, he had a large amount of annotations filled with priceless information that only he could understand, because his learning method was chaotic, like himself. Alessa began to help Ominis between whispers when she finished her potion successfully, whenever Professor Sharp was busy, when she saw him struggling with it the second time he had to start over. Sebastian looked at them with a serious face, and not because he was worried about them getting caught by the Professor, precisely. Sebastian was happy about the good friendship that has been forged between his best friend and her though, but he couldn't avoid the feeling that something might come up between the two of them. Ominis never confessed anything about Alessa to him, but he didn’t talk about it either, about his true feelings for her. The thought of that brought a knot to his stomach.

Class ended and everyone ran out of there as if someone had dropped a stink bomb. “You cannot realize how much I appreciate your help from before, I owe you” Ominis said to Alessa, his head tilted towards her with his glassy eyes looking nowhere. “The truth is I admire your determination for brewing potions, Ominis. It must be tremendously complex without seeing what you’re doing”, she made a brief pause, “I'm a little embarrassed to admit it, but sometimes I observe you working with the ingredients and…”, she laughed nervously, “...one day I covered my eyes trying to make a Wiggenweld potion. The results were a complete mess!”. Ominis frowned with a smile, “I suppose that for someone who depends on their sight so much, it’s more complicated”. Sebastian started to feel left out so he joined the conversation, “I’ve already tried to learn braille when I met him our 1st year”, he put a hand on Ominis’ shoulder and getting in the way of those two, “The only thing I could manage to understand was the letter ‘A’, because it was just a dot. No idea of the rest”, he raised the same arm that was on Ominis to scratch himself in the nape with his hand.

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“I’ll meet you by lunch time, I have no more classes until then” Ominis said, deviating his walk to a secluded bench in the Central Hall, to do some reading about Herbology. Alessa kept her path to the Transfiguration class along with Sebastian and other classmates, like Natty and Garreth. Before crossing the gate to the courtyard, Peeves showed up from nowhere, scaring everyone and Sebastian landed on his butt. “Booo!” The ghost, bursting of laughter, stole Sebastian’s notebook that fell on the floor and, with a fart-like sound plus a sneer, he flew towards the corridor they had left behind, where the Potion class was. “Wiiii. I bet you can't catch me!” screamed Peeves in the distance.

“Damn poltergeist!” Sebastian growled while standing up. “Go without me, I don’t want you to miss class because of me” he said to Alessa, she couldn't do anything but press her lips and to frown her forehead, Peeves' nuisance was very well known, so she wished him good luck and he went ahead quickening his pace to retrieve his notebook, at the same time he was condemning the ghost. 

Christmas decorations were starting to appear everywhere at Hogwarts. A lot of boys and girls standing in the halls under the mistletoe, excited, waiting for their crush to try to get a kiss from them. The silly giggles were the soundtrack between classes these days.

“Hey” You are Alessa Galaeth, right?” Alessa was crossing the courtyard that adjoined the Transfiguration class, when a guy from Gryffindor called for her in a deep voice. He was leaning on one side of the many arcs from the corridor that surrounded the patio, his legs and arms crossed. His friends departed and he was left alone. Alessa pointed to herself with one finger and he made a gesture with his hand to her so she would come closer.

“Hi, do you need my help with anything?” She was used to people asking her favors from time to time since she came to the school. The boy straightened, he was tall and corpulent. His golden hair fell flat to his eyebrows, he had piercing indigo blue eyes and his full lips extended to a smile where perfect teeth peeked out. “I’m James Wright, I have the pleasure of meeting you at last, I wanted to know the legend of Hogwarts personally”, the boy stretched out his hand and Alessa did the same, waiting for a handshake, but instead he took her hand softly and planted a kiss on the back. Alessa showed him a courtesy smile, “Nice to meet you too, James, but I’ve never considered myself a legend. By the way, you are the keeper of the Quidditch team, aren’t you?” Alessa has been hearing his name in the girls’ bathroom the whole trimester, every girl wanted to date him before the summer vacations, because he was in the 7th year already and now was their last chance with him. “The very same” he nodded, widening his shoulders proudly.

James was bragging about his last feats on the Quidditch pitch for a few moments. Every few seconds he would take a step to move the conversation further down the corridor. There came a time when Alessa got lost in her thoughts thinking she would be late for class, until a sudden movement surprised her.

James brought his big hand closer to Alessa’s face, he tucked her lock behind her ear and creeped his fingers under her jawline to hold her chin and lift it so they could see each other’s eyes. “My teammates were right, you’re not only an extraordinary witch but also a beautiful one indeed”. Alessa buried his head in the scarf as much as she could. James, with an imposted surprise, signaled to the ceiling “Oh, look! We’re right under the mistletoe”. Alessa looked up instinctively. “Tradition says that anyone who’s been kissed under it, they'll find love”, he continued.

When Alessa returned the gaze, he was arching his back to meet her height. “Would you like to test it?” he whispered in her ear. Blood rose to her cheekbones quickly, “I’m flattered, but I think I'll pass, thank you” she murmured, frowning her eyebrows. James extended his left arm to lean it against the wall, cornering Alessa, their robes rubbed against each other. His other hand went to comb his fringe back, showing his features better. “There’s no need to get nervous”, he chuckled, “Is it because you haven’t kissed anyone yet?”. Alessa’s lips squeezed into a horizontal line, that was a very personal question. She was reserving her first kiss to someone special and he definitely wasn’t.

James wouldn’t give up, his success with the girls made him think that anyone would surrender to his charms, that Alessa was playing hard to get. “Don’t worry, just close your eyes and let yourself go. I bet you another kiss that you’re going to like it”, he said with a seductive voice. Alessa didn’t know where to look, “I thank you for your interest in me, truly, but we can leave it here, ok?” she muttered uneasily while she extended one foot to get out of James's personal space. He grabbed her by her arm, not letting her leave. “You're not going to make me beg, are you? Come on, I’ll buy you something later, at The Three Broomsticks”. Alessa opened her mouth to reply but someone spoke in her place.

“Leave my friend alone! Don’t you have a shred of decency?” Ominis was approaching from the corner of the corridor with his wand raised to guide him, his tone reminded Alessa that time when he scolded her upon hearing her leave the Undercroft the first time she went there. “I think she said NO, so let her be at once!”. James straightened up, broadening his shoulders and letting his arms fall to his sides, Ominis may not be able to see him, but his aura was imposing. “I’m sorry, but this is a private conversation between her and me, so go stick your nose somewhere else, Slytherin”, James sneered at him. Ominis leaned his head even more with anger, adding tension to his hands closed in fists with elbows slightly arched. His body swayed slightly. “I know who you are and my family has direct contact with the Headmaster, if you ever come bothering her again, I’ll have Quidditch to be suspended a second time”. James snorted at the threat “You’ll have the whole school against you, if you do that”. “Do you think I care? Try me and you’ll see” Ominis snapped. Alessa wasn't so sure if he was bluffing or telling the truth, his words were convincing though. 

James recognized who Ominis Gaunt was, his last name was very well known in the wizarding world and there weren’t any other blind students in Hogwarts. In case of doubt, James clicked his tongue exasperated, looked at Alessa without saying a word and he walked away where Ominis came from while shaking his head and muttering, consciously bumping his shoulder into his. Ominis wobbled for a moment not expecting the tackle, but was able to stabilize.

 Alessa stood fast in front of Ominis and she hugged him at the same time she snorted in relief “Ominis! Thank you so much for getting rid of him”. She breathed deeply on the back of his neck, a fresh woody fragrance flooded Alessa's lungs. Ominis relaxed the gesture and, with a warm grin, he hugged her back, “I’m glad I arrived on time. I’ve listened to a group of students whispering about a certain James from the Quidditch team, they had bet that he would get a kiss from the savior of Hogwarts” his last words were spoken with aversion, “That’s why I stopped my reading and headed back here because it was obvious they were talking about you. Are you alright?”. Alessa's heart began to beat very fast, she moved away from the hug, leaving her hands resting on Ominis' shoulders. “I am now. Do you remember what you’ve just said to me after the exam? We’re even”. She leaned towards him and gave him a timid fleeting kiss on the cheek that she would regret due to the shame it would cause her instantly, but she couldn't help it, it came from her soul.

