#bluepenguins

[aucklandexpat]

Blue penguin, New Zealand #bluepenguin #penguin #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #nature #nz #newzealand #newzealandbirds #newzealandlife #newzealandguide #newzealandnatural #newzealandpics #newzealandtravel #newzealandphotography #travel #travelphotography #birds #littlebluepenguin #feathers #plumage #swimmer #waddle #beak https://www.instagram.com/p/CpGdFr1SjRy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#bluepenguin #penguin #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #nature #nz #newzealand #newzealandbirds #newzealandlife #newzealandguide #newzealandnatural #newzealandpics #newzealandtravel #newzealandphotography #travel #travelphotography #birds #littlebluepenguin #feathers #plumage #swimmer #waddle #beak

[ronankelly302]

#bluepenguin newzealand

[briarrosescurse]

"Gulping down the poison, feeling pain, crying,

there’s no running away from this veno-venom."

ORIGINAL by Kairiki Bear (music, lyrics) and Nou (illust); TL by bluepenguin

#I CANT STOP MYSELF FROM MAKING THESE HAHA #twst oc #twisted wonderland oc #tess miata #[my art]

[dsknsk]

Analysis of ‘Traffic Jam’ by Niru Kajitsu

‘Traffic Jam’ is a song written by Niru Kajitsu utilizing v flower. It struck me first as a funky and cool song, but when I made my own MV of it, I realized that this song is actually a scathing commentary on the society as how it is now. Unlike all English songs I know that fall under that same descriptor, it’s brought more subtle but is increasingly obvious for those who see it.

I’ll be using the translation from bluepenguin for this analysis. I’ve both included the original MV and my MV of it, the latter using the cover from Aohi Rame (I feel like she really carries over the emotion in this song). The original MV does have some flashing in it, mine doesn’t have it.

Intro

So before the singing even starts, we get this short bit of a car driving, and then crashing, with the appropriate ‘crash’ sound accompanying it. The background is dotted with eyes, which are initially all looking at the viewer (or at the car, same general direction). When the ‘crash’ happens, they all look towards the direction the car drove in.

They are the eyes of the public. A crash has evidently happened, and everyone’s looking at it.

First verse

We are introduced to our two main characters. The song is sung in their perspective. Meet Flurry and Welter. They fit entirely within the aesthetic of the song with their entirely yellow and black color pallettes.

Then, we switch to the first verse.

Oh no, oh no, it’s a collision! Who’s at fault? Click, click, the flash went off — well, it’s kind of pathetic Would hanging yourself be a good apology? Would your parents forgive you for dying before them? Or not? Are you cornered? Can you run away like the coward you are?

This sets up the rest of the song. Instead of caring about anyone that may be involved in the crash, the first question that rises up immediately searches for someone whom they can put the blame on.

I’ve included the image of these two people, because they’ll be important for later.

The collision is immediately noticed, as we saw at the beginning. However, instead of asking ‘Is the driver alright?’ or ‘How severe is the damage?’ or anything else that shows concern for the people involved, the very first question is ‘Who’s at fault?’

And the blame is immediately put on this man. The collision is treated as something so serious, that hanging himself is the first apology that’s proposed (with him once again being looked at by the public). This does suggest that the collision itself may be a further metaphor for more ‘serious’ things.

He does follow up on the suggestion, and immediately, Flurry and Welter appear, Flurry wielding a net and Welter with a pair of scissors in his hand. They have ‘caught’ him, and now he’s going to pay.

The man tries running away, for which the lyrics call him out for. You can quickly see two monstrous figures that represent our two main characters when he runs away.

Oh no, not again — another collision! The traffic light is blinking red Who’s at fault this time? It doesn’t matter who It’s, uh… that guy’s fault! Fuck compromises! It’s do or die, but don’t get carried away ‘S not our problem, right? The wholesaler won’t sell stuff like this

This verse makes it very clear that this song is from the perspective of Flurry and Welter. As another collision happens, the process starts all over again. They point to someone who’s to blame. It doesn’t even matter if he truly is, it’s just that someone needs to take the blame to satisfy the people. The line ‘It’s, uh…that guy’s fault!’ enforces some sort of randomness into the entire process.

