#check back in 13 years

[eyfey]

Hello! I'm sorry to bother you, but I was wondering how long you studied Japanese for until you became good enough to do manga translations? (Or fluently read manga at all, really 😔) I want to help contribute to projects like that, but I feel I still have a long way to go until then 🤧

so first off: sorry this took so long to reply to! when I first got the message I had exactly Zero free time, and then i simply forgor (whoops lol)

I actually already have a few posts sort of about this in my #translation tips tag, but it's been a hot minute so I might as well provide some updated info~

(under the readmore 'cause it's longggggggg)

How long have I studied Japanese?

A While. I had maybe a not so typical journey with Japanese... If you break it down it looks kinda like this:

4 years of watching a TON of anime to pick up basic vocab just by ear (this was in high school- I did not take any actual classes or even make any effort to learn the language at this point, but apparently I'm pretty good at just picking up things from hearing them)

4 1/2 years of actual Japanese classes in college (actual learning with like teachers and textbooks and homework)

1/2 year of study abroad that I managed to cram in before I graduated (additional classes and also constant speaking the language)

8 1/2 years since then (god has it really been that long???) (no actual like... studying during this time, but a LOT of translating... mostly Saiki)

So.... 13-ish years? if you don't count the first 4 that were just watching anime. And technically only 5 of them were actual "studying".

-

How long did I study before doing manga translating?

I, uh….. I actually started translating manga about a month BEFORE I ever took a single Japanese language class.

(not recommended but like… here I am lol)

I had found some volumes of Pyu to Fuku Jaguar(a gag manga I really liked but only had 3 volumes translated at the time) at a used bookstore, but they were in Japanese so I just kind of bought them, downloaded an english to japanese dictionary app, printed out a hiragana/katakana chart, and then just went through the book: looking up one letter at a time, sounding out words, looking them up in the dictionary. I already knew a lot of vocab and had a vague feel for grammar exclusively from watching anime, but like also there was a loooooooot of looking stuff up. I don't remember exactly how long it took to read that first volume (at least a month lol- maybe 2 or more)

I noticed the scan group for Pyu to Fuku Jaguar was updating really slow (and/or had notices that they needed more translators? I forget it's been over a decade lol) So I figured: I can understand this well enough just reading it on my own.... maybe I can help???? it's probably better than nothing right?? So I tried my hand at doing some translations and uploaded them to the newbie board of a manga translation side to have people proofread, and then I emailed the group to ask if I could join. If I remember correctly they only ended up posting one (or none) of my translations?? before disappearing so I just kind of kept doing the translations on my own without uploading them anywhere

and then later when a new group took over they had gotten my translations from the previous group (or was it the translation site where I uploaded some?) and credited me in the release, so I sent them a message like "hey neato! I actually have like 5 more translations done, u want em?" and ended up joining THAT group to continue working on the series!

I started taking classes p soon after starting the translations, and doing translation while taking classes was actually really nice 'cause I had a place to pretty much immediately apply the things I learned in class, and the translating outside of class gave me a lot of practice for reading & a good head start for learning new vocab.

Honestly I think for translating, being good at the language you're translating into is more important than being good at the language you're translating from. Like: you should still at least SORT of know the language you're translating from (that is an important part of it too don't get me wrong) But like even if someone is perfectly fluent in Japanese, if they're translating into English but don't know how to make words sound good in English, then it kind of defeats the purpose haha.

(reading a lot and paying close attention to wording and stuff, and also reviewing and revising your translations will help with that part of the translation process- it's also a skill you pick up as you go)

-

Tips for getting better at reading Japanese?

Honestly I think translating is one of the best ways to get better at Japanese (understanding and reading at least- it won't necessarily do much to help you remember how to write or speak haha) Reading is helpful to some extent, but you will probably get to a point where you understand enough of it to get the gist of whats happening, but then your brain will just sort of skim over a lot of the parts you don't know in the interest of enjoying the story without stopping. When you translate though, you're FORCED to stop and look up every word or phrase you don't know and double check things and sort of sit on them and think what it means and how you would say it in your own language.