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Sebastian finally recovered his notebook from Peeves. He was crossing at forced marches The Transfiguration Courtyard when he caught sight of Ominis being kissed by a girl out of the corner of his eye. She was standing on tiptoes because she was a little shorter than him. Sebastian remained still to the spot “Since when does Ominis let himself be kissed under the mistletoe? This is new” he thought. Tempted to find out who the girl was so he could pester him for the rest of the year about what he had just witnessed, he approached them to see who she was. His mischievous countenance went somber when he took a few steps and realized it was Alessa. HIS Alessa.

Everything began to spin, he began to imagine Alessa and Ominis kissing passionately with their hands exploring each other's bodies like savages, holding hands under the table, while he stood by with the potions, and a succession of creative scenes that made his heart shatter. His hands froze and began to sweat, his ears burned and he began to spin on the spot, raising his fists and throwing them down hard to vent his frustration.

Alessa and Ominis took their respectives paths, she entered the class and Ominis headed towards the Central Hall again. Neither of them noticed that Sebastian was there, cursing himself for not having the courage to say anything to Alessa earlier. What does Ominis have that he doesn't?. As if he had lost all energy, he reminded himself "He's not a murderer like me." Completely defeated, he walked into class with his head bowed, avoiding looking at or engaging in conversation with Alessa at all times.

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If you read it, I just want to thank you!! I'm looking forward to know your feedback if you like :)

I'm also in Wattpad and Ao3: @AntaresGalaeth

(también en español)

#hogwarts legacy ominis #ominis x oc #sebastian sallow x mc #sebastian sallow #hogwarts legacy sebastian #hogwarts legacy mc #ominis gaunt #hogwarts fanfiction #sebastian sallow x oc

[aquariaries]

Laito Sakamaki LOST EDEN Dark Prologue

Translator's note:

Hello! This is my first time ever translating a game from Japanese to English, none the less a Diabolik Lovers game, but I hope to provide you all that read coherent and understandable translations! My native and only fluent language is English, but I have been learning Japanese for over 13 years now and have tons of experience using the language both online and in person. My Japanese is NOT perfect, so don't expect native speaker level translations. I will make mistakes, and I encourage those who catch them to call them out so I may improve! I have decided to translate all of Laito's Lost Eden route (besides the three endings and heaven scenarios as those are translated by other users/blogs) as I could not find any of the Dark through Ecstasy parts of his route translated into English. Feel free to use this as a base for translating into other languages, just please tag and credit me if you do!

Without further ado, the translation resides below the cut! I hope you all enjoy!~ (๑•ᴗ•๑)

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Yui's Monologue:

The one who inherited the great power was none other than Laito-kun.

On that day, at Karlheinz-san's castle, Eden.

Without warning, Laito-kun had inherited the power.

Why was it necessary to hand over the power to Laito-kun ... ...

I still cannot gauge Karlheinz-san's true intentions.

But in any case, the reality is that it has been handed over.

At that time -- , when Karlheinz-san disappeared into the distance between the hours at the end of handing over his power ((I had some difficulty translating this sentence)) the words that Laito-kun groaned still haunt my ears.

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*Flashback to Dark Fate*

Place: Eden - Room of Time

Laito: Ngh ... ... Why ... ... Just why!?

Why ... ... kgh ... ... !

-- Why, was it me?

... ... Tell me ... ... ?

Yui: (... ... Laito-kun ... ...)

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Yui's Monologue:

I was in no position to speak up. The only thing I can do is hold my breath and be by his side.

-- Only that.

Laito-kun was stunned and looked up at the sky, without even smelling* ((couldn't make that word out, 臭)) the conflict in his heart, he just silently fell to his knees.

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Place: Sakamaki Living Room

Yui: (I wonder if Karlheinz-san would have said something to Laito-kun ... ...)

(Without saying a thing, he just handed over the power and disappeared ... ...)

(Karlheinz-san ... ... I don't think you didn't know anything about Laito-kun's anguish until just now.)

(If that's the case ... ... That's just too cruel ... ... I feel sorry for Laito-kun.)

(Even though, Laito-kun hated Karlheinz-san terribly ... ...)

(Moreover, he would never have thought that he would inherit the power ... ...)

(Even as Laito-kun, how should he accept it ... ... It's only natural that he's troubled.)

(Actually ... ... Like this --)

Laito: Bitch-chan~ ♪

*Rustling noise*

Yui: Ah!?

Laito: What happened? You're spacing out. Are you thinking about something? How lewd~

Yui: Lewd!? Wh-why did you come to that conclusion?

Laito: Well, it's been decided that you're thinking about naughty things, right? Nfu~

Yui: Wha- ... ... I'm not thinking those kinds of things at all!

Laito: The fact that you're desperately trying to deny it is making you more and more suspicious you know.

Speaking of which, just what were you thinking of ... ... Tell it to me?

Yui: Th ... .. That's --

(Even if he says that ... ... If I honestly tell him, he'll just be hurt ... ... However, it would be like adding salt to his wounds ... ...)

Laito: Bitch-chaaan~?

Yui: That's ... ... I just thought about how I'm scared. Because that's only natural, isn't it? A stranger might be coming in and out of the house after all ... ...

Laito: Scared, huh ... ...

Yui: Aren't you scared Laito-kun?

Laito: Hmmmm ... ... It's not that I'm scared? But rather, it doesn't matter to me.

To be honest, I'm not too scared or surprised by what happened.

It's boring to be frightened and nervous about such things. Can't we just enjoy our days? Nfu~

Reiji: You're far too optimistic ... ... Now that the demon world is in chaos, no matter how much the human world is --

Subaru: Demons of other races may be after you ya know!?

Laito: -- I don't mind, if they want to come that's fine by me.

Like I said earlier, I don't care what happens.

Reiji: ... ...

Subaru: You bastard ... ... !

Laito: If you two are so worried, why don't you do something about it then?

It has nothing to do with me, so go ahead and do as you please?

I won't stop you.

Reiji: ... ... Is that so.

Subaru: ... ... Tch.

Yui: ... ...

(Laito-kun ... ... It's like he's even more irresponsible than before ... ...)

(He does anything as long as it's fun, and doesn't think about the small or difficult things ... ... No, he doesn't even TRY to think about them.)

(He still can't seem to accept it ... ... His powers, that is ... ...)

(That's why he's thinking about running away and giving up ... ...)

Kanato: Well, I wouldn't worry about it for now.

If Laito isn't worried, then I'm fine with that.

Ayato: -- Right. Then, I have some business to take care of so, I'm off.

Shu: *yawn* ... ... I'm sleepy.

*He walks off*

Laito: Welp. That's how it is~

*He walks off as well*

Subaru: Geez, that guy and the next ... ... ! I don't know what happened! ((Had trouble translating that last line, could be along the lines of "I don't care what happens anymore"))

Reiji: ... ... ... ...

Yui: ... ... ... ...

(I wonder if everyone also understands that ... ... It feels as if they're not even daring to interfere ... ...)

(I'd like to say it's the same as usual however ... ... It feels as if I'm touching on a sensitive topic.)

(I know that talking about the power hurts Laito-kun ... ...)

(Ahh, but it's the same for me ... ... *sigh* ... ...)

(It's difficult ... ... What should I do?)

(What should I do, to make the usual Laito-kun ... ... No, in a way, is the current Laito-kun the usual one?)

(He put a door on his heart and didn't show his true feelings to people ... ... Just like that time ... ...)

(It's kind of sad. I felt like I finally got a little closer to Laito-kun's true feelings.)

( -- Once again, I've taken another step backwards.)

Place: Yui's Bedroom

Yui: *Sigh* ... ...

(I've been thinking about it all the time lately, and it's kind of depressing. )

(But, Laito-kun must be in much more pain than I am.)

Laito: Bitch-chan ... ... ♪

Yui: Ah!? Y-You surprised me ... ...

Laito: Nfu. I was sure you were probably still looking uneasy, looks like I was right.

Yui: Eh? Is, is that so ... .. Is it showing on my face?

Laito: It is, it is. Clearly, you know?

You know you can't hide anything from me? I know everything about you after all ... .. Nfu.

Yui: ... ... Everything ... ...

Laito: ... ... Hm? Is something wrong?

Yui: No, it's nothing ... ...

(Laito-kun knows everything about me, yet I don't know anything about Laito-kun at all.)

(I just thought that was a little sad ... ...)