Flurry quite literally points the finger to underline it even more.

Then the lines say ‘Fuck compromises, it’s do or die, but don’t get carried away’. The world of gossip is one with a black and white worldview overall, not satisfied with compromises. There is a word of warning here: don’t get carried away.

The last two lines of this verse mention the uncaringness of our duo. It doesn’t involve them on a personal level, they are just outsiders who happen to butt in. ‘The wholesaler’ is the media/social perception. If it isn’t sensational with a clear-cut answer as to who is at fault, then it simply doesn’t make for a good story.

Deuce Deuce Deuce! Til you die Til I die We won’t call off the fight due to injury Deuce Deuce Deuce! Til our veneers peel off, til morning comes Let’s you and me swap spit

Chorus

It’s been theorized to many as to what ‘deuce’ is. With the way it’s portrayed, I think it’s meant to be referencing ‘juice’, as in ‘the juicy details’. In our country you have what we call ‘juicekanalen’ (literally ‘juice channels’), youtube channels and the like that are dedicated to talking about gossip. These are controversial because it’s said that they don’t always verify their information that well and the way they get their information in the first place involves a complicated network of people. Sometimes they get the news before the official channels do.

These juice channels are coincidentally a very good representation as to what this song is about. Especially this chorus tells us about the mentality of Flurry and Welter, our two representatives of types of gossiping people like those who run the juice channels. It’s a sort of hedonistic mindset. As long as they can keep pretending to be who they show themselves as, they will be together and be ‘partners in gossip’, so to say.

The line ‘we won’t call off the fight due to injury’ also gives us a peek within their psyche. They are also unfettered: even if people genuinely get hurt as a result of their gossiping, whether that’s mentally or physically, they simply won��t stop, because as they stated before: it’s not their problem.

In the instrumental bit we see two object heads, both with fruit as their head. I think this is a pun on the word ‘juice’ since literal juice is most often fruit-based. This person in particular has another apple on their head and is bound (hearkening back on Wilhelm Tell) and they’re framed as the victim.

Picturing them as an object head, and that of an apple to boot, dehumanizes this person - there’s no care about who they are and how they feel, just that they’re appointed as the one to blame. Eventually, an arrow is shot through their apple head, not through the apple on their head.

Third verse

Oh, how sad — tragic things just keep happening, don’t they? It’s good that this truly selfish soul was given life, but… Constantly finding fault and poking holes is just human nature It’ll be healed by the flame ignited by claws

Funfact: the banana object head is also seen shortly after the chorus, here.

The beginning of the second verse marks the second time that Flurry pushes Welter away. They’re certainly not a perfect duo, but they do have the same goal in mind so in that way they are still like-minded.

Then there’s this line: ‘Constantly finding fault and poking holes is just human nature.’ This is their defense as to why it is like it is: they say that it’s down to human nature and there’s no helping it. Their acting is a result of something that just can’t be helped. It’s just so easy to do it. It’s also illustrated in a literal sense, as the ‘searching’ is made literal as in looking closely.

‘It’ll be healed by the flame ignited by claws’ is what I think cryptic for that once a ‘hole’ is found, it is ‘patched’ by everyone pointing it out and making a show of it. People will literally search for the tiniest mistakes in someone else to bring them down, whether it’s in the past or currently going on.

Wait a sec, in this town the night is bittersweet It just ends up with the tiny lights freezing over A weather-beaten distraction, a sacrifice of sophism Anyway, it’s gotten hard to live in this world, huh? Inferior moaning

The characters have lost their ‘heart’, their ‘empathy’ long ago. The world is a hard place to live, something that they even outright say in the last line. It encapsulates this song quite well, honestly. In order to not be the victim of others, they have lost their own empathy to be the one pointing the finger instead. You see Welter casually sipping the ‘juice’ (see the pun from before) and Flurry hanging another body again (refer to first verse).