If you're self motivated enough you can probably get some good learning out of language apps like duolinguo or babel or whatever, or even just buying Japanese textbooks/workbooks and going through them by yourself. Otherwise, taking Japanese classes is the standard approach (even if you don't go to a school where they offer Japanese classes, there are private options- just google Japanese classes or Japanese tutors online or in your area if you prefer in person)

This old post of mine has some more detailed tips for how to look things up, and some just general translating tips that I think are still p useful, but it pretty much boils down to "google everything you don't know until you know it"

also the 10ten extension is good for highlighting/translating individual japanese words in your browser (when they're written in kanji or kana) and the google translate app is good for taking pictures of text and reading it so you know what the dang kanji says (or you can hand write the kanji in there too- though I need to find a better kanji dictionary app 'cause google's doesn't really give you enough space to write)

-

Sorry this ended up WAY longer than I thought it would but I hope it helped!

Good luck!!

#translation tips #I had to look back at some very very old tumblr posts to check my dates #I have been on this website for an unfortunately long time #some of my posts are teenagers now and it scares me #it has also been 13 years since I started translating Jaguar and I am STILL translating it lolllll #very very extremely slowly- but I have not given up!!!! It is still getting done!!!!! #along with the help of some other very cool and very hard working scanlators! #I should really finish subbing the Jaguar movie sometime... I wonder if I still have the in progress files......

[holyluvr]

If my father hadn’t of crushed my dreams of being an author apart like he crushed my laptop full of years of work on my vampires in half over his knee, maybe…..just maybe I would have reached John Greene’s potential.

#… #this is in really bad taste and faith(kind of like his work) I will admit it (unlike him) #I would know I was on tumblr back then. i have been here since we had those mail letters instead of asks/DMs #I know I was under 13 because I felt rebellious about it and haha sneaky >:3c have to figure out my sisters login info because she doesn’t #log out and it’s suspicious if she comes back to the laptop and notices she’s suddenly logged out now when I use it !!! #because she fr did think that way and she was right about it I was a bastard younger kid so ‘sorry I closed it’ wouldn’t work on her lololol #so I serioisly (out of concern that she would change her info and I’d not notice) wrote down her tumblr act info and info we had on shared #accounts and what I knew she often used in video games and hacked some other accounts and wrote it down and her fav numbers and colors….. #then I made my tumblr account and used it and checked the history then logged back into her account and opened a separate google tab #of a website she knew I used and i did all of that I went thru all of that to use tumblr before I was 13 y’all jsyk respect 4 ur elders #yea I mostly wrote about bisexual vampire dramas leave me alone ok I was a child #I literally know my older sisters bank info. I know her card number because I technically came up with it when we were tweens. same for her #phone plan LMAO I know all of it because it’s numbers that we used together as kids which is kind of sweet and heartwarming but heartbreakin #because she has amnesia of most of our childhood and doesn’t show affection ever. she distances and is very very defensive at all times. #plus I’m her fucked up junkie loser younger bro that she knew at least was expected to outperform her so she just doesn’t like me hahah #but she still chooses inside jokes that I do remember sitting in the garage on neopets laughing about for passwords. and I often find myself #doing the same thing about inside jokes and creations we haven’t mentioned in almost 20 years now. it’s wild how siblings are. there’s rlly #idk something special

[the-kipsabian]

whiplashing so hard rn, google told me they'll shut down one of my old email accounts if i dont log into it, managed to actually get in and now im going through emails from fucking ff.net from 2018 what in the fuck

#i always wondered what email i had associated with that account. now i know #makes sense why i just feel like i stopped getting emails from ff net as some point randomly. i didnt even think i made a new email #but god yeah theres. not a lot of things in here actually. but there sure are story updates #im so sorry very old long gone internet friends whos stories i never read cause i started using just one email account as an adult so i nev #never got these updates. i see i missed some stuff wow #sigh. i wonder what those people are up to. from like 13 or so years ago when i was still active on that site #back when fanfiction was alive and well even if that site absolutely sucked ass as it always has #man.. i made myself kinda sad with this. lemme just empty this account and check the drive if theres anything and then get back to writing #night is an absolute mess on main

[raeathnos]

.

#welp they lowered us to 5-8 last night but uh… #I woke up to 6 inches already on the ground with it coming down hard #and they upped us to 6-12 when I first checked #but we’ve been upped again to 8–13 #the roads were never treated here and it’s not plowed and my ride said nah fam so I called out of work #which like mild anxiety about that but also I’m glad #my sister in law texted me to be like pls tell me you don’t have to go out and that roads are horrible and she slid everywhere #this is wild like two days ago they were lol we’re not gonna get anything #love that the weatherman is always fucking wrong anymore #reminds me of the storm a few years back where they were like ‘maybe 1-3?’ #but we kept getting more and they eventually just gave up and slapped us with a blizzard warning #we got 33 inches that time which was the highest recorded ever for our area lol #this ain’t got the potential to do that it’s not a big enough storm #but get a little anxiety when it seems like they don’t know how much and keep upping it #but also sNOWWWWWW! :D #I will be so upset when I have to shovel later but ssssnnnnnoooowwwwww o:

[starsstillshine]

tron: legacy is in fact still my favorite movie

#tron: legacy #rewatch was necessary. it’s been years. #it is not lost on me now that sam flynn and dean winchester are the same person in slightly different fonts #fluffy light brown hair and light eyes is my type™ for fav characters apparently #and the poster children child of daddy issues 🧍‍♂️🚬 #this movie is not as bad as i thought it was several years ago. clu’s face still looks fucked and they should remaster it #like yes this is my fav movie. yes i also have beef w it and it’s arguably not great. and 🤨. #and i love it dearly. it’s literally one of the cores of my personality that 13 year old me decided on #now to pull myself into the hole of rewatching tron: uprising #went back to check my twitter and the last time i watched this in full might’ve been in 2018?? jesus #i know i tried to get my friends to watch it sometime in 2019/2020 #and the first/last time i watched tron: uprising was summer 2018 god. and i still think about it !

[twistytwine]

When I was younger, I never understood why some blogs preferred to never interact with minors. Now as someone who’s 18, I totally understand, and I also realized how odd it was that I was on this site at the age of 12-13 and developed some questionably emotionally dependent relationships with much older people

#not a vent just a thought!! #it was unhealthy of me to develop these friendships with older users #where i vented to them frequently #some of them were really responsible tho and responded really maturely #some of them though vented to me a lot and vagueposted about me #and i met some of them when i eas like 14 too #back then i thought it was completely normal bc i didn’t know better #but now as an 18 year old i realize wtf bc i can’t imagine venting to a 13 year old #there was this one time i made a post about vagueposting and this random woman commented on it accusing me of vagueposting #and she was like 30?????? #i apologized to her (and i shouldn’t have) and she told me it was okay just that i needed to check my wording #and be more responsible about how I sounded #lol #delete later

[theinfinitedivides]

said a prayer for Jjong today.

#shinee #jonghyun #idk i don't usually yk. do things like that for people that have passed but it's been six years and it felt fitting somehow #six years ago i was what. 12 about to turn 13???? had already been to a fair bit of funerals but the only ones that had hit me before #this one were the pianist at our church who passed away suddenly from a heart attack and the regional club leader who had cancer #for like three years and passed just as the doctors thought she would go into remission #and those both happened around October/November so. going into the winter season has always been hard for me and Jjong #was no different. #it's gotten better slowly but it still hurts sometimes. some days i wake up and i can't even look at any of his pictures other days #i get up and put his albums on loop and laugh and reblog so many of his antics #it's funny bc when my aunt passed on New Year's in 2019 it was exactly two weeks after the 1st anniversary date rolled around. always has #been but i never noticed until we lost her and we had to go down for the funeral and i basically disappeared off the internet for a good #two to four months sans queue and checking in on Discord and sh*t and that year he managed to keep me sane. sounds f*cked up #but that year it was just me and Spotify and my playlists and Jjong's voice amid it all. i wish i could meet him and tell him in person #that he practically saved my life even tho the fandom was still raw af from losing him but the prayer will have to be enough #you did well Jjong. you worked so hard. you are our pride. love you to the moon and back 🌒🌙 <333

[herawell]

.

#mother mention cw #negativity cw #my mom invited me to have dinner with her today #and it ended up being a ruse to convince me to seek a therapist #(in a very well-meaning and not-entrapping way than I make it sound her) #she’s pushing me to call my insurance to check out copay options and look at online therapy providers #wants me to do it by the weekend and after I’ve made my first appt she’ll step back #I could tell her now that I don’t want to seek it out and she’d respect that #But she would be disappointed in me and I know our relationship would sour #bc I do struggle a lot with inner catastrophizing and self worth and often turn to her for emotional support #and she wants me to seek out a professional for my own good #but part of me is still bitter that despite her having been in therapy for over a year herself #she still does not regret attempting to [redacted] herself in front of me in 2020 and blaming me for it #and blaming me for my parents’ marital issues ever since I was 13 #and now she’s pushing me to seek therapy #I kind of want to throw it in her face #like how well is therapy working out for YOU? #which would be a very very very very very bad and unproductive thing to do #I’m moved out and working full time so I’m not (financially) dependent on them anymore #so I don’t need her approval #but I still want it #so. Yeah.