(I'm always so lighthearted, but even now it seems like I'm worried.)

Laito: Hmmmm. This seems to be serious.

Yui: Eh? Ah ... ... S-sorry.

Laito: If you're that worried about the intruder, let's do this.

How about we catch the intruder together?

Yui: Eh?

Laito: If we do that, then you won't make that face anymore, right?

Yui: Th-that's ... ...

Laito: Alright! It's been decided, time to set out and search the mansion~!

Yui: Eh!? Wai ... ... Wait a second!

Laito: What is it?

Yui: That's ... ... Um ... ... I was thinking that perhaps we shouldn't do anything to provoke the intruder ... ...

Laito: Ehh-

Yui: We don't know who they are or what their aim is after all ... ...

Laito: If that's the case, isn't it even better to find them as quickly as we can?

Yui: But ... ...

Laito: Nfufufu~ ... ...

Yui: Wh-what?

Laito: You're scared aren't you? That's why you're complaining so much.

Yui: That's --

Laito: That's why, I have to go!

Yui: Why is that!?

Laito: Listen up? Bitch-chan. For humans, fear is what leads to the greatest pleasure.

Think of life threatening life and death situations.

Your heart would be pounding, right? That pounding is similar to the pounding of ecstasy. Nfu~

-- And with that said ... ... Off we go~ ♪

Yui: (I'm just worried about what's going on with Laito-kun ... ... It's not even that I'm all that scared ... ...)

(But rather, I'm worried that Laito-kun will break down someday after he's been doing so well ... ...)

Place: Sakamaki Game Room

Laito: Hmmm. Doesn't look like they're here either ... ...

Yui: Let's stop now. It's okay to scare me if that's what you want ... ...

Laito: *Sigh* ... ...

Yui: Laito-kun?

Laito: Y'know, I really don't like it.

Yui: Eh ... ... ?

Laito: That attitude of yours. Do you think you'll be saved even if something attacks?

Yui: That's not what I meant ... ...

Laito: Let me tell you then, even if you were attacked or raped, I still won't interfere y'know?

Yui: What ... ... !?

Laito: If you know me, don't you think so as well?

You can't imitate such a delicious situation by yourself right? Mmhahaha ... ...

You're attacked by a guy that you don't even know ... ... And I'll be sitting back watching helplessly.

Just thinking about it ... ... Haaa, it looks like it'd work out somehow ... ...

Yui: ... ...

Laito: At the very least, be prepared to be attacked by someone.

*He walks off*

Yui: (... ... , I have to be careful.)

Place: Sakamaki Dungeon

Yui: Alright, let's go back over to this side then ... ... ? I haven't really been looking for this much, so I wonder if I ran away* ((*Had trouble translating this line >_<))

Laito: Is that so ... ...

Yui: That's right ... ..

Laito: Hmmmm. Ah, I know! Maybe I shouldn't be here with you!

Yui: Eh?

Laito: That's surely it! If I leave you all alone, they'll be drawn out to you won't they?

Yui: I don't think so though? 'Cus it isn't even decided that the intruder's goal is me in the first place ... ...

Laito: You think so? I have a feeling that the only reason someone would come and go from this mansion is for you?

Yui: Th-, that's not true. Even now, Laito-kun is --

(-- , It was better not to say too much bout the power.)

Laito: I'm what?

Yui: ... ...

Laito: Hey, Bitch-chan seems to think that I may be the intruder's target ... ... Why is that?

Yui: (Ah ... ... Is he ... ... Asking me this on purpose ... ... ?)

... ... That's ... ... Well ... ...

Laito: ... ...

Yui: I know that Laito-kun ... ... Isn't accepting of it. But ... ... To the current Laito-kun --

Laito: Shut up.

Yui: Ah ... ... !

*He locks Yui in the cell*

Yui: Eh!? Wa, wait, Laito-kun!?

Open up!!

*Cell bars clang*

Laito: -- Uncute children have to be punished plenty y'know.

Yui: Laito-kun!?

Laito: Nfu~

Yui: L-Laito-kun!! Open up!

Laito: What ever should I do~?

Yui: Please!

Laito: Hmmm. Don't say it like that. You have to say it more glamorously. Take off your clothes.

If you do, perhaps I'll open it for you.

Yui: Wha! Th-there's no way I can do that!?

Laito: Is that so? That's a shame. I won't open it then.

*He turns off the lights*

Yui: Ah!?

Laito: Well then, enjoy your punishment okay? Bitch-chaan~

*He walks away*

Yui: (He left ... ... *sigh* ... ... Doing something like this, you're terrible Laito-kun ... ...)

(I wonder why Laito-kun wants ... ... Me and everyone else ... ...)

(I'm supposed to be the closest to him, but it feels like I'm so far away ... ...)

(I can't see Laito-kun's feelings, it's so lonely.)

*Footsteps approaching*

Yui: ... ... Hm?

(Did Laito-kun come back? But, it's far too early for that ... ..)

(I thought he wouldn't return for the time being.)

(Could it be, the intruder?)

... ...

(What should I do ... ... !?)

*Lights turn on*

Yui: !!

???: Chichinashi!? What are you doing here?

Yui: Eh? A-Ayato-kun ... ... !?

Ayato: So it's you, I thought I smelled a human ... ... Geez, I'm not surprised.

I mean, what are you doing in a place like this? Playing hide and seek?

Yui: It's not like that ... ...

Ayato: Ahh -- ... ... Well then, did you get thrown in by Laito?

Yui: Ah ... ... Actually, yeah.

Ayato: Well, I can only think so since he'd do this kind of thing.

*Rattling sound*

Ayato: Here. I unlocked it.

*Cell door unlocks and opens*

Yui: Thank you ... ...

Ayato: Geez, the hell is that pervert thinking? After all, he still had the old man's *force right?

((* The word used here was 件根 which means "root of the matter" but I was unsure how to translate this to make sense in English.))

Yui: ... ... I think that's probably the case. Because he was forcibly pushing his power without knowing it.

Ayato: Even so, **** would be bad. He can't help what he has inherited. ((* The word in this spot was "オウジョーギワ" but I could not for the LIFE of me figure out what this means TT_TT))

-- Well, it can't be helped that he can't help but think of that guy ... ...

He must have thought that among all of the brothers, he was the furthest from the position of successor.

Yui: Right ... ...

(After all, Ayato-kun also has some things he's been thinking about. )

Besides that, where have you been? I was surprised to see Ayato-kun in a place like this.

Ayato: Ahh ... .. That's, 'cus it's a little closer to the castle.

Yui: The demon world castle?

Ayato: I heard from my familiar that the demon world is in a disturbing state. I'm going to check it out a little.

Yui: Ayato-kun is?

Ayato: What is it? Is it really that strange that I want to check on the situation?

Yui: N-no. It's nothing like that.

Ayato: ... ... It's because he hasn't done anything.

Yui: Eh?

Ayato: That's why I'm going to go instead of Laito. In the first place. isn't that what the owner should be doing?

At least, I'm his older brother.

Yui: I see ... ...

Ayato: Looking like this, I'm unexpectedly sorry.

Yui: Eh? You're unexpectedly sorry you say?

Ayato: ... ... I let him take over the trouble again.

Yui: Ayato-kun ... ...

Ayato: I think that even Kanato feels a little like that as well.

Yui: Yeah ... ... I agree. I'm sure he does.

(About the past ... ... It seems to be weighing on everyone's minds still.)

(Of course that's right. It's decided that such things can't be wiped out so easily.)

(Even if they are not the direct victims, Ayato-kun and Kanato-kun are also involved in this all.)

Ayato: I wonder why the old man chose that guy over everyone else ... ... Is it because of harassment?

It's only natural that Laito can't accept it.

The reason why that old hag did this to Laito was originally because of the old bastard.

Now that I know that ... ... The power of the old bastard won't be recognized no matter what.

Yui: Yeah, that's right ... ...

Ayato: It looks like you're getting caught up in it too. Really, it's a nuisance.

But even if you run away, nothing will --

???: Aaaaaaahhhhh !!!!

*Footsteps running towards them*

Yui: ... ... !?

Ayato: Hnm? It's ... ... It's just you. Don't startle me like that!!

Laito: Hold on, why is Ayato-kun here!?

Bitch-chan was in the middle of being punished by being left alone and scared! Now it's lost all meaning!