Also, the ‘Inferior moaning’ is pronounced as ‘retsu shingin’, i.e ‘let’s singing’. An object head also appears with a mic as to hint at this pun.

Second chorus

Deuce Deuce Deuce! Til you die Til I die There’s no way a chain’s being put around my leg Deuce Deuce Deuce! Til we’re soaked and turn into fools Til we sober up Let’s do it in a coffin

Two points of translation. ‘A chain’s being put around my leg’ is a form of the term ‘someone’s leg is being caught’, meaning ‘they are found out/their act is up’. It’s also, less commonly, a term for getting married. There might be a double meaning here, as Flurry is seen disliking Welter.

‘Til we’re soaked and turn into fools’ is translated from ‘gushagusha’, which is normally an onomatopoeia for being soaked, but it’s written with the word for ‘fool’ twice.

My anxiety spikes and I’m unsteady Once you get there, there’s no going back We’re dead people from the cradle to the grave

This is the first sign of our look beneath the surface of the two. Inside, they are actually just normal people who feel normal things like anxiety, and they have realized that once you get into the gossip world, you can’t go back. Their nihilism speaks through the third line.

Meanwhile, the visuals show us something interesting:

Which are the real selves of Flurry and Welter. This fits with the lyrics that give us our first glance as to who they really are.

Bridge

Ah, it’s the usual collision — who’s the victim this time? “Isn’t this pretty cruel?” That’s a good one There was never any end or any moral to begin with Dancing and being made to dance, the traffic jam’s getting worse But my pointless life has already reached a dead end I’ll pray faithfully every day That no one else will appreciate you

It’s a variation on the first verse, but with the information we have now. They never had any morals when they started doing this, never any true goal as what they tried to reach. They just want to gossip, want to feel better than the others and made up their own persona to show to the public. It’s all fake, hence ‘my pointless life’. They genuinely hate other people who are not themselves. Which is. Ironic.

The new bit shows them uploading another video online with gossip. But while they’re busy, they are spotted and as they turn around…

(Look at the patch of human skin on their faces.)

They’ve finally been caught by another couple that is just as disguised with a facade like them. Not even Flurry and Welter, who thought they were impervious, are immune to being victimized (and as it were, ‘replaced’) by others. Others who act exactly the same as they do.

Last chorus

Deuce Deuce Deuce! Til you die Til I die We won’t call off the fight due to injury Deuce Deuce Deuce! Til our veneers peel off, til morning comes Let’s you and me swap spit Deuce Deuce Deuce! Til a cough bursts out of me Til my throat hurts Let’s strip each other of our sighs If we stayed here like this forever I’d be able to get by without ever becoming human

Flurry’s disguise is melting away, see the grey tone of her skin melting away on her arm. She isn’t wearing her pointed hair accessory either. This is also shown during the line 'Til our veneers peel off'.

As the veneer is peeled off, so to say, by the new two that expose them (shown as them getting intimate) we finally see what they really look like. That’s right - the victims from the very first line. Note that their colors don’t fit within the color palette of the video.

Alternatively, this whole scene can also be interpreted as the real Flurry and Welter being confronted by their own fake selves, getting overwhelmed and being exposed.

The two try running away, in the same way as the nameless man from before. It ends in the same, predictable manner.

The line ‘I’ll be get by without ever becoming human’ points out that they don’t even care about being human. They just want to feel better, not feel human. The last line also underlines that, they won’t stop gossiping until there’s literally nothing left to gossip about:

Come on, let’s give up on life In this finished world, until the deuce runs out, Let’s do it, giving our flesh and bone unsparingly

At the end, the same man is stepping in the same car as the one at the start. Everything is starting all over again.

Conclusion

As I have put in the description of my MV, this song is about finger-pointing, gossip, and how our current society is obsessed with it. It’s about not even caring about the nuances in a situation and a pre-occupation with the shock that goes along with it.

#vocaloid #niru kajitsu #vocaloid analysis #song analysis #Youtube

[pandapearls]

A new video! Please heed the content warnings at the beginning.