[abby420]

love being an older sister sometimes bc like i get to be like omg i am going to fill your lives with so much joy and great memories

#i feel like i’m already on the path to this since i bagged the sisters trip to the eras tour in nj #and now… #i’m planning more hehehe #so basically i want to lead a huge euro trip for me and my little sisters #rn they are 13 and 14 and i’ve told them listen. if you save up your money to cover flights and most of your food i will take you guys on a #big euro trip when y’all are 18 and 19 #and i’m in the midst of getting an over all plan ready for this #like yes it is like 5 years away but it’s never too early to start planning especially bc saving up money takes time #and hopefully in 5 years i’ll be done with grad school so this will be a perf way to celebrate that and welcome my sisters into adulthood #rn i’m trying to plan out all of our destinations #i know for a fact i would like to see ireland and scotland #def want to go back to italy too #ooo and i really want to go to amsterdam and copenhagen #i would like to go to sweden as well but idk if i’d be able to fit that in for this trip #maybe spain would be good too? #maybe spend like 2 days in london #i don’t care much for england but if we’re close by might as well check it out #but i’m so excited for this!! #i’m buzzing with excitement #i will def be going back to europe before this lol #like ik i’m visiting italy again soon #and might travel around the uk a bit while i’m there #but this big trip is gonna be something else and it’s gonna be great!! #i just love being a big sister bc i can make shit like this happen #like i wish i had someone pushing me to travel when i was younger #and now i will be able to take them on a big trip just us girlies and it’s gonna be amazing

[mister13eyond]

still relationship ranting forgive me (it's all positive, more or less?)

it's also why it is really funny to me that people constantly talk about like 'i want to be in a relationship but i don't want [one specific part]' and it's like

you can just... you can just NOT do that part, then.

you can NOT cohabitate, if you think living with someone would take away your comfort with your living situation. you can not have sex if you don't want to have sex. you can use or not use any label, you can use or not use any terms of affection, you can choose your level of consistent contact you can choose your level of physical affection you can choose whether you want to make any long-term decisions like pets or marriage or children. you can choose whether you want to be exclusive or monogamous, you can choose whether you have multiple people involved, you can choose whether you make plans now or talk it out later, you can have an ongoing, long-term conversation where you check in periodically to see if anything has changed or if you want to change something.

like! i know the cishets tell us 'you fall in love with ONE person and you will KNOW when you are in love and you will ONLY ever love them FOREVER unless you FALL OUT OF LOVE and then you will be DOOMED TO A TRAGIC BREAKUP OR CHEATING'

but like in my personal experience... it's more like.... 'you will meet someone and you will feel like you are really connected to them and you get along well and you are attracted to them. you can then either nurture that feeling by spending more time together and testing out whether your initial connection is sustainable or you can let it pass through you and simply let things go wherever they go. then you can tell them how you feel, talk about what you think you'd like or not like, decide whether you want to prioritize your relationship and your time together over other, more casual connections in your life, and try it out. and you can talk about this any time something feels off. and you're not going to fall out of love spontaneously and for no reason when you were happy before; most of the time you'll notice that there's more distance between you and you're not as close or communicative as you were previously pretty early along that path. and you can THEN decide whether you want to say 'hey let's do more things together to help us bond and feel close and open up to each other' or you can say 'i think we've probably changed in a way where we're no longer on the same page with our relationship, do you want to figure out what we both need and adjust accordingly?'

which is like. it sounds so sterile and clinical but it's actually GREAT? feelings aren't this great big overpowering beast that you cannot wrangle; love is not a thing that will just spontaneously stop one day despite your desperate desire to still feel it. the more time you spend with someone and the more you support each other, the closer you will feel. the less time you spend and the less you support each other's needs, the further you will drift. you can 100% grow that garden to your own specifications and you can simply choose not to include sex or cohabitation or monogamy or labels or WHATEVER else and it's great because it's YOUR garden.

there is no one hard definition for any relationship and there is no one specific way to have a relationship. it's literally just seeing what feels right and then describing it in whatever terms feel right.