Ayato: Haa ... ... Geez, you're really ... ... Doing something so stupid at a time like this!

Someone who we don't know has infiltrated the mansion and we still don't even know where they are!? Don't you understand that?

Laito: Nfu. Oh no, Ayato-kun. Why have you suddenly gone all serious?

Us brothers have to be silly, make fun out of it, and get through it just because it's a time like this, right?

-- Ayato-kun should be good at pretending not to notice. What happened all of a sudden?

Yui: Laito-kun ... ... ! That way of saying it is ... ...

Ayato: Kgh ... ... You bastard ... ...

*Ayato grabs Laito*

I pretended not to see it, and it made me sick ... ... I can't miss it this time!

Laito: Ugh ... ... Ngh ... ...

Ayato: You don't understand, do you? If we leave things as they are, what will become of the vampires?

You and I might be fine but --

*Laito pushes Ayato away*

Laito: Why?

Ayato: ... ... Ah!?

Laito: Why are you telling me.

Ayato: That's --

Yui: (Oh no, he isn't listening ... ...)

That's because ... ... Laito-kun has more power than anyone else.

You're Karlheinz-san's heir ... ... And the head of the Sakamaki family.

Ayato: Chichinashi ... ... !

Yui: You may want to deny it but ... ...

Laito: -- Ahh, that's enough. I understand.

Yui: ... ... Laito-kun!?

Laito: Just because I have power, doesn't mean I have responsibility. That's a selfish push on your part.

I've said it before right? No matter what happens to the demon world, no matter what happens to the vampires ... ...

No matter what happens to me, I really don't care.

*Laito walks away*

Yui: Laito-kun ... ... !

*Ayato grabs Yui*

Ayato: Hey, stop it.

Yui: But ... ...

Ayato: He's so angry right now that he can't handle it. You know that too, don't you?

Yui: ... ... Yeah ... ...

Ayato: Well, I'm sure he'll return back to normal in no time. Try not to worry too much.

Yui: Yeah. Thanks ... ...

(Ahh, I really went and said too much ... ...)

(I feel like Laito-kun is starting to get farther and farther away ... ...)

(And it's probably all my fault ... ...)

Place: Sakamaki Balcony

Place: Sakamaki Balcony

Laito: *Sigh* ... ...

Ahh, geez ... ... Everything and anything ... ... It would be great if it all broke ... ...

That's right, the me I am now can do just that.

Should I start breaking everything now?

-END-

#diabolik lovers #diabolik lovers translations #laito sakamaki #lost eden #dialovers #diahell #lost eden translations #laito sakamaki dark prologue #yui komori #shu sakamaki #reiji sakamaki #ayato sakamaki #kanato sakamaki #subaru sakamaki

[venusimi]

【 REQUEST RULES 】

> "Why do I need to know about request rules?"

Every rules in requesting fics are different for each writer, I have my own set of rules to prevent anyone making me or my readers uncomfortable. I haven't ever experienced it, luckily, and I hope I won't ever have to!

> "Where do I find your masterlist?"

The link should be down here! v

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NOTE: I am not a native English speaker. I only learned to speak English, and none of my work is beta read so I'm sorry for my bad english <3

[sylvarantii]

The title is a bit deceptive, and while clever, it still doesn't improve things all that much.

I'm not sure if there's going to be much I can say about Detective Conan Movie 18: Dimensional Sniper (or as some title it "Sniper from Another Dimension")

It's fine. The story's fine and I am really pleased to finally have a movie with Sera in it (as well as Subaru, but his parts were smaller, so I don't feel like I can say much about it).

Anyway, was definitely expecting something more. I'll give credit where credits due and say though that the sniping scenes definitely had this weight of danger to them. I think in media, it's very common to see shoot outs with just hand guns and over all people being killed at closer range.

Or that's my case anyway.

To see scenes of people being shot down by a rifle gun is so brutal in another way. It feels so powerful and like the power of the bullets just does so much more damage. And then of course, the horror of being completely oblivious to it all. Just going about your own business and then it suddenly happen? I don't know, I just very much feel like the movie and animators conveyed how terrifying this sort of thing is.

I overall try to avoid heavy spoilers in case anyone wants to watch the movie for themself, but I do want to make one spoilery comment, so if you'd rather watch the movie first, I'm just going to comment enter in my thoughts in the space below and indicate when I'm done with the same cut off lines.

___

I was a bit touched by the relationship between Hunter and Yoshino. Yoshino clearly cared a lot for Hunter and even when Hunter had second doubts about their plan, Yoshino insisted because he wanted to help him get revenge. It's sort of a bittersweet moment, but it was exchange I liked, personally. It was a little touching, in a way.

___

Kudos to the guy who voiced Waltz by the way. I'm not trying to rag too hard on the voice casting for this series or the movies, but a lot of times they do hire vas that really do not speak English all of that well and it's very easy to tell. Even in this movie, a lot of English speakers were a little stilted and their performance sort of suffers because they're just not accustom to the language.

But damn, the va for Waltz? He at least has the pronunciation down. I could very easily understand what he was saying and I have to at least give him a bit of praise. Being a native Japanese person and having to do a performance where you need to be a foreigner and speak English through a good majority in your role can't be easy. He did a really good job.

Anyway, onto the ratings list, I suppose.

1.) The Raven Chaser (13th Movie)

2.) The Fourteenth Target (2nd Movie)

3.) The Lost Ship in the Sky (14th Movie)

4.) The Time Bombed Skyscraper (1st Movie)

5.) Magician of the Silver Sky (8th Movie)

6.) Captured in Her Eyes (4th Movie)

7.) Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (7th Movie)/Lupin the III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie

8.) Quarter of Silence (15th Movie)

9.) The Phantom of Baker Street (6th Movie)

10.) Countdown to Heaven (5th Movie)

11.) Strategy Above the Depths (9th Movie)

12.) The Private Eyes' Requiem (10th Movie)

13.) Full Score of Fear (12th Movie)

14.) The Eleventh Striker (16th Movie)

15.) The Wizard of the Last Century (3rd Movie)

16.) Dimensional Sniper (18th Movie)

17.) Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (11th Movie)

18.) Private Eye in the Distant Sea (17th Movie)

Yeah, I have to say, a pretty unimpressive movie overall. I really did try to like it and of course, it has its good moments. But man, just like some of the other movies, the build up and pay off is a little too slow and small for my liking.

Still a pretty good watch though. Especially if you enjoy anything with not only Sera and Subaru, but the FBI Agents.

#detective conan reviews #sylv's rambles #dimensional sniper

[hindisoup]

15 week Hindi learning review

This is how I've been practicing Hindi during the past 15 weeks:

Writing (15 out of 15 weeks)

I've kept up with writing my video scripts weekly, even if this was the first week since last July I wasn't able to upload a new video on a Monday. The fun thing I've noticed is, that when I still occasionally use Google Translate when writing the first rough sketch of the script, I've started to write English sentences with Hindi structure to get the best results (eg. "to me seems that" > मुझे लगता है कि and so forth).

Listening (14 out of 15 weeks)

I've been listening to lots and lots of Hindi film songs again (falling in love especially with Dil ne yeh kaha hain dil se recently), and the audiobook of Devdas. I really like the reader's style and voice, it's so pleasant that I often listen to the audio multiple times during the week even without reading simultaneously. I'm already a bit sad that I'm halfway through the book and I have no idea where to find the next audio / physical book combo.

Speaking (12 out of 15 weeks)

I haven't been able to book a lesson with my iTalki tutor every week. In fact, I had to change a tutor for a while and that caused a small break too. I can notice some improvement in my spoken Hindi nonetheless. I've had more than one epiphanies regarding pronunciation (especially dental consonants) and I've finally understood the idea of Hindi intonation. It's still a work in progress to put that all into actual use in my speech though!

I've also noticed that I use some verb structures more readily. I still keep forgetting the ने and the genders of nouns when conjugating verbs, but I've been doing better with my archnemeses आना and जाना (always mixing them up!) and even using compound verbs when telling about my day ("मेरी गाड़ी बर्फ़ में फंस गई" - I was quite pleased when I just made up that sentence on a spot).

During these past weeks, I've talked in Hindi with a native speaker other than my tutor 7 times. I've realised though, that my time and energy are both limited and at the moment I cannot commit to making any set plans with any language partners for audio or video calls.