If you enjoyed this video, please consider reblogging! You don’t have to of course, but if you’d like to!

Music, Lyrics: Yugami-P Instrumental Cover: strongmmc ( https://youtu.be/kDLQTbfHRuk ) Translation: bluepenguin ( https://ejtranslations.wordpress.com/ ) Introduction: Re:A Version ( https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm4492586 ) Art, Video: Pandrena Characters: Pandrena, Servantparent Extra Thanks: Servantparent

#mod chris #pp video #pp animation #pp allen #pp nori #pp emi #pp maria #pp pillowchan #kermitart #eye contact tw

[vocaloid-as-gaeilge]

Ó Y go Y (From Y to Y)

Ceol & Liricí: JimmyThumb-P

Amhráinithe: Hatsune Miku / Megurine Luka

Aistriúchán Béarla: bluepenguin

Ag tabhairt do dhroim dom, shiúil tú uaim

Go fóill gan roinnt focail liom

I mo chroí ag crith, bhéic mé amach mar pháiste

Ná himigh, ná himigh, hé…

Ag tabhairt mo dhroim duit, shiúil mé uait

Ba gá dom imeacht roimh a thit mo dheora

Chuir mé i gcéill gur fuath liom a bheith róshona

Chuir mé cuma dhearfach orm agus scaoil mé le mo thodhchaí mo mhéine… (mo mhéine…)

Agus an ghuí nach gheobhaidh mé ar ais… (ar ais…)

Mothaíonn an t-árasán stiúideo seo beagáinín mhór

Cosúil go bhfuil sé ag leathnú an bhearna i mo chroí

Mothaíonn gach nóiméad agus soicind ach beagáinín fada

Dá mbeinn á caitheamh leat,

Nach bhronnfadh an domhan seo fiú mo ghuí?

Is féidir fiú bréag amháin

Deora a bhaint asat

Bhailigh mé an oiread sin peacaí, níl mé in ann iad a comhaireamh

Mar ag teagmháil do lámh

Agus ag iarraidh mo shaol a caitheamh go bog in aice leat

Is cosúil gur caithim píosa amháin ár stair uaim gach uair a piocaim suas píosa amháin m’anois

In ár gcuimhní agus n-am teoranta

Fiú mo bheith ann, ach seasamh ann

Go cinnte, imeoidh sé as do chuimhní

Nach féidir linn fill ar ais, uair amháin eile?

An bhfuil an áit seo an tús nó an deireadh?

Níl an oíche ina bhfuil mé ag codladh i leaba rómhór thart go fóill

Táim fós ag féachaint ar brionglóid i m’aonar

Brionglóid ina cuardaím trí do chuimhní

Bhailigh mé an oiread sin peacaí, níl mé in ann iad a comhaireamh

Mar ag teagmháil do lámh

Agus ag iarraidh mo shaol a caitheamh go bog in aice leat

Mar go bhfuil mé ag cúiteamh é leat leis an pian m’uaigneas,

Lig dom fan i do chuimhní go bog

Bheadh sé go deas dá bhféadfaimis bualadh le chéile arís lenár mothúcháin gan athrú

Ansin, d’fhéadfaimis ár lámha a bhreith le chéile

Go dtí an t-am sin,

“Slan go fóill”

#vocaloid #gaeilge #translation #irish #vocal synth #project diva #irish language #hatsune miku #miku #miku hatsune #mikuhatsune #vocaloid miku #hatsune #vocaloid hatsune

[seesboy]

moodboard for tonight or whatever

[the hours by michael cunningham // from y to y by jimmythumb-p, translated by bluepenguin // saw (2004), dir. james wan // there is a light that never goes out by the smiths]

#this isn't my normal stuff and probably sucks but. hey at least i'm not crying anymore #web weaving

[jasprose2]

Kairiki Bear - アルカリ劣等生/Alkali Rettousei Translyrics

Based on the translation by bluepenguin.