#like idk sometimes i think i sound incomprehensible #but also i've been with one partner for 13 years now and we have changed IMMENSELY as people #and every time there were points where we didn't feel close or comfortable we just like #figured out what we needed or wanted and talked about how to do it best #and the entire reason i'm with my other partner to begin with #is that he and i have REMARKABLY similar feelings about relationships and we could have a long ongoing conversation about comfort levels- #and boundaries and what he wanted out of a relationship #and that lack of pressure let him actually feel comfortable enough with me to explore relationship aspects he had felt super uncomfortable #with previously #and also the entire conversation is STILL ONGOING and Will be In Perpetuity #there might come a time when he wants to change something or he no longer wants the same things out of a relationship! #there might come a time when he needs to pull back and can't give as much time or emotional closeness! #i don't think he has to Love Me Forever but as long as he WANTS to do this and feels GOOD doing it then #i'm enjoying myself! #and if there comes a point where he doesn't we can figure out what to do #maybe we'll just need to redefine things or maybe we'll need to change something like how much time we spend together #or maybe he'll need something from someone who isn't me or maybe he'll find #that he grows close to someone else and is more comfortable in a monogamous relationship with THEM #it's fine? it's not a worry because i trust him to tell me #i like him and i know he cares about me enough to communicate and to check in #god it's 5pm and i'm ranting again #slaps my hands off the keyboard #anyways love is actually great and good and fun and if you find a person who communicates and works well with you #then you'll figure it out together #it may take time but you'll figure it out! #loong post #long post #long tags #personal #relationships

[stolligaseptember]

don't make me write an essay on why lwj is anne elliott in persuasion aus

#'lwj is captain wenthworth' what are y'all smoking #LWJ CAVED TO SOCIAL PRESSURES BEFORE REALIZING THE ERRORS OF HIS WAYS AND THROWING CAUTION TO THE WIND ONCE HE GETS A SECOND CHANCE #HE WITHERED AWAY FOR (8) 13 YEARS LONGING FOR A LOVE HE THOUGHT HE'D NEVER GET BACK #HE DOESN'T DARE TO HOPE THAT THE ONE HIS HEART ACHES FOR COULD EVER LOVE HIM BACK #(AND FEARS THAT HE'S JUST CRUELLY TOYING WITH HIS WITH HIS AFFECTIONS BUT CAN NONETHELESS NEVER STAY AWAY) #BUT THEN HE D O E S IN THE MOST HEARTBREAKING WAY IMAGINABLE #HE'S GOOD WITH CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 #and wwx is a cocky little shit that needs to get knocked down a few pegs before he can deserve his happily ever after #a cocky little shit that's justified in his cockiness but who needs a reality check nonetheless!!!! #and let's not talk about the intricacies of the elliott family while the wenthworth's are just. frederick his sis and brother-in-law. #wei 'orphaned several times over' wuxian anyone????? #y'all really opened pandora's box with this one #my fastidiousness with austen au's and my favorite austen work at that????? #anyway. persuasion aus. good god i'm going to faint. #the pining. the longing. the angst. the distance. the familiarity. the soulmatedness of it all. #lan wangji #mdzs #mo dao zu shi

[c0smiccl0wn]

not me getting emotional because i’m drawing undertale aus for the first time in 4-5 years-

#i drew a LOT of undertale aus in 8th-9th grade #*loud ugly sobbing* #i miss when i was just an awkward middle schooler #13-14 year old me would be so happy with my art now #cosmic’s word vom #cosmic is experiencing an emotion it cannot handle #please check back later

[elegyofthemoon]

i need to go back to writing songs its been so long but my brain keeps clicking some song for minette similar to unawhut's "i pray to you"

like lyric-wise and melody wise it gives me a lot of minette vibes and i kinda want to make a short song or SOMETHING similar.

#like piano YES maybe violin. idk how to play violin but i can imagine it for minette at least lol #id like to #i think like the song would be a mix between this song and then noel's theme from ff13 #which...checks out when minette's color scheme is very similar to yeul in 13-2 #WHICH WAS ALSO SUPER FUNNY TO SEE BECAUSE IT JUST 'ah....wow even years after i cannot leave this place lol' #snow speaks #for minette #dont mind me im probably going to forget saying this #BUT I LOVE HOW BITTERSWEET THIS SOUNDS? #its such a simple melody but you can feel the pain and i think thats how i imagine minette's final wishes to be anyways. but yknow its ok #going back to listening to dragonspien ost on loop brb #Youtube

[treemaidengeek]

Chapter 12 of Nevernight is live on AO3!

.............................................................................................

When he became fully aware again, he was tucked into Wen Zhuliu’s curtained bed. That… was good, he decided. But–someone had undressed him, washed the blood away, salved and stitched and bandaged his wounds, and wrapped him in black under-robes that were definitely not his.

Someone, or several someones, had been all too intimate with his body while he was unconscious.

He pulled the quilt up high against his chin with a shiver.