Reading (12 out of 15 weeks)

I've been reading Devdas more or less every week ever since I got my hands on it. I'm taking my time with it and really enjoying the journey!

On two or three occasions I read Akbar-Birbal stories with my Hindi tutor. It was a lot of fun. Actually, I started reading these stories for the first time before I could join a full sentence together in Hindi - so it was slow and tedious at first, but I really like these short and clever stories. It was nice to notice my development, I could actually understand the majority of the stories without stopping to translate every second word AND I was able to read Devanagari out loud.

Grammar (7 out of 15 weeks)

Like I posted some time ago, I finally finished my very first Hindi grammar book, Rupert Snell's Get Started in Hindi. It was the very first Hindi book I ever got ahead of my very first Hindi beginner course, so finishing it was just a tiny bit sentimental even. I was quite pleased to notice that I've progressed in my grammar and reading skills in such a way in just a tad over a year, that I had no trouble finishing the final exercises. One down, a pile to go!

I've also used Duolingo on 7 out of 15 weeks just to revise.

Watching (5 out of 15 weeks)

This time I've only watched a few films, and the two final episodes of Mismatched. I did add some series to my Netflix list but haven't gotten around to watching anything new yet. Why is it, that when you finally have the moment to watch whatever you'd like, it's so much more comfortable to see Main Hoon Na for the sixth time than something you've never seen before?

#language learning #study progress #hindi #study resources #study motivation #langblr #languageblr

[alatismeni-theitsa]

Do you have any sort of, words of encouragement, for a Greek-American who is struggling to learn Greek? My family is pretty connected to our heritage but I was never taught to speak Greek. I am an adult now, and I know I'm at an incredible disadvantage trying to learn a new language. The most discouraging thing is when I try to pronounce a word with a sound that isn't really in English (like γ) and I KNOW I am not saying it right, but no matter how hard I try I can't pronounce it correctly.

Hello! I'm very sorry for delaying this answer for some days, but as we see here, Zeus was fucked this week 😅

I will pin my answer so you can see it when you return, and the rest will be under the cut.

I believe there are MANY reasons for hope in this situation. Of course it feels very discouraging that you don't know the language already and you might feel left behind in this process. Plus, learning a new language is not an easy thing to learn. But worry not!

You are grown, and that means you can learn a language better and with more consistency and discipline. Have trust in your skills as an adult. What is more, you have grown up around Greek speakers and you will pick up certain things faster.

You are not alone in feeling this way. Most of the world has to learn a second language (and a third, as it's usual for many) and that would be the language most dominant in the wider area. Almost every person in the West who is not an English speaker has to learn English and learn it well, otherwise we feel embarrassed every time we try and form a sentence. For example, we apologize to each other about our accents in English German and French, even though we speak Greek.

Surely there are some differences between your situation and ours, but I mentioned this to show you that most people will be very understanding with accents because they have the same struggle. I mean, I'm not going to make fun of someone for having an accent in Greek when I sound like a demented chicken in German, despite taking years of lessons 😵 I have more confidence in my English but even now that I'm writing to you in this language I have to quadruple-check my sentences and phrasing. The amount of times I apologized in advance for my accent to English speakers is higher than my credit.

I relayed your situation to other Greek speakers and non-English speakers, and ALL agreed the accent is not anything they would pay attention to and told me to write you that you shouldn't feel bad about that. I did that because I knew they would have words of encouragement for you. And it turns out they believe exactly what I'm writing in this answer.

Accents are natural. You cannot expect not to have an accent when you have been speaking a different language all your life. Beating yourself up for having difficulty with the Greek pronunciation is like beating yourself up for something normal like walking or laughing when hearing something funny. You lack practice with the pronunciation due to circumstances beyond your control. You are doing what you can to change that, and every small win is worth celebrating!

I found this post the other day:

The notes? The likes?

And NO disagreements in the comments and reblogs for OP’s statement! Look how many thousands are supportive in this! (And that’s a small fraction of people who understand accents are natural.) And some of the responses:

Sure, some mention they have met native speakers who made it more difficult to feel comfortable with their accent and phrasing. But those people are assholes in general, and not the people you want to surround yourself with. If a relative expresses disgust about your accent remind them you didn’t have any control of how much and how well you were taught Greek when you were a kid, and then tell them that if they are a true friend and relative to you, they should support you in your journey. And even if you had some control and chose not to learn, you are learning now. So they should leave their resentment behind because, honestly, what do they have to lose from you learning the language better??

For the embarrassment you feel for yourself: you wouldn't make fun of a Greek for having trouble with the “r”, "s", “ch”, and possibly the "h" when speaking English, so extend that kindness to yourself when you speak Greek. Not to mention that with enough practice and time you can nail the accent!

Worst case scenario, if the accent never leaves, that's no problem whatsoever. Anyone who thinks badly of you for your accent is probably a PoS and they don't deserve your time. No matter where you are from, if they make you feel bad for having an accent in Greek, block them from your mind forever.

But chances are that (from experience) if anyone laughs with how you said something, I guarantee they are not laughing at you but because of how strange the sound or phrasing was. The person doesn't think badly of you because of this. Making mistakes of any kind when learning a language is very natural and it's something everyone must accept. If you are not willing to make mistakes and expose your language vulnerabilities to people who know the language better, might as well not try improving at all.

If anyone corrects you, they are not doing it out of pity. The majority of Greeks do it because they are very happy you speak the language and want you to be even more fluent. Like, they are doing it as an act of backing you up, they are feeling like they are giving you that extra XP to reach the next level! Others - like me - get that rush of happiness when they get to share their language with others 😁

I remember a guy on Tiktok who was learning Greek and ordered a coffee "without sugar" in a Greek cafe but instead of saying σκέτο ("without") he said σκατά ("shit"). I mean damn that was funny! I remember it weeks after I saw the video of him telling that story and it always cracks me up. Do I still appreciate him the same as before and follow him? Absolutely! He just had an unfortunate - and funny - incident, not something that lessened his integrity as a person.

From tiktok again: An American girl wanted to pronounce γύρος correctly when ordering it, and she was mumbling to herself on camera: “yeero, yeero, yeero!!” When her time to order came she shouted “May I have a gairow? FUUUUCKK FUUCK FUCK I SAID IT WRONG” 🤣

Another example is Athena from the Bachelor 2! She has given some gems throughout the show because she doesn't know the language that well, but everyone still loves her because she spreads positivity and is so cute!! If we, as viewers, disliked her it would be because of her character, not because she doesn't know the language well. And if some of the other girls in the show don’t take her seriously is because she laughs too much and mentions feta too often, not due to her Greek level of literacy. Athena, even when she is hurting someone else’s feelings, is always so genuine and you just can’t be mad at her!

I really can’t stretch enough how people laugh at the mishap, not the person! Please don’t feel discouraged if you ever see a Greek laughing with the pronunciation of an English speaker when it comes to Greek words (which I have done as well) because we never laugh at the speakers. We don’t even know them! We might laugh at one mistake but then instantly want to become this individual’s friends because we think they are amazing (see the three examples I mentioned above, the sugar guy, the gyro girl and Athena). Because that’s the normal thing to do; laugh at fun stuff and not judge people for their small mishaps. (In a casual setting, and not to an uncomfortable degree ofc!)

There are so many things to a person other than their accent and the accent becomes old news really fast. What remains is how the presence of a person makes you feel and if they are a good individual. If an English speaking friend says yatakai instead of γατάκι that opens the way for sooo many jokes! Greeks will laugh, do some YATAKAAIIII screams - ninja style, and then continue being friends with that person!

Greeks makes these mistakes as well... A Greek once said "arrive arrive" (φτάνει φτάνει) instead of "enough" when an English speaker was filling his glass. A Lower English degree caught fire that day 🤣 I have many bad examples of Greeks’ mistakes in English but I can’t remember a lot. But I’ve seen many videos of Greeks mocking themselves for how they sound in English. You can take a look at Tsipras’ (our former prime minister) mistakes on youtube if you are feeling brave 😂 (Ο Τσίπρας μιλάει Αγγλικά)

So, own your possible mistakes, laugh at them and move on because everyone makes them and we better have some good while we are struggling!