Heart in solitary It's straining before breaking The hours of each day pass me I push myself for nothing A heart that can't prove its truth And so, I get scraped and bleed I stand through the solitude As it slowly poisons me

I give my all till I fall coughing and red in the face "Seen before" "Just try more!" Please stop, I've heard enough

Luluka Lilika lula lilalulala "Don't hate me" is my only cry Living in a listless life that's covered up in mud I wish I knew the reason why Luluka Lilika lula lilalulala Don't run on and leave me behind I can't see ahead of me, no matter where I look Nothing but darkness is in sight

A heart changing from its shape The passion I hid away This poison intoxicates The end, and my lonely frame

I'll act like I've been made right, "filled up with love" 'till my head feels light "You'll do fine" "Smile wide!" Please stop, I've heard enough

Luluka Lilika lula lilalulala "Don't leave me" is my only cry To a world that turns its back and gets shut out, I chant Something like "no, this isn't right" Luluka Lilika lula lilalulala Don't leave me here, caught in this time Sky is clear and blue as ever, despite what now brings It's dazzling to see it bright

Luluka Lilika lula lilalulala Everything remain the same Even if you stumble on the way towards your goal Keep running towards a better fate Luluka Lilika lula lilalulala Despite what I want, the world will change Only thing that’s constant is the gleaming hatred and The warmth of life will still remain The you that you are will still remain

#kairiki bear #vocaloid #translyrics #hatsune miku

[hopeandjoy9]

should i have done this cover when the ffxiv meme was fresh and also gposed a video? perhaps. would that have been more work? yes. do i like this song anyway? also yes.

Title: As You Like It (お気に召すまま) Music/Lyrics: Eve Arrangement: Numa Art: Waboku and NENENE United (ネネネユナイテッド) Inst Mix: Tanahashi Nobuhito (棚橋"UNA"信仁) and KaiseiP (快晴P) Singer: Matsudappoiyo Light (松田っぽいよ Light) UST: Miramiee Translation: bluepenguin

#vocaloid #utau #as you like it #eve #matsudappoiyo #my covers #Youtube

[decostar27]

残灯花火/Lingering Fireworks

maybe, if only we decided to never say goodbye.

At summer’s end when the nighttime creeps Along the edges of evening, The two of us gaze at each other and Into the sky, they’re released, for a moment they rain down and now Inside this silence, so stifling, the light is still far away Being shaken and shaking the sky in turn They only hang in the air and then disappear as we watch on

Still looking up, then I ask you, “Hey, Can’t we untangle goodbyes  from the loneliness that’ll come after them?” Scattering fireworks go echoing across the dusk sky

The summer’s turning into light that stains the both of us, Never being able to say the word goodbye You held my hand so tightly, were you searching out for Some hazy meaning we simply hadn’t realized?

We watch the calm in the nighttime breeze Although we don’t say anything The two of us gaze at each other here Under the light of the moon gently floating in the air “So… I have to go, later, see you around”- I just can’t manage to choke out the lines tonight,  here in this moment, now But it’s enough for the sky to be glowing up above our heads

Lala, then you started lying, “Maybe, if only we decided to never say goodbye Then even if we parted, sobbing, ‘please don’t ever forget me,’ It would mean nothing, isn’t that right?”

As summer ends and the nighttime creeps Along the edges of evening, The two of us gaze at each other, the Scattering of fireworks still echoing Our laughter

The summer’s turning into light that stains the both of us, Never being able to say the word goodbye And by the final light embellishing the dark, were we Searching for a meaning we hadn’t realized?