"You're safe." Wen Zhuliu's voice was quiet, but it still sent a spike of startled fear through him. He searched out the dark form seated just beyond the curtain. "I've been here the whole time. The doctor was the only one to touch you, and now it's just us."

Meng Yao nodded slowly and drew a measured breath. "Thank you."

Wen Zhuliu didn't respond.

The silence stretched. Meng Yao shifted, lowered the quilt a little, shifted again. He noticed a teacup of plain warmed water next to the bed and levered himself up for a sip.

Wen Zhuliu hadn't moved.

"I'm sorry," Meng Yao said at last, quietly.

"No apology necessary."

"But I–"

He stopped when Wen Zhuliu lifted a hand in a curt little gesture not dissimilar to the one he had used to stop the guard's begging. Meng Yao swallowed.

"Please. Don't. It's fine."

It didn't sound fine to Meng Yao, but he didn't want to press.

Wen Zhuliu must have sensed something anyway. He gave a little huff. "It's always different when people see it." He shifted in his seat. His tone grew wry. "Just rest. I'll keep anyone else from trying to kill you today."

Someone knocked at the door on the other side of the chamber.

Wen Zhuliu serenely ignored it.

They knocked again.

"Core-Melting Hand?"

The latch rattled. Wen Zhuliu rose to his feet with a low growl.

The rattling stopped instantly.

"This one offers deepest apologies." The voice came meeker now. "I hate to disturb you, but--Wen-gongzi is looking for you. He's, um. Distressed."

For a long moment no one moved or spoke. Meng Yao's heart beat loud in his ears, and his mind raced with the sudden clarity of panic. Wen Zhuliu had destroyed an officer's golden core–for him. He had carried Meng Yao in plain sight over the not-inconsiderable distance between their rooms. If the royal family had abandoned Meng Yao and condoned his beating–

No. Wen Zhuliu would still be safe. He was too precious a resource to waste.

Meng Yao wondered what would happen if the man was ordered to hurt him.

His stomach twisted. He decided he didn't want to know.

(continue on AO3)

#the untamed #zhuliyao #wen zhuliu #meng yao #nevernight #my stuff #almost done! I've got a draft of ch 13 & I've started on the epilogues #whatever will I do with myself?? #I mean. I know. Way back when I started in CQL fandom I did a LWJ-POV thing about Evil Summer Camp and then wandered off to lanlan #I've always vaguely intended to get the Evil Summer Camp piece fit for publication. this format of serial WIP is a good one for it #bc I can edit the dozens of pages I've already written and post that in installments while I write the rest #so after *checks notes* #two full years writing CQL fanfic #I'll be posting my second wangxian work XD #is there a badge for rarepair writers? if so I want one #anyway enjoy the chapter thanks for reading

[lightphilly]

i keep forgetting how much i genuinely enjoy watching dan and phil like i fear i will never be free of these two men i latched onto at 13 and i just need to accept that

#hi i just logged back in after watching dan’s new vid #every once in a while i’ll just watch a few of their videos and remember how fun tumblr was in 2017-18 #then do a quick check-in with all the blogs i used to love and see which ones are gone this time around #i did also just give in and buy a ticket to dan’s tour #now i’m seeing mcr twice next year AND dan howell??? i’m fully regressing to my 13 yo self #i’m having a blast tho #and being fiscally irresponsible but never mind that

[flovverworks]

maybe im so obsessed with parent-child aligned relations cuz majority of my muses are parentless.....

#stardust speaking ! #and since A CERTAIN GAME THREW IT IN MY FACE AGAIN..............i go back to mhyk #where 3 out of 5 countries basically have a 'i raised that kid. kind of' relation #its so funny cuz like. figaro lennox oz. rutile mitile arthur were toddlers/baby when that started. #rustica however.......chloes 13 when they meet #i dont have further thoughys about that i just think the potential conversations r funny #i think about oz having childsafe the room habits even now. constantly #idk when snow&white met oz but considering their entire thing along w figaro wa sjust 'well this lil wizard will prob kill us one day' iiii #i say idk but i just dont rmbr & dont wabna check rn LMAO i alrdy reread chloes story today im too lazy to read more #ggg what story is it when its talked about some storybook figaro gave arthur that arthur kept carrying around T_T so cute #oz&arthur makes me cry eternally. oz learning abouy yhe world cuz of arthur......tears #okay im done #im not done at all but im forcing myself to stop before i talk about this for a year #wait one more thing. nero & riquet. TEARS!!!!!!