(( For the record, we are not making fun of Tsipras because of his accent, but because 1) he doesn’t know γρι English and yet he rarely brought a translator with him in international meetings with world leaders, 2) he could absolutely not hold a conversation with negotiating or discussing 3) he didn’t take steps to improve or fix the situation (like bring a translator). 4) Instead, he chose to torment us all with mind-numbing hours of reading English texts and making other world leaders struggle to explain to him what they meant for the nth time and meetings move at a snail pace.))

Alright, now that I cringed with the memory of Tsipras speaking English, I’ll go though the recommendations for improving the Greek pronunciation.

1) Go to my resources for learning Greek (#learn greek) where I have many videos where you can hear the sounds individually or withing other words very clearly. Easy Greek on youtube has excellent videos about pronunciation!

2) Seek practice as much as possible. Some Greeks switch to English when they hear an English accent to make the conversation smoother for the other person. If Greek speakers insist on talking with you in English tell them that you would wish to speak in Greek. I've seen that people often mirror the accent of the native speaker when they speak to one, so this might work for you as well with hours of practice. If no Greek speakers are available to you now, you can find Greek Americans online – or go to their festivals – and start talking to them.

3) Listen to Greek podcasts, songs and shows. (In my blog you’ll find them at #greek youtuber #podcast #greek tv #greek movie #short film #greek music). You know when you hear a catchy foreign song and then it’s stuck in your head and you say all the words perfectly without even knowing what it means? Well, this helps with pronunciation!

4) If you had Spanish in school or have Spanish friends mimicking the Spanish accent might help you. (Our accents are extremely close! The Spanish are the best at Greek pronunciation, and vice versa!)

5) Find sounds in your native language that sound close to the sounds you want to say in Greek. In German lessons I had trouble with “ch” in certain words because I made it sound like χ and it was horrible. My Greek teacher told me to remember how χ sounds in χήνα (it sounds a bit flatter) and make that sound when I encountered “ch”. It worked actually!

To people who have English as their native language I often suggest they remember the sound of w for γ because, although not used the same in the word, at times they have the same intensity. Γ is pronounced more “to the front” of the mouth, so if you can bring that sound forward in your mouth you’ll be very close, if not accurate, to γ. (But don’t bring it too much forward, sometimes it can sound like a “y”, unless you are saying a word where γ sounds like “y”).

Greeks pronounce σ more closely to “sh” than to “s”, so you also might want to keep that in mind since σ often distinguishes the Greek accent in English for me :p

That’s all! If you have more questions or want to tell me anything else about your experience with learning Greek, feel free to send another ask or a DM!

#answered #learn greek #pronunciation #encouragement

[haxyr3]

Hello Eugenia, I have a problem: my pronunciation sucks. Every non-native Russian speaker I can find on YouTube has a better pronunciation than me. English isn't my native language but I think I have a fairly decent pronunciation in English (so it's not like I'm intimidated of speaking or anything). I remember that my English pronunciation improved a lot since I started listening to English podcasts and films, and I thought that maybe that could help with Russian, too! So I tried. The only problem is that the percentage of spoken Russian that I understand very small. Even if I know a word, they say it so quickly that it gets mudded with the rest of the speech and I cannot catch it (if that makes sense. Yeah, I'm aware of how stupid this sounds). I feel so frustrated! If I listen to Russian podcasts for 30 mins a day, is it ever going to get better? Or should I try something else first? Thanks very kindly for having this blog, it's a lifesaver!

Hi! First of all, pronunciation is the area where self-assessment works worst. When you said “Every non-native Russian speaker I can find on YouTube has a better pronunciation than me”, you are probably not quite objective. As a non-native speaker, you can never be 100% certain about that. 

As a life-long language learner and language teacher for the past 10 years, I find pronunciation training classes the most challenging. It is like walking in the dark blindfolded. Your accent coach says, “Now that was better!” and you have no idea what you’ve done differently, why it is better, and how to make that again. Frustrating at least. 

Now let’s talk about what you can do to improve your pronunciation and confidence. (or confidence and pronunciation). 

Movies and podcasts are a bit too difficult when your vocabulary is limited and listening skills are still being developed. Start with songs instead. 

Some language teachers say that songs are not very good for pronunciation and listening practices, because pronunciation can be distorted - we articulate sounds slightly differently when we sing compared to our regular speech. Yet, I studied English with songs and I would do the same with any other new language. Songs are sticky, songs often repeat words, which is extremely helpful for language learners. Songs are fun, which is very important, as boredom demotivates language learners way too easily. 

Find the songs you like, find the lyrics. Listen to the songs and read along, sing along - this is fast and fun way to learn and practice pronunciation. If you told me what music genres you prefer, I’d help you finding the music that would match your taste.

When learning a new word in Russian, check Forvo. It is a pronunciation dictionary, where native speakers record pronunciation for language learners. Usually there are more than one records for each word, so you’ll listen to male/ female voices, regional variations, generational variations etc. This is a great source for actually learning about how people speak.

If you want, I could assess your pronunciation and give you more detailed recommendations during an express 30-min consultation. 

Dear Russian learners, if you can recommend any Youtube channels or videos that would focus specifically on Russian pronunciation, please share! 

So, do not despair, slowdown a bit and keep on trying. It’ll come to you! 

[galaxythreads]

Suggestions on how to improve fanfic writing:

I was talking with @angelfishofthelord recently (not that recent, time is a concept that escapes our collective grasp) and I jokingly suggested that I make this post. I am in the middle of an insomnia night, so. Here be us.

Characters use the same nicknames and phrases inside their head as speaking. This doesn’t necessarily mean they’re sharing the humor they’re speaking. I.g.: For SPN, I see a lot of people write Dean as a little careless in his POVs, because that’s just how he portrays himself, but Dean, I think, while having a dark sense of humor, isn’t actually very funny in his head. Same goes for MCU and Tony Stark. Funny characters does not always equal happy head space. :)

Nicknames--this used to bother me to no end, because nicknames were never something in my family, and people shortening down the names felt wrong. But you nickname what you love. If someone has given a nickname (and not in mockery) to a character, chances are, they call them that in their head. Like in MCU Clint calling Natasha "Nat", or SPN Dean and Sam calling Cas "Cas" however, with that said, unless the nickname is self chosen, most people will use their full name when narrating. Castiel, Natasha, etc.

Headcanons! This is going to sound a little backwards, but headcanons have always helped me sort between characters. I know that some fic authors are very against headcanons, but to me, you HAVE to make these characters and their world your own, at least a little. You need to understand how their brain functions, and headcanons are a wonderful, wonderful way to do that. So long as you can conceivably fit them into canon, I think you’re good. One of the ones I have about SPN Cas is that he doesn’t actually give off body heat, so he’s constantly room temperature. It’s a detail for people that’s not Cas’s POV to notice. So getting some headcanons like that will help differentiate between POVs because it’s different things for characters to acknowledge.

Mimic writing that you admire. (And ask yourself WHY you like it) I really, really love the way that TFW/avengers team is portrayed in some stories, in others, I’m like “meh.” Write to please yourself, first and foremost, on how to read these characters thoughts. Those who agree with you will flock to be your audience, and they’re who matter.

Language/word choice is really important for POV change. Again, people talk like how they think.

POV change? Treat the character whose POV it is like they are THE most important person in existence. Their reactions get a front seat. Their five senses are your concern. What they notice about a character may not be true, but it's what they notice. They are human, not omniscient, ergo, they'll get things wrong. Even if the story is written with a completely different character in mind, this character is still the most important. POV's time to think, talk, panic, angst, express, etc. That chapter was about how they felt. That’s why sometimes, even if I really do want them to talk or something, a character might think “please don’t say xyz” because THEY don’t want that, and how I feel as an author isn’t relevant here. Remembering that they’re human, and need time to process/react to things is huge.

Practice, practice, practice. It does get easier with time, and effort. I promise. All of you would laugh at my first few weeks of diving into fandoms. That stuff is garbage.

Conscious stream of thought is generally the best way to engage readers, and the most enjoyable. This is how we immerse ourselves into the story. We become a part of it because we follow their thinking. It is always ideal to start where you are the most comfortable, whether that's 3rd omniscient, 2nd person, etc, but, in my opinion, you don't get that true "click" with the characters until you've conscious stream of thought them.

Research. Lots of research. Don't know how long battieres could last in 2002? Look it up. Don't know how to do stitches? Google it. Try to avoid making things up.