Been having that dream again where you were all grown up and I’d Never even gotten the chance to say goodbye You told me raspily that you’d never forget me and vanished, But that story’s for some other time.

original | orangestar tr | bluepenguin

#translyrics #orangestar #残灯花火 #lingering fireworks #zantou hanabi #HELP ME i accidentally pasted the lyrics into the tags and it wouldnt undo so i had to delete each line one by one djfklsdjlk

[daydream-phantom]

Say It (Translyrics)

Translation Reference: EJ/bluepenguin

Say it

So you see, I've actually already realized Look, about that thing you said

I didn't feel like thinking about it too hard And so I'd forgotten it, but

Living blindly, recklessly, delusionally Impulsively, impatiently, negatively, none of it did me any good

I'm sure, on the last day of my life When I think of all my memories All of them will be indescribably precious, but

Ah, on the last day of my life, you won't be there More, more, more, more, Clearly Say it

So you see, I'm not sure how to tell you, about how the sky is blue Or what, I'd have to say to make you understand, that the clouds fly high at night Say it

So you see, I've actually known all-along That you're already gone And you see, you'll probably just call me stubborn, and I wish to forget, but-

More clearly, say it Write a note so you won't forget Let's meet at ten on the train platform or something like that A peony without petals is a flower Memories are cherished even when summer ends Put it into words, give a voice to it More clearly, say it

And then, If I could see you on the last day of my life I'm sure, even on that day, I'd sing of love Because you'd tell me none of it was in vain

Ah, I still can't believe on the last day of my life, you won't be here with me by my side

More, more, more, more More, more, more, you have to More, more, more, more Please More clearly, say it

#translyrics #yorushika #english lyrics

[sabtastique]

Day 9 of #inktober is Sushi Thieves! 🍣

In Wellington, New Zealand, a pair of fairy penguins (a.k.a blue penguins) were detained by the Police SEVERAL TIMES for routinely attempting to nest and break into a sushi bar! 

I'll post a link to the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uuns8gqzFo

Stay tuned for more #birdcrimes!

#inktober #birdtober #inktobird #birdcrimes #sabtastic #penguin #fairypenguins #sushi #sushithieves #police #busted #inktober2019 #inktoberday9 #bluepenguins #littlepenguins

[ash-a-bee]

Incredible colors after sunset and we didn't want to pay $35 to see the blue penguins, so we were just chilling outside of the gates, haha. And you can see a strangler trying to catch up with his mates🐧 #bluepenguins #theysocute #playingtourist #omarupenguins #omarublues (at Oamaru, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0FME-4hSyRubq4eTgi-4iKGDrnl0I6glc6W0w0/?igshid=a5cjlyzwkfe0

#bluepenguins #theysocute #playingtourist #omarupenguins #omarublues

[allanah-croft-photography-blog]

The Oamaru Blue penguin colony where you can go to see blue penguins 🐧. Check out the Penguin colony when in Oamaru. @obpc #blueeyedpenguin #blueeyedpenguins #littlebluepenguin #blueeyedpenguincolony #lovelybuilding #buildings #bluepenguin #bluepenguins #bluepenguincolony #oamaru #oamarunz (at Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony)

#blueeyedpenguin #lovelybuilding #blueeyedpenguincolony #bluepenguin #bluepenguins #oamaru #oamarunz #bluepenguincolony #littlebluepenguin #blueeyedpenguins #buildings

[eddieyong81]

It took a while to finish but I did it! Here’s my baby blue penguin sweater, booties, and mittens! . . . #bluepenguin #blue #penguin #baby #cardigan #sweater #boots #mittens #crochet #handmade #yarn https://www.instagram.com/p/BzsRaJDHAdF/?igshid=3cgfdi3vlo7f

#bluepenguin #blue #penguin #baby #cardigan #sweater #boots #mittens #crochet #handmade #yarn

[forgetfulsubs]

N-buna is gonna release a new song soon (he said it's gonna have a very different musical and lyrical style compared to his past works ) but literally nobody on the english-speaking community is talking about it so I guess I just want to hype everyone up! I already commissioned EJ/bluepenguin in advance and they're gonna work on the song immediately when it came out so please look forward to it! They have lived in Japan and their translations for vocaloid songs are really good so expect quality!

*a new vocaloid song* forgot to add this because he's been releasing as yorushika and we thought he had abandoned vocaloid but it turned out he hasn't!

:0! 

#bluepenguins translations are really good I leave it in their hands hehehhehd #lulacinderella