Look guys. Everyone understands that you are most likely NOT a doctor or have any semblance of a medical degree. This is fiction. Research what you can, and move forward carefully or vague it out with the rest. The worst that can happen is someone correcting information you got wrong.

Please, please, please stay within the range of human limitation. (Or whatever creature/being you are writing for) You can't lose more than five pints of blood. You CAN die from pain. Infection spreads quickly. I'm sorry. I just. Have read so many fics from newbie writers who push their characters past extremes that is almost impossible. You want to hurt them that bad, break a bone or something. Just. Please try to be realistic. (Don't misunderstand here, I love me some well-done whump.)

Again with the "you are not a professional thing." Those diagnosed with mental illnesses know that you may not be writing from true experience. This is okay. But please, please do not avoid using any words or phrases common with the illness as you try to "vaguely" write it. The more authentic you are, the less likely you will offend someone. Look. I would be so frustrated if someone tried to write about an ED and just... Avoided words like "starve" "binge" and "hungry" because they didn't want to trigger me. Like. Sweeties, I appreciate the thought, I do, but it's more frustrating that you can't even SAY it than actually putting it into your writing. So. Please just. If you're going to write about a mental illness, do so with the intent to WRITE it, not skirt around the bush.

With that, if you are not diagnosed with the mental illness your writing for (or suspect that you have some form of it) that's okay! Google symptoms to get a basic idea, and search for first hand accounts. People's experience is a lot different than the definition. For example, some of the most hilarious people I know are severally depressed, and Google will just tell you they are sad.

Write write and write. You are building a skill. You have to practice that skill frequently.

Do not be afraid to ask for feedback. Betas are wonderful. Asking for advice is wonderful. Being too shy and afraid of criticism for asking for help is perfectly okay. (Hello fellow traveler)

If your search history doesn't have you being watched by government organizations in the next few months, you aren't researching enough. ;)

Take your time. Quality over quantity. Do NOT conform to the update fairy that demands updates frequently. Look. I love my readers. I do. But you HAVE to take your time to finish things in order for them to be worth reading. If this is six hours or six years, that's that.

Do not give everything away. Stop answering questions. We keep reading because we have unanswered questions. Anticipation = good. Knowing everything at once: bad.

Do not put in funny for the sake of funny.

Insults should be insulting, not make people want to cringe and duck their heads.

Dialog should serve as people communicating... Like actual people.

Siblings (unless otherwise said so by canon) DO NOT address each other as "bro" and "sis"

Not a native English speaker? Cool. Natives would love to help you learn their language. :) English grammar sucks.

Analogies should make sense. They should flow smoothly into the writing. If they pop out, you've lost the attention of your writers.

please, please don't glorify rape, racism, homophobia, mental illness shaming/glorification, abuse, sexism, and other crappy things. Thanks. People came for a story, not to get their souls crushed.

#fanfiction #fanfics #fanfic writing

[yeolsangeleyes]

Lucky Or Not, Here I Come | Kim Minseok x Reader (ft. Kim Jongdae)

word count: around 1.3k

warnings: none

note! : This is my first published work which was written in english. I'm not a native speaker, i'm sure i have some mistakes in the story, however, the key of improvement is trying and correcting our mistakes :) So, be prepared some awkwardness. :)

requested by @itsallabigmess

Hey! I saw you are accepting requests. Can i ask for #81 with Minseok?

It took you approximately thirty-nine minutes to convince your boss to not fire you on the spot due to your mistake which - ironically - wasn't even yours to begin with. You just did what you asked you to do by the customer who, as she saw the outcome of the wedding invitation cards, started whining about the font on the front page. Even though you had asked her twice that is it going to be okay. She demanded to see the owner of this shithouse, as she described, so you do as they asked. While she talked to your boss - who was absolutely adored you but knew you were rumoured to be really unlucky - you took the lavender colored, designed cards and brought back to your table. As expected, your superior told you to do the cards again, just "he doesn't need to see that spoiled witch again".

Damnit, you sighed. I should be fast; i'll have a date after all.

You really did everything to look good, even though you weren't a big fan of blind dates, especially when they were set up by Jongdae, your biggest advocate for dating.

'Please, give it a chance!' he pleaded, eyes filled with a hint of begging. 'You're literally a workaholic, you should relax.'

'By doing small talks with members of the male species?'

'That's what dating for' he stated. 'I just want you to find the one and only.'

'You said that the last eleven times and it didn't end well.. Not everyone is lucky like you.'

'Touché. However, i promise, this is the last time. If you're going to left the date in disappointment, i'll stop.'

So, you're here.

When 15 minutes passed, you weren't worried. 15 minutes is an elegant late, is it?

30 minutes passed, so you ordered yourself an orange juice. You looked out to the window, waiting.

One hour passed, you started getting annoyed. You dialled Jongdae's number on your phone but he of course didn't pick up. You already have drunk your second juice but this time, with a small cupcake. Even the sweet, chocolate flavour couldn't make you forget your growing frustration.

When you were waiting for one and a half hour, you called Jongdae for the second time - he didn't pick up again -, you paid at the counter, said your goodbyes to the workers and went out in the exit.

You needed to blink to process what was happening around you. Then you realized the rain was pouring.

'Are you kidding me?' You groaned. 'Are you really kidding me?!'

This day can't be worse, you stated firmly while walking around downtown and the majority of people, with umbrellas, wrinkled their brows at you or give you a weird look. You wished you could tell them something rude, however your eyes were enough to paint your mood around them.

Although it's the end of March, the weather reminded you a mix of a chilly night in November and a powerful storm in July. As you walked beside a bar, you mind went back in time where Jongdae had told you his girlfriend said yes in his proposal and as it should be, you had celebrated it with tons of sojus and friendly promises.

People started disappearing on the street, everyone were looking for safe space where they could have escape from the violent touch of the rain. You didn't bother that much, knowing the fact it's about twenty minutes until you got home; where you can have a warm bath, eat dinner and watch something on Netflix.

You smiled a little bit, thinking about these things. But then, a car happened and your body met a big amount of water.

You were sitting on a bench, completely soaked, waiting for a demon, an angel or any kinds of upper entity to end your suffering. Were you a little dramatic?

Yes, but who cares? You were completely done for the day, to say the least.

To be honest, you wanted to scream or curse out loud. Were you really that lacking of luck ineverything?

This was the 12th time when you were stood up by your date and you started to feel this is your fate, you're going to be alone with nine cats and one of them is going to be named Sirius - because why not - and maybe you're going to spend your remaining days with knitting and whining over your favourite books in your really comfortable blue armchair; cover your cold legs with a baby pink blanket.

The loud thunder and a hand on your shoulder made you jump on your place. You wanted to ask them what the hell did they touch you but when you looked back, a man with an unreadable expression appeared in front of you. As your eyes scanned him up and down, you noticed his jeans were soaked, however his upper body was completely dry. That was when you saw the umbrella.

'What are you doing here?' the voice fitted for his childlike yet somehow mature looks. You seriously couldn't decide if he's over the age of 20 or older and you didn't love traps like that. Mostly when traps like him were that handsome and you look like a living box of wet wipe.

'Ehm... Feeling the rain, i guess?'

The stranger wrinkled his brows.

'You know you can get a really bad cold?' the honest worry in his voice suprised you as he still held the umbrella over you.

'Yeah, i know' reading his face you knew this answer wasn't enough for him. 'Fine. I had a shitty day, this is just icing on the cake.'

'We're in the middle of a thunderstorm and you wanted to stop and feel the rain? Okay, I understand.'

'Why do you care?' It was your time to ask. Why did a simple man like him talking to you? Why?

'I'm a human being' he explained. 'I can be worried about a woman who casually sits alone in a bench in this weather. Plus, i'm just going home, i live around the area.'

He held out his hand to introduce himself and to your amaze, his name rang a bell on you.

'Wait a minute. Are your surname is Kim, by chance?'

'Kim Minseok, for your service' he put his free hand on his chest and pretended to bow. 'If you're curious, i had a bad day too. One of my close friend organized me a date, but i dropped my phone on the second floor, it died. I got stuck in a traffic jam and when i finally got out of it and went to the rendezvous, she was gone. Moreover, i can't even call her to say sorry because i don't have her number' The story left you dumbfounded, so you just stared at him. 'I'm sure she's thinking of me as an asshole now.'

Fate was really moody today, you thought. What kind of tricky game is this?

You throat felt dry, your mouth opened in shock. You took a deep sigh and stand up from your place, standing in front of the strang- i mean, Minseok.

'First of all, she doesn't think you're an a-hole. Second of all, if that certain friend is called Kim Jongdae, that's great. Third of all, if the answer of the previous statement is yes' you held out your hands while you chuckled 'hi, nice to meet you. I'm the woman you supposed to meet up with. '

After a certain amount of winks, he laughed and a gummy smile appeared on his face.

'Lucky or not, i know your first impressions on me were tremendous however, i hope i can make it up to you somehow. I would love to, honestly.'

Now you were nodded.

'I have two conditions. One, don't be late. Two, i think i need your number to prevent scenarios like that.'

thank you for the request and thank you for reading this! ❤ as i'm posting this, i'm scared a little bit about the reactions but i hope you'll love it! 🥺

#minseok #xiumin #minseok fluff #exo #exo fluff #kim minseok #minseok fic #xiumin fic #minseok fanfiction #xiumin fanfic #exo fanfic #exo fanfiction #exo x reader #xiumin x reader #minseok x reader #exo writing #xiumin writing #minseok writing #exo imagine #exo imagines #minseok imagines #minseok imagine

[bighound-littlebird]

Hi, good morning/afternoon! I'm fairly new to the fandom and I've read some amazing metas about Sansan. Something I haven't seen addressed as of yet is this quote from Show!Sandor during the Battle of Blackwater (trigger warning: mentions of sexual assault): "any man dies with a clean sword I'll r*pe his fucking corpse". I was wondering if you could recommend some meta on the subject or just your personal opinion on it (did he mean it?). I apologize for my English, I'm not a native speaker!

This is a good question! Honestly I can't recall reading meta about show Sandor's threat either. If I remember correctly, since George R.R. Martin wrote the Blackwater episode (season 2 episode 9), the majority of book fans didn't take issue with the changes he made.

Please understand, when the episode aired, fandom was very different. "Don't like, don't read/watch" was the motto fans went by, and if you really couldn't let it go, writing fix-it fanfiction provided the necessary outlet.

Unlike today, meta consisted of speculations and critical evaluations of the overall handling of certain subjects in media. People were fans first, and they didn't participate in fandom primarily for ship wars or to complain about the author's decisions regarding character arcs or the plot.

So while Sandor's threat was deemed gross and unnecessary, it wasn't like anyone who read asoiaf (or GRRM's other works that aren't for the faint of heart) was surprised that he would write such a thing. The audience seeing it onscreen knew Sandor's just woofing, so to speak, while book readers remembered other characters (like Rorge or Gregor) would follow through and were mostly relieved to be spared.

This is also the current "moral outrage" strikes fandom elders as ridiculous: anyone who has read asoiaf knows what George is capable of writing, and that quote from Sandor wouldn't even be a contender for his worst. The idea that GRRM is home clutching his pearls over lost income or his reader's opinions of age differences, incest, and Targaryens burning people alive is downright hilarious.

As far as the Sansa and Sandor scenes, across social media, sansan shippers and the asoiaf fandom as a whole viewed his revisions as improvements because he replaced Sandor's mistreatment of Sansa with a considerably more vulnerable, kinder version of his character. We all lamented the loss of Sansa singing and touching Sandor's face, but, alas, we can't have anything.

And one final thing Nonny, please don't feel the need to apologize for your English. If anything, I feel bad that I'm so limited in communication with others because I don't speak other languages more fluently.

#sandor clegane #got meta #show sandor #the hound #grrm wrote this episode #grrm ships it #grrm

[obstsaft]

Hi! first of all, your edits are amazing, so I was wondering if you have any advice about making gif sets? I have tried making some of them but something seems off, like it doesn't look attractive, and I'm not talking about de quality of it, maybe there's too much going on in every single gif, idk (sorry about my english)

hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii thank you for the love I’m sending you a loooooot back and engery and inspiration and motivation and good luck! don’t worry about your english, I’m not a native english speaker either

well I’m not a expert in this but since you want my thought on it i’ll try to give you some advive:

first it’s a good thing you are self critical over your gifsets, it means you see that something feels odd and want to improve on it and that is always good.

do you make your own colouring or do you use someone else psds??????? because that makes a big difference how gifs turn out to be in the end. using the wrong psd on a gif makes the highest quality videos for gifs look ugly and blurry and low quality. the reason is that the psd wasn’t made for that scene you are using it for. so I’m alway for making your own colourings over using someone else psd. I mean, you can start with other peoples psds but after some time/months you should make your own and trust me it will make your gifs soooooooo much better and you improve a lot and learn new things and new ways to colour.

I think you could be right and putting too many “hectic” gifs next to each other can be a turn off on the eyes. but then again some people like that too.

I was one who made minimalistic looking gifs but now I’m trying to mix it up with making sets that include both “minimal” gifs next to gifs “where a lot of things are going on” and are more “hectic”

but then again I’m also making gifsets that are full with gifs where there is a lot of movement and background and text and stuff. I think it all depends on how you put the gifs next to each other

how do you save your gifs? what settings you use? also I save my gifs when I do sets naming them after numbers. something like this

it helps you how to put the gifs on tumblr and what gif matches next to the other one. that’s a good help for me at least. I number all the gifs like that and put them in a folder and after some time I delate the gifs from my laptop

also again with the right colouring any gifset can look pretty, even the ones who have a lot going on and aren’t minimalistic at all.

for example this one has a looooooooot going on in the set:

like you see all the things that go on in the background and it’s filled with lots of stuff and text and all that. but if I may say the gif looks not as stressfull as other gifs it’s more calm because of how you put gifs that are more minimal next to gifs that have more stuff oging on.

this one is a mix of both minimal and fuller gifs: you see the more “chill” gifs are next to the “wilder” ones

and this is full on minimal:

me personally atm i like a mix of both but the thing is it should make me and others feel calm.

so to make gifsets that I personally like you should focus on choosing the right scenes and putting them next to each other that makes you feel good and also the colouring is key to a good looking and pleasing gifset!

also try to make something new with a already overused scene that was maybe giffed already 100000 times and put your spin to it. make it different and new and fresh and exciting

play with colours!!! make them vibrant or pastel or pale or black and white or something else

read a lot of colouring tutorials if you are unsure, experiment a lot but please don’t copy my gifstyle too much. someone did that when I was making kpop gifsets and copied my gifs and even choose the same scenes that i choose for my gifs and after some time it made me really angry and sad that I delated my kpop blog because of how rude that blog was towards me.

anyway I hope I could help and if you are unsure I’ll help you and hugs thank you again sorry for the late answer I was busy with preparations for work because work starts in 1 week

super hugs and enjoy making gifs and don’t give up I’m glad you are trying to improve your skill and I’ll cheer you on! do your best!!!!!!!!!! show us how awesome your future gifset will be! that’s also a motivation for me too I wanna make you all see how cool gifs can look!  ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

hope this was kinda helpfull ♡

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[chonideno]

Hi! I'm a fic writer but I sometimes struggle with liking my own fics bc my mother language isn't English. The grammar isn't necessarily wrong, but it still reads weird? Maybe it's just bc I wrote it and every writer has this problem. But I feel so talentless bc of it, especially comparing it with your work.

Hi! Maybe the language barrier is an issue indeed, though in my case writing indulgent, sappy stuff in English has often been easier than writing in French (the same way I cannot read smut in French to save my life but I can read 10k of kinky stuff written in English before breakfast). But you’re right, I’d be ready to bet that most writers have this problem (maybe not to the same degree? idk)

If writing in English feels wrong, I’d say you can either 1) practice some more or maybe read more in English to reassure yourself and realise that you’re good, everyone writes the same way as you do (you can also get a beta for a time so a native English speaker can reassure you too) or 2) look at the English rules in the eyes and flick them off because fuck them, if Shakespeare could reinvent the language then so can you

Also talent is bullshit!!! Hard work is where it’s at!!!! If you’re writing and looking into how to improve you’re already much better than people relying on “talent” alone believe me. I’m a big believer in the “fuck you” method so please don’t hold back, if something is making you feel bad about your own harmless hobbies, just kick them out and know I support you in this decision

#writing in english is tough i know!!! #but you can do it #don't be too afraid #sometimes you just have to do it #i support you please do not give up #anonymous #mag answers